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April 2003 - Table of Contents & Preview
The below list is not linked.  It is only the Table of Contents for our print version.
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COVER STORY
Technical Difficulties
by Chris Cardoni

Professional Theatre:
bulletGoodspeed Announces 40th Anniversary Season at the Opera House (CT)
bulletOpera Providence & Boston Academy of Music Present Tosca (RI)
bulletScenes from Country Life by Steve Capra
bulletThe Musicians' Strike: A New Age for Straight Plays on & Off Broadway? by Jules Becker
bulletAcclaimed Author, NPR Commentator & Satirist David Sedaris Hits the Flynn Stage (VT)
bulletSteinbeck's Classic Of Mice and Men at Stoneham Theatre (MA)
bulletGREASE is the Word (RI)
bulletWorld Premiere of Arthur Laurents' 2 Lives Running at the Lyric Stage Company (MA)
bulletYorktown Stages West Side Story (NY)
bulletFranco Fry or Pardon My French (NH)
bulletThe Laramie Project at TheatreWorks (CT)
bulletAnnual Follies in Paradise at Golden Age Club (MA)
bulletBroadway Today: Kerry O'Malley by Jim DeBlasi
bulletLittle Me Runs at Good Theater (ME)
bulletSamuel French Announces 28th Annual Off-Off Broadway Original Short Play Festival (NY)
bulletNorth Shore Music Theatre Announces a Season of Distinct Musicals for 2003 (MA)
bulletMusicals at Richter Announces 2003 Auditions; Call for Performers & Volunteers (CT)

Colleges/Universities/Schools/Training

bulletThe O'Neill Gets Physical with Dell'Arte International, Offering Clown for the First Time on the East Coast (CT)
bulletThe Babson Players Present Pippin (MA)
bulletPerishable Offers Acting Classes for Adults & Teens (RI)
bulletCommercial Training Institute Announces 21st Annual Intensive: Producing for the Commercial Theater (NY)
bulletTufts Celebrates Twelfth Night (MA)
bulletO'Neill Theater Center Offers Summer Internships (CT)
bulletThe Skin of Our Teeth an Eastern Nazarene (MA)
bulletSPLASH: A Series of Artists Making Waves Presents Heather Woodbury in What Ever: An American Odyssey in Eight Acts (CT)
bulletThe Taming of the Shrew at Yale Rep (CT)

Community Theatre

bulletVokes to Present TINTYPES (MA)
bulletClassic Drama at the Sunset Players of Sharon (MA)
bulletWalpole Footlighters Present A Grand Night for Singing (MA)
bulletTheatre Company of Saugus to Present Lend Me a Tenor (MA)
bulletNewton Country Players Cast Two By Two (MA)
bulletArlington Friends of the Drama Declares Fiorello! A Landslide Winner (MA)
bulletSweeney Todd: A Feast for the Eyes & Ears in Suffield (CT)
bulletMaking History: Southborough Players (MA)
bulletManchester Musical Players are Shuffling Off to Buffalo (CT)
bulletNashua Theatre Guild Premieres Martin's Absurdist Comedy (NH)
bulletMusic, Magic & Mystery in The Secret Garden at Burlington Players (MA)
bulletNashoba Players Announces Spring 2003 Show (MA)
bulletThe Community Players Present The Fantasticks (RI)
bulletMugford Street Players Announce Upcoming Auditions (MA)

Children's/Youth/Family Theatre

bulletPayomet Presents Marcus the Magician (MA)
bulletDisney's Beauty and the Beast Roars Back to Hartford (CT)
bulletPAPA Summer Camps Accepting Registrations (NH)
bulletOddfellows Playhouse Presents The Mahabharata (CT)
bulletDramatikos Presents Charlie & the Chocolate Factory (MA)
bulletNorthern Stage Casts Local Youth as Helen Keller (VT)
bulletNorth Shore Music Theatre Wins National Award at First-Ever Junior Festival (MA)
bulletBig Apple Circus Presents 25th Anniversary Show...Dreams of a City (MA)

Film/Video/Tech

bulletScreen Reels: He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not by Cecille Markell
bulletCut...Print: Emergence of a Talented New Indie Filmmaker is the Buzzz That's Getting Out of Rhode Island by Angel Connell
bulletOrganizations Team Up for 2003 Boston Cyberarts Festival (MA)
bulletRemembering Mr. Rogers by Seth Bloom
bulletGreek Wedding Opening Doors for Female Filmmakers

Music

bulletMighty Sam McClain - On Faith & Crossing Bridges by Devin Travers
bulletSample Rich Latin-American Music with Chorus pro Musica's Pan-American Journey (MA)
bulletJM Productions Presents Burt Bacharach & Carole King (MA)
bulletNEMO Showcase Applications Now Accepted (MA)
bulletThe Abby and Norm Group Deliver a Recipe for Jazz Soup by Devin Travers
bullet5th Annual New England Metal & Hardcore Festival (MA)
bulletWords for the Soul: The Norah Jones Awards by M. William Phelps
bulletNext Up at Rochester Opera House (NH)

Dance

bulletSounding Dance: A Summer Creative Camp in the Frame of the International Festival of Methods
bulletLa Fille Mal Gardee: A Revolutionary Gem from Boston Ballet by Jules Becker
bulletState Ballet of Rhode Island Presents Romantic Classic (RI)
bulletFestival Ballet Providence Brings a World Class Finale to Landmark 25th Anniversary (RI)
bulletJulia de Burgos Dances Into the Nuyorican Poets Cafe (NY)
bulletUNH Dance Company Offers Double Bill (NH)

Miscellaneous

bulletTax Corner: I Cannot Pay My Taxes on Time - What Should I Do? by Peter Jason Riley, CPA

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Reviewed In This Issue

bulletTwelfth Night & Uncle Vanya (BAM, NYC)
bulletThe Male Intellect: An Oxymoron (Shubert Theatre, Boston)
bulletThe Shape of Things (SpeakEasy Stage Co., Boston)
bulletStomp (Stuart Street Playhouse, Boston)
bulletBetrayal (Nora Theatre Co., Boston Playwright's Theatre, Boston)
bulletWomen Who Steal (Merrimack Repertory Theatre, Lowell)
bulletContact (Wang Theatre, Boston)
bulletHedwig & the Angry Inch (Axis, Boston)
bulletNo Niggers, No Jews, No Dogs (New Repertory Theatre, Newton)
bulletPaper Doll (Long Wharf Theatre, New Haven)
bulletSixteen Wounded (Long Wharf Theatre, New Haven)
bulletThe Butler Did It (Orpheum, Foxborough)
bulletA Class Act (SpeakEasy Stage Co.,  Boston)

Monthly & Regular Features...

bulletNEED Theatre Listings
bulletNEED Audition Listings
bulletNEED Music Listings
bulletNEED Dance Listings
bulletOpportunity Knocks
bulletQuick Takes by Jules Becker
bulletBroadway Today by Jim DeBlasi
bulletBehind the Scenes by Chuckie Finn
bulletTwo on the Aisle by Shirley Esthimer
bulletEncores & Off by E.Kyle Minor
bulletComing Attractions
bulletAppleSource by Gary Stevens
bulletScreen Reels by Cecille Markell
bulletCut...Print by Angel Connell
bulletWords for the Soul by M. William Phelps

 

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