Our Town: David Cromer returns for final 3 Weeks

Obie and Lucille Lortel Award winner David Cromer, who directed and originated the role of 'The Stage Manager' in this record-breaking landmark production of Thornton Wilder's Our Town at the Barrow Street Theatre returns for the final three weeks of performances on 24 Aug 2010.

In addition, Scott Parkinson, who appeared in the role last summer, will play matinee performances on 28 & 29 Aug and 4 & 5 Sep. Cromer succeeds Academy Award-nominee Michael McKean who gave his final performance on 22 Aug 2010, following a three-week return engagement.

The iconic 'Stage Manager' role in this production of Our Town has been performed by seven actors, including David Cromer, Scott Parkinson, Jason Butler Harner, Stephen Kunken, Michael Shannon, Michael McKean and Helen Hunt.

Our Town, which opened at the Barrow Street Theatre on 26 Feb 2009, following previews from 17 Feb, plays its final performance on 12 Sep 2010.

The show opened to mostly positive reviews: "modest but highly rewarding" (NY Times); 'riveting new production' (NY Daily News); 'wonderful' (NY Post); "Astonishingly reinvented" (AP).

Our Town went on to win the Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Production and Outstanding Direction and Obie Award for Outstanding Director. This current staging of Our Town entered its second year on 26 Feb 2010 and is the longest-running production of the play in its 72-year history.

The cast of Our Town now features Elizabeth Audley (Mrs. Soames), Jeremy Beiler (Simon Stimson), Robert Beitzel (Howie Newsome), Kati Brazda (Mrs. Webb), Will Brill (Joe Crowell, Jr), David Cromer (Stage Manager), Nathan Dame (Sam Craig), Roger E. DeWitt (Joe Stoddard), Ann Dowd (Mrs. Gibbs), Emma Galvin (Rebecca Gibbs), Jennifer Grace (Emily Webb), Mark Hattan (Constable Warren), Jake Horowitz (Wally Webb), David Manis (Mr. Webb), Scott Parkinson (Professor Willard), James McMenamin (George Gibbs), Jeff Still (Doc Gibbs), Jason Yachanin (Si Crowell), with Dana Jacks, Lynn Laurence, Kathleen Peirce, Keith Perry and Mark Shock.

The creative team for Our Town features Michele Spadaro (set design and props), Alison Siple (costume design) and Heather Gilbert (lighting design).