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July, 2005 - Table of Contents & Preview
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COVER STORY
Those Who Can Teach: Jack Neary Starts 1-on-1 Coaching Sessions
by Robert Mattson

Professional Theatre:
bulletMagdalena USA Attracts International Participation (RI)
bulletO'Neill Center Presents Plays for 2005 Conference (CT)
bulletWeston Playhouse Casts Match: Popular Returnees with Heralded Newcomers (VT)
bulletM&M Productions Call for Survival Scripts: Short Plays & Monologues Competition (NY)
bulletTheatreWorks Presents NINE (CT)
bulletBerkshire Theatre Festival Announces Casting for 2005 Season (MA)
bulletWestport Country Playhouse Opens 75th Anniversary Season with Finian's Rainbow (CT)
bulletOpera House at Boothbay Harbor Summer Season Filled with Laughter, Music & Theater (ME)
bulletRochester Opera House Opens Summer Season with Shue's The Foreigner (NH)
bulletBroadway Today: Kate Reinders by Jim DeBlasi of The Cue
bulletYellow Taxi to Work with Recent Immigrants to Create Theatre Piece About Their Experience (NH)
bulletFlea  Theater Presents Boocock's House of Baseball (NY)
bulletReagle's Going Hollywood!  Shirley Jones to Star in Carousel (MA)
bulletCommonwealth Shakespeare Company Presents Free Shakespeare on the Common (MA)
bulletPark Bench Passions in Provincetown (MA)
bulletNorth Pointe Cultural Arts Center Presents American Premiere of Bye Bye Broadway (NY)
bulletActing FAQ: Quote Your Way to the Top by Bob Fraser
bulletAmerican Repertory THeatre Announces Return Engagement of The Syringa   Tree (MA)
bulletProtecting Your Good Ideas: Strange As It May Seem by Sydelle Pittas
bulletThe Inn at Danbury Announces 2nd Annual Oktoberfest (NH)
bulletTheatre Matters - Connecticut Style: From Connecticut, Brook Tansley Rises to Broadway Stardom by Joanne Greco Rochman
bulletConnecticut Summer Theater 2005 by Joanne Greco Rochman
bulletTony Award Fever 2005 by T.J. Fitzgerald
bulletLarry the Cable Guy - Git R Done Again! Back By Demand at Mohegan Sun (CT)

Colleges/Universities/Schools/Training

bulletAudience Development: The Inside Scoop (MA)
bulletNorth Shore Music Theater Announces Summer Stages 2005 (MA)
bulletStudio Arena Theatre School Announces Summer'05 Connect the Dots: Theatre-Science-You! (NY)
bulletThe Hartford Conservatory Offers Summer Performing Arts Intensive (CT)
bulletFree Summer Workshops on Understanding & Performing Greek Theater (MA)
bulletDance & Theatre Programs at Greeley Theatra-Dance (ME)
bulletRegister Now for UNH Theatre Day Camp (NH)

Community Theatre

bulletLocal Groups Win at New Hampshire Drama Festival (NH)
bulletGaslight Tells How to Succeed in Business... (ME)
bulletBurlington Players Take Home Top EMACT Honors at 2005 Festival (MA)
bulletAnnouncing a Shrewish Cast at Gazebo (MA)
bulletEMACT DASH Awards to Be Presented (MA)
bulletYour Theatre Auditions Beauty Queen of Leenane (MA)

Children's/Youth/Family Theatre

bulletPeacock Opens Summer with Youth Tragedy (NH)
bulletLooking Glass Offers Performing Arts Camp for Chidlren (RI)
bulletThe Little Red Wagon Tours New England
bulletGarde Children's Camp Announced (CT)
bulletNorth Shore Music Theatre Announces 2005 Children's Series (MA)
bulletThe Acting Loft Announces Summer Programming: Musical Theatre Camp & Storytime Theatre (NH)
bulletHot Summer Theatre Programs for Kids & Teens at TheatreWorks (CT)
bulletWaldo Theatre Gears Up for Summer Camps (ME)
bulletBroadway Lights Shine at Majestic Youth Company Day Camp (NH)
bulletConservatory Program Means Summer Theatre Fun (NH)
bulletChildren's Summer Theatre Returns to the Capitol Center (NH)
bulletDisney's Beauty & the Beast Coming to the Leddy Center (NH)
bulletRobbins-Zust Family Marionettes Opens Season (MA)

Film/Video/Tech

bulletScreen Reels: Chris Terrio, Elizabeth Banks & Jesse Bradford by Cecille MarkellTake An Animation Vacation with Kid Filmmakers (MA)
bulletZoom Lens Media's The Directors Released - book pReview by R.J. Nickerson
bullet7th Annual Magners Irish Film Festival (MA)
bullet2005 Northeast Silent Film Fest Celebrates John & Francis Ford (ME)
bullet6th Annual Northeast History Film Summer Symposium (ME)
bulletWaldo Theatre Continues Summer Movies (ME)

Music

bulletWorld Music Presents South Africa's Johnny Clegg Band (MA)
bulletSeiji Ozawa Joins Gala 2005 Line-up at Tanglewood (MA)
bulletCountry Music Festival at the Tweeter Center by Maureen Condon
bulletThe Singing Bridge: A Downeast Chamber Opera Premieres at Stonington (ME)
bulletEartha Kitt to Take Newport by Storm at the JVC Jazz Festival (RI)
bulletLine-up Announced for 2005 Dunkin' Donuts Newport Folk Festival (RI)
bulletCape Symphony Orchestra Starts the Summer With a Bang & Continues With a Sparkling Season (MA)
bulletPassim Director of Development Sought (MA)
bulletOdetta, Bill Morrissey, Richard Shindell Among the Performers Added to 4th Annual Great Waters Folk Festival (NH)
bulletLitchfield Jazz Festival Celebrates 10th (CT)
bulletGala Independence Day Concert: An Outdoor Pops Concert by the Plymouth Philharmonic Orchestra (MA)
bulletHartford Symphony Orchestra Announces 2005-2006 Season (CT)
bulletWords for the Soul: A Cynical Father Becomes Inspiration by M. William Phelps
bulletMohegan Sun Offers No Gambel When It Comes to Quality Entertainment (CT)

Dance

bullet2005 TDF/Astaire Awards Announced (NY)
bulletBallet Manchester Celebrates 10 Years With New Ballet by Katherine Quimby Johnson
bulletFestival Ballet Providence Announces 28th Season (RI)
bulletPortland School of Ballet Dancers Test Skills & Train with the Best This Summer (ME)

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Reviewed In This Issue

bulletFalsettos (Huntington Theatre Co., Boston)
bulletThat Championship Season (Stanley B. 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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