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August, 2005 - Table of Contents & Preview
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COVER STORY
NEED's Annual Casting Issue:
So Many Actors...What Do I Do?
by T.J. Fitzgerald

Professional Theatre:
bulletTwo Shows at the Mint Theater This Summer (NY)
bulletJoanne Woodward Directs The Member of the Wedding at Westport Country Playhouse (CT)
bullet30th Annual New Hampshire Highland Games Includes Concerts, Dance, Etc. (NH)
bulletAmore...Can't Live Without It!  TheatreWorks Opens the Hit Broadway Musical NINE (CT)
bulletVagina Monologues Continues Thru September 4 in Provincetown (MA)
bulletImprov Asylum is Lost in Boston (MA)
bulletCelebrity John Davidson Stars in The Sound of Music (MA)
bulletPark Bench Passions: Gay & Lesbian Matchups in the Heart of the City at C.A.P.E. (MA)
bulletLancaster Opera House Celebrates 25 (NY)
bulletTurtle Lane Playhouse Presents Pippin (MA)
bulletWharton One-Acts: The Mission of Jane & The Promise & S&Co's Spring Lawn Theatre: Founders Theatre Opens with The Taming of the Shrew (MA)
bulletWhat Happened in Boston, Larry? by Larry Stark
bulletBroadway Today: Angela Gaylor by Jim DeBlasi of The Cue
bulletComedies Highlight Summer Season at Rochester Opera House (NH)
bulletStudio Repertory Presents Insert Title Here: A New Short Play Festival (RI)
bulletActing FAQ: The Star's Creed by Bob Fraser
bulletGoodspeed Musicals Opens Sandy Wilson's The Boy Friend, Directed by Julie Andrews (CT)
bulletCD/DVD Round-Up by Brooke Pierce
bulletFlying Fig Theater Presents The Gut Girls at The Chocolate Factory (NY)
bullet15th Annual Connecticut Critics Circle Awards Presented at Seven Angels Theatre by Joanne Greco Rochman
bulletActing Career FAQ: The Power of "No" by Bob Fraser
bulletSerendipity + An Intimate Grasp of the Ridiculous = Success for Michael McGrath by Susan Smith
bulletFinding a Headshot Photographer
bulletThe Cattle Call
bullet10 Ways to Survive The Audition: Getting the Part Without Getting the Panic by Michelle Saturley
bulletBay State Fencers Offers Professional Stage Compat Instruction to the Public (MA)
bulletFunding Your Acting Habit by Robin Jones
bulletHow Do I Break Into Show Business?
bulletThe Most Important Thing Your Acting Teacher Hasn't Told You by Adam C. Scarano

Colleges/Universities/Schools/Training

bulletExplore the World Thru the Arts During the 2005-2006 OnStage at Connecticut College (CT)

Community Theatre

bulletThe Community Players Present Love Letters (RI)
bulletStar Players of Bristol County Present a Slice of Broadway Heaven with 42nd Street (MA)
bulletToe Tapping Footloose at Orpheum (MA)
bulletThe Music Man at Gateway Players (MA)
bulletQuartet Cast in Tony Award-winning Proof at Your Theatre (MA)

Children's/Youth/Family Theatre

bulletWindham Performing Arts Youth Company Performs Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (NH)
bulletMusic Theatre of Connecticut Presents Cinderella (CT)
bulletFollow the Yellow Brick Road to Prescott Park Arts Festival (NH)
bulletKids! Summer Drama Day Camp at LCCT (ME)
bulletMac-Haydn Continues Children's Theatre (NY)
bulletTeen Actorsingers Present FAME (NH)
bulletTheater Project Launches Children's Theater at The Majestic (MA)

Film/Video/Tech

bulletRhode Island International Film Festival Announces 2005 Event (RI)
bulletScreen Reels: Tony Leung Chiu Wai by Cecille Markell
bulletScriptBiz to Include Academy Award-winning Screenwriter, New England Filmmakers & Nationally-recognized Actor (RI)
bulletMassachusetts Film Bureau to Run 2005 Boston Film Festival (MA)
bulletCall for Movies, Shorts & Screenplays by Filmmakers & Writers of Color, Etc. (MA)
bulletartstream Presents Rochester's First Short Film Festival - filmstream (NH)
bulletNew England Student Video Festival Seeks Entries (MA)

Music

bulletBowzer's Rock'N'Roll Party, Vol. IV: Still Rockin' After All  These Years (CT)
bulletDonna Summer at Mohegan Sun (CT)
bulletArcady Continues Celebration - 25 Years of Great Music (ME)
bulletTony Award-winner Idina Menzel at Provincetown  Theater (MA)
bulletMickey Rooney to Celebrate 85th Birthday Live on Stage at Arlington's Regent Theatre (MA)
bulletDunkin Donuts Newport Fol Festival Adds Bethany & Rufus with Peter Yarrow to Borders Stage (RI)
bulletStanley Clarke, Bela Fleck & Jean-Luc Ponty to Perform at Newport (RI)
bulletInternational Acoustic Music Awards Accepting Entries
bulletOpera Providence Announces 2005 Caruso Award Recipient (RI)
bulletGreat Waters Folk Festival Adds Performers (NH)
bulletThe Shows at Piccolo's: New Cabaret Stage Offers the Best of New York & Boston Cabaret (MA)
bulletJohn Weaver Welcomed for 50th Consecutive Summer (ME)
bulletPhoenix Trio Concert Celebrates Musical Heritage of Immigrants for Tercentennial (MA)
bulletFOKO Announces Pre-Concert Talks (ME)
bulletA Downeast Tradition Deepens: The 5th Annual Deer Island Jazz Festival at Stonington (ME)
bulletBoston Symphony Orchestra Announces 2005 Tanglewood Jazz Festival Line-up (MA)
bulletWords for the Soul: Hit Me Baby One More Time - And Knock Some Sense Into Me! by M. William Phelps
bulletAcclaimed Cabaret Singer Elaine St. George Brings The Girl That I Marry to Provincetown Fringe Festival (MA)

Dance

bulletBates Dance Festival Continues 23rd Season of Contemporary Dance (ME)
bulletFestival Ballet Providence Announces 2005-2006 Company Roster (RI)
bulletDrouin Dance Center Offers Free Classes (ME)
bulletOpen Auditions for Girls & Boys in George Balanchine's The Nutcracker (CT)
bulletPortland Ballet Instructors Return from Royal Academy of Dance & Regional Dance American Festival (ME)
bulletBrae Crest School Accepting Registrations for Fall Classical Ballet Classes (RI)

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Reviewed In This Issue

bulletDesire Under the Elms (A.R.T. Loeb Theatre, Cambridge)
bulletInto the Woods (New Repertory Theatre, Newton)
bulletBarrymore (Devanaugh Theatre, Boston)
bulletLaughing Wild (Wimberly Theatre, Boston)
bulletIt's Time: Michael Buble (Wang Theatre, Boston)
bulletJulius Caesar (Actors' Shakespeare Project, Cambridge)
bulletLittle Shop of Horrors (Colonial Theatre, Boston)
bulletFrogz (Imago Theatre, A.R.T., Cambridge)
bulletDinner With Friends (Gloucester Stage Company, Gloucester)
bullet36 Views (A.R.T./Theatre de la Jeune Lune, Cambridge)
bulletHecuba (Brooklyn Academy of Music)
bulletCrazy for You & Carousel (Reagle Players, Waltham)
bulletOklahoma! (Norton Singers, Norton)
bulletHere to Stay: The Music of George Gershwin (Boston Gay Men's Chorus, Jordan Hall, Cambridge)
bulletBoris Goudenov (Boston Early Music Festival, Cutler Majestic Theatre, Boston)
bulletPaul Taylor Dance Company (Shubert Theatre, Boston)

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
bulletWords for the Soul by M. William Phelps
bulletProtecting Your Good Ideas by Sydelle Pittas

 

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