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August 1998 - Table of Contents & Preview

COVER STORY: Kevin So: The Emerging Honky-Tonk Man

Professional Theatre

bulletInternationally Acclaimed Master of Theater & Puppets Performs at Unicorn Theatre
bulletBroadway Performer (Jeff Shade) Debuts at the BCA
bulletLife is a Cabaret, Old Chum (Upstage Cabaret)
bulletNew Company Boston Theatre Works Announces Season
bulletSeacoast Rep Keeps Up Annual Tradition (Rocky Horror)
bulletRachel Cohen Stars at Westchester Broadway
bulletEquity Run Repeats on Cape (The Bay at Nice)
bulletAll’s Well That Ends Well at Shakespeare & Company
bulletEverything You’d Imagine it to Be (Beauty & the Beast) by R.J. Nickerson
bulletQuick Takes by Jules Becker
bulletA Night at the Longwood by Shirley Estheimer
bulletEncores & Off by E. Kyle Minor
bulletA Delightful Duo by Steve Capra
bulletActors’ Collaborative Annouces Auditions (Fiddler on the Roof)
bulletSumptuous 42nd Street by Beverly Creasey
bulletBonnie Franklin & Keir Dullea at American Stage Festival
bulletOn Beat & Off in Connecticut by Betty Tyler
bulletGuide to Fall Job Hunting; 1998 Regional Theatre Director Published
bulletHuntington Theatre Company Announces 1998-99 Season
bulletStamford Announces Six of Seven for 1998-99 Season
bulletDody Goodman & Mary Fogerty at Ogunquit
bulletSeven Great Plays Available by Subscription at Trinity Rep
bulletDorset Brings Stylish Comedy to Theatre Festival
bulletPresidential Audiences at Worcester Forum
bulletSTOMPing on the Bushnell
bulletMaine Shakespeare Festival Celebrates 5th Season on the Bangor Waterfront
bulletHudson Valley Opens 2nd Half of Festival Season with Much Ado

Colleges/Universities/Schools Theatre

bulletYale Rep Theatre Announces Directors for 1998-99 Season
bulletCellini Premieres at Vassar’s Powerhouse
bulletRhode Island College Season Offers Drama, Comedy, Farce & Music

Community Theatre

bulletSpringfield Plays Host to Regional Festival (NERF)
bulletHole in the Wall Opens With an Evening of Comdy & Terror
bulletBroadway Sets Come to Holden (Wachusett Theatre Co.)
bulletVokes Players Slam the Door on Tenor
bulletSuffield Players Announce 1998-99 Season
bulletNashua Theatre Guild Wins 27th Annual New Hampshire Community Theatre Drama Festival
bulletQuannapowitt Players Makes Mildred Wild!
bulletMiller Directs Miller at Winthrop Playmakers
bulletHovey Presents Summer Shorts
bulletTheatremania Opens with Connecticut Premiere
bulletThe UN-Common Theatre Company Brings Revival to Providence
bulletPicasso & Einstein Visit Braintree
bulletCentennial Presents Irish Romantic Comedy (The Shaughran)

Children’s/Youth Theatre

bulletNew Musical Begins at Goodspeed (Mirette)
bulletNew Youth Performing Theatre Returns with Pippin by E. Kyle Minor
bulletMagic Circle Theatre Ventures to Neverland
bulletAndy’s Summer Playhouse Continues its “Season of Winter”
bulletRobbins-Zust Family Marionettes Opens Summer Season
bulletJr. Actorsingers Presents Comic Musical Peter & the Wolf
bulletNorth Shore Music Theatre Announces August Children’s Line-Up

Film/Video/Tech

bulletScreen Reels by Cecille Markell
bulletStratford Library Association Presents Film Classics Under the Stars 1998
bulletOver 200 Films from 10 Countries & 26 States Scheduled for Competition
bulletNew Hampshire & Vermont Video Producers Combine to Create Studio4 by Scott Green

Music

bulletTeen Idols Check into Stamford
bulletHartford Symphony Orchestra Musicians Ratify 4-Year Contract
bulletGoing Gigging with Ivy by Jeff Cabral
bulletAgency Signs New Artist: Formation of the CREA Jazz & Blues Collaborative
bulletAPPLESOURCE by Gary Stevens
bulletZydeco Superstar Geno Delafose at the Levitt Pavillion
bulletJeff Robinson Trio Hosts Poetry Cruise in Boston
bullet1998 Litchfield Jazz Festival Hits Goshen Fairgrounds
bulletBen & Jerry’s Folk Festival Newport Announces Artist Line-up
bulletJVC Jazz Festival Newport Announces Line-Up
bulletConcerts Continue at Maudsley Arts Center
bulletAcclaimed Alaskan Songwriter Makes 2nd Boston Appearance
bulletSummer Jazz...A Festival! (The Great Connecticut Traditional Jazz Festival)

Dance

bulletBoston Conservatory Summer Dance Program Underway & Successful
bulletWhere Brazil Sizzles: Brazizil’s - at Johnny D’s
bulletTHARP! by Jules Becker
bulletHighlighting Week #7 at Jacob’s Pillow

People

bulletNorth Shore Music Theatre Receives NEA Grant for Anniversary Production
bulletNew from Heinemann: From Page to Stage: How Theatre Designers Make Connections Between Scripts and Images
bulletEleven Artists Chosen for 199 National Music Theater Conference at Eugene O’Neill Theater Center
bulletSquare One Producer Cited by Educators
bulletACG Communications Gets Getz
bulletAmbition Facing West (Trinity Rep) Wins Elliot Norton Award
bulletExchanges Available from Stage One Productions
bulletIs Classical Music Dying in Maine?
bulletOnassis Foundation Announces Two Competitions
bulletNew Arts Showcase Educates Students in the Arts
bulletLet’s Make an Opera (NH State Council for the Arts)
bulletOddfellows Playhouse Awarded Grant From Connecticut Commission
bulletConnecticut Repertory Theatre Receives Two 1998 Connecticut Critics Circle Awards
 
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