Living and Dying in Our Town Clip

A 2 minute sneak peak at Character Studies' upcoming episode on Thornton Wilder's play "Our Town".

Character Studies:Living and Dying in "Our Town"Character Studies Productions is pleased to present its first-ever PBS special, [premiere date July, 2007], a one-hour
program that looks inside the classic Thornton Wilder play.
Hosted by Eli Wallach, this special examines the real stories behind these iconic characters - George Gibbs and Emily Webb - the girl and boy next door. We draw from exclusive interviews with a dozen actors and others who have worked on acclaimed productions across the country.
Included are comments from Cynthia Nixon [Old Globe Theatre, San Diego], James Rebhorn, Frances Conroy and Eric Stoltz [Lincoln Center/Broadway], Harvey Evans [Broadway], Tom Jones [Marriott Lincolnshire Theatre], and James Naughton (director), Maggie Lacey, Jeffrey DeMunn, Ben Fox, Stephen Spinella and Paul Newman [Westport Country Playhouse and Broadway].

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• eric
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• jones

[characterstudies]

Check your local PBS listings for showtimes and dates. Go to "pbs dot org slash characterstudies" for more information.

[tsugumiful]

i love it..it's such a masterpiece

[sketch093]

I'm auditioning for George this Tuesday!

[nurbSoldier]

Do whatever you can to get your hands on this version of the play and watch it over and over again.

[hannahkathleeny]

I'm playing the stage manager in this at my school EEEPP!

[MrWackismzX3]

i just got george in my school! is that good?

[maizydotes]

This is great, thanks for posting it.

[RedSoxChampion33]

thats awesome stuff. when is this on?