Ms. Abel, left, cooks bacon in the wings during the final stretch of “Our Town.” The fan blows the smell into the house. Jonah Rosenberg for The New York Times ...

The new Broadway revival of “Our Town,” which opened Thursday night at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre, puts all its chips on “Our.” One hour and 45 minutes, with no intermission. At the Ethel ...

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 ...

That’s my very personal take on “Our Town,” having lived for 18 years in one of these tiny hell holes — and no, I don’t consider it as the best American play ever. Not by a long shot.

Broadway Box Office: 'Our Town,' starring Jim Parsons, Katie Holmes and Zoey Deutch, brough in $1 million in its closing week.