The New Yorker - USA (2022-05-09)

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LIMITED ENGAGEMENT THROUGH MAY 29 ONLY!


THE SKIN OF OUR TEETH is sponsored by The Blanche and Irving Laurie Foundation.
This production is supported by a generous bequest from the Douglas S. Cramer, Jr. Revocable Trust.
Special appreciation to Denise Littlefield Sobel.
Major funding is provided by The Bernard Gersten LCT Productions Fund,
with support from James-Keith (JK) Brown & Eric Diefenbach and the Marta Heflin Foundation.

PHOTOS BY JULIETA CERVANTES


BY THORNTON WILDER


DIRECTED BY LILEANA BLAIN-CRUZ


“COMING OUT OF A PANDEMIC, ONE CANNOT UNDERSTATE


HOW REFRESHING IT IS TO SEE THIS BOISTEROUS HYMN TO HUMANITY.


THE MOST MOVING AND INSPIRING WORK OF THE SEASON!”


David Cote, OBSERVER


★★★★★!


AN IRREVERENT, ROLLICKING TRIBUTE TO OPTIMISM.


I HAVE SEEN MANY FINE PRODUCTIONS OF THE SKIN OF OUR TEETH. BUT I CAN SAY WITHOUT HESITATION


THAT THIS SUPERBLY ACTED REVIVAL IS THE MOST CREATIVE, MOST EMOTIONALLY CONNECTED,


AND MOST URGENT STAGING OF THE PULITZER PRIZE WINNER I HAVE EVER ENCOUNTERED.


THORNTON WILDER, MEET 2022.”


Bob Verini,


THE GORGEOUS, MAXIMALIST REVIVAL


THIS PLAY DESERVES!


THORNTON WILDER’S THE SKIN OF OUR TEETH IS A BIG PL A Y. IT HAS TO BE.


UNDER LILEANA BLAIN-CRUZ’S DIRECTION, IT GETS EVEN BIGGER, THE STAGE OVERFLOWING


WITH FLOWERS AND LIGHTS AND DAZZLING, PLAYFUL PUPPETRY. NO OTHER SERIOUS DIRECTOR


WORKING NOW HAS SUCH A PROFOUND INTEREST IN VISUAL PLEASURE AND DELIGHT.


AN ODE TO HUMAN RESILIENCE!”


Alexis Soloski,
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