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February, 2004 - Table of Contents & Preview
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COVER STORY
Jay Craven Brings the Voice of Vermont to Film by Julie Jacobs

Professional Theatre:
bulletTV Star Dick Van Patten at Foothills (MA)
bulletBrian Dennehy Double-Bill Continues Trinity Rep Season (RI)
bulletLong Wharf Presents Vogel's The Long Christmas Ride Home (CT)
bulletMercury Moves Off-Broadway (NY)
bulletStamford Center for the Arts Hosts Black History Gala 2004 (CT)
bulletOne-Man Show Imagines Arctic Exile (MA)
bulletYellow Taxi Announces 2004 Season (NH)
bulletHumor & Heart Meet in Marvin's Room at The Public Theatre (ME)
bulletShakespeare Now! Thetare Company Announces 2nd Annual Sonnet-thon 2004 (MA)
bulletThe Tale of the Cllyer Brothers Retold Onstage at Stoneham Theatre (MA)
bulletSpecial Tribute Concert to the Fab Four at SCA (CT)
bulletStamford Theatre Works Comedy/Drama Pursues American Dream (CT)
bulletBroadway's Full Monty Makes Providence Debut at PPAC (RI)
bulletBroadway Today: Karen Murphy by Jim DeBlasi of The Cue
bulletWomen on Fire Continues at Cherry Lane (NY)
bulletShakespeare's Richard III at The Klein (CT)
bulletNew William Finn Musial Workshop at Barrington Stage Company (MA)
bulletTheater Offensive Hosts Annual ClimACTS (MA)
bulletTharp & Joe's Movin' Out at The Bushnell (CT)
bulletA Little Shop of Horrors in Thomaston (CT)
bullet16th Annual Professional Auditions/Interviews Scheduled (VT)
bulletCalling All Superheroes!  Open Auditions for Original Theater Show (CT)

Colleges/Universities/Schools/Training

bulletUnder the Sea with Silly Jellyfish Comes to the Quick Center (CT)
bulletO'Neill Center Seeks Interns/Staff (CT)
bulletUniversity of New Hampshire Presents The Rake's Progress (NH)
bulletYale School of Drama Presents The Lonesome West (CT)
bulletBoston Conservatory Presents Gilbert & Sullivan's The Gondoliers (MA)

Community Theatre

bulletClassic Drama Opens as Clockwork Rep's 2nd Show (CT)
bulletActorsingers Support Local Composer/Lyricist - Product BOOMERS (NH)
bulletJoin Concord Players for a Dinner With Friends (MA)
bulletYCP Theaterworks to Present Wilson's Book of Days (NY)
bulletACAT Presents Noises Off (ME)
bulletDoctor Cook's Garden Holds Many Mysteries at Suffield (CT)
bulletVokes Players' Picasso at the Lapin Agile is One Wild & Crazy Show (MA)
bulletFootlighters Present Blithe Spirit (MA)
bulletAuditions for Lovers and Other Strangers (MA)
bulletThrilling Suspense at Sunset Players (MA)
bulletArlington Friends of the Drama Present The Laramie Project (MA)
bulletMilton Players Presents Guys and Dolls (MA)
bulletGateway Players Celebrates Valentine's with Love Letters (MA)

Children's/Youth/Family Theatre

bulletBridgewater State College Childrens' Theatre Makes Efforts to Be a Partner in Education with Twain Tales (MA)
bulletShakespeare & Co. Announces Spring Tour of Romeo and Juliet
bulletHave a Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day at the Palace

Film/Video/Tech

bulletScreen Reels: Neve Campbell by Cecille Markell
bulletIn the Bog With Throg by William Gynan
bullet7th Annual Green Mountain Film Festival Coming in March (VT)
bulletProject Greenlight 3 Gets a Green Light
bulletRhode Island International Film Festival named One of the Top 10 Short Film Fests in U.S. (RI)
bulletThe Politics of Race Examined in Films at MASS MoCA (MA)
bulletDinner & a Movie at Woods Hole (MA)

Music

bulletDon't Miss the 12th Annual Mardis Gras Ball at the Pawtuxet Ballroom (RI)
bulletLove & Romance for Hartford Symphony Orchestra in February (CT)
bulletAndover Chamber Music Series Presents 7th Annual Valentine Concert: From Russia With Love (MA)
bulletRed Priest Present a Fiery Evening of Early Music at UNH (NH)
bulletBack to Beethoven: Trios & Sonatas Take the Stage at the Mahaiwe (MA)
bulletBobbi Carrey & Will McMillan: If I Loved You - A Musical Valentine (MA)
bulletMusic Review Jump Start by Devin Travers
bulletFocus on Folk: Club Passim Presents... by James O'Brien
bulletVocalist Carol Sloane Celebrates 50th Anniversary in Jazz at Scullers Valentine's Weekend (MA)
bulletCambridge Society for Early Music Presents an Evening with Pieter Wispelwey (MA)
bulletAnita Brown Orchestra CD Debut Makes Waves in the Jazz World (NY)
bulletWords for the Soul: I Am... Whatever You Say I Am - A Look at the Culture of Rap Music & How One Artist Has Made a Major Impact (Part One) by M. William Phelps

Dance

bulletPrometheus Dance Premieres Dreams at Cambridge Multicultural Arts Center (MA)
bulletGallery Becomes Dance Performance Space for New Work at MASS MoCA (MA)
bulletWorld Music Presents Boston Debut of Chi (MA)
bulletValentine's Day Weekend Brings Firebird, Extremes & Soledad to VMA Arts & Cultural Center (RI)
bulletSCA DanceFest 2004 (CT)
bulletStamford Center for the Arts Presents the Internationally Acclaimed Ballet Hispanico (CT)
bulletFleetBoston & The Wang Center Co-Present Hubbard Street Dance Chicago (MA)

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Reviewed In This Issue

bulletThe Best & Worst of 2003 by Jules Becker
bulletPrivate Lives (Lyric Stage Company of Boston)
bulletFar Away (Zeitgeist Stage, Boston)
bulletUrinetown (National Tour, Colonial Theatre, Boston)
bulletI Am My Own Wife (Lyceum Theatre, NYC)
bulletThe Best & Worst of 2003...& What's to Come in 2004 by Joanne Greco Rochman

CD Reviews

bulletTerritory (KTD)
bulletWe Are (There)
bulletBirds of Mystery (Thea Hopkins)
bulletClearwater (Chris & Meredith Thompson)
bulletSneakin' in the Back Door (Late Bloomers)

Monthly & Regular Features...

bulletNEED Theatre Listings
bulletNEED Audition Listings
bulletNEED Music Listings
bulletNEED Dance Listings
bulletOpportunity Knocks
bulletQuick Takes by Jules Becker
bulletBroadway Today by Jim DeBlasi
bulletBehind the Scenes by Chuckie Finn
bulletTwo on the Aisle by Shirley Esthimer
bulletEncores & Off by E.Kyle Minor
bulletTheatre Matters - Connecticut Style by Joanne Greco Rochman
bulletAppleSource by Gary Stevens
bulletScreen Reels by Cecille Markell
bulletJump Cut by George T. Marshall
bulletFlying Under Your Radar (Club Passim's Best Kept Secrets) by James O'Brien
bulletWords for the Soul by M. William Phelps

 

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