Reviews
The dark comedy is both hilarious & heart breaking with a cast at the top of their game
Dysfunctional doesn’t begin to describe The Lyons. But the humor is abundant in the masterful production running right now at Theatreworks New Milford. The dark comedy is at times both hilarious and heart breaking with a cast at the top of their game. As Ben Lyons lies dying, his wife of forty years, Rita, flips through…
Exploring ‘the joy and the terror of the theater’ at TheatreWorks New Milford
If the walls could talk inside the Brookside Avenue structure that houses TheatreWorks New Milford, you’d probably hear lots of praying. The 1901 building was originally a church, so those early prayers were likely the religious kind. But now that it’s been a community theater for 40-plus years, the prayers have a different ring to them.…
Playwright Nicky Silver talks family ties, lost plays, and getting back to basics.
Nicky Silver is the author of such celebrated plays as PTERODACTYLS, RAISED IN CAPTIVITY, THE FOOD CHAIN, and most recently at The Vineyard, BEAUTIFUL CHILD and the lab of THE AGONY AND THE AGONY. Nicky spoke with Co-Artistic Director Sarah Stern about THE LYONS and the unforgettable family at its center. I’m calling to interview…
Entertaining, riotously funny and sometimes it’s a scream
“Of course she’s evil–she’s a theater critic.” – Martha Gillette A castle. Christmas Eve. Murder. Rubbing my hands together I smile. The Games Afoot or Holmes for the Holidays is my kind of play! Ken Ludwig is an American playwright and theater director whose works have been performed all over the world. His first Broadway play, Lend Me…
Life Is A Game And ‘The Game’s Afoot’
NEW MILFORD — Nothing says Merry Christmas like a good old fashioned, hilariously funny murder-mystery. Theatreworks New Milford’s holiday offering of Ken Ludwig’s The Game’s Afoot or Holmes for the Holidays is just that. Elaborately set in a grand mansion style country home on the Connecticut River, this riotous farce is good old fashioned fun, fun, fun.…
“The Game’s Afoot” at TheatreWorks New Milford
“The Game’s Afoot” got mixed reviews in its original production. Some critics said it was incredibly suspenseful. Others said it was absolutely hilarious. Personally, I think it’s equal parts murder mystery and farce. The production, which opened at Theatreworks New Milford this weekend, is fast-paced and pokes merciless fun at the egotistical theater people but…
Avenue Q an unforgettable night of regional theatre
When human foibles are presented to us by singing puppets we are not offended, we’re doubled over in laughter slapping our knees. The residents of Avenue Q shake out the nastier parts of human nature through song and dance and we relish the opportunity to laugh at the unattractive bits we normally keep beneath the surface. Avenue…
Cute and coarse enliven ‘Avenue Q’ (5 out of 5 Stars)
Long before Punch and Judy were little shavers, puppets have gotten away with murder. They have acted badly in ways their human counterparts only think about but dare not try. Charlie McCarthy insults W.C. Fields and other fools he’d rather not suffer and, more recently, Seth McFarlane’s eponymous antiheroic teddy bear from the movie “Ted”…
Puppets for Grownups…
Celebrating puppet carnality, toying with racism, exulting in schadenfreude, airing numbers of nasty and witless notions, and exploding with theatrical style and daring, “Avenue Q” at TheatreWorks New Milford is a pleasure. A big pleasure. With puppets. And a few people, too. What it’s about, however, is not nearly as interesting as how it’s accomplished.…
Theater Review: Broadly Comedic And Moving ‘Avenue Q’
NEW MILFORD — TheatreWorks New Milford is currently offering the edgy, puppet populated and Tony Award winning musical Avenue Q, with music and lyrics by Robert Lopez and Jeff Marks, book by Jeff Whitty, and based on the original concept by Robert Lopez and Jeff Marks. These are adult-only puppets with a message for the child…