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February 2000 - Table of Contents & Preview

COVER STORY
Old Love, New Love - An Inspiring Evening of Cabaret with Will McMillan

Professional Theatre:
bulletHilarious Hit Comedy Mamalogue Returns for 8 Shows Only at Oak Street (ME)
bulletCarlson Millennium Festival Presents Love Music Through the Ages
bulletAward-winning RENT Returns to Providence
bulletKindertransport: A Play About Jewish Children Saved from Nazis - at New Rep
bulletPerfect Days at Sugan
bulletNew Theatre Group for Seniors Created
bulletA Stamford Musical Debut by Betty Tyler
bulletLong Wharf Presents World Premiere of New Meara Comedy
bulletThe King & I at Westchester Broadway
bulletFleetwood Stage is Building Fences
bulletViolet's in Bloom at SpeakEasy
bulletJules Becker's Best & Worst of 1999
bulletSunset Boulevard: One Man's Opinion by R.J. Nickerson
bulletVolunteer for the Arts at North Shore Music Theatre!
bulletThe Beauty Queen of Leenane: Martin McDonagh's Tony Award-winning Play at Trinity Rep
bulletPrepare for a Hilariously Historic Tour Through 10,000 Years at Seacoast Repertory Theatre
bulletA Few Good Men at ICA
bulletBridge Theatre Company Announces Double Production
bulletHartford Stage Revives Amiri Baraka's Dutchman
bullet12th Annual Vermont Professional Theatre Auditions & Staff Interviews
bulletMamet, Damnit by Steve Capra

Colleges/Universities/Schools

bulletCompelling, Powerful Of Ebony Embers at USM During Black History Month
bulletTufts Balch Arena Theater Presents The Skin of Our Teeth

Community Theatre

bulletEMACT Festival Applications Now Available
bulletPicasso & Einstein at Suffield Players
bulletThe Concord Players Present Our Town
bulletHarlequin Presents Sweet Charity
bulletShe Loves Me at Asbury "Summer" Theatre
bulletMilton Players Present Godspell
bulletTrue to Life Love Letters at the Park Playhouse
bulletGarrison Players Brings Interactive Mystery to Dover's Historic Cocheco Mill
bulletHull Celebrates 10th Anniversary with a Bit of Tomfoolery
bulletPhilipstown Players Prepare Blithe Spirit in Honor of Coward Centennial
bulletClockwork Rep Opens Third Show of the Season
bulletInge's Picnic to be Presented by Massasoit Theater Company
bulletFPAC to Present An Evening with Rodgers & Hammerstein
bulletBelfast Maskers Announce 2000 Season
bulletNRTW Announces Spring Season
bulletJellyfish Blue Opens at Hole in the Wall Theater
bulletOpening the New Year at Quannapowitt Players

Children's/Youth/Family Theatre

bulletNSMT Announces February School Vacation Programs for Ages 6-16
bulletAnne of Green Gables at the Wheelock Family Theatre
bulletYouth Take Center Stage at the 2000 Boston Globe State High School Drama Festival Finals
bulletTheatreworks/USA Announces March Performances

Film/Video/Tech

bulletScreen Reels by Cecille Markell
bulletCecille's Top 10 of 1999
bulletDavid Denby, Film Critic, to Speak at Next Open VISIONS Forum
bulletFree Screening - Born to Trouble: Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
bulletIt's a Wrap Sheet: Updates on Industry Odds & Ends by Angel Connell
bulletKidsEye: Call for Entries for Special Film & Video Program for Youth
bulletProfile: The Coolidge Corner Theatre by Bernice Speen

Music

bulletA Classical Valentine at Handel & Haydn Society
bulletThe Bacon Brothers Sizzle with Song at the Music Hall
bulletMasterclasses & Tributes at Harvard University
bulletPresenting the 8th Annual Mardis Gras Ball
bulletVienna Nacht Opens Season for Jamestown
bulletThe Boys Choir of Harlem to Sing at Mechanics Hall
bulletSchubert's Evening-long Masterpiece Die Winterreise for Piano & Voice Next on the USM Faculty Concert Series
bulletEllis Paul & Les Sampou in the Acoustic Studio
bulletBrooke Sofferman's Modesty's Odyssey by Jeff Cabral
bulletMusic at Fitchburg Public Library
bulletThe Night I Met Jeffrey Gaines by Mathew W. Phelps
bulletSears & Connor Continue a Valentine's Tradition
bulletTerrace Simien Brings Mardi Gras to Quick Center for the Arts
bulletA Pair of Valentines Day Weekend Concerts Celebration of Love
bullet20th Century Tuba Works
bulletEllen Schmidt at Club Passim

Dance

bulletContemporary, Traditional Thrilling & High Energy: Dance at the Flynn
bulletTo the Pointe by Jules Becker
bulletBates Dance Festival Announces its 2000 Faculty & Events
bulletFestival of Dance Features Boston & World Premieres
bulletBU Department of Dance Presents Terry Creach

People/Announcements

bulletCitizens Bank Donates $7,500 to Oddfellows Playhouse
bulletGrants for Basic Support Available to Organizations
bulletTrinity Rep, John Belluso Awarded NEA/TCG Residency
bulletPPAC Announces $900,000 Grant from the U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development
bulletThe John G. Martin Foundation Pledges $1 Million to Fund for the New Bushnell
bulletAnna-Marie Holmes to Leave Boston Ballet in June 2001
bulletMassachusetts Cultural Council Awards $16.2 Million in Grants for Fiscall 2000

PLUS! Monthly Features...

bulletNEED Theatre Listings
bulletNEED Audition Listings
bulletNEED Music Listings
bulletNEED Dance Listings
bulletOpportunity Knocks
bulletQuick Takes by Jules Becker
bulletTwo on the Aisle by Shirley Esthimer
bulletOn Beat & Off in Connecticut by Betty Tyler
bulletEncores & Off by E. Kyle Minor
bulletAppleSource w/Gary Stevens
bulletScreen Reels by Cecille Markell
bulletCut...Print by Angel Connell
bulletJeff's Music News by Jeff Cabral
bulletWords for the Soul by Mathew Phelps