“An American Pickle” Should Have Stayed in the Jar
Wacky antics ensue when a 100-year-old Jewish man wakes up from a pickled hibernation in the modern world.
The Skin of Our Teeth (1983)
Production of Thornton Wilder's Pulitzer-winning play "The Skin of Our Teeth," the story of Mr. and Mrs. Antrobus, their children Henry and Gladys, and their maid Sabina. They are simultaneously a typical American family living in a present-day New Jersey suburb and are also Adam, Eve, Lilith, Cain and a daughter who survive the Ice Age (although their pet dinosaurs do not), the Flood (as in the book of Genesis in the Bible) and War (as in WWII).
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Production of Thornton Wilder's Pulitzer-winning play "The Skin of Our Teeth," the story of Mr. and Mrs. Antrobus, their children Henry and Gladys, and their maid Sabina. They are simultaneously a typical American family living in a present-day New Jersey suburb and are also Adam, Eve, Lilith, Cain and a daughter who survive the Ice Age (although their pet dinosaurs do not), the Flood (as in the book of Genesis in the Bible) and War (as in WWII).
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Genre:Drama
Written By:Thornton Wilder
In Theaters:1/18/1983
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Runtime:113 minutes
Studio:Limelight International, Old Globe Theater, The WNET Group, Broadway Theatre Archive
Cast
Jack O'Brien
Director
Blair Brown
Sabina
Sada Thompson
Mrs. Antrobus
Harold Gould
Mr. Antrobus
Jeffrey Combs
Henry Antrobus
Monique Fowler
Gladys
Rue McClanahan
Fortune Teller
John Houseman
Network Newscaster
Diana Bellamy
Miss E. Muse / Ivy
Renee Brooks
Miss M. Muse / Showgirl
Bonnie Campbell-Britton
Miss T. Muse / Audio Person
Gary Dontzig
Telegraph Boy/Conveener
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