May 23, 2023 
About The Special Tony® Award For Regional Theatre (American Theatre Critics Association).
Regional Theatre Award recipient Danny Feldman for Pasadena Playhouse is congratulated by Erich Bergen at the Tony Awards First Impressions Cam presented by City National Bank, backstage at the 76th Annual Tony Awards on Sunday, June 11, 2023 (Video via YouTube).
 Our Town at the Pasadena Playhouse. Photo by Earl. E Gibson III. Our Town by Thornton Wilder Sep 26 – Oct 22, 2017 Directed by Sheryl Kaller Co-Produced with Deaf West Theatre HistoryWilder’s journal notes for 1935 include ideas for ten plays, among them “M Marries N” (an early working title for Our Town). He began to work in earnest on the play in 1936 after resigning from his post as a part-time visiting lecturer in Classics and Writing at the University of Chicago. After short try-outs in Princeton and Boston, the play opened on Broadway on February 4, 1938 to mostly favorable reviews, with Wilder playing the role of the Stage Manager for two weeks of the play’s run in September. Our Town garnered Wilder a second Pulitzer Prize and the play became a classic not only in American theatre, but in classrooms across the country. Thornton Wilder, Our Town: A Play in Three Acts, acting edition was published in 1939 by New York, Coward-McCann, Inc., in cooperation with S. French, Inc. View manuscript corrections of Our Town by Thornton Wilder. (Thornton Wilder Papers at Beinecke Library, Yale University ) . The play was produced at the Pasadena Playhouse in 1939 by Dir. Frank Ferguson and in 1957 by Dir. Barney Brown. Meet the cast of current production of Our Town. On October 8, 2017, Amos Tappan Wilder, a nephew of T. Wilder, has visited the Pasadena Playhouse and attended the performance. During Playhouse Talk on October 9th, he offered an intimate look into the life of the playwright and discussed his role as Literary Executor of the Thornton Wilder Estate. The talk was moderated by KPCC’s John Horn.
Images courtesy of the Pasadena Playhouse Archives. Reviews and InterviewsBroadway World Review (Oct. 3, 2017): Time Passes and Life Goes On in Deaf West Theatre's 'Our Town' at Pasadena Playhouse Los Angeles Times Review (Oct. 3, 2017): Deaf West and Pasadena Playhouse populate 'Our Town' with fresh faces . By Charles McNulty. Broadway World Interview (Oct. 5, 2017): Jane Kaczmarek Stage Managing Her Future With Open & Always Entertaining Communications. Pasadena Playhouse and Deaf West Make “Our Town” New Again. By Frances Baum Nicholson (The Stage Struck Review). New York Times (Oct. 13, 2017): An ‘Our Town’ Image as Sturdy as a Chair: Behind the Poster. By Erik Piepenburg . Interview with Paula Sher. Los Angeles Theatre playgoers reviews. Our Town Reviewed by Dana Martin (Stage Raw). Thornton Wilder
The Friends will be working at the Showcase House for the Arts from April 23 through May 21, 2017. Sharon Zaslaw and Sue Hayne-Horn are our coordinators. Friends of the Friends can also sign-up and volunteer at this event. What a pleasant surprise to discover that this year’s Showcase House has a Pasadena Playhouse connection! Samuel S. Hinds was involved with the Pasadena Community Playhouse from the beginning. His first appearance was at the Savoy Theatre in 1917. He performed in over 50 productions with The Pasadena Community Playhouse. In 1924, Hinds served on the Board of Directors for the Pasadena Community Playhouse during its successful drive to raise funds to construct the beautiful Spanish Colonial-style Pasadena Playhouse Theatre. Hinds starred in The Amethyst, at the Pasadena Community Playhouse Opening Night Gala, on May 18, 1925, and performed as author Harold Brown, in the Premiere. He continued performing at The Playhouse through 1930. His film career spanned over 16 years and he appeared in over 200 films. To learn more about his career , please read Mary Mallory's article "Hollywood Heights: Samuel S. Hinds, Pasadena Playhouse Founder, Movie Actor."  The two-story English Tudor revival-style house of Samuel Hinds, located in Pasadena. Photo by F.W. Martin (1920). Source: California State Library Picture Collection.
Friends of the Pasadena Playhouse wishing you and your  The Friends and an usher troupe for "A Cinderella Christmas" (12.24.2016). Photo courtesy of N. Pashkova. |
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