Review: [title of show] at TheatreWorks New Milford

(l to r:) Mike L'Altrella, Ashley McLeod, Carey Van Hollen, and Rob Bassett Photo by Richard Pettibone

[title of show] is an original broadway musical with music and lyrics by Jeff Bowen and book by Hunter Bell. Because it is a musical about two “nobodies” who decide to write a musical starring themselves and their attractive and talented lady friends named Susan and Heidi, the two men in the show are named Jeff and Hunter who are writing a musical in three weeks so that they can submit it to the New York Musical Theatre Festival.

The production of this quirky piece at TheatreWorks New Milford was directed by Alicia Dempster of Danbury with musical direction by a fine keyboard player named Steven Oliveri who sat onstage in the role of Larry. The four-member cast included four super talented community theatre actors, namely Carey Van Hollen, Rob Bassett, Ashley McLeod and Mike L’Altrella.

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My favorite pop culture/theatre references included “Key Change!,” Dixon-Ticonderoga (admittedly a teacher reference,) Tim Gunn and ‘Wicked.’ [title of show] is presented without intermission and has a run time of less than two hours. It runs at TheatreWorks through July 31 and I highly recommend a trip to New Milford to both those who work in the theatre and those who admire them as I do. The July 29th show will featured a wine and cheese reception with original cast member Susan Blackwell.