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NEEDs June 1997 Issue - Table of Contents
COVER: Arlington Friends of the Drama Celebrate 75 Years with Theatre Renovations
Professional Theatre:
 | Flynn Theatre Presents Hal Holbrook Award-Winner |
| Ethan Frome Opens Shakespeare & Co. Season |
| Weston (VT) Playhouse Announces 1997 Summer Season |
| New Musical Based on Comic Strip Premieres at Goodspeed |
| Oak Street Announces Summer Comedies |
| Oldcastle Announces Silver Anniversary Season |
| Williamstown Festival'97 Announced |
| And the Tony Nominees Are... |
| Stage Surfing on the Internet by Larry Stark |
| Ogunquit Announces Season and Future Plans |
| Summer Shakespeare at UVM's Royall Tyler Theatre |
| Long Wharf Presents Courtroom Drama (Voir Dire) |
| Dorset Theatre Festival's 22nd Season Features Drama, Comedy, Mystery & Fun |
| Amesbury Playhouse Presents Weekend Comedy |
| Quick Takes by Jules Becker |
| - How the Other Half Loves (Lyric Stage, Boston) |
| - the Big Slam (New Repertory theatre, Newton) |
| - Come a-Waltzing With Me (Huntington Theatre, Boston) |
| - Les Miserables (Colonial Theatre, Boston) |
| - Mort Sahl's America, Part II (Hasty Pudding Theatre, Cambridge) |
| - Ambition Facing West (Trinity Rep, Providence) |
| Show Boat: Do You Know the Show by Jules Becker |
| (American Stage Festival's) Sylvia: A Review by Susan Hodder |
| Hampton Playhouse Makes Plans |
| SpeakEasy Presents Rice Musical (Chess) |
| (Actors Collaborative) A Collaborative Carousel by Todd Olsen |
| Show Boat Stars Announced |
| Achievements Recognized at the 15th Annual Elliot Norton Awards |
| Westport Announces 67th Summer Season |
| Jut Not Enough Good Roles to Go Around by Steve Capra |
| (Turtle Lane Playhouse) Charming Revival of Cole Porter's Anything Goes by Beverly Creasey |
| Gilbert & Sullivan Open Publick Theatre Season (Patience) |
College/Universities/Schools Theatre
| Spalding Gray Returns to NCTC |
| Fairfield Goes Abroad |
| Vassar's 13th Season Promises Angst, Love, Laughter & Shakespeare |
| Publisher's Commentary |
| Saint Michael's Playhouse Announces Summer Schedule |
Community Theatre:
| Things are Wilder in Windsor (Jesters of Windsor) |
| Exciting News from Dream Drama |
| Winthrop Playmakers Enters 59th Season |
| North Regional Theatre Workshops Presents Kiss Me Kate |
| Meet Theatre III |
| Most Ambitious Season Yet at Hull |
| NCP Celebrates Successful 40th by Jean MacFarland |
| There's No Place Like Home in Burlington |
| Dance in Stowe's (CT) Moonlight June 28 |
| Frantic Farce Concludes Community Players' 76th Season |
| (Belfast) Maskers Offer New England Premiere |
| Southborough Announces Season |
| Little Theatre (Fall River) Plans to "Roast" Senator Norton |
| Country Players Celebrate 40th Anniversary |
| NEED's Annual Community Theatre Directory |
| Suffield Hosts Musical Salute |
| New Hampshire Festival on the Way |
| North Quincy Alumi Gathers for 10th Season |
| Mystic Players Complete 27th Successful Year |
| Countless Future Plans at Rumple Players |
| The Victory Players - Off to Ireland |
| Working & Needham Community Theatre |
| Mark Twain Masquers Announce 65th Anniversary |
| Bay Players Celebrate 41 Years |
| Off Stage With...the Computer Age by Tim Fitzgerald |
| Footlight Club Presents "Drood" |
| The Acting Company: Back By Popular Demand |
| A Brief History: The Little Theatre of Stoughton |
| Weston to Kick Off Season with Benefit |
Children's/Youth Theatre:
| Spend Your Summer with Winchester Cooperative |
| Newport Children's Theatre Offers Summer Theatre Workshops |
| Diane Purdy Hosts Spring Plays |
| Summer Andover Community Theatre Auditions |
| Child's Play Tour Comes to the Bushnell |
| Theatreworks/USA Premieres The Jungle Book in Free Summer Theatre |
| Childen's Theatre Workshop at Pentucket Players |
| North Shore Music Theatre Offers Musical Theatre Workshops |
Film/Video/Tech:
| Women Filmmakers from All Over the World by Cecille Markell |
| The 10th Annual Connecticut Gay & Lesbian Film Festival |
| National/Westport Uplinks Chicago Star |
| Movies Return to Norwood Theatre |
Music:
| Boston Gay Men's Chorus Performs Original Show |
| Folk Pioneer Comes to Orpheum |
| National Flatpicking Champion Performs at Bluegrass Series |
| 14th Annual Discover Jazz Festival |
| VerPlanck Makes Boston Debut at Ryles |
| Early Music Week at Pinewoods |
| Stone Chapel Series Opening |
| Nashua Symphony Plans Tanglewood Weekend |
| Fairfield Hosts Summer Jazz Camp |
| Jazz Festivals Hit Newport by Ellen Giurleo |
| APPLESOURCE by Gary Stevens |
| First Churches Hosting Benefit for Local Girl with Cancer |
| A Celebration of Life & Hope: ARTS Benefit by Janet Strassman Perlmutter |
| Season Finale Concert Features Concerto Competition Winner Eric Hewitt |
| Masterworks Chorale to Sponsor 28th Annual Summer Sings |
| Paris in the 1740's (Musicians of the Old Post Road) |
| Metropolitan Wind Symphony Hosts 9th Annual Boston Festival of Bands |
DANCE
| International Wheelchair Dance Festival |
| (Omayra Y Flamenco) Under the Gypsy Spell by Susan Hodder |
| Ballet Theatre of Boston Debuts on the Web |
| Cinderella: An Unprecedented Success (Granite State Ballet) |
| Bates Dance Festival Announces 1997 Season |
| Simple Elegance at Boston Ballet by Jules Becker |
| Community Group Hosts Tap Classes (North Regional Theatre Workshop) |
| Argentine Tango Festival Planned |
| Mayor Russell Presents Dance Belt Awards |
| Nation's Oldest Dance Festival Celebrates 65th Season |
| Welcome Boston Returns by Jules Becker |
PEOPLE
| Nancy Parker Hired by Envision |
| Nancy Kassak Diekmann Resigns from New York Theatre Workshop |
| Eugene O'Neill Theater Center Announces 1996 Playwrights Awards |
| Anne F. Zimmerman Named Managing Director of of Public Theatre (NY) |
| Paul Brown Appointed Executive Director of The Drama League |
| Marc Roth Receives Robert Whitehead Award |
| Springfield Symphony Receives Grant |
| Tom Werder Resigns from Portland (ME) Stage |
| North Shore Music Theatre Announces Winners of Freedom Train Essay Contest |
| Finalists Chosen for Yale Organ Competition |
| International Festival Announcs 1997 Line-Up |
| River Tree Arts Announces Benefit |
| Dr. Diana Dimodica Mille Appointed Director at Fairfield |
| Long Wharf Announces New Managing Director (Barbara L. Pearce) |