New England Entertainment Digest - Online
Brought to you by JAC Publishing & Promotions - Serving New England Since 1979!

 
JAC Publishing & Promotions
______
New England Entertainment Digest

Theatre Headlines
Music Headlines
Dance Headlines


Current Audition Listings
Current Performance Listings
Workshops
Advertise With NEED
About Us

Jules Becker's Quick Takes
Reviews
Show Biz How To
Janice Luise-Lutkus Its Not Luck

Submit Information to NEED
NEED Archives/History
Contact Us

Link-i-tude
Professional Theatre
- African American Companies
Community Theatre
Academic Theatre
Youth Theatre
Music
Dance
Tech
People
- Director/ Musical Directors / Choreographers
Casting
Vendor Linkage
Books/Scripts
Box Office/Tickets
Music
Dance
Costumes & Make-Up
Audio
Set Design/Rigging
Lighting
Special Effects
Consulting
Services
Supplies
Gifts


Raves/Reviews

March 2000 - Table of Contents & Preview

COVER STORY
Celebrity Series to Present Spalding Gray

Professional Theatre:
bulletNorthern Stage (VT) Offers Spring Theater Classes
bulletThe 4th Annual Boston Women on Top Theater Festival Line-up Announced
bulletMiller Premiere at Boston Theatre Works
bulletGirl Gone Weaves its Spell at Perishable (RI)
bulletNora Theatre Co. (MA) Announces New England Premiere by Diana Son
bulletJudd Hirsch Stars in Tony-winning Art at Colonial Theatre (Boston)
bulletEncores & Premieres at New Players Theatre Guild (MA)
bulletDouglas Sills Reprises His Tony-nominated Role with Amy Bodnar & William Paul Michaels in Swashbuckling Musical (Shubert/New Haven)
bulletGoodspeed Opens Box Office for 2000 Mainstage Season (CT)
bulletLyci Stage Presents Ayckbourn Comedy (MA)
bulletFleetwood Stage (NY) is Building Fences
bulletTovah Feldshuh is Tallulah at Bendheim (NY)
bulletLong Wharf (CT) to Present David Rabe World Premiere
bulletMeshugah at Trinity Rep (RI)
bulletSitcomBoston: Over 75 Episodes & Counting
bulletTheater Hall of Fame Inducts Eight New Members by Caldwell Titcomb
bulletShakespeare, Anyone (MA)
bulletRob Becker's One Man Show Comes to Providence Performing Arts Center  in March
bulletTwo on the Aisle by Shirley Esthimer
bulletREVIEW: This is No Shrinking Violet by Edward Pitman
bulletDelvena Theatre Company Presents Come Back, Little Sheba (MA)
bulletAcademy Award-winning Comedian Makes the Garde Arts Center a Stop on International Tour (CT)
bulletMusicals at Richter Announces 2000 Season Auditions (CT)

Colleges/Universities/Schools

bulletREVIEW: Eastern Nazarene College's Spoon River Anthology by Maureen Condon
bulletSt. Michael's College (VT) Hosts VATTA Playwrights' Showcase & Theatre Schmoozefest 2000
bulletBristol Community College Theatre Rep to Present The Hobbit (MA)
bulletConnecticut Repertory Theatre Presents Strand Premiere
bulletIrish Arts & Letters Festival Presents a Dramatic Reading of By the Bog of Cats at Fairfield (CT)

Community Theatre

bulletThe Sensuous Senator at Clockwork Repertory Theatre (CT)
bulletAlgonkuin Theatre Company Presents March Production of Murder in Green Meadows (CT)
bulletOnce Upon a Mattress Awakens at Newton Country Players (MA)
bulletLocal Residents Star in Albee's A Delicate Balance (NY)
bulletThey're Playing with Other People's Money in Burlington (MA)
bulletNorth Regional Theatre Workshop Announces Casts for Upcoming Musicals (MA)
bulletMusical Side Show at Arlington Friends of the Drama (MA)
bulletSt. Catherine's Presents The Music Man (CT)
bulletYour Theatre Presents Wilder (MA)
bulletNorth Quincy Alumni Theatre Gets Audited (MA)
bulletSteve Martin Play Answers Questions That Plague Mankind at Suffield (CT)
bulletMaine Association of Community Theatres Hosts One-Act Festival
bulletHartsdale Players Celebrate St. Patty's Day with Original Musical (NY)
bulletThings are Cuckoo at Pittsfield Players (NH)

Children's/Youth/Family Theatre

bulletBig Apple Circus & Children's Museum Present Bello & Friends (Boston)
bulletOddfellows Playhouse Presents An End to Violets (CT)
bulletBridgewater State College Children's Theater Creates a Special Event (MA)

Film/Video/Tech

bullet6th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards to be Broadcast Live on TNT - March 12, 2000
bulletWhy the SAG Awards are Unique
bulletMatt Wagenknect: Portrait of an Artist as a Resourceful D.P. by Angel Connell
bulletAmerican Beauty Leads Oscar Nominations
bulletLawrence of Arabia Comes to the Biggest Screen in Southeastern Connecticut
bulletAward-winning Filmmaker Comes to Providence (March Archer)
bulletScreen Reels by Cecille Markell
bullet25th Anniversary New England Film & Video Festival Announced

Music

bulletAppleSource by Gary Stevens
bulletRobin Spielberg Releases Beautiful Dreamer
bulletHarry Connick & His Big Band at the Wang Center by Jeff Cabral
bulletFaculty Recital at UMASS
bulletGargantua Soul: Only Looking for Their Place Around the Fire by Mathew W. Phelps
bulletThe Orpheum Foxborough (MA) Presents a St. Patrick's Day Celebration Starring the Coulter-Phillips Ensemble & Featuring an Irish Singer & Step Dancers
bulletThe Clancy's & Eddie Dillon Bring Traditional Irish Music to Providence Performing Arts Center
bulletDaniel Pinkham Conducts Own Symphony at University of Southern Maine
bulletChristine Lavin Promotes Latest Solo Album, Getting In Touch With My Inner Bitch, at Emerson Umbrella (MA)

Dance

bulletDonna Meierdierck's is Going Solo in Providence
bulletIsland Moving Company Wants to Move You to Paris, Where Passion is an Art (RI)
bulletThe Dance Mastery of Bill T. Jones by Jules Becker
bulletThe Lost Dances of Jacob's Pillow Founder Ted Shawn Discovered at the Flynn Theatre (VT)
bulletRhode Island College Presents Annual Spring Concert Series of Guest Choreographers
bulletWinthrop Corey's Dracula Wings its Way to Festival Ballet (RI)
bulletMartha Graham Dance Company with Hartford Symphony Orchestra at the Bushnell (CT)

People/Announcements

bulletNorthern Stage Hires New Development Director (VT)
bulletState Arts Council Program & Grant Information Sessions (NH)
bulletShakespeare & Company Signs Purchase & Sales Agreement for Home (MA)
bulletShubert Launches Newly Designed Website (CT)
bulletFederico Cortese Named Music Director of Greater Boston Youth Symphony Orchestra (MA)
bulletHartford Arts Organizations Kick Off Copland Century
bulletPayomet Theatre Inks 2000 Season Contract (MA)
bulletEmeritus Professor Donates $1 Million to UCONN
bulletHartford Stage Award $300,000
bulletWestport Country Playhouse Announces New Leadership (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