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April 2000 - Table of Contents & Preview

COVER STORY
Pet Brick Brings Wilde to The Davis Square Stage

Professional Theatre:
bulletHistoric 1776 Celebrates the Birth of the Nation (CT)
bulletGoodspeed Musicals Announces 2000 Season at the Opera House (CT)
bulletJails, Hospitals & Hip-Hop: Danny Hoch Brings His Award-winning One-man Show to Trinity Rep (RI)
bulletThe Boston Theatre Marathon (MA)
bulletBuddy...Visits Providence (RI)
bulletThe Fabulous 50s at Westchester Broadway (NY)
bulletShakespearean Comedy at Foothills: The Bard's Twelfth Night Closes 1999-2000 (MA)
bulletThe Jewish Theatre of New England Presents the Last Night of Ballyhoo (MA)
bulletLong Wharf Presents World Premiere by Anthony Giardina (CT)
bulletTropical!  Brings Latin Music, Comedy, Showgirls, Exciting Prizes & More! (NY)
bulletTheater Project to Stage Miller Drama (MA)
bulletART Starring Judd Hirsch at the Shubert (CT)
bulletHenry James' Turn of the Screw at New Rep (MA)
bulletHuntington Season Continues with Mary Stuart (MA)
bulletA.R.T. Presents the Sugan Theatre Production of St. Nicholas in the Hasty Pudding Theatre (MA)
bulletLove in Shakespeare, Plus Plots & Power Grabs, Magic & Music
bulletUncommon Theatre Company to Perform Wizard of Oz - A Centennial Celebration (MA)
bulletAudition Slam: back by Popular Demand (MA)

Colleges/Universities/Schools

bulletSgouros Premieres New Works (MA)
bulletApril at Emerson Stage (MA)
bulletCollege of the Holy Cross Presents Williams' Camino Real (MA)
bulletLocal Playwright & Director Take on Housing Crisis (MA)
bulletYale School of Drama at Yale Repertory Theatre Showcases Acting Class of 2000 in Shakespeare's Richard III (CT)

Community Theatre

bulletIt's Comedy (of Errors) Tonight at Hole in the Wall Theatre (CT)
bulletThe Concord Players Present Neil Simon's Rumors (MA)
bulletEMACT Festival'2000: Five Full Days of Theatre Competition &  Education (MA)
bulletAn Ambitious Angels in America Returns with Sequel of High Hopes (NY)
bulletLittle Women at Saugus (MA)
bulletPortsmouth Community Theater Needs Some Help (NH)
bulletSide Show at AFD (MA)
bulletMerrimack Community Theatre Presents Dylan Thomas Piece (NH)
bulletPound Ridge Presents Miller's All My Sons (NY)
bulletQuannapowitt Players Presents The Mousetrap by Agatha Christie
bulletMilton Players Present Laughter on the 23rd Floor (MA)

Children's/Youth/Family Theatre

bulletT.J. Maxx Presents Boston Premiere of Circus of the Senses (MA)
bulletWalpole's Beau Jest: A Review by Shirley Esthimer  (MA)
bulletManchester Musical Players Present Rags-to-Riches Tale (CT)
bulletCinderella Visits Fitchburg Public Library (MA)
bulletThe "Tiger Whisperer" Highlights Newest Edition of Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey (RI)
bulletThe Jungle Book at the Wheelock Family Theatre (MA)
bulletAnnouncing Wimzie's House: Live on Stage (RI)

Film/Video/Tech

bulletMen Needed for Civil War Project (CT)
bulletScreenwriters Seminar Premeires at International Film Festival (RI)
bulletThe Bendheim Presents a Film Screening: Haley Wagner: Star (NY)
bulletBoys Don't Cry producer Christine Vachon to be Second Recipient of "Filmmaker on the Edge Award" (MA)
bulletApril Greater Boston Arts profiles Boston Artists (MA)

Music

bulletLynne Jackson & Mike Palter Appear at Tuckerman Hall (MA)
bulletYoung Singers Share Opera League Awards (ME)
bulletAwadagin Pratt Makes Connecticut Recital Debut at Rich Forum (CT)
bulletTwin Bill: Tower of Power & Average White Band Play the Palace Theatre (CT)
bulletUSA Songwriting Competition Winner & Boston Music Award Nominee Adrianne Releases Second CD & Gets Invited to South by Southwest Music Conference (MA)
bulletPerishable Presents An Evening of Solo Piano with Philip Glass (RI)
bulletMuseum Concerts Presents Fortune's Wheel (RI)
bulletA Note About the 42nd Annual Grammy Awards by Jeff Cabral
bulletPolly Esther's Grand Opening by Jeff Cabral
bulletFlynn Theatre Adds German Jazz Saxophonist to Line-up
bulletThe CONNcept is Simple: Local Music Doesn't Bring in the Audience by Mathew W. Phelps
bulletBoston Philharmonic Opens Season with All-Russian Program (MA)
bulletVisiting Pianist at UMass (MA)
bulletWestchester Chamber Orchestra Features Dicterow & Dreyfus in Premiere (NY)
bulletMark Your Calendars for the 30th Anniversary Boston Globe Jazz & Blues Festival (MA)
bulletNew Date Announces for The Beach Boys at Providence (RI)
bulletGreater Bridgeport Symphony Features Virtuoso Violinist Elmar Oliveira (CT)

Dance

bulletSpirit of the Dance: The New Millennium Steps Into Stamford's Palace Theatre (CT)
bulletFirst-ever Statewide Dance Advocacy Group Formed Connecticut Dance Alliance to Sponsor Two-Day Festival (CT)
bulletDance Sensation Savion Glover Comes to Boston's Shubert (CT)
bulletAcclaimed Paul Taylor Dance Company Performs Exciting and Innovative Dance to Piazzolla, Debussy, and Bach at the Flynn (VT)
bulletAnnouncing Ailey II: Modern Dance at Its Finest (RI)
bulletBurn the Floor with the Hottest Dance Sensation of the New Millennium (MA)
bulletBoston Ballet Performs Classic (MA)
bulletVisions: Spring Dance Concert at Boston University (MA)
bulletDance Kaleidoscope 2000 (MA)
bulletKaren Gail Kessler Joins Theatre by the Sea (RI)
bulletAll for Arts' Dance Team Wins Big! (NY)

People/Announcements

bulletLong Wharf Awarded $100,000 Grant from the Community Foundation for Greater New Haven (CT)
bulletHartford Stage Announces Award-winning Director: Mark Brokaw to Stage The Comedy of Errors (CT)
bulletNEC Announces Appointment of Kim Kashkashian (MA)
bulletWeston Playhouse Receives Arts Council Grant (VT)
bulletTrinity Rep Welcomes Marketing Director (RI)
bulletPayomet Theatre Gets Kelley Grant (MA)
bulletThe Actor's Guide to the Internet (NH)
bulletHartford Stage Awarded $300,000 Grant by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation (CT)
bulletJohn Ostrout Elected to Serve National Arts Agency (CT)
bulletLocal Theatre Legend Bequeaths Gift to Fairfield University (CT)
bulletShubert Performing Arts Center Elects New BOD Slate (CT)

PLUS! Monthly Features...

bulletNEED Theatre Listings
bulletNEED Audition Listings
bulletNEED Music Listings
bulletNEED Dance Listings
bulletOpportunity Knocks
bulletQuick Takes by Jules Becker
bulletTwo on the Aisle by Shirley Esthimer
bulletOn Beat & Off in Connecticut by Betty Tyler
bulletEncores & Off by E. Kyle Minor
bulletAppleSource w/Gary Stevens
bulletScreen Reels by Cecille Markell
bulletCut...Print by Angel Connell
bulletJeff's Music News & Coming AttraACTions by Jeff Cabral
bulletWords for the Soul by Mathew Phelps

 

 

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