Another Days Begun
b"Author, journalist, and theater advocate Howard Sherman talks about his new book,\\xa0Another Day's Begun: Thornton Wilder's Our Town in the 21st Century, a fascinating oral history featuring conversations with over a hundred theater artists talking about productions of this seminal work from Chicago to Miami, from off-Broadway to the UK, and from professionals to students to Kate Powers' transformative production at Sing Sing Correctional Facility. Featuring the two plays that framed World War II; how Howard\\u2019s opinion of Our Town\\xa0changed during the writing of this book; how every production is telling its own story to its own community; how the play prompted dramatic new considerations about the American criminal justice system; and how the community of Grover\\u2019s Corners is always populated anew by the community of actors and audience members coming together at every performance. (Length 28:07)"