413 stories by "Anita Gates"
Mr. Nielsen was a Canadian-born actor who in middle age tossed aside three decades of credibility in dramatic and romantic roles to make a new career as a comic actor.
At the Gateway Playhouse, a sweet, naughty, hilarious, absolutely first-rate production of "Avenue Q."
The father is Henry II of England (Sherman Howard) and the mother is Eleanor of Aquitaine (Lisa Harrow), and they are the central figures of the Shakespeare Theater of New Jersey’s han…
"Broke-ology," a play being staged at TheaterWorks in Hartford, is a poignant exploration of the problems of a family in Kansas.
At first glance, the plot of "Intimate Apparel," the first presentation of the season at Two River Theater Company, may sound like something from a soap opera.
The playwright, who is also a lawyer, delivers an informed script in this one-act drama about a crime family and a prosecutor's efforts to make a deal.
Sophisticated stagecraft and the contributions of artists with 21st-century sensibilities have worked their magic on some dangerous midcentury mores.
Deb Margolin talks about cancer, motherhood and dull parties in her solo show at the Cherry Lane Theater.
Ms. Collier creates six vivid, droll characters in a polished production at 59E59 Theaters.
With "Brownsville Song," the New Haven venue seeks to draw in people who might feel a connection to the tale of a teenager shot by a gang member.
This new play by David Brian Colbert retraces a man's life through the lies he told along the way.
In his solo show at the SoHo Playhouse, Baba Brinkman considers the need for, and consequences of, religious belief.
Money and race issues simmer amid the turmoil in Danai Gurira's latest play, "Familiar," in New Haven.
New York Shakespeare Exchange is presenting "Titus Andronicus," a gory tragedy set in ancient Rome, at Here.
With "Private Lives," now in Hartford, Noël Coward wrote about ex-spouses who are reminded how the "ex-" got there.
Sam Harris stars in "Ham: A Musical Memoir," based on his book "Ham: Slices of a Life," at Theater 511 at Ars Nova.
Dael Orlandersmith's solo show, "Forever," at the Long Wharf Theater in New Haven, tells the story of her broken upbringing.
In his solo show, "My Son the Waiter: A Jewish Tragedy," the comedian Brad Zimmerman draws on his long climb to the stage.
In "Picasso at the Lapin Agile," his play now at the Long Wharf Theater in New Haven, Steve Martin finds a balance of silliness and seriousness.
The Czechoslovak-American Marionette Theater's "A Christmas Carol, Oy! Hanukkah, Merry Kwanzaa" is essentially Dickens's original tale, with a few dashes of multiculturalism.
Drag queens are among the cast of characters in "Fabulous! The Queen of the New Musical Comedies," a play set on a cruise ship.
The "Radio City Christmas Spectacular" returns with familiar songs and some modern touches.
Rachel Tucker talks about her role in "The Last Ship," and about growing up in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
In "Livin' la Vida Imelda," Carlos Celdran delves into many corners of Imelda Marcos's life.
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.
