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Who is this Anita Gates you speak of?

A.G.’s journalistic triumphs over 25 years at The New York Times include drinking with Bea Arthur (at a Trump hotel), Wendy Wasserstein (at an Italian restaurant) and Peter O’Toole (in his trailer on a mini-series set near Dublin). It is sheer coincidence that these people are now dead.

At The New York Times, she has been Arts & Leisure television editor and co-film editor, a theater reviewer on WQXR Radio, a film columnist for the Times TV Book and an editor in the Culture, Book Review, Travel, National, Foreign and Metro sections. Her first theater review for The Times appeared in 1997, assessing “Mrs. Cage,” a one-act about a housewife suspected of shooting her favorite supermarket box boy. The review was mixed.

Outside The Times, A.G. has been the author of four nonfiction books; a longtime writer for travel magazines, women's magazines and travel guidebooks; a lecturer at universities and for women’s groups; and a moderator for theater, book, film and television panels at the 92nd Street Y and the Paley Center for Media.

If she were a character on “Mad Men,” she’d be Peggy.

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Dec 6 Elderly British Miser and Multiple Ghosts Found in Rip Torn's House

Polly Draper Looks Too Young

Dec 6

Dec 6 Polly Draper Looks Too Young

There's a compassionate tribute to mature women in '20th Century Blues,' but how old is the cast of 'Thirtysomething' now anyway?

In Love With the Set: 'Junk'

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Nov 26 In Love With the Set: 'Junk'

At first it looked like a TV game-show set. Then it started doing amazing things. Thank you, John Lee Beatty.

The Press Nights Post No One Will Ever See

Nov 25

Nov 25 The Press Nights Post No One Will Ever See

If everybody onstage uses the F word, how can we not? Some thoughts. And New York Times memories.

Excuses, Excuses

Nov 25

Nov 25 Excuses, Excuses

The new design for pressnights.com isn't quite ready, but we're going live anyway! Please excuse the loose ends you're sure to find.

7 Non-Portuguese Things About 'The Portuguese Kid'

Nov 25

Nov 25 7 Non-Portuguese Things About 'The Portuguese Kid'

The widow's wardrobe is to die for, and Mary Testa gives a performance for the ages.

6 Hours of Eugene O'Neill, 6 Questions

Nov 19

Nov 19 6 Hours of Eugene O'Neill, 6 Questions

Why would any man, even David Greenspan, want to play all the roles in "Strange Interlude"? And how did it work out?