“What Mr. Kaufman and his team are after is less a portrait of any one person than one of the ethos of a place. In the deliberate, simple staging ... in which eight radiantly clean-scrubbed performers embody 60 different people against a bare-bones set, 'Laramie' often brings to mind 'Our Town,' the beloved Thornton Wilder study of life, love and death in parochial New Hampshire.”
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Ben Brantley
Ben Brantley, born on October 26, 1954, is an esteemed American journalist. Renowned for his work in theater criticism, he served as the chief theater critic for The New York Times, known for his insightful observations and profound analysis. more
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