Reviews and Press 2004-2014

A compendium of production reviews and other press from 2004 - 2014.

The Guest at Central Park West

A well-constructed drama...Simon's play, directed by Thomas Coté, hits all the right notes...a scrumptious set designed by Craig Napoliello...startling conflicts and frightening revelations...John Marshall Jones is sensational...Jed Dickson is spot-on...with her poignantly comic portrayal of the drunken Jennifer, it's Tracy Newirth who steals our hearts.

Lisa Jo Sagolla

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The Blue Carbuncle with Sherlock Holmes & The Gift of the Magi

I sincerely hope theatregoers will find time to enjoy this delightful offering...it overflows with the true spirit of the season...cleverly adapted by Andrew Joffe and imaginatively staged by Kathleen Brant...complete with jubilant carolers and a street-corner violinist...with a talented 12-member ensemble in a prelude of eight contemporary holiday songs, arranged and directed by Jeffrey Buchsbaum.

Nancy Ellen Shore

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The Blue Carbuncle with Sherlock Holmes/The Gift of the Magi

The WorkShop Theater gives a cheerful alternative to bombast or treacle in these two charming adaptations...genuinely amusing and fine versions of holiday classics to enjoy and celebrate...all in all, these are captivating Christmas tales, comfortable and worthwhile to curl up with and well done by the Workshop Theater Company.

Ivanna Cullinan

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Heartstring quartet

Workshop Theater Company offered this varied quartet of short plays exploring love connections from unconventional perspectives, including the notion that "[s]ometimes it doesn't work. And that can be the end of it." The walls the characters erected or discovered offered interesting challenges and diverse outcomes. French Kisses II included the reprise of four comedies developed by Workshop Theater for presentation at the Samuel French Off-Off Broadway Short Play Festival.

Deborah S. Greenhut

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Musical Comedy By Robert Strozier and Barbara Crook

THERE'S SOMETHING I NEED TO TELL YOU

This delightful and engaging musical comedy is based on a play by Robert Strozier, Fault Lines, that was a given a full Equity production a few years ago at the WorkShop.

WorkShop-member Strozier wrote the book and lyrics for the musical, and Barbara Hustedt Crook wrote the music. She and Ferdy Tumakaka, the Musical Director, did the arrangements. In late 2005 the musical presented a sit-down "reading/singing" at the WorkShop, and it's currently being reworked.

WorkShop Theater Company

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