Our Town: A Play in Three Acts | 
so-soI have read a couple of books this year that mention - or in the case of Tom Lake revolve around - Our Town. I have somehow gotten through this life without seeing or reading the play and thought I should correct that. It isn't a play that is performed around my area so reading it was the way.i think I would have more affinity for it if I had learned it in highschool. It is a sad story and 👇.
“Oh, earth, you're too wonderful for anybody to realize you. Do any human beings ever realize life while they live it -- every, every minute?”
This play is dear to my heart. And timeless. That‘s what makes it a classic for me ❤️😢💔
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pickIt had been years since I last read or watched this play, and I wanted to revisit it after reading Tom Lake. I‘m glad I did! There‘s a lot to make you think no matter what age you go back to it. 💗 Personally I was happy to have read Tom Lake first but I think if you‘re not at all familiar with Our Town you‘ll want to read the play first.
Read along with the 2003 production with Paul Neuman (because I loved him and he and Joanne Woodward used to stay at Canyon Ranch in the Berkshires when my brother was a manager there) as the Stage Manager. The intro to this edition listed the other popular Broadway shows running at the same time - none endured as this one has.
I‘d never seen it, but wanted to before I dove in to Tom Lake. Lotta deep thoughts now.
pickTom Lake is on my tbr. I understand it refers to Our Town a few times. This was a quick read. Good to be knowledgeable of this classic I‘m sure.
The last time I read this was in AP English back in 1983. 😳 After reading TOM LAKE, I had to revisit it, and I'm so glad I did. I remember finding it pointless at the tender and stupid age of 17. What the hell was wrong with me? Such a poignant reminder to carpe diem--especially the most mundane moments of our lives because going about our daily business is the life of living and we must cherish every single second. Thanks, TW, for the reminder.
You've got to love life to have life, and you've got to have life to love life. . . . It's what they call a vicious circle.
pickAww, I loved it! This was my first time reading it and I kept asking myself whyyyyyy did I not teach this way back when I was teaching high school English?! 😩 #regrets One of the many Bookstagram accounts said to read this play before diving into Tom Lake, so I did and it was a great suggestion ❤️
pickI absolutely love this play, but seeing it performed again this summer was an emotional experience. It was the 25th anniversary of my Mom's death and she performed as the lead in high school. The play is a celebration of life, both its simple routines and its big moments. Seeing it and rereading it was incredibly moving. I can't imagine experiencing this play and not appreciating the beauty of life a bit more when you are done.
pickStill one of my favorite reads! Definitely going to make this something I revisit yearly. I love how Wilder pushes boundaries and while the theme of the play isn‘t revolutionary, the presentation is. It‘s a quick read that could really be done in a couple hours.
One of my favorites reads from high school… found this copy in a little library outside the local school. So happy I picked it up and it‘s fun to see what notes the different kids have left in the margins. Also super interested to see how I‘ll feel about the story now that I‘m in “act 2” compared to when I first read it!
"Oh, earth, you're too wonderful for anybody to realize you."
📚 Tagged, One for the Money
🖋 Maggie O‘Farrell
🎞 O Brother, Where Art Thou?
📺 Once Upon a Time
🎤 OMD
🎶 On the Turning Away (Pink Floyd) One Headlight (The Wallflowers) One More Try (George Michael) One Thing (Finger Eleven) Open Your Eyes (Snow Patrol) One Less Day (Rob Thomas)
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#OnThisDay in 1938, Our Town debuted on Broadway. It would go on to win the Pulitzer Prize and the NY Drama Critics Circle Award later that year. This was the second of Thornton Wilder's three Pulitzers (two for drama, one for literature. Can you name them?), and remains his most popular work. Especially with high school theatre departments and community theatres (three cheers for cheap staging!) #HistoryGetsLIT
pickI‘ll call this a low Pick because I ended up being totally surprised by the ending, but I think I read this too fast. Nevertheless, good to have checked this off the list.
Our Town is a drama of life in the town of Grover 's Corners - a classical allegorical representation of all life. It is Thornton Wilder's most renowned and most frequently performed play, and one of my favorite #stageplays #julyjourneys @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
pickThis play is told in three acts appropriately titled ‘daily life‘, ‘love and marriage‘, and ‘death and eternity‘. It depicts a small town on the border of Massachusetts between 1903-1913 and what living there is like for its citizens. Though many actions are dated, the themes are immortal. This play shows the importance of appreciating the small things, companionship, and not taking life for granted. A wonderful light read, rich with human nature
The end of forever-our town.
Waiting for the moon as bright as heaven
A tear and a smile from you to me
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Yes, they'll all come to see me
In the shade of that old oak tree
As they lay me 'neath the green, green grass of home🎶
EMILY:Oh, Earth, you're too wonderful for anybody to realize you…Do any human beings ever realize life while they live it?—every, every minute?
STAGE MANAGER: No. Saints and poets maybe...they do some.
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I‘m all caught up on my buddy reads, which are all rereads right now, so I‘m going to start this. I can‘t believe I‘ve waited this long to read it. #currentlyreading
“We all know that something is eternal. And it ain‘t houses and it ain‘t names, and it ain‘t earth, and it ain‘t even the stars...everybody knows in their bones that something is eternal, and that something has to do with human beings...There‘s something way down deep that‘s eternal about every human being.”
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"Oh, earth,you are too wonderful for anybody to realize you. Do any human beings ever realize life while they live it--every,every minute?"
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My January bookclub is approaching and been putting this one off! We are going to each take a part and read/act it out. Wine will be flowing 🍷🍷🍷 It‘s been decades since I read this in high school and don‘t remember loving it. Maybe because they made us watch the play as well?!?! I feel like lance Kerwin was in it or Johnboy from The Walton‘s.
pickI needed a short read after Hamilton and this was perfect. Each time I read this play I‘m amazed at how perfectly Wilder captures the human experience.
pickOne of those books that gets better the older I get. I also find more in the language. Another of the books Sean Patrick had to read this summer.
1. Probably Professor McGongall
2. Tagged book - one of my all time faves
3. To Kill a Mockingbird - my friends class was reading it in high school but not mine. I had a free period while she had a class so I would borrow her copy and read it along with her. My first "buddy read" I guess! Lol
4. I donated money for my sons school to do a luncheon. I also work in a school and we got goodies all week - it was great! #weekendchat @CSeydel
I spent this afternoon doing my weekly food prep and listening to the classic play, Our Town. I enjoyed reading it as a kid, but as an adult, it felt like a nostalgic remembrance of a time that never really was. Set in the Jim Crow era and pre-19th Amendment, I have a hard time believing things were that good. Still, if you ignore everything else, it‘s a sweet love story.
And tonight‘s dinner? Drunken cod and clams 😋
Tonight we had final dress for this show. I had never seen it before and the cast blew me away. There are two younger cast members who were brilliant and my friend was an amazing stage manager. The cast stays on the upper level watching the action that takes place in the rest of the theatre. I am so excited for people to see this beautiful show.
A view of the Taj at night from my front yard. During Christmas, they light it up green and red and during Easter/Fiesta (it's a San Antonio thing), it's lit up in a rainbow of colors. #landmarksofmycity @Clwojick
I've had such a stressful day at work, my feet are sore, and my stomach hurts 😫 So I am in definite need of some quality reading time. I've been slacking on my reading lately but moving to a new place is incredibly stressful and so is working 12 hour shifts for three days in a row (which I do every weekend, it's my regular shift) I promise I'm trying to make time for Litsy, as I do love it so much!
Bought this for my husband when he began writing his first script for a Christmas show for his Chorus. His plan was to use a narrator that only the audience could see. I didn't realize it won a Pulitzer! #alltheworldsastage
pick#setinasmalltown immediately took me to this obvious one. The play was a standout from high school literature, minimal and cozy and creepy.
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Quintessential #setinasmalltown. I've recently discovered how much I love teaching this since my students can relate so much as our school is in a town of 900. #photoadaynov16 @RealLifeReading
Grover's Corners is the quintessential literary small town, based partly on my home town in NH. #setinasmalltown #photoadaynov16 #arescreenshotsphotos
A heartfelt reminder from the spirits in this thought-provoking play. ~ May we all realize our lives, for your life is beautiful 🌻☄ ~ #Day29 #SupernaturalBeings #booktober #bookphotochallenge ~ @RealLifeReading
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