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Sunday, November 16, 2014

Theater Review: 'Radio City Christmas Spectacular' Offers Holiday Cheer by Anita Gates

The "Radio City Christmas Spectacular" returns with familiar songs and some modern touches.

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Wednesday, November 12, 2014

Snapshot: Rachel Tucker Discusses Her Role in 'The Last Ship' by Anita Gates

Rachel Tucker talks about her role in "The Last Ship," and about growing up in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

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Tuesday, November 11, 2014

Theater Review: 'Livin' la Vida Imelda,' Carlos Celdran's One-Man Show by Anita Gates

In "Livin' la Vida Imelda," Carlos Celdran delves into many corners of Imelda Marcos's life.

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Saturday, November 1, 2014

Theater Review | Connecticut: A Review of 'Annapurna' in Hartford by Anita Gates

In 'Annapurna,' by Sharr White, a middle-aged American named Ulysses is frying sausages in his trailer and sounding like a cowboy, not a former English professor.

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Friday, October 24, 2014

Arts | Connecticut: Visits to a Small Town and the State of Denmark by Anita Gates

"Our Town" and "Hamlet," two of the English language's most popular and most frequently performed dramas, are both currently being staged in Connecticut.

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Friday, October 17, 2014

Theater Review | Westchester: A Review of 'The God Game' in Armonk by Anita Gates

"The God Game," produced by Hudson Stage, considers whether answering a call to higher public office means betraying private beliefs.

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Tuesday, October 14, 2014

Theater Review: 'Extreme Whether' Offers a Different Slant on Climate by Anita Gates

Stormy weather for one family in "Extreme Whether," a coproduction of Theater Three Collaborative and Theater for the New City.

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Friday, October 10, 2014

Theater Review: Conor McPherson's 'Port Authority' by Anita Gates

The Irish Repertory Theater presents "Port Authority," Conor McPherson's award-winning play about three troubled men, at the DR2 Theater.

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Arts | Connecticut: What Lies Underneath by Anita Gates

In "Intimate Apparel," at the Westport Country Playhouse, intricate plotting carries a lonely African-American across the boundaries of color and class.

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Saturday, September 27, 2014

Arts | Connecticut: 'Angels in America' Will Be a Risk for Playhouse on Park by Anita Gates

Tony Kushner's landmark AIDS drama "has difficult subject matter," says Sean Harris, its director at Playhouse on Park, in West Hartford. "But it's an important story."

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Friday, September 26, 2014

Theater Review: Owen Davis's 'Icebound' Evokes All Kinds of Bitterness by Anita Gates

Alex Roe has revived "Icebound," which won the 1923 Pulitzer Prize for drama, at the Metropolitan Playhouse.

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Monday, September 8, 2014

Theater Review: Kim Davies's 'Smoke' Explores Power and Desire by Anita Gates

In Kim Davies's "Smoke," two strangers engage in erotic power games in a kitchen at an uptown sex party.

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Friday, August 29, 2014

Theater Review | Connecticut: A Review of 'Things We Do for Love' in Westport by Anita Gates

"Things We Do for Love," which was first produced in Britain in 1997, is at the Westport Country Playhouse.

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Tuesday, August 26, 2014

Theater Review: 'BarcelÃ³ con Hielo' Examines a Dominican Man's Memories by Anita Gates

In the comic "BarcelÃ³ con Hielo," a man from the Dominican Republic awaiting surgery misses everything about home except the corruption.

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Saturday, August 23, 2014

Arts: The New Man Bringing the Bard to Boscobel by Anita Gates

Davis McCallum, the new artistic director of the Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival, has been immersing himself in the company and its work.

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Monday, August 18, 2014

Checking Back: 'Mamma Mia!' No Longer Inspires Dancing in the Aisles by Anita Gates

Audiences may no longer be dancing in the aisles, but "Mamma Mia!" is still a joy 13 years later.

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Friday, July 25, 2014

Theater Review | Connecticut: A Review of 'Nora' in Westport by Anita Gates

A production at the Westport Country Playhouse of "Nora," the 1981 adaptation by Ingmar Bergman of "A Doll's House" by Henrik Ibsen, has a modern look and an inspired ending.

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Tuesday, July 22, 2014

Theater Review: 'Drop Dead Perfect,' a Comedy With Everett Quinton by Anita Gates

In the plot-filled comedy "Drop Dead Perfect," Everett Quinton plays a spinster in the Florida Keys.

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Sunday, July 20, 2014

Theater Review: 'The Snow Queen,' Based on a Hans Christian Anderson Story by Anita Gates

"The Snow Queen: A New Musical," based on the same fairy tale as the movie "Frozen," has kooky characters, scary plotting and potent rock numbers.

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Theater Review: 'Picture Ourselves in Latvia,' a Free Comedy by Ross Howard by Anita Gates

"Picture Ourselves in Latvia" is a comedy set in a British psychiatric hospital where everyone is needy and selfish.

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Friday, July 11, 2014

Theater Review: 'ValueVille' at New York Musical Theater Festival by Anita Gates

"ValueVille," with the New York Musical Theater Festival, tells of employees suffering through their work at a chain store.

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Friday, July 4, 2014

Theater Review: A Review of 'Sex and Education' in Stony Point by Anita Gates

"Sex and Education" is making its New York premiere as part of Penguin Repertory Theater's 37th season in Stony Point.

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Friday, June 13, 2014

Spotlight | Rowayton: In 'Two Gentlemen,' Shakespeare's One Dog by Anita Gates

Oliver, a 65-pound mutt, plays Crab, who has a scene in "The Two Gentlemen of Verona," in Pinkney Park, Rowayton.

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Theater Review | Connecticut: A Review of 'Sing for Your Shakespeare' in Westport by Anita Gates

Karen Akers both stands out from and blends in with an ensemble cast in "Sing for Your Shakespeare," a high-concept musical revue.

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Saturday, June 7, 2014

Theater Review: A Review of 'Luv' in Croton Falls by Anita Gates

"Luv," Murray Schisgal's three-character play about unhappiness set in 1964, the same year it opened on Broadway, provides physical and cultural comedy at the Schoolhouse Theater in Croton F…

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Thursday, May 29, 2014

Arts: Love Is Out of This World. Far Out. by Anita Gates

You could call John Cariani an absurdist, but his work so far is distinguished equally by another factor: shortness. "Love/Sick," his latest, is being staged now through June 22 at TheaterWo…

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Friday, May 23, 2014

Theater Review | Connecticut: A Review of 'The Last Five Years' in New Haven by Anita Gates

In "The Last Five Years," an intimate musical now at the Long Wharf Theater in New Haven, one career soars, one fails to take off and a marriage sours.

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Friday, May 9, 2014

Theater Review | Westchester: A Review of 'Family Reunion' in Briarcliff Manor by Anita Gates

"Family Reunion" in Briarcliff Manor is an evening of two British one-acts " "A Kind of Alaska" by Harold Pinter and "A Number" by Caryl Churchill.

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Saturday, May 3, 2014

Theater Review | Connecticut: A Review of 'The House That Will Not Stand' in New Haven by Anita Gates

"The House That Will Not Stand" at Yale Repertory Theater in New Haven serves as something of a lesson in the custom of plaÃ§age, in which black, American Indian or Creole women were "plac…

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Wednesday, April 9, 2014

Theater Review: The Brady and Partridge Families Battle in 'The Bardy Bunch' by Anita Gates

"The Bardy Brunch: The War of the Families Partridge and Brady" combines two television series from the 1970s and infuses them with Shakespearean plots.

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Saturday, March 29, 2014