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June, 2006 - Table of Contents & Preview
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COVER STORY
On Your Mark, Get Set... GO to the 53rd Annual EMACT Drama Festival by R.J. Nickerson

Professional Theatre:
bulletIt's Cyrano de Bergerac - By a Nose! (RI)
bulletUrinetown - The Musical at TheatreWorks (CT)
bulletComedian Robert Klein at The Ridgefield Playhouse (CT)
bulletHuntington Presents Love's Labour's Lost (MA)
bulletWorld Premiere of TROIKA: Gold, Tolstoy and Sophia at 13th Street Rep (NY)
bulletPlay by Maine Playwright Selected to Appear in Off-Off-Broadway Festival (ME)
bulletAire Presents Playboy of the Western World (ME)
bulletEnchanted April Lights Up Founders' Stage & Kicks of S&Co's 29th Season (MA)
bulletBroad Comedy: A Savvy, Irreverent Experience at Stuart Street Playhouse (MA)
bulletCBS4 Anchor to Star in The Will Rogers Follies (MA)
bulletO'Neill Theatre Center Announces 2006 Puppetry Conference (CT)
bulletBroadway Today: Greg Stuhr by Jim DeBlasi of The Cue
bulletTurtle Lane Playhouse Presents Guys and Dolls (MA)
bulletActing Career FAQ: Welcome to the Big Time by Bob Fraser
bulletMomma's Boyz Premieres at Repertorio Espanol (NY)
bulletBaldwin Sets OUt to Solve a Mystery (MA)
bullet1 Man & 4 Menopausal Women at Long Wharf (CT)
bulletPoe & Two by Tenn at P-Town Fringe (MA)
bulletThis Joint is Jumpin'!  Ain't Misbehavin' Takes the NSMT Stage (MA)
bulletCatalyst Theatre's Thumbs Up! Showcase to Be Featured on Hallmark Channel Series (VT)
bulletSingle Tickets to Mamma Mia! & Disney's Beauty and the Beast Now on Sale for PPAC Run (RI)
bulletWayne Brady at Lowell Memorial Auditorium (MA)

Colleges/Universities/Schools/Training

bulletSummer Cabaret Announces 2006 Season: Two New Works & Fresh Takes on Ionesco & Sheparad & Chaikin (CT)
bulletO'Neill Center Announces 2006 Playwrights Conference Season (CT)
bulletCarter Thor Studio Establishes Boston Studio (MA)
bulletRiverway 3rd Annual Summer Improv Workshop (CT)
bulletOddfellows Playhouse Summer Shakespeare (CT)

Community Theatre

bulletHole in the Wall to Stage Loot (CT)
bulletVokes Plans Auditions for Urinetown - the Musical (MA)
bulletCommunity Players Present Love, Sex and the I.R.S. (RI)
bulletWindham Theatre Guild Ends Season with Arsenic & Old Lace (CT)
bulletCotuit Presents Enchanted April (MA)
bulletMike Wood Directs Simon's Jakes Women (NH)
bulletWakefield Repertory Theatre Presents Wilder's Our Town (MA)
bulletA Work of ART at the Garrison Players Art Center (NH)
bulletDrama Company Slates Five Plays for 60th Season (MA)

Children's/Youth/Family Theatre

bulletReturn of the Dinosaurs: Hollywood Style! (RI)
bulletLittle Orphan Annie Returns to the Providence Performing Arts Center (RI)
bulletHonk if You Love HONK! (Jr.) (MA)
bulletACTS Students Present Cabaret (MA)
bulletAuditions & Summer Camps at Leddy Center (NH)
bulletStamford Theatre Works' Purple Cow Children's Theatre Series Opens (CT)
bulletA Wizard of Oz Sing-A-Long: Oh My! (MA)
bulletFirstWorksKids Festival Assembles Performers from Around the Globe (RI)

Film/Video/Tech

bulletScreen Reels: PAUL GREENGRASS, ANNY HUSTON by Cecille Markell
bulletAnnouncing '06 Roving Eye Festival Winners (RI)
bulletWGBH/Boston Video Delights Audiences with DVD Debut of My Family and Other Animals (MA)
bulletJeremy Irons Hosts 5-Part Shakespeare Series
bulletIntroducing the New England Film Academy (ME)

Music

bulletExsultemus Presents Free Community Outreach Concerts (MA)
bulletSolo & Chamber Artists to Participate in 1st Duxbury Music Institute & Festival (MA)
bullet"Georgia Songbird" EG Kight Performs at The Turning Point (NY)
bulletHartford Symphony Orchestra Announces Talcott Mountain Music Festival's 11th Season (CT)
bulletRonan Tynan & Cherish the Ladies Open 2006 Dunkin' Donuts Newport Folk Festival (RI)
bulletTenor Saxophonist Mike Tucker & Quartet Celebrate Debut CD Collage (MA)
bulletEntrain Comes to Rochester Opera House (NH)
bulletDickie Betts, Rick Wakeman, Hot Tuna & Robin Trower Coming to Ridgefield (CT)
bulletGreen River Festival Line-up Announces for 20th Year (MA)
bulletWill McMillan Debuts Will Loves Steve at Scullers (MA)
bulletLitchfield Jazz Fest Enters 11th Season (CT)
bulletYellow Barn Music School & Festival Returns to Amherst (MA/VT)
bulletDon McLean at Lebanon Opera House (NH)
bulletThe Follen Angels POP! (MA)
bulletFOKO Names 2006 Scholarship Recipients (ME)
bulletLonestar Visits Lowell Memorial Auditorium (MA)
bulletLinda Eder & More at 12th Annual Great Waters Music Festival (NH)
bullet14th Annual Summer Jazz Workshop at Stamford's Rich Forum (CT)
bulletLitchfield Jazz Camp Celebrates a Decade (CT)
bulletTanglewood Music Center Announces 2006 Festival of Contemporary Music (MA)
bulletThe Music Hall Announces Summer Schedule (NH)
bulletMiddle Eastern Song Bird Opens MASS MoCA's Alternative Cabaret Series (MA)
bulletMill City Welcomes Sugarland (MA)
bulletNewly-Knighted Sensation Tom Jones at Mohegan (CT)
bulletBoston Pops & NEMO Music Festival Present Edgefest Showcase Featuring Rising Local Rock Stars Performing Before & After Concerts (MA)
bulletEnchanted Evenings at North Pointe Cultural Arts Center (NY)
bulletHilltown Concert Series Hosts Opera & Song Showcase (MA)

Dance

bulletPortland Ballet Presents 4th Annual Portland Dances! (ME)
bulletFestival Ballet Center for Dance Education Registers for Summerdance (RI)
bulletMore than 200 Free Events Enrich Jacob's Pillow Experience (MA)
bulletDanceArt Celebrates 25th Anniversary Season at BU (MA)

Miscellaneous

bulletProtecting Your Good Ideas: Told Ya So by Sydelle Pittas

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Reviewed In This Issue

bulletHiding Behind Comets (Zeitgeist Stage Co., Boston)
bulletThe Man Who (Nora Theatre Co., Boston)
bulletDamn Yankees (North Shore Music Theatre, Beverly)
bulletRagtime (New Repertory Theatre, Watertown)
bulletWest Side Story (Arlington Friends of the Drama)
bulletOrpheus X (A.R.T., Cambridge)
bulletCaroline or Change (SpeakEasy Stage Co., Boston)
bulletA Jew Grows in Brooklyn (Chernuchin Theatre, NYC)
bulletThe Wedding Singer (Al Hirschfeld Theatre, NYC)
bulletPeer Gynt (Brooklyn Academy of Music, NY)
bulletJohn Zuckerman in Concert (Battery Park, NYC)

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
bulletSound Thinking by Jeff Hutton
bulletProtecting Your Good Ideas by Sydelle Pittas

 

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