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February, 2005 - Table of Contents & Preview
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COVER STORY
Ron Ritchell & Polly Hogan: It Was the Best of Times by Jerry Bisantz

Professional Theatre:
bulletStamford Theatre Works Presents Black History Month Play (CT)
bulletKathleen Turner & Bill Irwin in Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (MA)
bulletComedy Night at Playhouse on the Green (CT)
bulletThe King's Feast: Rhode Island's Royalist Event (RI)
bulletBoston Theatre Works Brings Elliot Norton Award-winner Jonathan Epstein as Prospero in Shakespeare's The Tempest (MA)
bulletActing FAQ: Acting - A Confidence Game by Bob Fraser
bulletInnerAct Productions: Quality Theatre of Color! Accepting Script Query's in Consideration for 2005-2006 Season (NY)
bullet\In"dus*trie\Nite Returns (MA)
bulletPremiere Production of Miss Saigon at Turtle Lane Playhouse (MA)
bulletRob Becker's Defending the Caveman Returns  to PPAC for One Performance (RI)
bulletZeitgeist Stage Presents Blue/Orange - About Class, Race & Madness (MA)
bulletThird Annual Boston Shakespeare Sonnet-Thon (MA)
bulletAdam West & Dawn Wells in Love Letters at The Palace (NH)
bulletBroadway Today: John Cariani by Jim DeBlasi of The Cue
bulletBTW Presents New England Premiere of Homebody/Kabul (MA)
bulletThe BEst, The Worst, The In-Between of Connecticut's Equity Professional Theatre 2004 by Joanne Greco Rochman
bulletPlayhouse on the Green Sets February Events (CT)
bulletProtecting Your Good Ideas: Patenting Your Plotline by Sydelle Pittas

Colleges/Universities/Schools/Training

bulletKenneth Alberts Directs The Comedy of Errors at Yale Rep (CT)
bulletTeaching Tolerance Workshop at the Capitol Center (NH)

Community Theatre

bulletTaking a Break with Director Mark Baumhardt of the Concord Players' Angel Street by Faith Pelletier
bulletEastbound Theatre Presents Poignant & Emotional Hostage Drama (CT)
bullet34th NHCTA Festival Entry Information (NH)
bulletGateway Players Winter Events (MA)
bulletSuffield Players Presents Guilty Conscience (CT)
bulletTheatre Company of Saugus Presents Evenings With Shakespeare (MA)
bulletVokes Players Presents Fortinbras (MA)
bulletExit 7 Players Present Nunsense (MA)
bulletThe Burial at Thebes at Salem Theatre Company (MA)
bulletThe White River Valley Players: 25 Years of Community Theatre by Martha Slater
bulletGaslight Theatre's 2005 Season Announced (ME)
bulletNew England Premiere of Neil Simon's 45 Seconds from Broadway at Walpole Footlighters (MA)
bulletNewton (MA) Country Players' Captains Courageous Chosen to Represent U.S. in Monaco This July by Jean MacFarland
bulletM&M Productions Tours with David Auburn's Proof (NY)
bulletTwelfth Night at The Palace (NH)

Children's/Youth/Family Theatre

bulletPolka Dot Kids' Beauty & the Beast (CT)
bulletOddfellows Playhouse Presents An Evening of Student-directed Plays (CT)
bulletCirque Eloize Shines in Rain, Featuring Spectacular Acrobatics, High-Wire & Trapeze Work, Juggling, Choreography & Live Music (VT)
bulletSesame Street Live is Out of This World! (RI)
bulletWestport Country Playhouse Announces 2005 Apprentice Program (CT)
bulletBoston Children's Expo Promises to Cure the Winter Blues for Kids & Families (MA)

Film/Video/Tech

bulletThank You, Mr. Rafael Ramirez: Lessons of an Independent Actor, Part II by William DeCoff
bulletProtecting Your Good Ideas: Can I Patent This? by Sydelle Pittas
bulletScreen Reels: Christophe Barratier by Cecille Markell
bulletWoodstock Talent Heading for Sundance (NY)

Music

bulletMozart & the Symphony on HSO Classical Connections Series (CT)
bulletTom Cleary Brings His Trio to FlynnSpace (VT)
bulletThe Lettermen Headline at Reagle (MA)
bulletFree Jazz4Kids Concert in Franklin (MA)
bulletBoston Classical Orchestra Celebrates Valentine's & Mardi Gras New Orleans Style (MA)
bulletMusic at Eden's Edge Winter Concert Celebrates "The Virtuoso Oboe & Strings" (MA)
bulletBoston Conservatory Presents Violin Gold Medallist Ilya Kaler & Pianist Janice Weber (MA)
bulletWinter Workshops at Passim School of Music (MA)
bullet10th Annual USA Songwriting Competition Begins: 2004 Winners Announced
bulletThe Yale School of Music Presents A Midsummer Night's Dream at The Shubert (CT)
bulletWorld Music Presents Ireland's Danu (MA)
bulletCRASHarts Presents the Boston Debut of Polygraph Lounge (MA)
bulletThe Highland Rovers Band at Playhouse on the Green (CT)
bulletTim Sample: One of Maine's Own at Rochester Opera House (NH)
bulletAmerican Reflections: A Tapestry of American Classical Music by Plymouth Philharmonic Orchestra (MA)
bulletJazz Journalists Association Presents The Future of Jazz in Boston, Part 2 (MA)
bulletPortland Symphony Pops Visits The Sounds of the '60s (ME)
bulletWords for the Soul: Food and Song Actually Go Together Rather Well by M. William Phelps
bulletA Special 2-Night Mardia Gras Celebration (RI)
bulletJoe Cocker Takes the Palace Stage (CT)

Dance

bulletPortland Ballet to Celebrate 25th Anniversary with Gala Performance, Reception & Auction (ME)
bulletCRASHarts Presents Dance Straight Up! (MA)
bulletDANCEFEST 2005 Features Classes with Master Dance Teachers, Seminars, PILOBOLUS & the Student Performance (CT)
bulletWorld Music Presents Flamenco Festival 2005 (MA)
bulletDouble Bill: The World Premiere of Gianni De Marco's Scheherezade & Rhode Island Premiere of Lew Christensen's Con Amore (RI)

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Reviewed In This Issue

bulletJewtopia (Westside Theatre, NYC)
bulletThe Earth Spider (The Japan Society in New York)

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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