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January, 2005 - Table of Contents & Preview
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COVER STORY
The Producers
' Brad Oscar: The New King of Broadway? by T.J. Fitzgerald

Professional Theatre:
bulletThree-Card Monte: Two Brothers, One American Dream - Topdog/Underdog at Trinity Rep's Dowling Theatre (RI)
bulletThe Meeting: Commemorates 76th Anniversary of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Birth (NH)
bulletTheater Voices - Dying for Two Thousand Years, Book pReview by R.J. Nickerson
bulletMint Theatre Opens Box Office for Schnitzler's The Lonely Way (NY)
bulletTalking With... Laurence Maslon (Broadway: The American Musical) by T.J. Fitzgerald
bulletPPAC's 42nd Street is the Musical for People Who Love Broadway Musicals (RI)
bulletMeet Me in St. Louis at Westchester Broadway (NY)
bulletHe's Back! Webber's Phantom Comes to Haunt the Opera House (MA)
bulletArts Groups Invited to Participate in the BAM Cultural District (NY)
bulletBroadway Today: Robert Petkoff by Jim DeBlasi of The Cue
bulletJesus Christ Superstar Visits th PPAC & the SCA (RI & CT)
bulletTop NH Theatre Award Goes to M&D Productions (NH)
bulletDressed Up! Wigged Out!  Leslie Dillen & Paula Plum Perform Two One-Woman Plays (MA)
bulletDaniel MacIvor's Cul-De-Sac at the Flynn (VT)
bulletStoneham Theatre Announces 2005 Emerging Stages Series (MA)
bulletLong Wharf Announces Full Roster for the 2004-2005 Stage II Season (CT)
bulletThe Search for a Superstar Continues (MA)
bulletMarc Smith Play Gets Readings at Worcester Foothills, Boston Playwrights' Theatre & Smith (MA)
bulletThe Rivals Heats Up the Huntington (MA)
bulletEt Tu, Denzel?  Washington in Julius Caesar (NY)
bulletProtecting Your Good Ideas: Patenting Your Plotline by Sydelle Pittas
bulletOngoing Menopause at Stuart Street (MA)

Colleges/Universities/Schools/Training

bulletCape Playhouse Offers Scholarship by Cecille Markell
bulletLong Wharf Theatre Studio Begins 1/7 (CT)

Community Theatre

bulletTheatre Troupe Seeks Directors for 2005-2006 (MA)
bulletCommunity Players Continues Season with Belles (RI)
bulletWakefield Repertory Theatre Seeks Nuns & Ensemble Members (MA)
bulletFrom the Wings of Fort Hill Players (NY)
bulletAcme Theater Productions Casts Lehrer Review, Tom Foolery (MA)
bulletFive Women Wearing the Same Dress at Hovey (MA)
bulletSimply Broadway Returns (MA)
bulletFolk Meets Shakespeare in Folktown (RI)
bulletFool's Follies at Chocolate Church (ME)

Children's/Youth/Family Theatre

bulletPingree Announces Godspell Cast & Crew (MA)
bulletHi-5 Live! Comes to The Shubert (MA)
bulletFunny Dogs at the Palace (NH)
bulletATTN: Young Playwrights - TADA! Submission Deadline Approaches (NY)
bulletSesame Street Live! Close Your Eyes, Think You're There, Imagine You Can Be Anywhere (Touring New England)
bulletAll New Dora's Pirate Adventure Sets Sail (Touring New England)

Film/Video/Tech

bulletScreen Reels: Terry George by Cecille Markell
bulletWoodstock Film Commission Brings War of the Worlds & High Hopes for Local Film Studio (NY)
bulletIndian Cult Film Wins Top Honors (NY)
bulletA Conversation with Lew Hunter by Jessica Johnsen Quiroli
bulletBoston Jewish Film Festival Audience Award-winners Announced (MA)
bulletInnovative Screenwriting Competition to Award Year of Personal Mentoring by Acclaimed Writer Stephen Susco

Music

bulletIt's for You: Jinny Sagorin Launches Debut CD in a Special One-Night Performance (MA)
bulletCelebrity Series Presents Orpheus Chamber Orchestra (MA)
bulletHartford Symphony Orchestra Rings in the New Year with Salute to Vienna (CT)
bullet1964: The Tribute at The Palace Theatre (NH)
bulletJohn Thade Releases 2nd Album by R.J. Nickerson
bulletMusical Legend Gladys Knight Graces the Stage at the Providence Performing Arts Center (RI)
bulletHSO Continues Rish Hour Classics with An Evening of Parisian Music (CT)
bulletNashua Symphony Orchestra's 2004-2005 Season Continues with Exotic Brilliance (NH)
bulletBoston Lyric Opera & Wang Center Present The Little Prince (MA)
bulletThe Legendary B.B. King Returns to Stamford's Palace (CT)
bulletPassim Folk Music & Cultural Center Presents Winter 2005 Culture for Kids (MA)
bulletStamd Up & Sing, Harp Lady! Deborah Henson-Conant in a One-Woman Show (MA)
bulletBoston Conservatory Presents Piano Masters for Winter/Spring 2005 (MA0
bulletWords from the Soul: The Boss in 2004, 50 Cent in 2005 by M. William Phelps
bulletLaugh Off the Chills at Rochester Opera House (NH)

Dance

bulletMomix World Premiere at the Warner Theatre (CT)
bulletWorld Music & CRASHarts Announce Winter/Spring 2005 Season: Music & Dance from the Far & Near Corners of the Globe (MA)
bulletTony Award-winning CONTACT Hits the Stage at the PPAC (RI)
bulletGreen Street Opens Door on New Arts Center, New Opportunities (CT)
bulletConnecticut College Dance Department Gets $8,000 Dance/USA Grant (CT)
bulletSean Curran Company Comes to the Tsai Performance Center (MA)

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Reviewed In This Issue

bulletMario Cantone Laugh Whore (Cort Theatre, NYC)
bulletA Novel Romance (Di Kaprizne Kale, JCC, NYC)
bulletTea at Five (Shubert Theatre, Boston)
bulletDemocracy (Brooks Atkinson, NYC)
bulletPacific Overtures (Roundabout Theatre Co., NYC)
bulletThe Nutcracker (Boston Ballet, Colonial Theatre, Boston)
bulletRadio City Christmas Spectacular (Wang Theatre, Boston)

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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