Reviews
Bawdy, risqué…an evening of laugh out loud comedy.
Prepare yourself to be weak from laughter with a stitch in your side when you leave this performance of Leading Ladies! TheatreWorks New Milford lives up to their reputation bringing another hit to their stage that is bawdy, risqué and outrageously funny! Leading Ladies is a play by Ken Ludwig, a contemporary American playwright who…
Hilarity at TheatreWorks
If you’re in the mood for laughter, Leading Ladies by Ken Ludwig is sure to exercise your diaphragm. Michael Bolinksi as director squeezes virtuallly all the juice from a script that runs perilously close to self-parody. This amusing 2004 farce about two desperate Shakespearean actors on-the-make has deep roots in Molière as well as the Marx Brothers.…
Hilarity at TheatreWorks
If you’re in the mood for laughter, Leading Ladies by Ken Ludwig is sure to exercise your diaphragm. Michael Bolinksi as director squeezes virtuallly all the juice from a script that runs perilously close to self-parody. This amusing 2004 farce about two desperate Shakespearean actors on-the-make has deep roots in Molière as well as the Marx Brothers.…
‘Time Stands Still’ at TheatreWorks New Milford
I was eager to see Time Stands Still at TheatreWorks New Milford and I wasn’t disappointed. Waiting for the show to begin, the unique sounds of Philip Glass’ Metamorphosis Four filled the air. A stroke of genius, a musical introduction to the intimate changes you’re about to see unfold on the stage. Time Stands Still is an emotionally…
Review: ‘Time Stands Still’ at TheatreWorks New Milford
“At what expense does one tell the difficult truths of war?” Director Sonnie Osborne (‘Souvenir’) poses that question in her notes about her production of ‘Time Stands Still’ running through August 1 at TheatreWorks New Milford. The play was written by Donald Margulies, a celebrated playwright who is an adjunct professor of English Theatre Studies…
In a Word, Fine, Very Fine
This play, “Time Stands Still,” has an impressive pedigree, from its debut at a prestigious Los Angeles theater to its 2010–11 Broadway run in which all four of its roles were filled by household names from movies and theater. Playwright Donald Margulies deserves the accolades he’s received. This is the story of a photojournalist, nearly…
Theater Review: Nuanced, Soulful Performances The Focus Of Current TheaterWorks Production
NEW MILFORD — TheaterWorks New Milford’s main stage production of Time Stands Still is a subtle, moving piece of drama that gives pause as it explores the monumental challenges faced, collateral damage inflicted, and price paid by those who are witness to trauma. This is accomplished with humor, tenderness and urgency. Staged on a phenomenal apartment set,…
Stopping Time through Art
First produced by the prestigious Geffen Playhouse in Los Angeles in 2009, Time Stands Still by Pulitzer Prize winner Donald Margulies, has moments when your heart seems to stop either from anguish, thought, or laughter. The play explores the complicated relationship between two war journalists, one a photographer, the other a writer, after they have returned from…
Time, Time, Time – See What’s Become of Me
It’s easy to see why Donald Margulies’ Time Stands Still, which opened on Broadway in 2010 and garnered several Tony nominations, is a favorite of regional and local theaters (there have been recent productions at Stratford’s Square One and Hartford’s TheaterWorks). With its unit set and four characters, it is relatively economical to produce, plus its…
‘Souvenir’ Is Perfection In New Milford
NEW MILFORD — TheatreWorks New Milford’s production of Souvenir is awesome. A night at the theatre I will not soon forget. Written by Stephen Temperley, this comedy with music is immensely entertaining while covering all of the emotional bases. This production was originally performed at Westport Community Theatre. Under a new director, Sonnie Osborne, the…