Amid the last claps of his standing ovation, director Kenny Leon had some final (and colorful) words for his audience at Barrymore Theatre: “Our-Fucking-Town!” Indeed, Leon—along with his star-studded cast of Jim Parsons,

The first act of “Our Town” takes place in Grover’s Corners on May 7, 1901. Nothing much happens in the fictional New Hampshire village that day, except that two local teenagers, George Gibbs and Emily Webb, fall in love completely unaware that they do so under the shadow of the granitic pillars of time.

The new Broadway revival of “Our Town,” which opened Thursday night at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre, puts all its chips on “Our.” Theater review OUR TOWN .review-block-star --review-block-star--empty-color: #585858;