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March 2002 - Table of Contents & Preview

COVER STORY
March is Cabaret Month! Cabaret Goes to the Movies by Beverly Creasey

Professional Theatre:
bulletPassion, Power & Phaedre at Players' Ring (NH)
bulletLyric Stage Company Presents Terrence McNally's The Lisbon Traviata (MA)
bulletCity Nights Dinner Theatre Presents Weekend Comedy (RI)
bulletSlow Children at Play: Improv at SCA (CT)
bulletBoston Theatre Works Presents Macbeth at the Tremont Theatre (MA)
bulletBillie Holliday Story, Lady Day, Next at Majestic Theatre (MA)
bulletThe Bendheim Honors Women's History Month with a Dramatic Portrayal of Courageous Role Model, Babe Didrikson Zaharias (NY)
bulletAmerican Stage Festival Announces 2002 Season (NH)
bulletOpera League of New Hampshire Presents The Mikado (NH)
bulletHartford Stage Announces Kate Mulgrew in World Premiere of Tea at Five by Matthew Lombardo (CT)
bulletNew Women's Theatre Premieres in Portland (ME)
bulletYellow Taxi's First Production Drives Into Theatres (NH)
bulletMaria's Bachelorette Party: Girls Night Out Dinner Theatre Extends Run at Tremont Playhouse (MA)
bulletOriginals & Firsts at Westchester Broadway Theatre (NY)
bulletA Real Dog at Stoneham Theatre (MA)
bulletSoprano's Last Supper: HBO Series Spoof Opens with a Bang (MA)
bulletTurtle Lane's Jekyll & Hyde a Triumphant Coup by Beverly Creasey (MA)
bulletTribute to the Fab Four Takes the Stage of Stamford's Palace Theatre (CT)
bulletNew England Premiere of Romulus Linney's A Lesson Before Dying (MA)
bulletStamford Center for the Arts Joins SFS Productions in Presenting the Pre-Broadway Engagement of Fortune's Fool (CT)
bulletTheatre Hall of Fame Inducts Brustein, Seven Others by Caldwell Titcomb
bulletLong Wharf Theatre Presents the Barrymore Award-winner (CT)

Colleges/Universities/Schools

bulletDrood, the Solve-it-Yourself Broadway Musical at Emerson Stage (MA)
bulletBoston Conservatory Presents Chicago (MA)
bulletSouthern New Hampshire University's Spectrum Series Continues with High-Spirited Comedy (NH)
bulletCommericial Theater Institute Announces 20th Annual "Producing for the Commercial Theater" Weekend Seminar (NY)
bulletNorth Shore Music Theatre Continues 2002 Saturday Workshops (MA)
bulletSkowhegan Area High School to Attend American High School T heatre Festival in Edinburgh, Scotland (ME)
bulletEve Ensler's The Vagina Monologues at Rhode Island School of Design (RI)
bulletBroadway & Tour Star Kevin Gray Masterclass by Jules Becker
bulletAmerican Stage Festival Announces Auditions for Full Season of Plays (NH)

Community Theatre

bulletWinthrop Playmakers Announce Upcoming Production of Stepping Out (MA)
bulletClassic Comedy to Open at Clockwork Rep (CT)
bulletWidow's Blind Date in Burlington (MA)
bulletNew Hampshire Community Theatre Association Hosts Community Theatre Festival (NH)
bulletA Few Good Men Opens Maskers 2002 Season (ME)
bulletYCP TheaterWorks Stages Stepping Out (NY)
bulletThe Nashoba Players Present Moon Over Buffalo (MA)
bulletLexington Players Present New Directors Showcase of One-Act Plays (MA)
bulletStepping Out at Newton Country Players (MA)
bulletWellesley Players Dress Up for La Cage Aux Folles (MA)
bulletSouthborough Players Announce King and I Cast (MA)
bulletCriminal Act Murder Mystery at Westfield Woman's Club (MA)
bulletPhilipstown Depot Thetare Presents a Naughty Musical & Something Wilde (NY)
bulletArlington Friends of the Drama to Produce Into the Woods (MA)
bulletSuffield Players Battle Good & Evil (CT)
bulletPawling Theatre Company Announces the Theatre Share Network (NY)
bulletCommunicating Doors Auditions at AFD (MA)
bulletHull Auditions Pump Boys & Dinettes (MA)

Children's/Youth/Family Theatre

bulletAmerican Stage Festival Announces 2002 Young Company Season (NH)
bulletOddfellows Playhouse Presents Big Mary (CT)
bulletEartha Kitt Stars with Paolo Montalban & Jessica Rush in Cinderella (CT)
bulletInsects Invade Providence Performing Arts Center (RI)
bulletChambe Repertory Theatre Tours...ENCORE!
bulletBendheim Presents Family Funtasies: A Beatrix Potter Festival with Paul Peabody's Old-Fashioned Marionette Theatre (NY)
bulletHarwich Junior Theatre Presents Live...In Person...Patsy Cline! (MA)
bulletPAWsitively Entertaining!  Bear Continues to Cha-cha-cha in National Tour (CT)
bulletHansel & Gretel: The Untold Story at Winchester Cooperative Theatre for Children (MA)
bulletAilene Sybil Goodman Performs Hans Christian Andersen's Toothache (ME)
bulletA Biblical Tale of Color at Pop John XXIII (MA)

Film/Video/Tech

bulletRadio Theatre Thrives On Stage & On the Air in New England
bulletNominations Announces for the 8th Annual SAG Awards
bulletMark Bowden's Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War - Review by Jonathan Bloom
bulletThe Soul of Independent Filmmaking: The Independent Spirit Wins Out for Boston Actor, Comedian & Filmmaker Paul Wagner by Sandra Sullivan, courtesy of Boston Film and Video Foundation
bulletAnd the Oscar Goes to...
bulletRampion Visual Productions LLC Wins Top Honor at 2001 Communicator Awards (MA)

Music

bulletIndigo Girls Announce New Studio Album (NY)
bulletThe Providence Performing Arts Center & LiteRock 105-FM Present An Evening with Diana Krall (RI)
bulletAltan: One of Ireland's Most Celebrated Celtic Bands at the Palace (NH)
bulletStamford Symphony Presents Rumplestiltskin for Final Family Concert of the Season (CT)
bulletQ&W Music Releases Keep Honkin (MA)
bulletHarpist Allen to Solor with Westchester Chamber Orchestra (NY)
bulletThe Bendheim Presents The Canticum Novum Singers (NY)
bulletNew England Premieres at UMass (MA)
bulletCONCORA Presents the Mozart "Requiem" (CT)
bulletLannom's 50th Anniversary Season Continues with "Stabat Mater" (MA)
bulletGreater Boston Youth Symphony Orchestra Joins Tanglewood Festival Chorus in First-ever Collaboration (MA)
bulletThe New Sound of Country Swing: Not Just Country Anymore! by Devin Travers
bulletThe Needham Concert Society Presents The Renard Quartet (MA)
bulletSharon Isbin & Thiago de Mello to Perform at Fairfield's Quick Center (CT)
bulletAltenberg Piano Trio at Amherst (MA)

Dance

bulletRussia's Eifman Ballet Returns to Boston in Two Stunning Engagements (MA)
bulletPetit Papillon Announces the Premiere of The Snow Queen (NH)
bulletTrinity Irish Dance Company Steps in New England (CT & MA)
bulletFestival Ballet Providence Holds Auditions for SummerDance Intensive; Announes Children's Programs (RI)
bulletInternational Sensation Burn the Floor Ignites PPAC Stage for Five Shows (RI)
bulletBabson College Hosts Snappy Dance Theater (MA)
bulletAlvin Ailey II to Perform at Zeiterion Theatre (MA)

People/Announcements

bulletNEA Web Resource on Funding Opportunities Updated & Expanded (DC)
bulletSecond Annual National Broadway Theatre Awards to Presented May 20 (RI & NY)
bulletThe Little Theatre of Manchester Awarded HFPG Technology Grant (CT)
bulletEmerson College Receives $1 Million Federal Grant for Curriculum Development (MA)
bulletBoston Singer to Perform at 1st Chicago Cabaret Convention (IL)
bulletLong Wharf Theatre Announces Gordon Edelstein as New Artistic Director (CT)
bulletOrpheum/Foxborough Executive Director Resigns (MA0
bulletNational Endowment for the Arts Grant Deadlines for Fiscal Year 2003

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bulletWords for the Soul by Mathew Phelps
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