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May, 2005 - Table of Contents & Preview
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COVER STORY
Crazy for Reagle Players' 2005 Summer Season
by Jules Becker

Professional Theatre:
bulletTurtle Lane Playhouse Says Damn Those Yankees! (MA)
bulletBill Cosby Returns to SCA's Palace Theatre (CT)
bulletJohn Buffalo Mailer's Newest Play Plans American Premiere at Provincetown Rep (MA)
bulletSpeakEasy Stage & Boston Theatre Works Team Up With Broadway in Boston to Present Richard Greenberg's Award-winning Play (MA)
bulletMeryl Galaid Sings The Best of Broadway & More at The Regent (MA)
bulletActing FAQ: "Killer" Monologues by Bob Fraser
bulletSongheim Musicals & Lopez Play Big Winners at the Recent IRNEs by Jules Becker
bulletNorth Shore Music THetare Presents Regional Premiere of Thoroughly Modern Millie (MA)
bulletPark Bench Passions in Provincetown (MA)
bulletPell Lifetime Achievement Award to Honor Ruby Dee & Ossie Davis (RI)
bulletWhodunnit at Whodunnit? (RI)
bulletAYTB Presents SPIN (MA)
bulletBroadway Today: Melissa Errico by Jim DeBlasi of The Cue
bulletThe Buz'Gem Blues: American Regional Premiere from Canadian Native Writer (RI)
bulletSpring Has Sprung at Connecticut Theatres by Joanne Greco Rochman
bulletTravesties with Sam Waterston at Long Wharf (CT)
bulletWestport Country Playhouse Announces New Staff Members (CT)
bulletProtecting Your Good Ideas: Getting Married in Massachusetts by Sydelle Pittas
bulletRounding Third at Studio Arena Theatre (NY)
bulletTheatreWorks Opens the Tony Award-winning The Elephant Man (CT)
bulletWorth a Drive for Theatre in Easstern Connecticut by Robert Cumming
bulletBoston Premiere! The (New) Original Comedy About Motherhood: Momologues - Off to School (MA)
bulletCape Playhouse Opens 78th Season
bullet2005 Commonwealth Awards Honor Exceptional Achievements in Arts & Culture (MA)
bulletA World Premiere About Religious Barriers at Stamford Theatre Works (CT)

Colleges/Universities/Schools/Training

bulletRose Weaver: Preparing Local Actors for Film & TV Work (RI)
bulletYale Summer Cabaret Announces 2005 Performance Season (CT)
bulletYale Rep Presents World Premiere of Wilson's Radio Golf (CT)
bulletYale School of Drama Closes 2004-2005 with The Real Thing (CT)
bulletUNH Theatre Dance Camp Coming in July (NH)
bulletCameron Thor Studios/L.A. Offers Professional Film Acting Workshop (MA)

Community Theatre

bulletFolktown: Folk Meets Shakespeare (RI)
bulletThe Highland Avenue Trilogy at HADLEY Players (NY)
bulletThe Amorous Flea at City Theater (ME)
bulletMuch Ado About Nothing at Essex Community Players (VT)
bulletConcord Players presents The Memory of Water (MA)
bulletSanford Maine Stage Announces 2005 Season (ME)
bulletDearly Departed, Final Stage Production of Perry Players' 2004-2005 Season (CT)
bulletTheatre on a Shoestring Presents An Evening of One-act Comedies (VT)
bulletAcme Theater Productions Represents Regiona at AACT National Theatre Festival (MA)
bulletSuffield's The Heiress: A Classic Struggle Between Generations (CT)
bulletSalem Theatre Company Announces Cast, Production Dates for The Best Man (MA)
bulletLooking for Normal Opens at Hovey (MA)
bulletNutmeg Players Present American Classic To Kill a Mockingbird (CT)
bulletThe Best Little Whorehouse in Ludlow (MA)
bulletTheatre III Presents How the Other Half Loves (MA)

Children's/Youth/Family Theatre

bulletFun & Memories at Prescott Park Arts Festival Theater Academy (NH)
bulletChildren's Favorite Junie B. Jones Comes to the Quick Center (CT)
bulletSummer 2005 Workshops with the young co. Registrations Underway (MA)
bulletDive into Drama with All Children's Theatre's Summer Camp (RI)
bulletEaston Children's Theatre Gets Invaded (MA)
bulletPeacock Players Present Disney's Beauty & the Beast (NH)

Film/Video/Tech

bulletScreen Reels: Paul Haggis, Matt Dillon & Daniel M. Kimmel by Cecille Markell
bulletBethel to Host Newest International Film Festival (CT)
bulletMaine Jewish Film Festival's Holocaust Memorial Day Project Set (ME)
bulletScriptBiz Announces Short Scriptwriting Workshop (RI)
bulletNew York International Latino Film Festival (NY)
bulletHamptons International Film Festival (NY)

Music

bulletWorld Music Presents Benin's Angelique Kidjo (MA)
bulletThe Rhode Island Philharmonic Youth Ensembles Announces Spring Auditions for 2005-2006 Season (RI)
bulletWorld Music Institute: From the Same Essence by Steve Capra
bulletMeeth the King of Instruments at FOKO (ME)
bulletTeen Orchestras Tune Up in Manhattan by Janice E. Black
bulletBrett Somers Stars in Cabaret Memoir at Fairfield's Quick Center (CT)
bulletFoundling Concludes Debut Season with Mozart, Boccherini (RI)
bulletYale Cabaret Presents Internationally Acclaimed zech Musician Iva Bittova (CT)
bulletPortland Symphony Orchestra Presents Final Concert of 2005-2006 Season (ME)
bulletChoral Art Society Auditions Set (ME)
bulletViolinist McDermott Solos with Westchester Chamber Orchestra (NY)
bulletAlison Kraus & Union Station Featuring Jerry Douglas, David Grisman, Catie Curtis & Al Kooper Join 47th Anniversary Line Up at Passim (MA)
bulletBigger & Better Things at Rochester Opera House (NH)
bulletClose Encounters With Music Announces First Musical Event of the Berkshire Summer Season (MA)
bulletVirtuoso Cape Breton Fiddling Phenomenon Natalie McMaster Returns to the Flynn for an Evening of High-Energy Music & Dance (VT)
bulletBurlington Hosts Discover Jazz Festival (VT)
bulletEugene O'Neill Theatre Center Announces Michael Busch as New Director of O'Neill Cabaret & Performance Conference (CT)
bulletThe Community of Jesus Presents New England Premiere of Vaughan Williams' Opera The Pilgrim's Promise (MA)
bulletWorld Music Presents Romania's Taraf de Haidouks (MA)
bulletNorth Shore Music Theatre Announces 2005 Celebrity Concert Series (MA)
bulletWords from the Soul: William Hart Strecker - A Veteran Musician Reinvents Himself by M. William Phelps
bulletKeith Lockhart to Open 10th Anniversary Season as Boston Pops Conductor (MA)

Dance

bulletSTOMP Returns to the Providence Performing Arts Center (RI)
bulletPaul Taylor Dance Company Brings 50th Anniversary Tour to New England (MA)
bulletSummer Dance & Art Camps at NHAPA (NH)
bulletState Ballet of Rhode Island Presents 45th Spring (RI)
bulletThe Traditional Quebec Jig Gets a Hip, Contemporary Update in New Works by Montreal Dancemakers Fleury & Pilette (VT)
bulletCRASHarts Presents Savion Glover Performing the Boston Premiere of Improvography II (MA)
bulletDance Into Summer with Island Moving Co. (RI)
bulletPortland Ballet Accepting Choreographers Proposals for New Pieces for Portland Dances! (ME)
bulletUNH Hosts Dance Showcase (NH)

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Reviewed In This Issue

bulletPicturesque (Big Apple Circue, Bayside Expo, Boston)
bulletMy Price Point (Theater Offensive, Boston)
bulletInto the Woods (New Repertory Theatre, Newton, MA)

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
bulletWords for the Soul by M. William Phelps
bulletProtecting Your Good Ideas by Sydelle Pittas

 

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