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April, 2004 - Table of
Contents & Preview
The below list is not linked. It is only
the Table of Contents for our print version.
If you'd like to read the stories, request a print copy of NEED!
COVER STORY
Stephen Schwartz: Having a
Wicked Time on Broadway by T.J. Fitzgerald |
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Professional
Theatre:
 | Provocative Satire: Chelsea Theatre Works Comes Face to Face With a Rhinocerous
(MA) |
| Timeless Musical (Sound of Music) Comes to Providence Performing Arts
Center (RI) |
| Liberace, the Legend Lives! at Reagle Players (MA) |
| Tit for Tat at Theater Cooperative (MA) |
| Long Wharf Hit to Open on Broadway (NY) |
| The Sweepers Captures Boston's North End Spirit (MA) |
| Backwater: A Movie Play at the BCA (MA) |
| Bringing Science to Life, and Life to Science at the Museum of Science by
Chris Cardoni |
| Jim Bailey Comes to Boston for Benefit by Bernice Speen |
| BLACK POWER: Six Short Plays from the '60s (MA) |
| Menopause the Musical Opens in Boston (MA) |
| Broadway Today: Kerry Butler by Jim DeBlasi of The Cue |
| Theater Offensive & Wildheart Press Present Last Rites World
Premiere (MA) |
| Spring is in the Air and On the Stage for Michael C. Accuosti by Joanne Greco
Rochmann |
| At Last - a Dinner Theater by Joanne Greco Rochmann |
| ALERT! Look-a-Like Democrats; 'Token' Republicans; Performers; Novelty Acts;
Singers & Comics - Boston Auditions (MA) |
Colleges/Universities/Schools/Training
| Something Old & Something New at Emerson Stage (MA) |
| Weston Playhouse Hosts Workshop for Teachers (VT) |
Community Theatre
| Sunset Players Presents A Shot in the Dark (MA) |
| Boston Area Community Theater Premiere of Ragtime: The Musical at The
Footlight Club (MA) |
| Concord Brings 1776 to Town (MA) |
| Arlington Friends of the Drama Plunges Into Titanic, the Musical (MA) |
| EMACT Theater Community Together Again for Festival'04 (MA) |
Children's/Youth/Family Theatre
| HONK! if You Love Gateway Players (MA) |
| Mermaid Presents Very Eric Carle (RI) |
| Junior Actorsingers Teach Lessons on How NOT to Be a Grown-up (NH) |
| Oddfellows Playhouse Presents Archangels Don't Play Pinball (CT) |
| Step Aside, Bob the Builder! Mike Mulligan's in Town (CT) |
| He's Big & He Can Cha-Cha-Cha: Bear in the Big Blue House Visits Lowell (MA) |
| Little Red Wagon New England Tour Accepting Bookings (NH) |
| Purple Cow Children's Theatre Presents Little Red Riding Hood & Other
Stories (CT) |
Film/Video/Tech
| Screen Reels: Eric Stoltz, Elizabeth Berkley & Rene Aubuerjonois by
Cecille Markell |
| KidsEye International Film Festival Call for Entries (RI) |
| The New England Animation Bash Seeks Entries (MA) |
| Japanese Filmmaker, Yasujiro Ozu Subject of Major Film Retrospective (MA) |
| KidsEye Camp Plans Spring Workshop (RI) |
Music
| Singer Barbara Schottenfeld Brings Home the Music by Joanne Grego Rochmann |
| HT Presents Guitarist Bill Frisell in Concert (MA) |
| Masterworks Chorale Concludes with "Elijah" (MA) |
| Yellow Barn Music School & Festival Announces 35th Anniversary Season (VT) |
| Get Foolish in April at Rochester Opera House (NH) |
| Ultimate Survival Guide for the New Music Business (NY) |
| Janus 21 Presents "Between Tides: Music of Toru Takemitsu" (MA) |
| Folk/Country Icon Returns to the Flynn Mainstage (VT) |
| Music for Holy Week Concert of Yale Schola Cantorum (CT) |
| Musical Carnival & Fun Fair at Babson (MA) |
| Pianist Goldstein Performs Shumann with Westchester Chamber Orchestra (NY) |
| Rhythm & Blues Rules with Charlie Strater & Ryan Montbleau (MA) |
| The Best of Ute Lemper in Concert from CRASHarts & the Quick Center (MA &
CT) |
| Words for the Soul: How Much is Too Much? by M. William Phelps |
| Rescheduled Schooner Fare Concert to Be Held April 10 (ME) |
| Opera Providence to Present Concert on the West Side: Cancels La Traviata
(RI) |
Dance
| Celebrating 44 Years of Spring & Ballet Artistry at State Ballet of Rhode
Island (RI) |
| Jenny Rocha Premieres Ponder Me at Green Street (MA) |
| The Sleeping Beauty at VMA Arts & Cultural Center (RI) |
| Ailey II at the Klein (CT) |
| Innovative New York Choreographer Paul Matteson Performs an Evening of New Dance
in FlynnSpace (VT) |
| Springstep Presents Benefit Contra Dance (ME) |
| UNH Announces a Double Bill: Alice in Wonderland & Three Faces
of Eve (NH) |
| Jose Mateo's Ballet Theatre Presents The Cuban Condition (MA) |
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Reviewed In This Issue
| The Full Monty (Providence Performing Arts Center; Oakdale
Theatre, Wallinford, CT) |
| I Am My Own Wife (Lyceum Theatre, NYC) |
| Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (The Music Box, NYC) |
| Retreat from Moscow (Booth Theatre, NYC) |
| The Last Five Years (SpeakEasy Stage, Boston) |
| The Gigolo Confessions of Baile Breag (Sugan Theatre, Boston) |
| Sly Fox (Shubert Theatre, Boston; Barrymore Theatre, NYC) |
| Bug (Barrow Street Theatre, NYC) |
| Anna in the Tropics (Royale Theatre, NYC) |
| Oliver! (Wang Theatre, Boston) |
Monthly & Regular Features...
| NEED Theatre Listings |
| NEED Audition Listings |
| NEED Music Listings |
| NEED Dance Listings |
| Opportunity Knocks |
| Quick Takes by Jules Becker |
| Broadway Today by Jim DeBlasi |
| Behind the Scenes by Chuckie Finn |
| Two on the Aisle by Shirley Esthimer |
| Encores & Off by E.Kyle Minor |
| Theatre Matters - Connecticut Style by Joanne Greco Rochman |
| AppleSource by Gary Stevens |
| Screen Reels by Cecille Markell |
| Jump Cut by George T. Marshall |
| Flying Under Your Radar (Club Passim's Best Kept Secrets) by James
O'Brien |
| Words for the Soul by M. William Phelps |
| Protecting Your Good Ideas by Sydelle Pittas |
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