Reviews
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.…
“Proof” at TheatreWorks New Milford
(What is the story of “Proof?”) “Proof,” as written by David Aubrun, questions and ponders the actual authorship of an actual mathematical proof. In theory, a proof must demonstrate that the statement being made is always true rather than just a conjecture. That said, the two-act play abounds with ripe, pungent dialogue that addresses theorems,…
Theater Review: Gifted, Compelling Work On TheatreWorks Stage
David Aubrun’s powerful and eloquent family drama Proof is on stage at TheatreWorks New Milford. The one word of the title has many meanings, and Aubrun has articulated each of them in this exquisitely written play. Director Frank Arcaro has skillfully cast and staged this piece with brilliant actors who deliver an ardent portrayal of love, in…
Run don’t walk to see TheatreWorks’ Proof. This is one you do not want to miss!
He Said: Consider the following proof which succinctly states the quintessence of this review: TWP = TaIB For those of you non-mathematicians (or rather acronymologists to be more precise), the lay translation is the following: TheatreWorks’ Proof is Theatre at Its Best! Proof is a brilliantly executed play where all the parts – casting, acting, direction, set design…
There is proof on many levels in this fine production of the Pulitzer Prize winning play
New Milford, CT – TheatreWorks New Milford presents ‘Proof,’ (stylized as {proof}) the Pulitzer Prize winning play by David Auburn. The piece was originally produced by Manhattan Theatre Club in May of 2000. This interest-holding production was directed by Frank Arcaro and is scheduled for a four week run through March 10, 2018. The play…
Proof is in the Acting at TheatreWorks!
David Auburn’s Proof (2000) ran for two-and-a-half years on Broadway, winning the 2001 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and Tony Award for Best Play. At New Milford’s TheatreWorks the acting and direction by Frank Arcaro rivals the Broadway production. In two acts, each with four scenes, on a single, magnificent set, the pacing, gestures, and blocking appear so…
‘Stage Kiss’ hits you right in the kisser
Who hasn’t wondered if actors who kiss on stage are not moved by the physical act? Playwright Sarah Ruhl delves into this question with plenty of humor but also with a twist in her play within-a-play-within-a-play. That’s right, there are two plays within this play. Under the astute direction of Nina Agostine Smith, there’s no…