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April, 2006 - Table of Contents & Preview
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COVER STORY
Much to Celebrate at Wheelock Family Theatre by Chris Cardoni

Professional Theatre:
bulletLong Wharf Presents The Front Page (CT)
bullet2nd Story Theatre Flirts with the Truth in The Misanthrope (RI)
bulletAlarm Clock Theatre Presents World Premiere of Rosa (MA)
bulletGet Plugged In to Shakespeare & Company's 2006 Season (MA)
bulletActing Headshots: What the Tabloids Teach Us by Bob Fraser
bulletFlying Fig Theater to Present Shiloh Rules New York Premiere (NY)
bulletVillage Theatre Project to Present World Premiere Comedy Better Off Dead (MA)
bulletNew England Premiere of The Maternal Instinct at Boston Playwrights' Theatre (MA)
bulletOff-Broadway Premiere of A Jew Grows in Brooklyn from Growing Up in America (NY)
bulletDisney's AIDA at Company Theatre (MA)
bulletBroadway Today: Jesse Tyler Ferguson by Jim DeBlasi of The Cue
bulletMabou Mines Dollhouse Makes a MASS MoCA Stop on World Tour (MA)
bulletChocolate Church Arts Center Gears Up for the Annual Mud Boots & Black Tie Fundraiser (ME)
bulletLittle Shop of Horrors to Plant Itself at the Providence Performing Arts Center (RI)
bulletK&K Productions Asks, Why Do You Go to Lovers Lane? (MA)
bullet'I Hope I Get It' - Actors Try Out for Wuthering Heights by Michelle Saturley (NH)
bulletThe Hope & the Failure by Steve Capra (NY)
bulletShirley Jones in Concert at Reagle Players (MA)
bulletConnecticut Talent on the Move by Joanne Greco Rochmann
bulletBoston Native & Seven Others Inducted Into Theater Hall of Fame by Caldwell Titcomb
bulletMusicals at Richter Holds Season Auditions (CT/NY)

Colleges/Universities/Schools/Training

bulletNew Entertainment & Sports Graduate Course Added to Clark Curriculum (MA)
bulletAward-winning Director/Actor to Direct Provocative Play on American Racism at Eastern Nazarene (MA)
bulletCarousel at Providence College (RI)
bulletYale Repertory Theatre Continues 40th Season with World Premiere of dance of the holy ghosts: a play on memory (CT)
bulletBoston Conservatory Theater Ensemble Presents World Premiere of All Lost to Prayers (MA)
bulletTheater Arts/Acting Classes at The O'Neill (CT)
bulletUniversity of New Hampshire Drama Day: A Field Trip for School Groups, Grades 3-8 (NH)

Community Theatre

bulletTheatre Company of Saugus Presents Fiddler on the Roof (MA)
bulletQuannapowitt Players Closes 2005-2006 Season with Five Women Wearing the Same Dress (MA)
bulletExit 7 Players Announce Cabaret (MA)
bulletHole in the Wall is Almost Home (CT)
bulletTheatre III Celebrates 50 Years (MA)
bulletActorsingers Presents Cats (NH)
bulletThe Concord Players Present Cinderella (MA)
bulletWestfield Theatre Group Presents Scarlet Pimpernel (MA)
bulletProject CHESS... 'Check' It Out by T.J. Fitzgerald
bulletYour Theatre, Inc. Seeks Diversity Among Actors (MA)
bulletSummer Musical Auditions at The Valley Players (VT)
bulletM&D Productions Donates Proceeds to North Conway Library (NH)
bulletArlington Friends of the Drama is Ready to Rumble in West Side Story (MA)

Children's/Youth/Family Theatre

bulletSesame Street Live is Out of This World (MA)
bulletKids Coop Theatre Announces Production Team for Seussical (NH)
bulletCirque Dreams at Stamford's Palace (CT)
bulletAnimal Planet's Jeff Corwin Brings the Adventure of Discovery to PPAC (RI)
bulletMum Puppettheatre at Westport (CT)

Film/Video/Tech

bulletScreen Reels: ROBERT TOWNE & GAVIN HOOD by Cecille Markell
bulletLocal Actors Open Independent Film Company (CT)
bulletJump Cut: BRATS: Our Journey Home by George T. Marshall
bulletRhode Island International Film Festival Announces "Roving Eye" Documentary Festival (RI)
bulletDigital Filmmaking Workshop Comes to Manchester Community Access Media (NH)
bulletRailroad Square Cinema Now a Sundance Kid (ME)
bulletConference Brings Pantheon of Documentary Filmmakers to the Berkshires (MA)
bulletMariachi Documentary Explores Underground Lives of Aliens (MA)
bulletRIIFF Announces Poster Design Contest (RI)

Music

bulletSinger/Songwriter Patty Griffin to be Presented in April by Arts Center & Playhouse Partnership (CT)
bulletArmstrong Chamber Concerts: On Tour by Patricia D'Ascoli
bulletNew England Light Opera Celebrates Johann Strauss with the World Premiere of By Strauss! (MA)
bulletBoston Lyric Opera Announces 30th Anniversary 2006-2007 Season (MA)
bulletJim Van Slyke: Open Road is Paved with Gold by Maureen D. Mahoney
bulletPopular Music, Magic and Mayhem at Rochester Opera House (NH)
bulletSpring Workshops at the Passim School of Music (MA)
bulletSwing, Soul & Jazz: Big Bad Voodoo Daddy at Ridgefield (CT)
bulletIn the Mood at The Klein (CT)
bulletTenor Saxophonist Mike Tucker & Quartet Celebrate Debut CD Collage (MA)
bulletChoral Art Society to Sing Handel's "Messiah" (ME)
bulletCambridge Society of Early Music Presents A Lily Among Thorns: Renaissance Music of Love & Lament (MA)
bulletK4 Productions Hosts Competition to Sing National Anthem at Fenway Park (MA/CT)
bulletPerformance to Reflect on War & Suffering: The Witness Cantata Raises Voices of the Oppressed & Inspires Hope (MA)
bulletSound Thinking: Conversations in Music by Jeff Hutton
bulletFontenay Chamber Players at The Ridgefield Playhouse (CT)
bulletDr. Ralph Stanley in a Bluegrass Extravaganza at Capitol Center for the Arts (NH)
bulletVital Information Tour Stops at Regattabar (MA)
bulletUNH Celebrity Series Presents Mozart Festival Opera's Die Zauberflote (NH)

Dance

bulletFestival Ballet Providence Caps 28th Season with RI Premiere of Don Quixote (RI)
bulletBig Band Dance Party Ushers in Spring at MASS MoCA (MA)
bulletFusionworks Presents Different Is Good Annual Spring Concert Series (RI)
bulletThe Sleeping Beauty to be Performed at Ridgefield Playhouse (CT)
bulletState Ballet of Rhode Island Celebrates 46th Spring Celebration with Giselle (RI)
bulletThat Day-to-Day Life Masks by Steve Capra (NY)

Miscellaneous

bulletProtecting Your Good Ideas: Stealth Patents by Sydelle Pittas

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Reviewed In This Issue

bulletBill W. & Dr. Bob (New Repertory Theatre, Watertown, MA)
bulletBrooklyn Boy (SpeakEasy Stage Co., Boston)
bulletUnderneath the Lintel (Mill 6 Collaborative, Boston)
bulletA Prayer for Owen Meany (Stoneham Theatre, Stoneham, MA)
bulletSeven Rabbits on a Pole (Stoneham Theatre, Stoneham, MA)
bulletZomboid! Film/Performance Project #1 (Ontological Hysteric Theatre, NYC)
bulletThe Pajama Game (American Airlines Theatre, NYC)
bulletNoche Flamenca (Public Theatre, NYC)

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
bulletBehind the Scenes by Chuckie Finn
bulletTwo on the Aisle by Shirley Esthimer
bulletTheatre Matters - Connecticut Style by Joanne Greco Rochman
bulletScreen Reels by Cecille Markell
bulletJump Cut by George T. Marshall
bulletSound Thinking by Jeff Hutton
bulletProtecting Your Good Ideas by Sydelle Pittas

 

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