The Skin of Our Teeth @ A NOISE WITHIN

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Terry Morgan – ArtsBeatLA

Thornton Wilder’s 1942 Pulitzer Prize-winning play, The Skin of Our Teeth, is an assuredly odd duck. It’s eighty-two years old but still seems postmodern with its frequent fourth-wall breaking, playfulness with time and use of characters as symbols. Its main subject is how mankind, represented here by the Antrobus (Greek for human or person) family, muddles through all eras of life – a rather ambitious undertaking. The current production of the show by A Noise Within is superb, as good a version of this play as one is likely to see, with outstanding work from all concerned. Read more…

Anita W. Harris – LA Theatrix

“The Skin of Our Teeth”—continuing through Sept. 29—is a weird play excellently executed by A Noise Within (ANW) with compelling acting and staging. Read more…