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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