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Sunday, March 20, 2011

A Haunting Irish Dance to the Music of Time by Anita Gates

“Dancing at Lughnasa,” at the Schoolhouse Theater in Croton Falls, tells the story of five unmarried Irish sisters in 1936.

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Theater Review | Westchester: A Haunting Irish Dance to the Music of Time by Anita Gates

“Dancing at Lughnasa,” at the Schoolhouse Theater in Croton Falls, tells the story of five unmarried Irish sisters in 1936.

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Sunday, March 13, 2011

Theater Review | Connecticut: Two Artistic Giants, and the Man Who Manipulated Them by Anita Gates

“Divine Rivalry,” at Hartford Stage, stylishly recreates a tale of dueling murals, pitting Leonardo da Vinci against Michelangelo.

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Saturday, March 12, 2011

Theater Review | New Jersey: 4 Decades Spent Romancing Dietrich by Anita Gates

“Puma,” having its premiere at the New Jersey Repertory Company in Long Branch, takes a melodramatic look at the four-decade relationship between Marlene Dietrich and Erich Maria Remarqu…

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Sunday, February 27, 2011

Theater Review | New Jersey: A Heap of Crosses for a Nun to Bear by Anita Gates

“Mercy and the Firefly,” having its world premiere at Luna Stage, goes for shock value with a story about a Roman Catholic nun with a secret who returns to her hometown.

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Monday, February 21, 2011

Theater Review | 'En el Tiempo de las Mariposas': Resisting Trujillo While Staying Stylish by Anita Gates

“En el Tiempo de las Mariposas,” at Repertorio Español, presents the story of the Mirabal sisters and their opposition to the Dominican dictator.

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Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Theater Review | 'Green': Planets Named for Banks, and Snobbish Robots by Anita Gates

In “Green,” by Chris Harcum, one of the last human beings in the universe is arrested for being poor and artistic.

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Saturday, February 5, 2011

Theater Review | Connecticut: 5 Likable Players of the Blame Game by Anita Gates

Melissa James Gibson’s play “This” offers a tale of friendship, sex, jealousy and grief overlaid with a quiet optimism.

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Sunday, January 30, 2011

Art Review | New Jersey: A Stage Where the Dictionary Is an Old Friend by Anita Gates

“The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee,” which won several Tonys 2005, is at the Paper Mill Playhouse in Millburn.

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Sunday, December 26, 2010

Theater Review | New Jersey: Charlotte, the Queen of Spin Doctors by Anita Gates

Two River Theater Company’s production of “Charlotte’s Web” captures the tale’s child-friendly warmth and the adult realities of death and friendship.

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Sunday, December 19, 2010

Theater Review | Connecticut: Talking to the Wall, and Not Liking the Answers by Anita Gates

“Shirley Valentine,” by Willy Russell, is being performed at the Long Wharf Theater in New Haven through Jan. 2.

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Saturday, December 4, 2010

Theater Review | New Jersey: Back to the Barricades: ‘Les Miz’ Reworked at 25 by Anita Gates

The new London musical production of “Les Misérables” is having its American premiere at the Paper Mill Playhouse.

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Theater Review | Connecticut: Trying Not to Let the Color Show by Anita Gates

“Bossa Nova,” by Kirsten Greenidge, is being performed at Yale Repertory Theater in New Haven through Dec. 18.

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Sunday, November 28, 2010

Theater Review | New Jersey: Self-Referential in Its Own Right by Anita Gates

“[title of show]” is the story of how “[title of show]”became a wildly successful bare-bones piece of theater.

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Sunday, November 21, 2010

Spotlight | Hartford: Adults Behaving Childishly by Anita Gates

TheaterWorks in Hartford is now staging “God of Carnage,” only the second licensed production of the play since its Broadway run, which began in 2009.

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Tuesday, November 16, 2010

Theater Review | 'Broken Nails': A Star Who Needs Help, or at Least a Hand by Anita Gates

In “Broken Nails: A Marlene Dietrich Dialogue,” Anna Skubik plays both Dietrich, as a life-size puppet, and Dietrich’s maid.

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Sunday, November 14, 2010

Theater Review | Westchester: To Dad, Life Is a Game, a Really Ugly One by Anita Gates

“Welcome: This Is a Neighborhood Watch Community,” by Howard Meyer, portrays a family of unpleasant adult role models.

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Theater Review | Westchester: Wallenberg’s Heroism Becomes a Musical by Anita Gates

A play based on the life of the Swedish diplomat who saved thousands of Hungarian Jews during World War II has its world premiere in White Plains.

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