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July 2001 - Table of Contents & Preview

COVER STORY
The River Rep Announces 15th Summer Season

Professional Theatre:
bulletHudson Valley Shakespeare Festival Launches 15th Season with The Merchant of Venice (NY)
bulletOld Sturbridge Village & Stageloft Repertory Theatre Combine Forces for Period Entertainment (MA)
bulletIn-Concert Musicals - A First in Boston (MA)
bulletNINE Presented by Stowe Theatre Guilde (VT)
bulletKenneth Lonergan's This is Our Youth Plays at the BTF Unicorn Theatre (MA)
bulletWorld Premiere of 'O The Days! Brings Warm Irish Comedy to DTF (VT)
bulletMaine Shakespeare Festival 2001 Underway (ME)
bulletJesus & Eggplants Collide in New Mill6 Production (MA)
bulletA New Theatre is Born with the Triumphant Return of Last Season's Coriolanus (MA)
bulletA.R. T. Presents Hartford Stage  Production of The Glass Menagerie (MA)
bulletChristopher Ashley Directs Goodspeed Premiere of Gershwin Musical (CT)
bulletTITANIC Resurfaces on the SRT Stage (NH)
bulletCommonwealth Shakespeare Presents Annual Twelfth Night (MA)
bulletByam Stevens Announces Miniature Theatre of Chester's 2001 Season (MA)
bulletThe Real Inspector Hound at TheatreZone (MA)
bulletUsher!  Usher!  There's a Woman in My Wife's Seat!  by Chuckie Finn
bulletVisit Smokey Joe's Cafe at the Arundel Barn Playhouse (ME)
bulletNew Edition of Regional Theatre Directory Ready for Fall Job Searches (VT)
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Colleges/Universities/Schools

bulletTheatre Workshops for Youth at UNH (NH)
bulletRequest for Proposals: ArtsLinks Grant (NH)
bulletCRT Continues 2001 Nutmeg Season (CT)
bulletFeed Your Soul at Wesleyan University (CT)
bulletRichard Schiff & Patricia Wettig Star in Nightfall (NY)
bulletPayomet Introduces Shakespeare Workshop (MA)
bulletStand-Up Comedy Workshop Will Focus on Writing (CT)

Community Theatre

bulletNashua Theatre Guild Presents Macbeth (NH)
bulletWakefield Rep Announces 2001-2002 Season (MA)
bulletHovey Presents Summer Shorts 2001 (MA)
bulletSunset Players of Sharon Announces Season (MA)
bulletEMACT Winners Announces After Memorial Day Festival (MA)
bulletFootlighters to Present Shakespeare's Comedy All's Well That Ends Well (MA)

Children's/Youth/Family Theatre

bulletMagic Circle Theater Announces 2001 Summer Season (MA)
bulletCirque du Soleil Returns to Boston with DRALION (MA)
bulletNorth Shore Music Theatre Kicks-Off Summer 2001 Children's Musical Series (MA)
bulletGet the Lead Out!  Make Your Point.  Write a Play.
bulletChildren's Festival at Theatre-by-the-Sea (RI)
bulletChildren's Theatre Comes to Foothills (MA)
bulletCanada's Circo Comedia Opens Zeiterion's Summer Fun Series (MA)

Film/Video/Tech

bulletNew Hampshire Public Radio Seeks Writers (NH)
bulletHarvard Music Tutor Shares Screen Time with Betty Boop & Popeye (MA)
bulletWGBH Wins Awards & Nominations (MA)

Music

bulletThe Yale University Guild of Carillonneaurs Summer Concert Series Continues (CT)
bulletEsther's Debut CD - Worth Waiting For by Devin Travers
bulletStockbridge Chamber Concerts at Searles Castle (MA)
bulletGrey Fox Bluegrass Festival Returns to Rothvoss Farm (NY)
bulletNSMT Announes Details of 2001 Concert Series (MA)
bulletNewport Folk Festival 2001 Lineup Announced (RI)
bulletProvidence Jazz & Blues Fest Fills Downtown with America's Music (RI)
bulletMiller's Jazz Allstars at Payomet Tent (MA)
bulletEryn Green Wins Semi-finalist Prize in the American Traditions Competitions for Singers (MA)
bulletPianist Geoffrey Gee to Play Jazz Dinner Thursdays at Acton Jazz Cafe (MA)
bulletOpenings in Summer Choral Festival (CT)
bulletOpera Announces Name Change,  New President & 2001 Production (CT)
bulletLitchfield Jazz Festival 2001 (CT)
bulletOperaFest Returns to South Station (MA)

Dance

bulletDancers to Return in Force this Fall (MA)
bulletPaula Josa-Jones Premieres RIDE (MA)
bulletIsland Moving Company Announces Sponsors for Flights of Steps Festival (RI)

People/Announcements

bulletWGBH Supporters Contribute $43.1M (MA)
bulletLocal Playwright to be Honored at Mark Taper Forum (MA)
bulletBoston Foundation Renews $50K Gift (MA)
bulletMCC Awards Over $450,000 in Grants to 70 Outstanding Individual Artsits (MA)
bulletProtecting Your Good Ideas by Sydelle Pittas
bullet$185K+ in Grants Awarded to Performing Artists & Presenters (MA)
bulletNews for USM/Gorham (ME)
bulletWerth Stepping Down as President & CEO of Shubert (CT)
bulletThe Bushnell Appoints New Executive Director & CEO (CT)
bulletHartford Symphony Orchestra Announces New Music Director (CT)
bulletPPAC Community Outreach Committee Announces Winners of Arts Scholarships (RI)
bulletA.R.T. Announes New Director of Institute for Advanced Theatre Training (MA)
bulletNew Leadership for A.R.T. (MA)
bulletThe Tony Award: A Complete Listing of Winners & Nominees with a History of the American Theatre Wing: Updated Edition Available from Heinemann (NH)
bulletArtistic Directorship Named for Norma Jean Calderwood (MA)

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