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June 2000 - Table of Contents & Preview

COVER STORY
Internationally Acclaimed Comedy Opens at Palace Theatre

Professional Theatre:
bulletInternationally Acclaimed Comedy Opens at Palace Theatre (CT)
bulletHudson Valley Shakespeare Festival Extends Season at Boscobel (NY)
bulletGoodspeed Actor & Director Nominated for Drama Desk Award: New Musical Dorian Opens (CT)
bulletMusicals at Richter Announces 2000 Season (CT)
bulletTheatre-by-the-Sea Announces Season Opening (RI)
bulletCasting Announced for Miss Saigon at Boston's Wang Theatre: Opening June 8th (MA)
bulletWorld Premiere: me & George: a One Woman Show (MA)
bulletNew Musical to Premiere at Shirley Center (MA)
bulletSecond Stage Theatre Company Announces Summer Production (MA)
bullet18th Annual Elliot Norton Awards June 12 (MA)
bulletProducing Guild to Blend Patriotism & Nostalgia with Swingtime Canteen (CT)
bulletTrinity Gears up for Fall This Spring (RI)
bulletDorset Theatre Festival Opens 25th Anniversary Season & Begins Playhouse Restoration (VT)
bulletHartford Stage Closes Season with Tom Stoppard Production (CT)
bulletThe House of Bernarda Alba at Actors Workshop (MA)
bulletNorth Shore Music Theatre Begins 2000 Season
bulletNew Tennessee Williams Opens (MA)
bulletEric Idle Exploits Monty Python (MA)
bulletKate Maguire Announces Unicorn Thetre's 2000 Season (MA)
bulletSwitch Promotes Stupid Kits to MainStage (MA)
bulletSeacoast Repertory Theatre Presents The Wiz (NH)
bulletWilliamstown Theatre Festival Announces 2000 Season (MA)
bulletPublick Theatre Announces 30th Anniversary Season (MA)
bulletHand to Mouth's Painting Churches Opens June 9 (NY)
bulletRagtime: A Defining Musical from the Turn of the Century to the Millennium (RI)
bulletNew England Premiere Set for Gloucester Stage Company (MA)
bulletSpalding Gray Comes Home (RI)

Colleges/Universities/Schools

bulletCenter for the Arts at Wesleyan Announces New Programming for 2000-2001 Season (CT)
bulletTufts Scene Study Presents Cyrano de Bergerac (MA)
bulletSaint Michael's Playhouse 50th Anniversary Season (VT)
bulletNew Rep & Brandeis University Form Partnership (MA)
bulletAudio Books Bring NYSTI National Top Honor Nominations (NY)

Community Theatre

bulletTouching Drama & Racial Attitude at Arlington Friends of the Drama (MA)
bulletTracers to Open at Hole in the Wall Theatre (CT)
bulletLittle Theatre of Manchester Presents Hilarious Comedy (CT)
bulletCommunity Players Wind Up 79th Season with Cohan Revue (RI)
bulletComic Thriller Next on Stage at the Belfast Maskers (ME)
bulletNorton Singers Presents Camelot (MA)

Children's/Youth/Family Theatre

bulletTheatreworks/USA Presents Free Summer Theatre (NY)
bulletOrpheum Presents First Annual Academy Showcase: Seventeen Stars are Born (MA)
bulletAnnouncing Keepers of the Lore: the 7th Annual Joseph Campbell Festival of Myth, Folklore & Story (NH)
bulletConnecticut Playmakers' Young People's Theatre Wing Presents New Musical Fantasy (CT)
bulletThe Garde Institute for Creativity Announces Summer 2000 Programs (CT)
bulletPerform It! A Complete Guide to Young People's Theatre (NH)
bulletThe Robbins-Zust Family Marionettes Open 29th Summer Season in the Berkshires (MA)
bulletKids Will Love Beakman! (MA)

Film/Video/Tech

bulletLocal Filmmaker Casts Himself as an Indie Movie Mogul   by Angel Connell
bulletSecond Annual Provincetown International Film Festival to Honor Lily Tomlin (MA)
bulletRarely Screen East german Show at Brattle Proceeds to Benefit Provincetown International Film Festival (MA)

Music

bulletThe BoDeans: You Don't Get Much Without Giving
bulletNina Simone: High Priestess of Soul Comes to FleetBoston Pavillion (MA)
bulletFree Covenant Cabaret Concert June 11
bulletSinger/Songwriters John Gorka & Lucy Kaplansky at Stamford's Acoustic Studio (CT)
bulletMusic for Four Hands & Two Fortepianos (RI)
bulletGreater Boston Youth Symphony Orchestra: Off to France
bulletCarla Ryder CD Release Party - Pulling Down Sky by Jeff Cabral
bulletBoston Gay Men's Chorus Salutes Music Theatre Classics (MA)
bulletGrammy-winning Robert Cray band Kicks Off Their Shoes at the Garde (CT)
bulletThe Orpheum Presents Marni Nixon: The Voice of Hollywood (MA)
bulletMusic Mountain Announces 71st Anniversary Season (CT)
bulletWhaling City Sound Inaugural Release Introduces Marcelle Gauvin (MA)
bulletDance, My Friends: The Dog Act by R.J. Nickerson
bulletFree Funky Divas Play the Music Hall (NH)
bulletTom Chapin & Friends Perform at Tower Hill (MA)
bulletStamford & Surrounding Communities Commemorate Juneteenth (CT)
bulletDebut CD by michael Kreutz Unveiled at Release Concert (MA)
bulletSilverwood Trio to Perform at Federal Reserve (MA)
bulletHartford Symphony Orchestra Announces Young Artists Competition Winners (CT)

Dance

bulletBates Dance Festival Announces 2000 Performance Season (ME)
bullet2000-2001 Season Features Pallette of Ballet Artistry (MA)
bulletBoston Ballet: A Review by Jules Becker
bulletJacob's Pillow Kicks Off Festival'2000 with Sizzling Season Opening Gala (MA)
bulletMJT Dance Marks 25th with Name Change (MA)

People/Announcements

bulletGoodspeed Trustee to Receive Special Tony Award (CT)
bulletPortland Stage Company Receives Matching Gift (ME)
bulletVermont Stage & Flynn Theatre Join Forces (VT)
bulletBrendan Hughes to Move On (MA)
bulletFlynn Theatre Chosen for 5-Year Initiative (VT)
bulletNew Name, Same Passion: Mid-Westchester YM/TWHA Becomes JCC of Mid-Westchester (NY)
bulletAccomplished Lyrical Commentator Takes the Portsmouth Stage (NH)
bulletWesleyan Announces Major Collaboration (CT)
bulletHartford Stage Salutes 1999-2000 Season with All-star Curtain Call 2000 Benefit Performance (CT)
bulletNYSTI Offers Interna Experience (NY)
bulletThe Actor Sings: Discovering a Musical Voice for the Stage (NH)
bulletLittle Theater Appoints New Executive Director (CT)
bulletThe Clauder Competition Calls for New Plays from New England Playwrights
bulletGreater Boston Arts Honored for Excellence on Eve of Season's Final Broadcast (MA)
bulletShubert CEO Honored by UTC (CT)

PLUS! Monthly Features...

bulletNEED Theatre Listings
bulletNEED Audition Listings
bulletNEED Music Listings
bulletNEED Dance Listings
bulletOpportunity Knocks
bulletQuick Takes by Jules Becker
bulletTwo on the Aisle by Shirley Esthimer
bulletOn Beat & Off in Connecticut by Betty Tyler
bulletEncores & Off by E. Kyle Minor
bulletAppleSource w/Gary Stevens
bulletScreen Reels by Cecille Markell
bulletCut...Print by Angel Connell
bulletJeff's Music News & Coming AttraACTions by Jeff Cabral
bulletWords for the Soul by Mathew Phelps

 

 

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