 Wilder received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1938 for the work.The Jed Harris production of "Our Town" was revived at New York City Center on January 10, 1944, running for 24 performances until January 29, with Montgomery Clift as George and Martha Scott as Emily.In 1946, the Soviet Union prevented a production of "Our Town" in the Russian sector of occupied Berlin "on the grounds that the drama is too depressing and could inspire a German suicide wave".