Seattleplays.com review By Tom Scanlon				Our Town Intiman closes Nov. 20
	If you're a huge Tom Skerritt fan, from TV (Picket Fence) or movies (A River Runs Through It), this show may be a major let-down. Skerritt plays the Stage Manager in Thornton Wilder's classic play, and he never quite seems comfortable in the role. A big stumbling block is Skerritt's use of a wireless microphone, which is rarely seen in this size of theater, but apparently was necessitated by the star's whispery delivery.      Skerritt is a terrific screen actor, and simply not very good, here, slogging things down without making much of a positive impact on opening night. Perhaps it's the role, or not being comfortable on stage; it just doesn't work.       The rest of the show is wonderful, as Bartlett Sher, artistic director of Intiman, once again shows a remarkable grasp of material, shaping a production that subtly transforms from a charming, funny tale of American to an emotional, powerful meditation on life itself.       Where all too often Seattle productions are dominated by Caucasians (and Intiman has been as guilty as everyone else), Sher does some excellent diverse casting. If the audience has to get over black actors speaking with Vermont accents, so be it; those actors happen to give the best performances in the play.        Sher uses a minimalist set and, for the most part, imaginary props, utilizing audio and visual effects to create a small town in Vermont, where everyone knows what everyone else is doing. The staging puts the focus on Wilder's extraordinary script, so deceptively layered, so filled with possibilities.       Some of the moments in this oft-produced play are absolutely riveting, particularly a scene with two young lovers gazing at the moon (the girl, with great foreshadowing, hates it but can't look away) in the foreground and a the choir practice scene. This is usually played comically, and it is funny -- yet Sher also figures out how to bring out Wilder's humanity, here.       Few directors in Seattle (and, likely, the country) are operating at Sher's level, visually and intellectually. While Skerritt was clearly feeling his way along on opening night, by the middle of this run he'll probably be riveting in the role, and the vision Sher has for this play will come ripe.