Reviews
Zombie Prom, the fastest 90 minutes of music, dancing and schtick now cavorting on the stage at TheatreWorks New Milford.
Mid-summer doldrums got you down? Feeling blah? I have the perfect cure — Zombie Prom, the fastest 90 minutes of music, dancing and schtick now cavorting on the stage at TheatreWorks New Milford. It’s the 1950’s, the word “teenager” comes to light and we join a madcap bunch of them at Enrico Fermi High. When your…
“Dance of the Dead”
Oh, the plight of a young zombie who wants to hold onto his girlfriend and go back to high school so he can graduate. Yes, he’s different, basically due to decomposition, but in the grand scope of things does that really matter? After all, zombies are people too, aren’t they? Such is the premise of…
Don’t miss the fun at this campy musical running through Aug. 5 at TheatreWorks New Milford.
I’m a blast from the past. I’m a force for the future. A teen-age zombie, an acquired taste, Oxy-clear and toxic waste. I’m a blast, blast, blast — From the all too recent past! – Jonny in ‘Zombie Prom’ New Milford, CT – Matt Austin is a local actor (‘Boeing, Boeing,’ ‘Bell, Book & Candle,’)…
Theater Review: It’s Girl Loves Ghoul At TheatreWorks New Milford
NEW MILFORD — For a whole lot of good, clean hilariousness, go see TheatreWorks New Milford’s current production of the musical Zombie Prom, with book and lyrics by John Dempsey and music by Dana P. Rowe. Under the very clever and skilled direction of Matt Austin, this production is just what the doctor ordered to clear…
“Private Lives is the plum in the pudding this holiday season.”
TheatreWorks New Milford’s production of Noel Coward’s Private Lives is the plum in the pudding this holiday season. The cast is magnificent, the set is the most creative I’ve seen, and your face will hurt from laughing as you exuberantly applaud at the end of the show. Sir Noel Pierce Coward was an English playwright, composer, director,…
A Funny Tale of Relationships
TheatreWorks New Milford’s production of “Private Lives” is a richly funny presentation that enlivens Noel Coward’s rapier-sharp script by bringing to the rather intimate theater five actors who are as agile with their lines as they are with their expressions, reactions and physical comedy. We may not see ourselves in every scene, but more often…
Coward’s ‘Private Lives’ quite public – 5 out of 5 Stars
Considering that Noel Coward’s comedy “Private Lives” has had seven Broadway revivals and played at just about every community and regional theater in Connecticut, there’s not much private about the play. Currently, it is alive and very well at TheatreWorks in New Milford. Writer Tom Faulkner, in an article for “Drama for Students,” said Coward…
A Complex Battle of Good Versus Evil
If you’re of a certain age, the title “The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance” may evoke audio memories of Gene Pitney crooning on the AM radio in your parent’s 1962 Oldsmobile. If classic films are more your bent, then John Ford’s uniting John Wayne, Jimmy Stewart and Lee Marvin in a mega-star acting tug of…
An Excellent Debut For “Liberty Valance” In New Milford
NEW MILFORD — Theatreworks New Milford has raised the bar at Prairie Belle Saloon high, with the production of The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance. Impeccably directed by Richard Pettibone, the brilliant performances in this show have set a new standard. Sporting just about the coolest name ever, Liberty Valance (played by Francis A. Daly) haunts…
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance at TheatreWorks New Milford
The spirit of the “Old West” bursts to life on the stage of TheatreWorks New Milford in their production of The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance. This play conjures up every western you’ve seen with gun slingers trying to control the town and strong but gentle cowboys doing their best to stop them. Although the…