Professional
Theatre:
 | Chamber Theatre of Maine at New Venue (ME) |
| Commonwealth Shakespeare Announces Annual Production of Free Shakespeare on
Boston Common (MA) |
| Golda's Balcony Continues at Shakespeare & Company (MA) |
| Cats...Now and Forever at Westchester Broadway (NY) |
| Barnstormers Announces 72nd Season (NH) |
| The Messages of This Year's Tony Awards by Jules Becker |
| Aileen Quinn: All Grown Up, Daddy Warbucks' Annie is a Disco Bad Girl by E.
Kyle Minor |
| American Theatre of Actors Hosts 27th Annual Original Short Play Festival |
| Tony Award Nominee Jennifer Laura Thompson by Jim DeBlasi |
| Williamstown Theatre Festival to Stage Rip-Roaring Comedy Once in a Lifetime
(MA) |
| Reserve Your Seat for American Stage Festival's Misery (NH) |
| Mansfield Music & Arts Society Recreates 1912 Immigration Experience in
Original Musical (MA) |
Colleges/Universities/Schools
| Magic Circle Theatre Announces 50th Anniversary Summer Season (MA) |
| Brown Summer Theatre Rides the Carousel (RI) |
| New Century Theatre Launches Subscription Drive for 2002 (MA) |
| World Premieres Open Vassar's Powerhouse Summer Season (NY) |
| Two-Way Benefit for Area Performing Arts Groups & College Graduates (MA) |
| Center for the Arts Announces Summer 2002 at Wesleyan (CT) |
| Theatre Day Camps at University of New Hampshire (NH) |
| Arts for Youth at Bridgewater State Offers New Arts for Teens Program & New
Half-Days at Arts for Youth Summer Camp (MA) |
Community Theatre
| Downriver Theatre Presents A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
(ME) |
| Gazebo Players Cast A Midsummer Night's Dream (MA) |
| 49th Annual EMACT Drama Festival 2002 Award Winners (MA) |
| Little Shop of Horrors Plants Itself at the Winthrop Playhouse (MA) |
| Hole in the Wall Theatre Presents Eleemosynary (CT) |
| Nashua Theatre Guild to Perform The Taming of the Shrew (NH) |
| Anything Goes at Hingham Civic Music Theatre (MA) |
Children's/Youth/Family Theatre
| Chelsea Youth Theatre Summer Performance Project (MA) |
| Summer Fun at the Palace (NH) |
| Fairfield University's Quick Center Presents Missoula Children's Theatre's Hansel
& Gretel (CT) |
| Big Apple Circus Enjoys Exclusive New Hampshire/Vermont Engagement (NH) |
| Cirque du Soleil Returns to Boston with Quidam (MA) |
Film/Video/Tech
| New Hampshire-based Production Company (MJM Productions) Celebrates its 20th
Anniversary with an Office in Hollywood by Angel Connell |
| Rhode Island International Film Festival Wins Student Academy Award (RI) |
| RIIFF to Hold Annual Workshop (RI) |
| Benson & Evans Dancesd Off with the Clam d'Or (RI) |
| Woods Hole Film Festival Hosts Workshops (MA) |
| Garde Arts Center Announces Second Annual New London Film Festival: Eriq La Salle
to Receive Festival Honors (CT) |
| Silent Film Festival, North Woods Dramas (ME) |
Music
| Bay Chamber Concerts Announces 2002 Summer Music Festival Line-up (ME) |
| The Four Freshmen Visit Stoneham Theatre (MA) |
| Boston Symphony Orchestra Announces 2002 Tanglewood Program Update (MA) |
| Carmen on the Common with Boston Lyric Opera (MA) |
| Carl Cacho's On Fire with Spark by Devin Travers |
| Scholarships Available for Jazz Festival Summer School (CT) |
| Romance, Nostalgia & Relaxation Highlight North Star's Newest Releases (RI) |
| Vietnamese Acoustic Guitarist (Tinh) Gives A Concert for Peace at the
Garde (CT) |
| 7th Annual Litchfield Jazz Festival Approaches (CT) |
| Tickets on Sale for Benny Goodman Tribute (MA) |
| Lonely Gus & the One Night Stand Celebrating the Release of Hard
Times: A Blues Odyssey (MA & NH) |
| Citywide Music Festival: To Benefit Kids Announced (MA) |
| Bruce Goldish: Sharing the Stage with Drug Dealers, Hookers & Cops by M.
William Phelps |
| Fairfield University Graduate Releases Debut CD (CT) |
Dance
| Boston Ballet Announces 2002-2003 Season (MA) |
| Jacob's Pillow Honors Dance Pioneer Katherine Dunham (MA) |
| Island Moving Co. Announces Choreographers for Open for Dancing (RI) |
People/Announcements
| Ozawa Appoints Fourth BSO Trumpet (MA) |
| Frank Nemhauser Named Music DIrector for the Hartford Chorale (CT) |
| Vermont Champion of the Arts, Edward J. Feidner, Honored (VT) |
| Williamstown Theatre Festival Honored with Special Tony Award (NY) |
| Grants Totalling Over $96,000 Awarded in Support of Performing Artists in New
England (MA) |
| Wheelock Family Theatre Receives 2002 Theatre Hero Award (MA) |
| New Hampshire Artist One of 15 Named as National Heritage Fellow (NH) |
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Reviewed In This Issue
| The Full Monty (Tour,
Colonial Theatre, Boston)
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| The Maiden's Prayer
(Huntington Theatre Studio 210, Boston)
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| A Chorus Line (Reagle
Players, Waltham)
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| Hamartia's Blues (Theatre
Offensive, Boston)
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| Corpus Christi (Animus
Ensemble/Bates College, ICA, Boston)
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| Ragtime (North Shore Music
Theatre, Beverly)
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| Riverdance (Tour, Wang
Theatre, Boston)
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| Ten Unknowns (Huntington
Theatre Company, Boston)
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| Seascape (Hartford Stage,
Hartford)
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| Saturday Night Fever
(Oakdale Theatre, Wallingford)
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| Bye Bye Birdie (Uncommon
Theatre Company, Foxborough)
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Monthly & Regular Features...
| NEED Theatre Listings |
| NEED Audition Listings |
| NEED Music Listings |
| NEED Dance Listings |
| Opportunity Knocks |
| Quick Takes by Jules Becker |
| Broadway Today by Jim DeBlasi |
| Behind the Scenes by Chuckie Finn |
| Two on the Aisle by Shirley Esthimer |
| Encores & Off by E. Kyle Minor |
| AppleSource by Gary Stevens |
| Screen Reels by Cecille Markell |
| Words for the Soul by M. WIlliam Phelps |
| Protecting Your Good Ideas by Sydelle Pittas |
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