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Sunday, December 1, 2013

Theater Review: ‘Christmas Carol’ at Theater at St. Clement’s by Anita Gates

Patrick Barlow’s adaptation of “A Christmas Carol” has fashioned a recognizable Scrooge, a poisoned man who seems sadly right at home in 2013.    

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Sunday, November 24, 2013

Theater Review: ‘Lies My Father Told Me,’ a Musical, at Baruch Arts Center by Anita Gates

“Lies My Father Told Me,” a musical adapted from a film of the same name, is a coming-of-age story of a Jewish boy in Montreal.    

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Wednesday, November 20, 2013

Theater Review: ‘Every Day a Visitor’ at the Clurman Theater by Anita Gates

In “Every Day a Visitor,” the residents of a retirement home decide to play an all-encompassing game, and in certain ways, it saves their lives.    

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Sunday, November 17, 2013

Theater Review: ‘The Last Saint on Sugar Hill,’ at National Black Theater by Anita Gates

Keith Josef Adkins’s “The Last Saint on Sugar Hill” is having its New York premiere at the National Black Theater in Harlem.    

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Thursday, November 7, 2013

Theater Review | Westchester: A Review of ‘4000 Miles,’ at Pace University by Anita Gates

In “4000 Miles” at Pace University, the drama is built around a grandson’s visit.    

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Friday, November 1, 2013

Theater Review | Connecticut: A Review of ‘The Underpants,’ in New Haven by Anita Gates

“The Underpants,” by Steve Martin, adapted from Carl Sternheim, explores gender politics in 1910 Düsseldorf.    

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Friday, October 25, 2013

Theater | Westchester: Stricken, an Actor Stays in Character by Anita Gates

Starring as Eugene O’Neill in “And Give Us the Shadows” at the Schoolhouse Theater, Jerry Lanning collapsed in the middle of performing.    

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Tuesday, October 22, 2013

Theater Review: ‘Jericho,’ Jack Canfora’s Play, at 59E59 Theaters by Anita Gates

“Jericho,” Jack Canfora’s examination of a family after Sept. 11, explores the nature of grief, cultural identity and fraught relationships.    

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Friday, October 18, 2013

Theater Review | New Jersey: A Review of ‘Kansas City Swing’ at Crossroads Theater by Anita Gates

In “Kansas City Swing,” by Trey Ellis and Ricardo Khan, Satchel Paige, the legendary Negro Leagues pitcher, sees his star being eclipsed.    

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Theater Review | Connecticut: A Review of ‘Room Service’ at the Westport Country Playhouse by Anita Gates

“Room Service,” now at the Westport Country Playhouse, is more subtle on the stage than in the Marx Brothers film.    

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Friday, October 11, 2013

Theater Review: ‘Tamar of the River,’ a Musical by Prospect Theater Company by Anita Gates

“Tamar of the River,” a musical by Marisa Michelson and Joshua H. Cohen, uses characters from a story in Genesis to send a message about peace.    

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Theater Review | New Jersey: A Review of ‘Gettin’ the Band Back Together,’ at the George Street Playhouse by Anita Gates

“Gettin’ the Band Back Together,” now at the George Street Playhouse, is a playful, mildly irreverent musical that celebrates the resurrection of a high school garage band.  …

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Tuesday, October 8, 2013

Theater Review: ‘Waiting for Godot,’ Translated Into Yiddish by Anita Gates

In this “Waiting for Godot,” translated into Yiddish, Vladimir and Estragon represent Holocaust survivors.    

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Thursday, October 3, 2013

Theater Review | Stony Point: A Review of ‘The Farm,’ at Penguin Repertory Theater in Stony Point by Anita Gates

“The Farm,” a darkly serious one-act play now at the Penguin Repertory Theater, pits a C.I.A. agent against an agency therapist.    

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Theater Review | Connecticut: A Review of ‘A Streetcar Named Desire,’ at Yale Repertory Theater by Anita Gates

In “A Streetcar Named Desire” at the Yale Repertory Theater, secondary characters stand out in a play normally dominated by the two central players.    

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Tuesday, September 17, 2013

Theater Review: Sonya Kelly Stars in ‘I Can See Clearly Now’ at 59E59 by Anita Gates

“I Can See Clearly Now” is Sonya Kelly’s memoir of growing up extremely nearsighted.    

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Friday, September 13, 2013

Theater Review | New Jersey: A Review of ‘The Beautiful Dark,’ at Kean University by Anita Gates

In “The Beautiful Dark,” Erik Gernand has created complicated, recognizable people who are, like most of us, victims of their own flaws.    

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Friday, August 30, 2013

Theater Review: Odets’s ‘Awake and Sing!’ Family Is Alive in TriBeCa by Anita Gates

The National Asian American Theater production of Clifford Odets’s “Awake and Sing!” easily make its point that human realities trump ethnicity.    

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Thursday, August 29, 2013

Theater Review | Connecticut: A Review of ‘Oblivion,’ at Westport Country Playhouse by Anita Gates

In “Oblivion,” Carly Mensch, a writer known for her work on cable television, asks her audience to consider bigotry from a different perspective.    

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Monday, August 26, 2013

Theater Review: ‘Still Jewish After All These Years’ Stars Avi Kaufman by Anita Gates

In “Still Jewish After All These Years,” at Stage 72, Avi Hoffman offers songs and life lessons from decades in the Yiddish theater.    

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Friday, August 23, 2013

ArtsBeat: New York Fringe Festival Report: ‘Waiting for Waiting for Godot’ by Anita Gates

Dave Hanson’s play is about two understudies waiting for their chance to go on in Samuel Beckett’s famed “Waiting for Godot.”    

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Friday, August 16, 2013

ArtsBeat: New York Fringe Festival Report: ‘The Nightmare Dream’ by Anita Gates

Neal J. Freeman’s horror comedy mashes up “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” and vampire stories.    

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Thursday, August 15, 2013

Theater Review | New Jersey: A Review of ‘Tovarich,’ From the Shakespeare Theater of New Jersey by Anita Gates

Jacques Deval’s 1933 play about displaced Russian nobility is a European screwball comedy, but it also is much more.    

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ArtsBeat: New York Fringe Festival Report: ‘Like Poetry’ by Anita Gates

The ghost of Walt Whitman visits a depressed young man in Kristian O’Hare’s play.    

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Friday, August 9, 2013

Theater Review | Westchester: A Review of ‘The Three Musketeers,’ in Garrison by Anita Gates

D’Artagnan and his friends, united as ever, fight for honor and a comically played Louis XIII in Ken Ludwig’s adaptation of “The Three Musketeers,” now at the Hudson Valley Shakespea…

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Friday, July 26, 2013

Theater Review | Connecticut: A Review of ‘Loot,’ at the Westport Country Playhouse by Anita Gates

Almost half a century after his death, Joe Orton, who would be 80 now, has the power to shock even worldly 21st-century theatergoers. His “Loot” is at the Westport County Playhouse. …

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ArtsBeat: New York Musical Theater Festival Report: ‘Legacy Falls’ by Anita Gates

James Burn and Ian Poitier’s musical is set behind-the-scenes at a long-running television soap opera.    

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Wednesday, July 24, 2013

Theater Review: Bette Davis Stays and Stays in ‘Me and Jezebel’ by Anita Gates

“Me and Jezebel,” at the Snapple Theater Center, is based on Elizabeth Fuller’s memoir of a time in 1985 when Bette Davis came to her home to stay and stay and stay.   &…

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Theater Review: ‘Let It Be,’ a Broadway Tribute to the Beatles by Anita Gates

“Let It Be: A Celebration of the Music of the Beatles,” at the St. James Theater, winds its way from the band’s Liverpool days to the last album, and back again.    

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Monday, July 22, 2013

ArtsBeat: New York Musical Theater Festival Report: ‘Gary Goldfarb, Master Escapist’ by Anita Gates

The new musical is about an overweight Long Island teenager who dreams of becoming a renowned magician.    

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Friday, July 19, 2013

Theater Review | Connecticut: A Review of ‘Smokey Joe’s Cafe’ Musical, in New Haven by Anita Gates

The Long Wharf Theater has produced a classic jukebox musical that includes audience participation.    

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