Reviews
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
“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...
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...
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!...
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...
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...
‘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...
Review: ‘Stage Kiss’ at TheatreWorks New Milford
New Milford, CT – The TheatreWork's press packet describes 'Stage Kiss' as a highly theatrical, not-so-romantic comedy about two actors with a history who are thrown together as romantic leads in a forgotten 1930s melodrama. They quickly lose touch with...
Life is a Stage at TheatreWorks
Sarah Ruhl's comedy Stage Kiss is witty farce about acting, a distorting hall of mirrors where the audience is constantly teased about who, and to what end, is the actor acting and to what degree they are acting. It is about marriage,...
A Review: “I Do, I Do”
Welcome to the world of "I Do, I Do," that popular 1966 Tom Jones/Harvey Schmidt Broadway musical that takes its cue from the 1951 play, "The Fourposter," written by Dutch playwright Jan de Hartog and lovingly chronicles the married life of Agnes and Michael...
Magical Work On TheatreWorks Stage
For anyone looking for a place where charm is abundant, the laughs are genuine, and the tale is timeless, look no further than TheatreWorks New Milford's current production of I Do! I Do! with book and lyrics by Tom Jones and music...
Review: ‘I Do, I Do!’ at Theatreworks New Milford
Based on Jan de Hartog's play "The Fourposter," "I Do! I Do!" is a rare two-character musical. It follows the ups and downs of a marriage over a fifty-year period beginning in 1898. A virtue of the production that opened...
Yes, we do love I Do! I Do!
TheatreWorks in New Milford features a stunning production of I Do! I Do!, that 1968 musical comedy which received seven Tony Award nominations— an unusual accomplishment for a play that features only two actors. In this case the two actors, Cary Van...