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The Skin of Our Teeth

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Description

Winner of the 1943 Pulitzer Prize for drama, Thornton Wilder’s The Skin of Our Teeth is a complicated allegory of mankind’s origins set in New Jersey. Using a suburban family as stand ins, the play references the murder of Cain, the myth of Lilith, Sodom and Gomorrah and various creation stories amidst the backdrop of an impending apocalypse.

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Location

Vivian Beaumont Theater (at Lincoln Center)

150 West 65th Street New York, NY, United States, 10023

Features

Genre
Drama
Type
Performance
Musical

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