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January 2002 - Table of Contents & Preview

COVER STORY
New York's Got Faith! by TJ Fitzgerald

Professional Theatre:
bulletElton John & Tim Rice's AIDA Visits New England (MA & RI)
bulletRaucous, Rollicking Late Nite Catechism Opens Classes at the Shubert Theatre (MA)
bulletAuditions Set for Area Premiere of The Scarlet Pimpernel (MA)
bulletNational Tour (Saturday Night Fever) Comes to the Wang Theatre (MA)
bulletRiverdance: The Show - International Phenomenon Returns to the Wang (MA)
bulletDon't Miss the Boat: Titanic Docks at Zeiterion (MA)
bulletThe 2001/2002 Citizens Bank Broadway Series Continues at Providence Performing Arts Center (RI)
bulletWarm Up with Winter Weekend Matinees at Players' Ring (NH)
bulletInnovative Dutch Theater Company Hollandia at FlynnSpace (VT)
bulletFleetBoston Celebrity Series to Present Spalding Gray in Swimming to Cambodia (MA)
bulletPayomet Presents Paul Revere's Mother-in-Law (MA)
bulletM&M Productions Tours New York (NY)
bulletLyric Stage Company to Present William Gibson's The Miracle Worker (MA)
bulletReserve Now for the Flynn Center's Trips to New York City & Cuba (VT)
bulletLove Letters: A Beloved Story for Valentine's (NY)
bulletHartford Stage Updates 2001-2002 American Season: Richard Thomas & Andrew McCarthy Return (CT)
bulletDiscover Heartbreak House at the Huntington (MA)

Colleges/Universities/Schools

bulletAcorn School Announces Winter Semester Classes (ME)
bulletYale Rep Announces Spring 2002 Season (CT)
bulletDavid Sedaris, Sarah Rothenberg & Rhodessa Jones Scheduled in Yale Rep's 2001-2002 Special Events Series (CT)
bulletBOOK REVIEW: A Definitive Guide to High School Theatre by Jeff Bennett
bulletUniversity of New Hampshire Proceeds to New England Regionals (NH)
bulletWorkshop Opportunities for Young & Old Planned for 2002 (ME)
bulletChildren of Uganda Come to Fairfield (CT)
bulletNorthern Stage Announces Winter/Spring Theater Classes (VT)
bulletFlynnArts Spring Semester: More Than 35 Performing Arts Classes (VT)

Community Theatre

bulletThe Night of the Iguana and Into the Woods at Arlington Friends of the Drama (MA)
bulletNewton Country Players Encores Premiere Classic for Benefit Fundraiser (MA)
bulletYCP Theaterworks Stages American Classic (NY)
bulletThe Lion in Winter Roars into Hovey Players (MA)
bulletAuditions for Maskers' Season Opener (A Few Good Men) (ME)

Children's/Youth/Family Theatre

bulletJames & the Giant Peach at the Palace (NH)
bulletAnnie's Back on Stage at Seacoast Repertory Theatre (NH)
bulletBlues Clues Returns to the Stage with Brand New Blue's Birthday Party (MA)
bulletMarshalls Presents Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella: Eartha Kitt, Paolo Montalban & Nicole Leach Star (MA)
bulletZOINKS! Scooby-Doo & the Gang Come to Life for Mystery-Solving Chills & Thrills (MA)
bulletHONK! if You Love American Stage Festival (NH)

Film/Video/Tech

bulletKidsEye International Film Festival Call for Entries (RI)
bulletCall for Entries to the 6th Annual Rhode Island International Film Festival (RIIFF) (RI)
bulletCall for Screenplay Entries to the 6th Annual RIIFF (RI)
bulletCall for Gay & Lesbian Entries to RIIFF: Cinematic Side-bar for the 2002 RIIFF Showcases (RI)

Music

bulletQ&W Music Releases Retrospective by "The New Guitar Summit"
bulletAnn Hampton Callaway to Perform at Stoneham (MA)
bulletJanus 21 Presents Russian Jewels (MA)
bulletB.B. "King of the Blues" & Lucille Return to Stamford's Palace Theatre for One Performance Only (CT)
bulletDulcimer Association of Albany Presents Mountain Dulcimer Music Fest (NY)
bulletFleetBoston Series to Present Emmanuel Music & Russell Sherman in Special Collaborative Performance: All-Mozart Performance Part of Boston Marquee Series (MA)
bulletNashua Symphony Welcomes 13-year-old Prodigy (Caitlin Tully) to Nashua (NH)
bulletHartford Symphony Orchestra Receives 2nd $200,000 State Grant for Regional Touring (CT)
bulletFrom the Top Welcomes Yo-Yo Ma (MA)
bulletSwing Dancing to the Sounds of the Dorsey Brothers, Glenn Miller,  Stan Kenton & Others in the Studio at Rich Forum (CT)
bulletNOW ACCEPTING SHOWCASE APPLICATIONS! NEMO Music Showcase & Conference: April 11-13, 2002 - Swissotel Boston (MA)
bulletBroadway Legend Joins the Hartford Symphony Pops: An Evening with Betty Buckley (CT)

Dance

bulletFuente/Pelzig Premieres at Boston College (MA)
bulletChoreographer Paul Taylor Subject of Harvard Lecture/Conversation (MA)
bulletNicola Hawkins Dance Company at Boston University's Tsai Center for the Arts (MA)
bulletChoreographers Group Presents Contemporary Dance Concert (MA)
bulletInnovative Dancers of Pilobolus Perform at the Flynn (VT)
bulletBates Dance Festival Announces 2002 Faculty & Events (ME)
bulletBOOK REVIEW: Perpetual Motion: New Approach to Teaching Motivates Kids & Improves Educational Outcomes
bulletFestival Ballet Providence Steps Back in Time to Present King Arthur & the Knights of the Square Tables (RI)

People/Announcements

bulletPerishable Theatre Boasts Rhodes Scholar: Staff Member Rachel Walshe Awarded Prestigious Scholarship (RI)
bulletHartford Stage Artistic Director Michael Wilson Receives 2001 Princess Grace Foundation Statue Award (CT)
bulletNorth Shore Music Theatre's Jon Kimbell Honored with Excellence in Theatre Award by New England Theatre Conference (MA)
bulletJoanne Fayan Promoted at All Childrens Theatre (RI)
bulletThe New York Collegium Appoints Andrew Parrott Music Director (NY)
bulletLittle Theatre of Manchester Executive Director Resigns to Take New Position (CT)
bulletWill Rhys Appointed Education Director at Goodspeed (CT)
bulletConcord Youth Theatre Students Use Arts as an Outlet to Cope with Tragedy (MA)
bulletShow Music Magazine Announces New Managing Editor (CT)
bulletRhode Island Citizens for the Arts Announces Board of Directors (RI)
bulletBetween Family & Friends Center to Stage 5th Annual Fundraiser (MA)
bulletChanteuse Lucie Therrien Travels on Her 5th Concert Tour to France
bulletMichael J. Garl Receives ESTA's Eva Swan Award (NY)
bulletYale Appoints New Marketing Director (CT)
bullet2001 Governors' Arts Awards Recipients (NH)
bulletAcorn School Receives $2,500 Grant for Maine Playwrights' Festival (ME)
bulletTheatre Clips Launched by Blue Pumpkin Productions (MA)
bulletNew Bushnell Theatre Opens (CT)

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