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November 1999 - Table of Contents & Preview

COVER STORY: Chamberlain Tours with the von Trapps

Professional Theatre:

bulletAquila Theatre Company Revives the Classics at The Music Hall (NH)
bulletGoodspeed Musicals Rediscovers The Apple Tree
bulletShocking Secret Unveiled at Trinity Rep
bulletSeacoast Rep Celebrates the Century with its 12th Season
bulletPortland Stage Company Continues with Nixon Play
bulletRomeo & Juliet Opens Boston Theatre Works 2nd Season
bulletPCA Great Performances Lives Up to Its Name
bulletMadhorse Brings on Blanche
bulletThe King and I Playing at Westchester Broadway
bulletLauren Bacall to Star in Pre-Broadway Premiere
bulletTrinity Welcomes Annual Scrooge
bulletPenobscot Theatre Company Continues 25th Anniversary Silver Season
bulletTwo on the Aisle by Shirley Esthimer
bulletThe Horovitz Variations by Steve Capra
bulletSugan Reprises Successful New England Premiere
bulletSurreal Life at TheatreZone
bulletThe Odd Couple at Square One

Colleges/Universities/Schools

bulletIrish Pirate Queen is the Subject of Original USM Musical
bulletLove's Labor's Lost at Blackfriars
bulletLove for Love at Tufts
bulletCelebrating Theatre at St. Anselm
bulletHoly Cross Presents Rice Comedy
bulletYale Rep Opens with Pinter
bulletBridgewater State College Opens with Tommy

Community Theatre

bulletJacques Brel is Alive and Well & Living in...Concord (Players)
bulletWellesley Players Celebrates 30 Years of Musicals with Revival by Valerie von Rosenvinge
bulletNeil Simon Helps Pound Ridge Laugh it Up for the Fall
bulletArsenic & Old Lace Extends Halloween's Shelf Life
bulletMugford Street Players Present Molly Sweeney
bulletTheatre III Auditions Miller & Presents Sondheim
bulletHarvard Community Theatre Presents Lettice & Lovage
bulletCast Chosen for Nashua's The Bad Seed
bulletCommunity Players Open 79th Season
bulletHingham Civic Music Theatre Present Joseph & the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
bulletHovey Presents New Work, Boys at Play, by Tim Fitzgerald
bulletSuffield's Virginia Woolf: An Evening of Plotting & Balance
bulletNRTW Gets Into the Holiday Spirit
bulletBurlington Players Goes to Extremes
bulletRehearsal for Death in Greenwich (CT)
bulletClockwork Opens First Show

Children's/Youth/Family Theatre

bulletArts 4 You Continues Student Series
bulletWho's the Greatest Playwright of the 20th Century?  It Could Be You!
bulletBoston Children's Theatre Raises the Curtain on 49th Season
bulletOddfellows Playhouse Launches Fall Season
bulletBendheim Presents Robbo's Imagination Extravaganza

Film/Video/Tech

bulletEleventh Annual Boston Jewish Film Festival Premieres
bulletMichelle LaMura: The Visionary Behind newenglandfilm.com by Angel Connell
bulletRhode Island International Film Festival Announces Audience Award-winners
bulletLucie Therrien Unveils Fourth Video
bulletNEF&VF Call for Entries

Music

bulletLitchfield Performing Arts Continues 20th Season
bullet2nd Annual All-Needham Festival
bulletGreater Boston Youth Symphony Orchestras Announce 1999-2000 Season
bulletMasterworks Chorale's 60th Season features Masterpieces by Beethoven, Verdi
bulletClose Encounters Season Includes Something for Everyone
bulletSoprano Audra McDonald to Make Celebrity Series Debut
bulletTunes & Tales at Fitchburg Public Library
bulletDirector of Schola Cantorum Leads Purcell's Te Deum and Jubilate
bulletThe Chorus of Westerly Announces Its 1999-2000 Concert Season
bulletPlymouth Philharmonic Celebrates the Millennium
bulletCambridge Center for Adult Education Acoustic Folk Festival
bulletCape Symphony Orchestra Hosts Informative, Free, Pre-concert Commentaries
bulletBlue Rain by 5th Element (c) 1999 Abet Music/ASCAP: A Review by Mathew Phelps
bulletSunday Jazz Bath Presents Sassafras & Arthur Lipner
bulletKnots & Crosses Reunites at Iron Horse

Dance/Movement

bulletSBRI Presents Annual Favorite
bulletBoston University Fall Dance Concert; Origins
bulletSelf-paced Software Package for Instructors & Beginning Ballet Students
bulletDon Cossocks of Rostov at Rhode Island College
bulletMood and Movement by Jules Becker
bulletUVM Lane Series & Flynn Theatre Present Moscow City Ballet
bulletIsland Moving Company Holiday Dance Concerts
bulletGranite State Ballet Announces Discount Tickets to Youth Groups
bulletChoreographers Group; Addressing the Dance Development Process

People/Announcements

bulletUMASS Department of Music & Dance Welcomes Ten New Faculty Members
bulletTraining Offered by State on Using the Arts in Work with Elders
bulletNational Playwrights Conference Seeks New Works for NPC/2000
bulletLitchfield Performing Arts Announces Judges for 7th Biennial Belsky Competition
bulletHartford Stage Exceeds Goal
bulletOddfellows Playhouse Receives Award at NAACP Banquet
bulletProvidence Performing Arts Center President Singleton Appointed to League of American Theatres and Producers
bulletHuntington Theatre Welcomes Kyle DeVaul

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