Reviews
Pillow Talking’s Review of SEMINAR
She Said: I'm a writer – sometimes I feel as if there are words instead of blood coursing through my veins; I hear ideas popping into creation like new synaptic connections in my brain when I'm driving, in the shower,...
‘Seminar’ Scores an A at TheatreWorks
Those who think real theater has died are not getting out enough. TheatreWorks in New Milford offers Theresa Rebeck's Seminar, a contemporary comedy (2011) adroit with humor, fine acting, gut-bucket aphorisms. This five-actor play about writers transcends the narrow subject of...
Theater Review: A Vortex Of Action At TheatreWorks New Milford
NEW MILFORD — Ken Ludwig's Leading Ladies opened on September 25, at TheatreWorks New Milford, to a full house of entertained theatergoers. This outrageous bit of farcical hijinks left the audience laughing to the point of guffaws as the tempo picked up...
These ‘Leading Ladies’ are no ladies
TheatreWorks, New Milford: Leave it to Ken Ludwig to write a farce with a title that leads one to believe that the comedy is going to feature two actresses. Well, it doesn't. The thing is that the leading ladies in...
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...
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...
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...
‘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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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)....
‘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...
A Memorable Souvenir At TheatreWorks New Milford
Some theatres have been around long enough to have become known as reliable producers of certain types of shows. Such is the case with TheatreWorks New Milford, who has mastered the production of small yet dynamic dramas featuring fascinating women....
‘Souvenir’ a production to remember
There are two things to keep in mind when attending "Souvenir," a memorable comedy with music now playing at TheatreWorks in New Milford. First, this work by Stephen Temperley, directed by Sonnie Osborne, is based on facts told by Cosme...
A Theatre Review by Mary Hembree
"What matters most is the music you hear in your head" – Florence Foster Jenkins Souvenir is just that – a remembrance of a time gone by when politeness and gentility ruled the day and political correctness wasn't even in the...
Celebrating the worst singer ever?
At first glance, "Souvenir" may appear to be a simple comedy about an eccentric socialite who loves to sing, even though she can't carry a tune. But Danbury actress Priscilla Squires said the play, based on the life of Florence Foster...
Review – ‘Souvenir’ at TheatreWorks New Milford
When 'Souvenir' opened last night at TheatreWorks New Milford (with their usual opening night fanfare,) it felt to this reviewer like, well, a souvenir, French for "a remembrance" or "memory." You see, I had experienced this two character play last...
Dark People, Dark Places In Theater
In 1962, when Edward Albee's "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" premièred, George and Martha set the standard for marital mayhem. They caviled and carped and stung and deviled each other in front of guests, and theatergoers were stunned. Still, this...
Nicky Silver’s The Lyons Not Quite A Roaring Comedy
There is something oddly disturbing about a dark comedy. The theatregoer is presented with a situation that is typically considered tragic but, instead, they find themselves laughing at things that would normally be considered inappropriate as comic fodder. Such is...