Today In Broadway History: Our Town Is Born
Stage Manager Makes Broadway Debut
BROADWAY MAGAZINE—Fans of George and Emily and Grovers Corners should take a minute today to give a quiet word of thanks to celebrate the birth of Thorton Wilder’s iconic play Our Town, which opened on Broadway on February 4, 1938.
The show won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, and remains one of the most important American plays ever written. Our Town is currently enjoying an exceptional revival at the Barrow Street Theatre directed by David Cromer. Have a milkshake and see it.
Bonus Broadway History Bit: A Broadway songwriter was born on this day too:
Ray Evans (born Raymond Bernard Evans), the songwriter of academy winning soundtracks and classics such as “Mona Lisa” from 1950’s drama “Captain Carey U.S.A” or “Que Sera Sera” from Alfred Hitchcock’s “The Man Who Knew Too Much“, was born February 4th 1915 in Salamanca, New York.
This hall-of-fame songwriter also was successful on Broadway with musicals such as Let It Ride and Oh! Captain! This musical comedy was nominated for multiple 1958 Tony Awards, including a Tony nominee for Tony Randall for Best Actor In A Musical.
Photo by Carol Rosegg.
–Daniel Armirola, Broadway Magazine
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