American Classic

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2026

Comedy

A narcissistic Broadway star returns to his hometown after a public meltdown and decides to save his family-run theatre by directing and starring in a production of a great American classic.

Matt Roush

Matt Roush says...

A backstage farce does nothing to dim the power of a true American classic, Thornton Wilder’s Our Town, which provides an emotional centerpiece to the season finale of the delightful comedy about a struggling small-town theater company. Exiled Broadway star Richard Bean (Kevin Kline) is director and star as the Stage Manager, but even he can’t manage the fallout from a secret exposed during the cast’s latest “Circle of Truth” powwow. With a powerful New York critic arriving for opening night, the show must go on—but where will that leave the Bean family?

 

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