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June 2003 - Table of Contents & Preview
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COVER STORY
Now Presenting...Blue Hair Troupe?
by T.J. Fitzgerald

Professional Theatre:
bulletReagle Players' Multi-Award-Winning Singin' in the Rain Returns! (MA)
bulletTheatre-on-a-Shoestring Presents Vermont Premiere of Marrying Walt (VT)
bulletPlaywrights Platform Has a New Venue (MA)
bulletThe Sexy, Shimmering, Sleazy CHICAGO Takes Seacoast Repertory Theatre Stage (NH)
bulletTony Award Nominations: Moving Out & Up by Jules Becker
bulletWorld Music Presents Vietnam's Saigon Water Puppets (MA)
bulletPrestigious Circus Arts Award Presented to Cirque du Soleil's Dralion (CT)
bulletRiver Rep Theater Troupe Brings Broadway to Connecticut in 17th Summer Season (CT)
bulletWhen in Doubt, Go Back to School: New Century Theatre Temporarily Relocates to Northampton High School for 2003 Summer Season (MA)
bulletFourQuest Leaves the Sea (RI)
bulletHuntington's Cookin' at the Cookery (MA)
bulletBerkshire Theatre Festival Announces 75th Anniversary Season (MA)
bulletTony Awards 2003 Expanded: CBS to Broadcast 3-Hour Show Live From Radio City Music Hall (NY)
bulletTheatre on the Rocks Returns to The Players' Ring for Classic American Comedy (NH)
bulletBroadway Today: David W. Keeley by Jim DeBlasi
bulletSherman Hemsley & Pat Morita Are An Odd Couple in Stoneham (MA)
bulletTony V in The Failure Artist (MA)
bulletWhite Barn Moves to NYC for 2003 (NY)
bulletWeston Playhouse Announces 2003 Theatre Season (VT)
bulletTax Central: Am I Running a Business? by Peter Jason Riley, CPA
bulletConnecticut Heritage Productions Announces a Season of Love & Hate (CT)
bulletAn Evening of Improv with Slow Children at Play (CT)
bulletStamford Theatre Works Opens 15th Season (CT)
bulletGoodspeed's Me and My Girl Runs thru July 5 (CT)
bulletNew England Premiere at the Arundel Barn (ME)
bulletClassic Works to Fast Comedy at Dorset Theatre Festival (VT)

Colleges/Universities/Schools/Training

bulletNew York State Theatre Institute (NYSTI) Fall 2003 Intern Applications Being Accepted (NY)
bulletThe Skin of Our Teeth at Eastern Nazarene (MA) by Maureen Condon
bulletTheater Students Sought for  Theater Training Program (NY)

Community Theatre

bulletBurlington Players Auditioning Season Opener: The Night of January 16th (MA)
bulletCommunity Players Present Crossing Delancey (RI)
bulletHole in the Wall T heater Presents The Colored Museum (CT)
bulletArlington Friends of the Drama Goes to Grandmother's House With Over the River and Through the Woods & Set Audition Dates for Season Opener (MA)

Children's/Youth/Family Theatre

bulletFairfield University's Quick Center for the Arts Announces 2003-2004 Programs for Young Audiences (CT)
bulletBookings Being Accepted for The Little Red Wagon (NH)
bulletSeacoast Rep Youth Theatre Presents That's Princess... With a Pea! (NH)
bulletPayomet Announces 4th Year Cape Cod Storyteller Project (MA)
bulletWarner Studio Theatre Presents The Mouse That Roared (CT)
bulletPurple Cow Children's Theatre Begins Season (CT)
bulletDiane Purdy's Presents Spring Plays (MA)

Film/Video/Tech

bulletScreen Reels:The Shape of Things by Cecille Markell
bulletCut...Print: Shadow Pictures Filmmaker's Art Ambitions Transcend the "Mere (In)formality" of the U.S. Indie Film Scene (MA) by Angel Connell
bulletJune is "Academy Award Month" for Opera House Movies (ME)
bulletWoodstock Film Festival Announces East Coast Premiere of Go Further (NY)

Music

bulletScotland's Lorraine Jordan Returns to Boston by Devin Travers
bulletLorraine Jordan & Gill Hunter in Benefit Performance for Camelot Players (MA)
bulletMemories of Conway at Rochester (NH)
bulletVaudeville CD Makes Headway (MA)
bulletFolk in Harmony Coffeehouse Makes Debut (MA)
bulletWitchcraft at Scullers (MA)
bulletNashua Symphony Choral Society Offers Open "Summer Sings" (NH)
bulletWords for the Soul: Bono - 'Revolutionary'? 'Firebrand'? 'Egotist'? or All Three? by M. William Phelps
bulletJazzArtSigns: A Multimedia, Multisensory & Interactive Jazz Event (NH)
bulletIda Zecco Launches Lou's Place Supper Club (MA) by Devin Travers
bulletBoston Globe Jazz & Blues Festival Lines Up the Artists (MA)

Dance

bulletWorld Music Presents Boston Premiere of Flamenco Republic (MA)
bulletTwo Lights Theatre Ensemble Presents Herione's Journey (ME)
bulletSavion Glover Stars in National Tour of Bring in 'Da Noise, Bring in 'Da Funk (CT)

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Reviewed In This Issue

bulletSweeney Todd (New Repertory Theatre, Newton, MA)
bulletRob Becker's Defending the Caveman (Wilbur Theatre, Boston)
bulletThe Pavilion (Merrimack Repertory Theatre, Lowell, MA)
bulletThe Music Man (Colonial Theatre, Boston)
bulletA Year With Frog and Toad (Cort Theatre, NYC)
bulletTale of the Allergist's Wife (Long Wharf Theatre, New Haven, CT)
bulletAin't Misbehavin' (Playhouse on the Green, Bridgeport, CT)
bulletSwing (Downtown Cabaret, Bridgeport)
bulletThe Skin of Our Teeth (Eastern Nazarene College, Quincy, MA)
bulletRomeo and Juliet (Boston Ballet)

Monthly & Regular Features...

bulletNEED Theatre Listings
bulletNEED Audition Listings
bulletNEED Music Listings
bulletNEED Dance Listings
bulletOpportunity Knocks
bulletQuick Takes by Jules Becker
bulletBroadway Today by Jim DeBlasi
bulletBehind the Scenes by Chuckie Finn
bulletTwo on the Aisle by Shirley Esthimer
bulletEncores & Off by E.Kyle Minor
bulletComing Attractions
bulletAppleSource by Gary Stevens
bulletScreen Reels by Cecille Markell
bulletCut...Print by Angel Connell
bulletWords for the Soul by M. William Phelps

 

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