Great Performances Our Town
TV-G
TV Episode | 103 min | Comedy, Drama, Music

Great Performances

Our Town

TV-G

TV Episode | 103 min | Comedy, Drama, Music

This classic American play, performed on an almost-bare stage, is about the mundane but rather pleasant lives of the Gibbs family, the Webb family, and their neighbors in Grover's Corners, New Hampshire, early in the 20th century. Act 1 ...See moreThis classic American play, performed on an almost-bare stage, is about the mundane but rather pleasant lives of the Gibbs family, the Webb family, and their neighbors in Grover's Corners, New Hampshire, early in the 20th century. Act 1 presents an ordinary day in the life of the town. Act 2 carries the story forward with the courtship and marriage of George Gibbs and Emily Webb. Act 3 makes everything that has gone before seem pointless, but at the same time, ironically, it validates the earlier scenes. Emily has died while giving birth to her second child. During and after her funeral, she converses with other dead persons in the cemetery. She then gets permission to return briefly to life but finds it's not what she thought it would be. It goes too fast, and people don't have time to look at one another. "This is the way we were: in our growing up and in our marrying and in our living and in our dying." That's how the Stage Manager, an all-knowing character who serves as the narrator, sums up the play at one point. The Stage Manager knows that Our Town is about a lot more than one particular place at one particular time, and the audience soon begins to sense the mythological dimensions of Our Town. Written by Wayne 119 See less

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26 cast members

Name	Known for
Spalding Gray Stage Manager Stage Manager See fewer	Swimming to Cambodia (1987)
James Rebhorn Dr. Gibbs Dr. Gibbs See fewer	Independence Day (1996)
Atticus Brady Joe Crowell / Si Crowell Joe Crowell / Si Crowell See fewer	Erroll Garner: No One Can Hear You Read (2012)
John Griesemer Howie Newsome Howie Newsome See fewer	The Crucible (1996)
Frances Conroy Mrs. Gibbs Mrs. Gibbs See fewer	Six Feet Under (2001)
Roberta Maxwell Mrs. Webb Mrs. Webb See fewer	Popeye (1980)
Eric Stoltz George Gibbs George Gibbs See fewer	Pulp Fiction (1994)
Lydia Kelly Rebecca Gibbs Rebecca Gibbs See fewer	Hollyoaks Later (2008)
Shane Culkin Wally Webb Wally Webb See fewer	Great Performances (1971)
Penelope Ann Miller Emily Webb Emily Webb See fewer	Carlito's Way (1993)
Bill Alton Prof. Willard Prof. Willard See fewer	Great Performances (1971)
Peter Maloney Mr. Webb Mr. Webb See fewer	The Thing (1982)
Steven Goldstein Belligerent man Belligerent man See fewer	The Untouchables (1987)
Jeff Weiss Simon Stimson Simon Stimson See fewer	Vanilla Sky (2001)
Marcell Rosenblatt Mrs. Soames Mrs. Soames See fewer	Sophie's Choice (1982)
Tom Brennan Const. Warren Const. Warren See fewer	Fatal Attraction (1987)
Marilyn Hamlin Mrs. Ferguson Mrs. Ferguson See fewer	Shaft's Big Score! (1972)
Richard Cordova Organist Organist See fewer	Great Performances (1971)
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Neil Pepe Baseball player Baseball player See fewer	Spartan (2004)
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Rod McLachlan Sam Craig Sam Craig See fewer	Bull (2016)
William Duell Joe Stoddard Joe Stoddard See fewer	One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
Joan MacIntosh Woman in graveyard Woman in graveyard See fewer	Dionysus in '69 (1970)
Ron Parady Farmer McCarthy Farmer McCarthy See fewer	American Playhouse (1980)
Thomas Kopache Mr. Carter Mr. Carter See fewer	Catch Me If You Can (2002)