Our Town Kicks Off in Hartford With Holbrook!

Thornton Wilder’s famous play, “Our Town” is heading to Hartford.  The actors scheduled to perform at this adaptation are: Tony winner Hal Holbrook, Donovan Patton and Ginna Carter who take on the lead roles.  Holbrook portrays the Stage Manager for HSC and is not unfamiliar with the role being that he played it in the 1977 television production.  Holbrook is most well-known for his rolls in “Do You Know the Milky Way?” “The Glass Menagerie” and his solo show, “Mark Twain Tonight!”  He has also appeared in several films including “All the President’s Men,” “The Firm” and “Men of Honor.”

Our Town is a three act play that is set in the fictional community of Grover’s Corners.  The story centers around the interactions between citizens of a quaint, everyday town in the early twentieth century.  The main character is the Stage Manager who is aware of his relationship with the audience, he is free at anytime to break away from the story onstage and address the patrons seated observing the story.  The story follows George Gibbs and Emily Webb whose mutual affection as little kids eventually grows into love, marriage and death.  The story remains one of the most popular ones portrayed on the stage even to this day.  Don’t miss out on this theatre performance; get your Our Town tickets today!

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