Photos: TheatreWorks New Milford's EARNEST OR WHAT'S IN A NAME?, Now Through 8/3

TheatreWorks New Milford presented the worled premiere of the musical comedy EARNEST OR WHAT'S IN A NAME?, an original adaptation of Oscar Wilde's 'The Importance of Being Earnest' on July 12. The show features book, lyrics, and music by New Milford resident, Leonard Diamond. The show will run through August 3. Check out a first look below!

In 1895, the world-famous theatrical team of Gilbert and Sullivan fell apart. The partnership apparently over for good, composer Arthur Sullivan immediately began searching for a new librettist and quickly found MR. Wilde, who had just completed an extraordinary new play that seemed the ideal piece to set to music: 'The Importance of Being Earnest' If Gilbert and Sullivan hadn't ultimately reconciled, this "what if" scenario of a Wilde-Sullivan collaboration provides audiences with a delightfully charming and frothy musical comedy.

EARNEST OR WHAT'S IN A NAME? was a finalist at the 2013 New York Musical Theatre Festival (NYMF) Awards. The piece from which the musical was born, 'The Importance of Being Earnest,' opened at the St. James's Theatre in London on February 14, 1895.

EARNEST OR WHAT'S IN A NAME? runs July 12,13 19,20 26,27,28 August 2,3. Curtain time is 8:00 p.m. Fridays & Saturdays, with a 2:00 p.m. Sunday matinee on July 28. Tickets for all shows are $23 for reserved seating.

Reservations can be made online at WWW.THEATREWORKS.US or by calling the box office at (860) 350-6863.

Photo Credit: Richard Pettibione