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August  2002 - Table of Contents & Preview
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COVER STORY
The Actor's Image
by Chris Cardoni
AUGUST is NEED's special
CASTING ISSUE

Professional Theatre:
bulletMeet The Boys Next Door at American Stage Festival (NH)
bulletFree Shakespeare Returns to Boston Common (MA)
bulletWarner Theatre Presents Annie (CT)
bulletThe Actors Shakespeare Company Puts Hoboken on the Theatrical Map by Steve Capra
bulletDonato Colucci Presents The Great Gorgonzola & His New Assistant at the Underground Magic Theatre (MA)
bulletHit Musical Chicago to Razzle Dazzle Weston Playhouse (VT)
bulletBrave New World Theatre Marathon Commemorating the September 11th Anniversary at Town Hall (NY)
bulletThe Theater Offensive Presents Out on the Edge: 11th Annual Festival of Lesbian, Bisexual & Transgender Theater (MA)
bulletBabes in Arms at Goodspeed (CT)
bulletTwo Lights Theatre Ensemble Premieres La Promise to Ask, "One Year After 9/11, What is Just in Times of War?" (ME)
bulletNorth Shore Music Theatre Flies Over the Rainbow with The Wizard of Oz (MA)
bulletWarner Studio Theatr Presents The Fantasticks (CT)
bulletBroadway Today: PJ Benjamin is All Hart on Broadway by Jim DeBlasi

Colleges/Universities/Schools

bulletRhode Island College to Offer Moschen's Juggling, an Opera Satirist & Dance from Lindy Hoppers to Rhythm & Shoes (RI)
bulletCoast to Coast Theater Presents The Taming of the Shrew at Babson College (MA)

Community Theatre

bulletBreezy, Romantic Twelfth Night & Leenane Auditions at Vokes Players (MA)
bulletNew England Community Theatre Groups to Perform in Regional Festival (NH)
bulletNunsense...in Drag? (MA)

Children's/Youth/Family Theatre

bulletHarwich Junior Theatre Welcomes Theatre Luminaries for Musical Premiere (MA)
bulletBoston Children's Theatre Brings Free Live Theatre to Local Neighborhoods (MA)
bulletSpencer Performing Arts Presents Cinderella (MA)
bulletUniversity of New Hampshire's Little Red Wagon on Tour (NH)
bulletFairfield's Quick Center Presents Missoula Children's Theatre in Classic Tales (CT)
bulletLexington Players Present Wallace's Beauty & the Beast (MA)
bulletLittle Red - the Girl from the Hood Hiphops Into Flushing Meadows (NY)
bulletAmerican Stage Festival Announces August Young Company Show (NH)
bulletMagic Circle Theater Presents Sleeping Beauty (MA)

Film/Video/Tech

bulletScreen Reels: Matt Damon, Robin Tunney & John Sayles by Cecille Markell
bulletAward-winning My Father, The Genius Scheduled for Premiere Theatrical Run at the Museum of Fine Arts (MA)
bulletPortland Media Artists Independent Short Film Festival (ME)
bulletMen in Black II: Summer Fun by Jonathan Bloom
bulletCall it Sundance for Kids: KidsEye International Film Festival Program Features 13 Films from All Over the World (RI)
bulletCut...Print: Fade to Black?  Film Community Ponders Repercussions of Possible MFO Extinction by Angel Connell
bulletAnime First at 6th Annual Rhode Island International Film Festival (RI)
bulletRIIFF Now Qualifies for Academy Award Consideration (RI)

Music

bulletWinterhawk 2000 and Two (NY)
bulletLabor Day Weekend Means a 5th Year of Rhythm & Roots (RI)
bullet7th Annual Litchfield Festival to Feature Rollins & Thielemans (CT)
bulletErin Go Bragh, Newport Waterfront Irish Festival (RI)
bulletGuitarist Paul Asbell Celebrates New CD with Concert in FlynnSpace (VT)
bullet2002 Arcady Music Festival Brings a World of Talent to Maine (ME)
bulletPortland Chamber Music Festival Celebrates 9th Season (ME)
bulletCivic Center to Commemorate 25th Anniversary of Elvis' Death with Concert (ME)
bulletRomantic Love Has Its Limits at Opera North (NH & VT)
bulletEdgar Winter to Play 7th Annual Framingham-Mohegan Sun Bluesfest (MA)
bulletCONCORA Presents the National Youth Choir of Namibia (CT)
bulletACT ONE's Hampton Summer Theatre Hosts New England Entertainers for Benefit Performance (NH)
bulletDylan, Guthrie, Colvin, Cockburn at Newport Folk Festival 2002 (RI)
bulletWords for the Soul: Divas Out; Female Singer/Songwriters In by M. William Phelps
bulletTanglewood Jazz Festival 2002 to Feature a Live Taping of Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz (MA)

Dance

bulletIsland Moving Co. Announces Choreographer/Artist Teams for Open for Dancing: First Newport Festival of Site-Specific Choreography (RI)
bulletBates Dance Festival Presents Robert Moses' KIN (ME)
bulletTextron Gift to Festival Ballet Supports Outreach Programs for Kids (RI)
bulletFleetBoston Celebrity Series & The Wang Center to Co-Present Dance Series for 2002-2003 (MA)
bulletBoston Ballet Leaders Awarded Non-Profit Arts Fellowship (MA)
bulletAward-winning Japanese Movement Artists Eiko & Koma Return with Offering, Their Response to 9/11 (VT)

People/Announcements

bulletJonathan Goldberg: Music Man Strikes a Chord in Boston's Heart by Jan Nargi
bulletLong Wharf Theatre's La Dolce Gala 2002 Shatters All-time Fundraising Event Record by Netting Over $325,000 (CT)
bulletThe New Tax Guide for Artists of Every Persuasion: a New Resource from Peter Jason Riley, C.P.A.
bulletSteps to Art Program to Fund Preschool Arts Education Partnerships

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Reviewed In This Issue

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The Merry Wives of Windsor (The Actors Shakespeare Co., NYC)

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Puppetry of the Penis (John Houseman Theatre, NYC)

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Golda's Balcony (Shakespeare & Co., Lenox, MA)

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Heart of Jade (Centastage w/Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater, Boston)

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Amadeus (Harvard-Radcliffe Summer Theatre, Loeb Drama Ctr., Cambridge, MA)

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The Valley of Decision (Shakespeare & Co., Lenox, MA)

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Improv Boston Mainstage (Improv Boston Theatre, Cambridge, MA)

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As You Like It (Publick Theatre, Boston)

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Annie Get Your Gun (Reagle Players, Waltham, MA)

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George Gershwin Alone (American Repertory Theatre, Cambridge, MA)

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Berlin to Broadway with Kurt Weill (Gloucester Stage Co., Gloucester, MA)

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Barbara Cook: Mostly Sondheim (Symphony Hall, Boston)

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Andrea Bocelli World Tour (Fleet Center, Boston)

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Footloose (North Shore Music Theatre, Beverly, MA)

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Our Town (Westport Community Playhouse, Westport, CT)

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A Midsummer Night's Dream (Royal Shakespeare Co., Shubert Theatre, New Haven, CT)

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Tall Stories (Long Wharf Theatre, New Haven, CT)

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Petrushka (Yale New Theater, New Haven, CT)

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bulletOpportunity Knocks
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bulletBroadway Today by Jim DeBlasi
bulletBehind the Scenes by Chuckie Finn
bulletTwo on the Aisle by Shirley Esthimer
bulletEncores & Off by E. Kyle Minor
bulletAppleSource by Gary Stevens
bulletScreen Reels by Cecille Markell
bulletWords for the Soul by M. WIlliam Phelps
bulletTheatre Clips by Marc Smith

 

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