Reviews
Shoot out at TheatreWorks New Milford
The great American Westerns with quick on the draw, gunslinging cowboys are hard to find on the big screen or television these days let alone on stage. However, TheatreWorks in New Milford has the distinction of presenting Jethro Compton’s “The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance.” Here’s a play that really has something for everyone. It…
Pillow Talking’s Review of [title of show]
She Said: Interestingly, there have been two shows in the 2016 season at TheatreWorks New Milford which speak to insiders – to writers and other artists in the literary and entertainment businesses. Each of them reflects the excitement, struggles, successes, and failures of the many individuals who risk putting it all out there to create…
“A Musical That Will Lift Your Spirits”
[title of show] glows from start to finish with clever and irreverent songs finely calibrated by an exquisite cast that never misses a beat, literally! With music and lyrics by Jeff Bowen and the book by Hunter Bell, [title of show] chronicles their own creation for an entry into the New York Musical Theater Festival and the subsequent struggles…
Four Gifted Actors Perfect In ‘[title of show]’
NEW MILFORD — TheatreWorks New Milford’s summer fare is a musical rendition of a slice of the lives of the four characters who seemingly create the work on the spot. It is funny, charming and unusual. Under the direction of Alicia Dempster, [title of show], with music and lyrics by Jeff Bowen and book by Hunter…
Review: ‘[title of show]’ at TheatreWorks New Milford
“I’d rather be nine people’s favorite thing than a hundred people’s ninth-favorite thing…” New Milford, CT – [title of show] is an original broadway musical with music and lyrics by Jeff Bowen and book by Hunter Bell. Because it is a musical about two “nobodies” who decide to write a musical starring themselves and their…
The No-Name Show
Over the years there have been a lot of shows about…well…putting on a show, perhaps the most famous being Forty-Second Street, but there’s Kiss Me, Kate, A Chorus Line, Babes in Arms, Summer Stock, and we can’t forget The Producers, Noises Off and Lend Me a Tenor. Broadway (and Hollywood) often likes to look at…
Quite a tale of ‘The Allergist’s Wife’ – 4-1/2 out of 5 Stars!
It’s easy to see that Marjorie is depressed. She’s slumped on a couch wearing a blue robe that matches her disposition and she has no intention of changing her clothes no matter what the time of day or night. Her husband, Dr. Ira Taub, a prominent doctor, an allergist, tries to help, but he is…
The Tale of the Allergist’s Wife at TheatreWorks New Milford had the audience giggling right from the first word.
The Tale of the Allergist’s Wife at TheatreWorks New Milford had the audience giggling right from the first word. It may have been gloomy outside but the almost full theater was immersed in laughter throughout the evening concluding with a standing ovation for this talented cast. Charles Busch is a contemporary American actor, screenwriter, playwright and…
Theater Review: ‘Allergist’s Wife’ Given Terrific Treatment In New Milford
NEW MILFORD — Are you having one of those days? If you are, get thee to the doctor, or in this case, the doctor’s wife. TheaterWorks New Milford’s production of Charles Busch’s The Tale of the Allergist’s Wife is a riotous exploration of Marjorie Taub’s middle-aged crisis in which she finds herself grasping for meaning…
Theater Review: In New Milford, A ‘Seminar’ Worth Attending
NEW MILFORD — The art, angst and overwrought process of writing is on display to comedic perfection at TheatreWorks New Milford. Under the spot-on direction of Alicia Dempster, Theresa Rebeck’s Seminar delivers on the coordination of the “interiority and exteriority” required to become not just a writer but an author. Four young wannabe writers have chosen to…