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Monday, February 8, 2016

Review: ‘Burning,’ Ginger Lazarus’s Take on the Cyrano Story by Anita Gates

In this update of Edmond Rostand’s 19th-century tale, Cyrano becomes Cy, a lesbian Army veteran.

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Friday, January 29, 2016

Review: ‘A Dream of Red Pavilions,’ a Love Story Born in the Spirit World by Anita Gates

Jeremy Tiang’s adaptation of Cao Xueqin’s sprawling 18th-century novel about an aristocratic family focuses on a love story.

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Thursday, December 17, 2015

Review: ‘Plaid Tidings’ Brings Back the Forever Plaid Crew by Anita Gates

The holiday musical finds the quartet back from the afterworld and ready to sing.

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Review: In ‘The Great Divorce,’ Searching for Greener Pastures by Anita Gates

Some lost souls take a bus ride to heaven in this stage adaptation of C.S. Lewis’s novella.

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Wednesday, December 2, 2015

Review: ‘Rose’ Offers a Matriarch’s Telling of the Kennedy’s Story by Anita Gates

Kathleen Chalfant portrays Rose Kennedy in this solo show put on by Nora’s Playhouse, at the Clurman Theater.

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Thursday, October 22, 2015

Review: In ‘Rothschild & Sons,’ Getting Even by Getting Rich by Anita Gates

Robert Cuccioli stars in this reimagining of “The Rothschilds,” which played on Broadway around the same time as “Fiddler on the Roof.”

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Tuesday, October 13, 2015

Review: ‘Who’s Your Baghdaddy?,’ on the Difference Between Credible and Reliable Intelligence by Anita Gates

This musical comedy at the Actors Temple Theater smartly delves into the missteps and acts of ego that led to the Iraq war.

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Monday, October 5, 2015

Review: A ‘Cinderella’ of Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Peek-a-Boo by Anita Gates

This production by Company XIV and AMDM features showgirls and showboys and acrobatic performers in lingerie.

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Monday, September 21, 2015

Jack Larson, a Playwright Better Known as Jimmy Olsen in ‘Superman,’ Dies at 87 by Anita Gates

Mr. Larson was hesitant to take the cub reporter role in 1951 for fear that he would be typecast. He eventually changed careers.

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Thursday, September 10, 2015

This Pooch Has a Tony: Annaleigh Ashford on Playing a Poodle in ‘Sylvia’ by Anita Gates

The actress takes on the title role in A. R. Gurney’s play about a Manhattan love triangle (husband, wife and pet).

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Monday, August 24, 2015

Review: ‘Drop Dead Perfect,’ Winking Melodrama, Returns to St. Clement’s by Anita Gates

This one-act parody lives mainly for its adolescent double entendres and Everett Quinton’s delicious performance.

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Monday, August 17, 2015

Review: In ‘Unity (1918),’ a Town Blindsided by Spanish Influenza by Anita Gates

With flashes of humor, Kevin Kerr’s play evokes the horrors of a 1918 pandemic that gave people no time to mourn.

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Sunday, August 9, 2015

Review: In ‘Delirium’s Daughters,’ Dad Wrestles Daughters’ Suitors, One Dead by Anita Gates

In this farce by Nicholas Korn, influenced by commedia dell’arte, a patriarch weighs the qualifications of three suitors courting his children; a fourth complicates matters.

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Sunday, July 26, 2015

Critic’s Notebook: The New York Musical Theater Festival Features Joy and Purpose by Anita Gates

Among the offerings at the festival includes final performances of “Songs for the Fallen,” “Manuel vs. the Statue of Liberty” and “Foolerie.”

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Thursday, May 28, 2015

Review: ‘Cagney,’ a Tribute to the Tough Guy Who Tapped by Anita Gates

The life and films of James Cagney are celebrated in a musical production at the Theater at St. Peter’s.

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Monday, May 25, 2015

Does It Make Sense? Who Cares? It's a Pinter Play by ANITA GATES

The Shakespeare Theater of New Jersey's production of "No Man's Land" by Harold Pinter is supported by four veteran actors and a skilled director.

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The Big Game Is Coming, but Where's the Coach? by Anita Gates

Layon Gray's play "All-American Girls" puts together an all-black female baseball team during World War II for a whodunit.

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On an Avenue Far From Sesame Street by ANITA GATES

At the Gateway Playhouse, a sweet, naughty, hilarious, absolutely first-rate production of "Avenue Q."

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Stage Director Plans Busy Final Year by ANITA GATES

Michael Wilson will be pursuing an independent career after 13 seasons in his current role, but he still has Shakespeare and Tennessee Williams on his schedule.

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A Cultural Divide Bridged in the Produce Aisle by ANITA GATES

The Zella Fry Theater at Kean University presents a world premiere play about a suburban mother who tries to help the young victim of an African war.

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Kevin McCarthy, Actor, Dies at 96 by ANITA GATES

Mr. McCarthy will always be best known as the star of the 1956 sci-fi movie "Invasion of the Body Snatchers."

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Theater Review | 'The Smell of Popcorn': When a Thief Comes to Call, Threat and a Bit of Chitchat by ANITA GATES

In José Luis Ramos Escobar’s play at Teatro IATI, a burglar talks with his prey and even acts out bits of “Othello.”

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Theater Review | 'Through the Night': Black Men in America Trying to Move on Up by ANITA GATES

“Through the Night” has been described as a look at what it means to be black and male in the United States today, but its deepest meanings transcend race and gender.
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Circus Magic, With Legendary Undertones by ANITA GATES

"Aurélia's Oratorio" is part magic show, part silent comedy, and lots of illusion.

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Theater Review | 'Through the Night': Black Men in America Trying to Move on Up by ANITA GATES

“Through the Night” has been described as a look at what it means to be black and male in the United States today, but its deepest meanings transcend race and gender.

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The Repercussions of an Empty Wallet by ANITA GATES

"Broke-ology," a play being staged at TheaterWorks in Hartford, is a poignant exploration of the problems of a family in Kansas.

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As the World Turned for Women in 1905 by ANITA GATES

At first glance, the plot of "Intimate Apparel," the first presentation of the season at Two River Theater Company, may sound like something from a soap opera.

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Spotlight | Croton Falls: From Girlhood Trials to Onstage Triumph by ANITA GATES

WHEN Elaine Del Valle was a little girl, in the Brownsville section of Brooklyn in the 1980s, she lived in an apartment that required only one key to open the front door. But her mother had …

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Theater Review | Westchester: Teacher and Student(s), in a Comedy of Manners by ANITA GATES

Jeffrey Hatcher's "Mrs. Mannerly" is a two-actor show, with one in the title role and the other playing five children.

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Theater Review | New Jersey: 'Character Assassins' Explores the Wages of Criticism by ANITA GATES

Nasty theater reviews bring a disparaged playwright and a critic together.

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In the Attic With Anne Frank by ANITA GATES

An adaptation of "The Diary of Anne Frank" is being performed at the Westport Country Playhouse, through Oct. 30.

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May 30, 2023: Grey House - Lyceum Theatre
Jun 26, 2023: Just For Us - Hudson Theatre
Jul 24, 2023: The Cottage - Hayes Theater
Nov 16, 2023: Spamalot - St. James Theatre
Dec 18, 2023: Appropriate - Hayes Theater
Mar 07, 2024: Doubt - Todd Haimes Theatre
Apr 14, 2024: Lempicka - Longacre Theatre
Apr 17, 2024: The Wiz - Marquis Theatre
Apr 18, 2024: Suffs - Music Box Theatre
Apr 25, 2024: Mother Play - Hayes Theater
Jun 10, 2024: The Drama Desk Awards