Reviews
What acting may do for your soul
While Spring flowers are now appearing and we love to spend more time outdoors, indoor blooms should not be neglected. Such a bloom can be found at New Milford’s Theatreworks in Ronald Harwood’s amusing comedy Quartet (1999) directed by Jane Farnol. While witty and humorous, this remains an enduring play that touches the heart. The setting of…
Race to New Milford’s production of ‘Race’
Henry (a black lawyer): Do you know what you can say? To a black man. On the subject of race? Charles (a rich white man accused of raping a black woman): “Nothing.” Henry: That is correct. Playwright David Mamet wastes no time in throwing the New Milford Theatre audience (mostly white) into the middle of…
Bold, Superb ‘Race’ On Stage At TheatreWorks
An explosive conversation about race is on stage in TheatreWorks New Milford’s production of David Mamet’s Race, a play about the multitude of racial elements involved in a single crime. This story lays bare the challenges of fully comprehending the intricacies and complexities of race relations on every level. Directed by Francis A. Daley, this bold…
Face To Face With Race
The title of the play is not nuanced. David Mamet’s “Race” which runs at TheatreWorks New Milford through March 16th and will be the premiere presentation of Lloyd Baroody’s ShowTown venture at the Seifert Theater in Salisbury on March 22 and 23, is a gritty, engaging and intense exploration of the topic. Mamet made certain…
It gets the pulses racing. It gets you thinking. It packs an emotional wallop.
“Race is the most incendiary topic in our history. And the moment it comes out, you cannot close the lid on that box. That may change. But not for a long time while.” –David Mamet, Playwright, “Race” The impeccable head-on swagger and urgency of playwright David Mamet’s writing gives “Race” an emotional flourish and depth…
Theater: ‘Man of La Mancha’
Let’s presume, for a moment, that Francis Daley brought “Man of La Mancha” to TheatreWorks New Milford because he had the innate sense that we all needed reassurance that at this point in time, it is mandatory “to dream the impossible dream.” If you add to that presumption that Daley actually “pitched” the idea of…
Spend a night with the knight of the woeful countenance
As soon as you enter TheatreWorks in New Milford, you will marvel at the set designed by Leif Smith and constructed by Shagbargh Hickory. Designed as a stone dungeon in Spain at the end of the 1500s, everything about the set looks appropriately ominous. When a huge and heavy dark staircase slowly empties into a…
Theater Review: A Rich And Resonant ‘Man Of La Mancha’ On TheatreWorks Stage
NEW MILFORD — Theatreworks New Milford’s production of the rich and resonant Man of La Mancha is on display for their December offering. The long road taken by director Francis A. Daley and musical director Morgan Kelsey to mount this play has proven to be worth the wait. Their intensive attention to detail and vision result in…
And God Said… What hath God wrought?
Well, he’s condescended to visit Earth to answer some questions you might have about evil, suffering, prayer and the Kardashians and, in the process, revise the Ten Commandments (most of the original set not being very applicable any more). Some might say, “Well, God help us,” but he’s tired of being asked to do things,…
Reign of Laughter at TheatreWorks
Can comic parody be high art? Well, yes, in unusual circumstances. Mel Brooks and Gene Wilder collaborated on the film Young Frankenstein, Brooks’ most successfully commercial film (1974), which parodied the old black-and-white flicks on the Frankenstein theme. Brooks eventually decided to use his film as a basis for a musical; he collaborated with Thomas Meehan.…