Reviews
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...
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...
“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...
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...
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...
“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...
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,...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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,...
“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...