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January 1999 - Table of Contents & Preview

COVER STORY:
RAGTIME: From New Rochelle to Broadway to Boston

Professional Theatre:

bulletToni Tennille Opens at The Colonial Theatre (Victor/Victoria)
bulletAndrei Serban Offers The Merchant at Venice at A.R.T.
bulletCATS Returns to Hartford
bulletGood Grief!  It's Charlie Brown!
bulletLong Wharf's Wit Moves to Union Square After Sold-Out Run
bulletLloyd Webber Award-Winner Runs at Bushnell
bulletHuntington Theatre Company MacArthur Fellow Returns to Direct
bulletFour for the Road by Shirley Esthimer
bulletRumble with Actors' Collaborative
bulletSchoolhouse Announces First Equity Season: Kareman Signs on as AD
bulletPogo a Go Go!
bulletThe Great White Way by Steve Capra
bulletOpening the Bendheim with Fun & Family Fare
bulletTenderloin Premieres at Turtle Lane Playhouse
bulletNETC Theater Auditions: Applications On-line or in the Mail
bulletNew Theater Company to Operate Yorktown Performing Arts Center
bulletEquity-U/RTA Contract Complete: Major Changes Announced
bulletSCA Tap Dogs Postponed
bulletPPAC Announces Jekyll & Hyde: The Musical
bulletOn Golden Pond to Kick Off 1999 at Foothills: Cast Change Announced

Colleges/Universities/Schools

bulletTartuffe Comes to the Quick Center
bulletVoice of Jane Powell, Jonathan Pryce & Douglad Fairbanks Introduce New Audio Book Versions of Three NYSTI Shows
bulletSaint Michael's Playhouse 1999 Summer Season Announced

Community Theatre

bulletEquus Gallops to Jamaica Plain Footlight Club
bulletNewton Country Players Host 5th Annual Fundraiser by T.J. Fitzgerald
bulletSouthborough Players Announce January Production of Hercules
bulletCentre Stage Theatre Boasts Community Theatre Premiere
bullet42nd Street Auditions (Winthrop Playmakers)
bulletBelfast Maskers Stage Original Mystery
bulletCome to the Spring Street Cabaret (Hovey Players)
bulletNew Theater Company Brings Classic to Life (Insight Theater Company)
bulletGeorgette Beck's Claire de Lune Wins Runner-up in Wharf Rat Productions' Second Annual Crossing Borders
bulletWeston Friendly Society Makes Fiddler a Real Family Fare

Children's/Youth/Family Theatre

bulletThe Hero, The Villain, The Empress (& Her Dog) in Cambridge
bulletStages of the Globe: Shakespeare's Tempest at Oddfellows
bulletMagic Ark Children's Series Presents Bill Harley w/Keith Munslow
bulletTheatreworks/USA Announces January Performances
bulletCome On and RE-ZOOM!
bulletNorth Shore Music Theatre Announces February Vacation Week Programs for Ages 6-16

Film/Video/Tech

bulletA Splice of Life by Cecille Markell
bulletActor is Vocal on Year-end MMA Wrap by Angel Connell
bulletMike Griffith Joins Barbizon
bulletCorrespondent Focus: Westford Filmmaker Finds Acceptance Among the Rejects

Music

bulletRespond Compilation Released
bulletChorus of Westerly (RI) Presents All-New Twelfth Night
bulletSchuller Sensation: Ives, Bizet, Saint Saens & Thorarinsson
bulletBerkshire Choral Festival Executive Director Wins ASCAP Award
bulletQuintets & Quartets at Saint Anselm College
bulletRosa Laurent Duo Presents Free Concert Featuring a New Work by Martin Bresnick
bulletCabaret Singer Andrea Marcovicca to Perform at the Regina A. Quick Center
bulletAmerican String Quartet to Perform at RIC
bulletPianist Extraordinaire Emanuel Ax to Grace the Stage of Merrill Auditorium
bulletConnecticut Opera Guild Announces 45th Annual Scholarship Competition
bulletNEMO Gives Bands a Chance Playing for Industry Reps, Expand Fan Base & Increase Buzz
bulletThe Trombone Has Its Moment at USM

Dance

bulletOddfellows Playhouse African Dance & Drumming Ensembles
bulletPB&J Still Accepting Registrations
bulletBarishnykov to Perform with Mark Morris & Yo-Yo Ma
bulletMoiseyev Dance Company Returns to Symphony Hall (Boston)
bulletDartmouth Offers Dance in Moore Theater
bulletJeffrey N. Babcock Named General Director & CEO of Boston Ballet
bulletThe Tremont Street Nutcrackers by Jules Becker
bulletBalanchine, Graham & Uthoff Featured on Hartford's Program
bulletSchool of the Hartford ballet Receives Top Honors

People/Announcements

bulletPeter Altman to Conclude Tenure with Huntington Theatre Company
bulletArts Commission & Law Firm Team Up to Provide Pro Bono Legal Assistance to Artists & Cultural Organizations
bulletGrants Available for Composition, Playwriting/New Theater Works, Crafts, Photography & Sculpture
bulletLocal Child Appears in Bette Midler Film
bulletASF Welcomes Scott Severance
bulletWGBH Boston Radio Program Honored with ASCAP Award
bulletOstrout Elected National Arts Assembly Treasurer
bulletYouthReach Initiative Wins National Award
bulletSills & Schuller to Receive Pell Awards for Excellence
bulletStaff Changes at the Lyric Stage
bulletEnter the Wrangler: The Real Miss Anna of the King & I Tour by E. Kyle Minor
bulletDelightful Discoveries at Second Annual Searching for the Stars

 

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