The curtain had just come down on a recent Wednesday matinee of the Broadway revival of “ Our Town,” Thornton Wilder’s 1938 play set in a small New Hampshire town.

With so much turmoil in the world, it’s at least a little comforting that things haven’t changed much in Grover’s Corners, the place that gives Our Town, Thornton Wilder’s beloved 1938 ...

Kenny Leon’s Broadway production of ‘Our Town,’ starring Jim Parsons, is gentle where it could bite.