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November, 2007 - Table of Contents & Preview
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COVER STORY
Boston Ballet to Perform World-Renowned Nutcracker for 40th Consecutive Year

Professional Theatre:
bulletFirst Night Boston 2008 Announces Highlights (MA)
bulletRing in the Holidays with Trinity Rep's 31st Christmas Carol (RI)
bulletPhiladelphia Story at Theatre Works (CT)
bulletWhy Is That Funny? A practical Exploration of Physical Comedy book pReview by R.J. Nickerson
bulletMajestic Theater Offers Taming of the Shrew (MA)
bulletLyric Stage Co. Announces New England Premiere (MA)
bulletActing FAQ: 10 Rules for Making It by Bob Fraser
bulletVART Presents 3rd Annual Christmas Carol (VT)
bulletBroadway Today: Jason Danieley by Jim DeBlasi of The Cue
bulletThe Music Hall Presents Scrooge (NH)
bulletCould She Be the Female Tyler Perry? (NY)
bulletSpirit of Broadway Announes 2008 Season (CT)
bulletNorth Shore Music Theatre Presents 19th Anniversary A Christmas Carol (MA)
bulletProvidence Performing Arts Center Annual Gala Stars Liza Minelli (RI)
bulletReagle Readies 25th Anniversary Edition of It's Christmas by Frank Roberts
bulletRenaissance Center Theater Company Announces Auditions (MA)
bulletBerkshire Theatre Festival Presents Second Annual Christmas Carol (MA)

Colleges/Universities/Schools/Training

bulletCC@MIT/MIT-URT Collaboration presents Staged Reading of The Water Engine (MA)

Community Theatre

bulletAcme Theater Productions Presents Jack Neary's First Night (MA)
bulletAFD Begins 85th Season with New Look, Sold Out Houses (MA)
bulletFairfax Community Theatre Company Seeks Directors (VT)
bulletBarre Players Present A Christmas Story (MA)
bulletCommunity Players Begin 87th Season (RI)
bulletCotuit Center for the Arts Presents My Three Angels (MA)

Children's/Youth/Family Theatre

bulletCirque Dreams Jungle Fantasy Comes Alive at PPAC (RI)
bulletChinese New Year Spectacular at The Opera House (MA)
bulletNew Flat Stanley Musical Slides Into the Capitol Center
bulletChamber Theatre Productions Performs for the First Time at Chevalier Theater (MA)
bulletAnnie's Back in Town (MA & VT)

Film/Video/Tech

bulletScreen Reels: Wes Anderson, Roman Coppola, Waris Ahluwalia, Susanne Bier by Cecille Markell
bulletJump...Cut: Adrian Belic by George T. Marshall
bullet2007 RIIFF Call for Film Entries (RI)
bulletOnly Digital Filmmaking Major of Its Kind in New England Debuts at Champlain College (VT)

Music

bulletKoutrakos & Jensen Lead 3-Day Workshop (MA)
bulletJefferson Starship Kicks Off Bud Light Concert Series (ME)
bulletIvan Ilic Presents Boston Debut Featuring Two Premieres (MA)
bulletChoral Art Society Hosts 18th Annual Christmas at the Cathedral (ME)
bulletUNH Presents Concert Choir & Symphony Orchestra (NH)
bulletSIRIUS Canada Presents Canada Comes to Berklee (MA)
bulletA Vintage Christmas in Portsmouth: The Music Hall & Strawbery Banke Museum Collaborate on Third Year (NH)
bulletCommonwealth Opera Opens With Verdi (MA)
bulletBowfire Returns to Lowell Auditorium (MA)
bulletYamato, the Drummers of Japan Tour Powerful & Playful Taiko Drumming (MA & VT)
bulletFairfield Glee Club Celebrates the Season (CT)
bulletNSMT Celebrates A Festival of Music (MA)
bullet'Tis the Season at Rochester Opera House (NH)
bulletFlame Ignites Inspiration with 2007 Christmas Album (NY)
bulletKeith Lockhart Tours with The Boston Pops

Dance

bulletState Ballet of Rhode island Presents Annual Coppelia (RI)
bulletUNH to Showcase Student Talent in Theatre & Dance (NH)
bulletPortland Ballet Presents Special "Meet & Greet Nutcracker Sweet" at Franco American Heritage Center (ME)
bulletCONNetic is Off to an Exciting Start (CT)
bulletFestival Ballet Providence Offers a Dreamy Nutcracker (RI)
bulletVictorian Nutcracker in Portland (ME)
bulletAnnual Nutcracker at the Palace Theatre (NH)
bulletBlackfriars Concert to Include Guest & Resident Artists (RI)
bulletMIT Dance Theater Ensemble Presents Live Action Anime 2007: Madness at Mokuba (MA)
bulletLili St. Cyr Revisited (book pReview by R.j. Nickerson)

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Reviewed In This Issue

bulletHotel Cassiopeia (BAM, Brooklyn, NY)
bulletMysteries and Smaller Pieces (The Living Theatre, NYC)
bullettick...tick...BOOM! (New Repertory Theatre, Watertown, MA)
bulletA Streetcar Named Desire (New Repertory Theatre, Watertown, MA)
bulletBrendan (Huntington Theatre Co., Boston)
bulletLes Miserables (North Shore Music Theatre, Beverly, MA)
bulletKenny Rogers (North Shore Music Theatre, Beverly, MA)
bulletSerenade & La Sylphide (Boston Ballet)
bulletFigaro (A.R.T., Cambridge, MA)

Monthly & Regular Features...

bulletNEED Theatre Listings
bulletNEED Audition Listings
bulletNEED Music Listings
bulletNEED Dance Listings
bulletOpportunity Knocks
bulletQuick Takes by Jules Becker
bulletActing FAQ by Bob Fraser
bulletBroadway Today by Jim DeBlasi
bulletTheatre Matters - Connecticut Style by Joanne Greco Rochman
bulletScreen Reels by Cecille Markell
bulletJump Cut by George T. Marshall
bulletSound Thinking: Conversations in Music by Jeff Hutton

 

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