413 stories by "Anita Gates"
In "The Little Flower" Anthony Lo Bianco sets out to demonstrate what made Fiorello La Guardia, who ran New York City from 1934 through 1945, so beloved.
"The Norwegians," C. Denby Swanson's extremely odd and delightful comedy at the Drilling Company, is about two Scandinavian hit men in Minnesota.
The Keen Company revives "The Old Boy," A. R. Gurney's 1991 tale of class-consciousness, money, loyalty and resistance to change.
A play from 1921, "The Detour" brings some feminist notes to the tiny Metropolitan Playhouse.
The Schoolhouse Theater's production of Jon Robin Baitz's "Ten Unknowns" opened on Thursday.
Music, wrestling, pratfalls: an "As You Like It" at the New Victory Theater that aims to charm adolescents.
The early Sam Shepard play, known for its violently dark humor, is at Long Wharf Theater Stage I until March 10.
"Two Trains Running" is one of a series of plays by August Wilson about the African-American experience in the 20th century.
A widower vacations in London with hopes of sexual adventure but winds up finding something else among an assortment of endearing characters in "Off the King's Road," a play by Neil Koenigsb…
More than a play about three sex tourists, "Carnaval" reveals backgrounds and secrets, and adds serious tension at the end.
A production of John Cariani's "Almost, Maine" at TheaterWorks Hartford does a lovely, witty job of showing off its romantic but unsentimental heart.
Bryonn Bain has written and performs "Lyrics From Lockdown," a solo show that's the story of his unjustified 1999 arrest and detainment by the New York Police Department.
Two actors play a plethora of characters in "Stones in His Pockets," a comedy wrapped around a tragedy.
Based on a true story, "Airswimming" chronicles the lives to two women institutionalized for giving birth out of wedlock in 1920s England.
"The Future Is Not What It Was," by Michael Rabe, playing at Walkerspace, refers to the future but is set "in a world not unlike our own, where society's moral compasses have been broken."
Penny Fuller plays a widow left in deep debt in a musical adaptation of the play "13 Things About Ed Carpolotti."
"Flipside" delivers 28 Patti Page hits in less than two hours from two performers with warm and lovely voices.
"The Best of Enemies," at the George Street Playhouse, recounts the unlikely friendship between Claiborne Paul Ellis, a Klansman, and Ann Atwater, a civil rights activist.
Four shows that recently opened in New York " "Golden Age," "Golden Boy," "Golden Child" and "The Golden Land" " have similar titles but little else in common.
Alexandra Silber, Hunter Foster and Arielle Jacobs star in "Inner Voices," an evening of three one-act solo musicals.
"Stones in His Pockets," by Marie Jones, at Hudson Stage, depicts villagers hoping their bleak lives will benefit from a film.
"Soulographie: Our Genocides," a series of 17 plays by Erik Ehn, is being presented at La MaMa, the first time they have been presented as a group.
Ari Brand, who has a starring role in the Off Broadway adaptation of Chaim Potok's "My Name Is Asher Lev," talks about the play and his "Broadway Bound" disappointment three years ago.
Lonette McKee stars in "Sowa's Red Gravy," a sassy show devoted to life's pleasures.
In "Venus in Fur," by David Ives, a seemingly idiotic actress arrives late to an audition and ends up turning the tables on an arrogant theater director.
