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January, 2004 - Table of Contents & Preview
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COVER STORY
Urinetown: What's in a Name?
by Jules Becker

Professional Theatre:
bulletNorthern Stage Presents Holiday Comedy (VT)
bulletSubmissions Accepted for 2nd Annual New American Play Contest (NH)
bulletWellesley Summer Theatre Presents New England Premiere of... After Mrs. Rochester (MA)
bulletTheatre-on-a-Shoestring Announces Brand New Website (VT)
bulletCapitol Steps Storms the Flynn Mainstage (VT)
bulletSpend a Night with Dame Edna at the Providence Performing Arts Center (RI)
bulletLong Wharf Theatre Presents Gip Hoppe's A New War (CT)
bulletThe American Road Trip Songbook: A New Musical Revue at Trinity Rep (RI)
bulletDirty Blonde Extended at TheatreWorks (CT)
bulletTony, Emmy & Grammy Award-winner Robert Goulet at Reagle Players (MA) by Maureen Condon
bulletBroadway Today: Bob Walton by Jim DeBlasi of The Cue
bulletNunsense Makes a Lot of Theatrical Sense in its 20th Anniversary Year by Joanne Greco Rochman
bulletEVITA to Appear at Turtle Lane Playhouse (MA)
bulletEntrepreneur Team Spearheads Multi-Million Dollar Improv/Comedy Empire: Improv Asylum Celebrates 5th Anniversary (MA)
bulletNational Conference o nthe State of the Performing Arts (NY)
bulletZeitgeist Presents Churchill New England Premiere (MA)
bulletBad Dates Serves Up Good Times at the Huntington (MA)
bulletLorraine Braco Stars in The Graduate at the Colonial (MA)
bulletNew Tharp/Joel Dance Musical Opens March 2 (MA)
bulletMamma Mia! Returns to the Bushnell for Limited Engagement (CT)
bulletJacques Brel is Alive and Well & Living in Paris Held Over Again at the Stuart Street Playhouse (MA)
bulletAmerican Voices: Drama, Dialogue, Downtown Series Continues at Shubert Theatre (MA)
bulletSaturday Night Fever Returns Due to Overwhelming Demand (RI)
bulletNew England Theatre Conference Hosts January Board Meeting (MA)

Colleges/Universities/Schools/Training

bulletMusic Theatre of Connecticut's School of Performing Arts Winter Class Registering (CT)
bulletUniversity of New Hampshire Sends History High Notes on Tour (NH)

Community Theatre

bulletThe Village Players: How We Got Our Building (NH) by Carol Bense
bulletArlington Friends of the Drama to Present The Laramie Project

Children's/Youth/Family Theatre

bulletDora the Explorer Live! Searches for the City of Lost Toys at the Wang Theatre (MA)
bulletDust Off That Kazoo & Become a Musician at All-New Sesame Street Live Production (MA)
bulletWorld's Fair for Kids Teams Up with Greater Boston Convention & Visitors Bureau to Kick Off Boston Kids Week 2004 (MA)
bulletThe a Disney Safari: The Jungle Book, Tarzan & The Lion King (RI)
bulletMusic Theatre of Connecticut Presents Alice in Wonderland (CT)

Film/Video/Tech

bulletChannel 4 Invites Local Performers to SHINE (ME)
bulletScreen Reels: Isabel Rose by Cecille Markell
bulletPortrait Photographer, David Gordon: From Bill Clinton to Olive Oyl by Fred M. Grandinetti
bulletRhode Island International Film Festival Seeks Submissions (RI)

Music

bulletQuick Center for the Arts Hosts a Russian Christmas & New Year's Cultural Celebration (CT)
bulletThe Follen Angels Present Broadway Divas & All That Jazz! (MA)
bulletDulcie Taylor Performs at Iron Horse with Livingston Taylor (MA)
bulletVocalist Carol Sloane Celebrates 50th Anniversary in Jazz (NY)
bulletFolk in Harmony Coffeehouse Kicks Off 2004 with Stephanie Corby's Musical Fireworks (MA)
bulletNEED Visits with John Schindler by Devin Travers
bulletSpend a Night With the Man Who Held 500,000 People Spellbound at Woodstock (NH)
bulletHeather Spatz Releases New Album, Christmas on Cape Cod (MA)
bulletRiverside Cabaret Institute Presents John O'Neill: A Cabaret Masterclass Series (MA)
bulletWindham Hill's Winter Solstice Tour Returns to New Bedford (MA)
bullet2nd Annual Cabaret Conference at Yale University, July 30 thru August 8, 2004 (CT)
bulletFleetBoston Celebrity Series Presents Yo-Yo Ma & the St. Lawrence String Quartet (MA)
bulletInfluential Jazz/Blues Quartet to Play Cabaret at MASS MoCA (MA)
bulletArsenal Center for the Arts Presents Music at the Mansion (MA)
bulletWords for the Soul: 'The Remedy' Isn't Always Obvious (Jason Mraz) by M. William Phelps
bulletDirect from Vegas, Award-winning Elvis Performer Celebrates The Spirit of the King (MA)

Dance

bulletFleetBoston Celebrity Series to Present Les Ballet Trockadero de Monte Carlo at Cutler Majestic Theatre (MA)
bulletCirque Eloize Nomade at the Wilbur (MA)
bullet3rd Annual Leap Year Dance Marathon at Dance Complex (MA)

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Reviewed In This Issue

bulletAs You Like It (Theatre Royal Bath, Wilbur Theatre, Boston)
bulletThe Lady Next Door (Folksbiene Yiddish Theatre, JCC/Manhattan, NYC)
bulletChicago (Wang Theatre, Boston)
bulletThe Thing About Men (Promenade Theatre, NYC)
bulletMesshuggah-Nuns! The Ecumenical Nunsense (Lyric Stage Company of Boston)
bulletMy Life With the Kringle Kult (Boston Theatre Works, Boston Center for the Arts)
bulletThe Working Actor's Toolkit (Heinemann Publishers)
bulletThe Retreat from Moscow (NYC)
bulletFollies: In Concert (Overture Productions, Boston)
bulletBoston Sings Boson III (Centastage at Club Cafe, Boston)

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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