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December 2000 - Table of Contents & Preview

COVER STORY
Lay the Logger Under the Tree!  A Perfect Holiday Gift from a Vermont Favorite

Professional Theatre:
bulletGODSPELL: Coming in New Production to Shubert Theatre (MA)
bulletHit Musical Continues Open-Ended Run at Stuart Street Playhouse (MA)
bulletFirst Night 2001: An Arts Odyssey (RI)
bulletPHYZGIG! Opens Acorn Season (ME)
bulletBoston Director's Lab Presents First Series of Plays (MA)
bulletTheodore Bikel in Fiddler on the Roof (CT)
bulletCopacabana at PPAC (RI)
bulletNeil Simon's Proposals Running at Majestic Theatre (MA)
bulletThe Lady from the Sea by Steve Capra
bulletJerry Herman's Dear World Runs at Goodspeed-at-Chester (CT)
bulletThe Folksbiene Yiddish Theatre Opens 85th Season with An American Family (An Amerikaner Mishpohke) (NY)
bulletKnockout Musical & Return Workshop Featured on the Long Wharf Stages (CT)
bulletA Christmas Carol: New Holiday Tradition for Central Massachusetts at Foothills Theatre (MA)
bulletNew Rep Skewers Liberal Ideology (MA)
bulletNew England's Holiday Tradition, A Christmas Carol-A Ghost Story of Christmas Returns to Hartford Stage (CT)
bulletPoona the F-*kdog & Other Plays for Children (not plays for children) (MA)
bulletScrooge at Turtle Lane (MA)
bulletCinderella, A Pantomime at SF-GT (RI)
bulletStage Door Presents The Eight: Reindeer Monologues (NY)
bulletIt's Time to Wake Up & Smell the Coffee with Eric Bogosian at the Flynn (VT)
bulletBarry Manilow's Copacabana Plays the Shubert (CT)

Colleges/Universities/Schools

bulletEastern Nazarene College Presents Holiday Event for the Whole Family (MA)
bulletHeaven Opens at Yale Repertory Theatre (CT)
bulletBrandeis University Theater Department Presents Merrily We Roll Along (MA)
bulletDecember Productions at Wesleyan (CT)
bullet"Director's Cut" is Theatre Fairfield's Second Production (CT)
bulletShakespeare's Riotous Comedy Twelfth Night Hits the Bridgewater Stage (MA)
bulletA Kwanzaa Song Enjoys World Premiere (RI)
bulletHIV, Religion, Love, Justice, Homosexuality & Responsibility at Mask & Dagger (NH)
bulletOriginal Brownbrokers Musical, Emma, at Brown University (RI)
bulletTony-winning Whodunit at Connecticut Repertory Theatre (CT)

Community Theatre

bulletFamily-That's Communty Theatre by Richard Arnaud (MA)
bulletOnly Love at Theatre III (MA)
bulletHole in the Wall Theatre in Pursuit of the American Dream (CT)
bulletHovey Presents Pulitzer Prize-winner (MA)
bulletCommunity Players Hold Food Drive to Benefit Blackstone Valley Emergency Food Center (RI)
bulletLittle Theatre to Feature All-male Nunsense to Benefit Scholarship Fund (MA)
bulletActorsingers Auditions On the Town (NH)
bulletJoseph Visits Arlington Friends of the Drama (MA)

Children's/Youth/Family Theatre

bulletLocal Theatre Students Appear in Joseph & the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (NY)
bulletNew Musical Brings to Life Children's Book at the Flynn (VT)
bullet1 Frog & 3 Goats Come to Library (MA)
bulletSimple Simon's Secret at UNH (NH)
bulletMusical Version of Children's Book Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day to Play at The Bushnell (CT)
bulletOddfellows Playhouse Presents Shakespeare's Macbeth (CT)
bulletDREAM ON! Have You Ever Wondered Where Your Dreams Come From? (MA)

Film/Video/Tech

bulletIt's a Wrap!  SAG/AFTRA Finally End Their 6-Month Strike by Angel Connell
bulletMuseum of Fine Arts Winter Films (MA)

Music

bulletNorthern Lights by Devin Travers
bullet"The Wanderer" Returns to His Belmont Avenue Roots by M. William Phelps
bulletLive! New CD Released (MA)
bulletCelebrate the Holidays in Style with The Irish Tenors at the PPAC's Annual Gala (RI)
bulletLucie Therrien Releases Nez Rouge: Her 13th Recording - a Double Album of Popular French Christmas Songs (NH)
bulletThrilling Jazz by Alan Silva & William Parker in New FlynnSpace (VT)
bulletMasterworks Invites Singers & Families to Two Holiday Programs: Audience Participation Invited (MA)
bullet150-voice Boston Gay Men's Chorus Announces Ambitious 2000-2001 Season (MA)
bulletWorld Renown Zamir Chorale to Perform in Stamford (CT)
bulletCalliope: A Renaissance Band - A Gift for the Holidays: Music from 1200 to 1650 & More - Next at Music in Deerfield (MA)
bulletThe Holidays Continue with Christmas Around the World Featuring the Moscow Boys Choir at Stamford's Palace Theatre (CT)
bullet101st Annual Performance of Handel's Messiah at Worcester's Mechanics Hall (MA)
bulletChristmas Vespers at Amherst College (MA)
bulletWHIRLIGIG Performs at Buckley Center (MA)
bulletFairfield University Glee Club Heralds the Christmas Season (CT)

Dance

bulletBoston Ballet Presents The Nutcracker (MA)
bulletDance Umbrella Presents Rennie Harris PureMovement (MA)
bulletTickets on Sale for Festival Ballet's Annual Blockbuster (RI)
bulletIsland Moving Co. to Perform Holiday Concerts of  The Steadfast Tin Soldier (RI)
bulletNutcracker Preparations Underway (CT)
bulletCelebrate the 24th Anniversary of A Dancer's Christmas (MA)
bulletBridgewater State College Continues Long-Running December Tradition in Winterdance 2000 (MA)
bulletMaine State Ballet Launches 18th Season with Nutcracker (ME)
bulletFranklin Performing Arts Company Presents The Nutcracker (MA)
bulletJose Mateo's Ballet Theatre Presents The Nutcracker (MA)
bulletBosnia, Web & Ame from University Dancers (MA)
bulletMighty Mouse Army to Attack! (NH)
bulletBalanchine's The Nutcracker at Palace Theatre (CT)
bulletHartford Symphony Orchestra Provides Live Music for Traditional Holiday Ballet (CT)

People/Announcements

bulletNew Foothills Marketing Director (MA)
bulletNEAT to Honor  the Arts Council of Greater New Haven (CT)
bulletWestfield Playwright Published (MA)
bulletCelebrities Get Unveiled to Help Stop Hand Gun Violence (MA)
bulletState Grants Available (MA)
bulletFree Legal Assistance Offered Thru Commission on the Arts (CT)
bulletWFCR's Valley Folk Goes Statewide (MA)
bulletLong Wharf Theatre Appoints Lyn D. Traverse Director of Development (CT)
bulletGovernor's Arts Awards Recipients Announced (CT)
bulletThe Bushnell Completes Renovations (CT)
bulletMayor Menino, BCA & Huntington to Build New Theatre Space (MA)
bulletMassachusetts Cultural Council Awards Berkshire Theatre Festival $37,950 Grant (MA)
bulletStep by Stand-Up Comedy (NH)

PLUS! Monthly Features...

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bulletNEED Music Listings
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bulletOpportunity Knocks
bulletQuick Takes by Jules Becker
bulletTwo on the Aisle by Shirley Esthimer
bulletEncores & Off by E. Kyle Minor
bulletAppleSource w/Gary Stevens
bulletScreen Reels by Cecille Markell
bulletCut...Print by Angel Connell
bulletWords for the Soul by Mathew Phelps