Reviews
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…
‘Avenue Q’ is a delightful place to visit in New Milford
Brad Blake, the director of TheatreWorks New Milford’s production of Avenue Q tries to describe the street in this very funny puppet musical that looks like Sesame Street. While there are some similarities, “alright, maybe its not exactly like your street.” He reminds the audience to look past the exteriors of each of the wonderful and very…
‘Avenue Q’ at Theatreworks New Milford
Avenue Q, the unconventional tuner touted as the “Sesame Street for adults” by Robert Lopez, Jeff Marx and Jeff Whitty, is truly the little show that could. It is the musical that snatched the 2004 Tony “Triple Crown” for Best Musical, Best Score and Best Book from Broadway juggernaut Wicked. It is the production that set…
A Delightful “Avenue Q”
Given all the theaters Connecticut is blessed with, you never know when you will walk into one and not just be pleasantly surprised but thoroughly entertained. Such is the case with walking into TheatreWorks New Milford, which is currently boarding “Avenue Q: The Musical.” For those of you who have seen the show in another…
Theater Review — Bad People Worth Catching In A Good Play: ‘Bonnie And Clyde’ A Strong Production
NEW MILFORD — America needed heroes. Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow fancied themselves fulfilling that role in some twisted, misguided way. TheatreWorks New Milford’s production of Bonnie and Clyde, a play by Adam Peck that opened last weekend, seeks to dig deeper into who this gun slingingpair of lovers were and what they wanted. As Bonnie…
167 bullets took down Bonnie & Clyde
Adam Peck’s one-act play “Bonnie & Clyde” attempts to show the human side of the two murdering criminals whose dastardly deeds evolved from headline news to myth. Peck, an Englishman, put his own spin on this notorious American couple. Perhaps it’s the English spin on this American story that doesn’t ring quite right. In the…