Reviews
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...
New Milford’s ‘The Lyons’ roars (4.5 out of 5 stars)
Family dynamics can be fraught with anger especially during a crisis. Nicky Silver, who wrote "The Lyons," takes a close look at a family gathered around the dying patriarch's bedside. Don't expect sentimental professions in this blunt, uproarious comedy. Instead,...
An evening of exceptional regional theatre
Gripping the audience from the opening dialogue, amidst whirring expletives, the sterling cast of Nicky Silver's The Lyons delivers this production the way it was intended with blistering wit, an edge of cruelty and sublime interaction. Nicky Silver is a contemporary American...
The dark comedy is both hilarious & heart breaking with a cast at the top of their game
Dysfunctional doesn't begin to describe The Lyons. But the humor is abundant in the masterful production running right now at Theatreworks New Milford. The dark comedy is at times both hilarious and heart breaking with a cast at the top of...
Exploring ‘the joy and the terror of the theater’ at TheatreWorks New Milford
If the walls could talk inside the Brookside Avenue structure that houses TheatreWorks New Milford, you'd probably hear lots of praying. The 1901 building was originally a church, so those early prayers were likely the religious kind. But now that it's...
Playwright Nicky Silver talks family ties, lost plays, and getting back to basics.
Nicky Silver is the author of such celebrated plays as PTERODACTYLS, RAISED IN CAPTIVITY, THE FOOD CHAIN, and most recently at The Vineyard, BEAUTIFUL CHILD and the lab of THE AGONY AND THE AGONY. Nicky spoke with Co-Artistic Director Sarah...
Entertaining, riotously funny and sometimes it’s a scream
"Of course she's evil–she's a theater critic." – Martha Gillette A castle. Christmas Eve. Murder. Rubbing my hands together I smile. The Games Afoot or Holmes for the Holidays is my kind of play! Ken Ludwig is an American playwright and theater...
Life Is A Game And ‘The Game’s Afoot’
NEW MILFORD — Nothing says Merry Christmas like a good old fashioned, hilariously funny murder-mystery. Theatreworks New Milford's holiday offering of Ken Ludwig's The Game's Afoot or Holmes for the Holidays is just that. Elaborately set in a grand mansion style country...
“The Game’s Afoot” at TheatreWorks New Milford
"The Game's Afoot" got mixed reviews in its original production. Some critics said it was incredibly suspenseful. Others said it was absolutely hilarious. Personally, I think it's equal parts murder mystery and farce. The production, which opened at Theatreworks New...
Avenue Q an unforgettable night of regional theatre
When human foibles are presented to us by singing puppets we are not offended, we're doubled over in laughter slapping our knees. The residents of Avenue Q shake out the nastier parts of human nature through song and dance and we relish...
Cute and coarse enliven ‘Avenue Q’ (5 out of 5 Stars)
Long before Punch and Judy were little shavers, puppets have gotten away with murder. They have acted badly in ways their human counterparts only think about but dare not try. Charlie McCarthy insults W.C. Fields and other fools he'd rather...
Puppets for Grownups…
Celebrating puppet carnality, toying with racism, exulting in schadenfreude, airing numbers of nasty and witless notions, and exploding with theatrical style and daring, "Avenue Q" at TheatreWorks New Milford is a pleasure. A big pleasure. With puppets. And a few...
Theater Review: Broadly Comedic And Moving ‘Avenue Q’
NEW MILFORD — TheatreWorks New Milford is currently offering the edgy, puppet populated and Tony Award winning musical Avenue Q, with music and lyrics by Robert Lopez and Jeff Marks, book by Jeff Whitty, and based on the original concept by...
‘Avenue Q’ is a delightful place to visit in New Milford
Brad Blake, the director of TheatreWorks New Milford's production of Avenue Q tries to describe the street in this very funny puppet musical that looks like Sesame Street. While there are some similarities, "alright, maybe its not exactly like your street." He...
A Delightful “Avenue Q”
Given all the theaters Connecticut is blessed with, you never know when you will walk into one and not just be pleasantly surprised but thoroughly entertained. Such is the case with walking into TheatreWorks New Milford, which is currently boarding...
‘Avenue Q’ at Theatreworks New Milford
Avenue Q, the unconventional tuner touted as the "Sesame Street for adults" by Robert Lopez, Jeff Marx and Jeff Whitty, is truly the little show that could. It is the musical that snatched the 2004 Tony "Triple Crown" for Best...
Theater Review — Bad People Worth Catching In A Good Play: ‘Bonnie And Clyde’ A Strong Production
NEW MILFORD — America needed heroes. Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow fancied themselves fulfilling that role in some twisted, misguided way. TheatreWorks New Milford's production of Bonnie and Clyde, a play by Adam Peck that opened last weekend, seeks to dig...
167 bullets took down Bonnie & Clyde
Adam Peck's one-act play "Bonnie & Clyde" attempts to show the human side of the two murdering criminals whose dastardly deeds evolved from headline news to myth. Peck, an Englishman, put his own spin on this notorious American couple. Perhaps...