'Seat Of Our Pants,' A Musical Adaptation of a Thornton Wilder Classic

All Of It with Alison Stewart | Nov 5, 2025

A new, musical adaptation of Thornton Wilder's "The Skin Of Our Teeth" called "The Seat Of Our Pants" follows the existential dreads and absurdist twists of the 5,000-year old Antrobus family. Ethan Lipton adapted the show and wrote the music. He talks about the new musical, along with castmembers Ruthie Ann Miles, Micaela Diamond, Damon Daunno, Ally Bonino, and Michael Lepore, who perform some music from the show live in our studios "The Seat Of Our Pants" is playing at The Public until Nov. 30.

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