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July, 2006 - Table of Contents & Preview
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COVER STORY
Micky Dolenz Reigns as Charlemagne in Goodspeed's Pippin
by R.J. Nickerson

Professional Theatre:
bulletLong Wharf Gets a Late Nite Lesson in Catholicism (CT)
bulletUrinetown - The Musical at Theatreworks (CT)
bulletDanbury's Musicals at Richter Opens Season with Damn Yankees (CT)
bulletHit One-Man Show About Freddie Mercury Comes to Provincetown (MA)
bulletBeatlemania at The Ridgefield Playhouse (CT)
bulletThe Music Hall Presents Music, Theatre, Dance, Cinema (NH)
bulletBoston Theatre Works Presents Unbound Summer Play Festival (MA)
bulletBroadway Today: Gregory Jbara by Jim DeBlasi of The Cue
bulletPoe & Two by Tenn at P-Town Fringe (MA)
bulletTheater Project Announces Summer Line-Up at Majestic Theatre (MA)
bulletActress Finds Truth in Machiavellian World (CT)
bulletShort Attention Span PlayFest Presents 16 New Works (MA)
bulletThoroughly Modern Millie at Reagle (MA)
bulletK&K Productions Completes 13th Exciting Year (MA)
bulletBen Katchor & Mark Mulcahy Return to MASS MoCA with New Music Theater (MA)
bulletThe Cape Playhouse Celebrates 80th Anniversary Season (MA)
bulletMerry-Go-Round Playhouse Continues 2006 Season (NY)
bulletWomen & the Sea: A Drama on Women Working in Maine Fisheries (ME)
bulletBerkshire Theatre Festival Announces Casting for The Night of the Iguana (MA)

Colleges/Universities/Schools/Training

bulletFree Summer Workshops on Understanding & Performing the French Neo-Classical Period of Theatrical Comedy (MA)
bulletQuick Center for the Arts Announces 2006-2007 Young Audience Sunday Series & Artsbound Schoolday Season (CT)
bulletSign-Ups for Kids & Teens Theatre Programs at TheatreWorks (CT)

Community Theatre

bulletLove! Valour! Compassion! at HITW (CT)

Children's/Youth/Family Theatre

bulletLittle Red Wagon Rolls on New England Tour (TOURING)
bulletOpera House Players Present Broadway Junior at the Opera House (CT)
bulletCircus Smirkus at The Bundy Center (VT)
bulletChildren's Summer Theatre Returns to Capitol Center (NH)

Film/Video/Tech

bulletScreen Reels: Meryl Streep, Robert Altman, Kevin Kline & John C. Reilly by Cecille Markell
bulletMASS MoCA's Outdoor Film Series Continues with High Art Animation (MA)
bulletTrekkies to Converge on The Ridgefield Playhouse for Star Trek V (CT)

Music

bulletAnastasio & Gordon Double Bill w/Phil Lesh & Friends (VT)
bullet11-Piece String Band Plays MASS MoCA's Outdoor Alternative Cabaret Series (MA)
bulletFrankie Valli & the Four Seasons to Appear with HSO at Talcott Mountain Music Festival (CT)
bulletLeAnn Rimes to Perform July 4 at Tanglewood (MA)
bulletHartford Symphony Orchestra Announces 2006-2007 Season Featuring Renee Fleming, Sarah Chang & Hilary Hahn (CT)
bulletTrisha Yearwood at Lowell Memorial Auditorium (MA)
bulletThe PPAC & the RI Philharmonic Announce Co-Produced 2006-2007 POPS-PHIL-PPAC Series (RI)
bulletMarcia Ball Celebrates Latest Live CD Release (MA)
bulletBates Concert Series Offers World's Worth of Acoustic Music (ME)
bulletIt's Is Ryan Montbleau Time (MA)
bulletJazz Piano Phenom Hiromi Comes to Helsinki (MA)
bulletBlue Man Group Launches New Album: Live at the Venetian - Las Vegas (NY)
bulletWho the Hell is John Eddie?  Find Out at Rochester Opera House (NH)
bulletRicky Skaggs Highlights the Grey Fox Main Stage (NH)
bulletAndover Chamber Music Series Announces 2006-2007 Season (MA)

Dance

bulletPortland Ballet Introduces a New Series of Summer Classes for Adults 35+ (ME)
bulletFrom Israel, Emanuel Gat Brings Musical & Psychological Dances to the Duke (MA)
bulletIn an Unusual Northeast Appearance, Suzanne Farrell Ballet Brings Program of Balanchine Rarities & Favorites (MA)

Dance

bulletProtecting Your Good Ideas: Threesome, Part One by Sydelle Pittas

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Reviewed In This Issue

bulletFaith Healer (Booth Theatre, NYC)
bulletRent (Shubert Theatre, Boston)
bulletBroad Comedy (Stuart Street Playhouse, Boston)
bulletLight in the Piazza (Vivian Beaumont Theatre, NYC)
bulletThe Best of Times: Jerry Herman's Broadway (Boston Gay Men's Chorus)
bulletBasically Broadway (Newton South)
bulletAin't Misbehavin' (North Shore Music Theatre, Beverly)
bulletAlvin Ailey Dance Company (Wang Theatre, Boston)
bulletLa Traviata & Thais (Boston Lyric Opera)

Monthly & Regular Features...

bulletNEED Theatre Listings
bulletNEED Audition Listings
bulletNEED Music Listings
bulletNEED Dance Listings
bulletOpportunity Knocks
bulletQuick Takes by Jules Becker
bulletActing Career FAQ by Bob Fraser
bulletBroadway Today by Jim DeBlasi
bulletBehind the Scenes by Chuckie Finn
bulletTheatre Matters - Connecticut Style by Joanne Greco Rochman
bulletScreen Reels by Cecille Markell
bulletJump Cut by George T. Marshall
bulletSound Thinking: Conversations in Music by Jeff Hutton
bulletProtecting Your Good Ideas by Sydelle Pittas

 

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