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May, 2007 - Table of
Contents & Preview
The below list is not linked. It is only
the Table of Contents for our print version.
If you'd like to read the stories, request a print copy of NEED!
COVER STORY
The Unsinkable Barbara
Brilliant
by Betty B. Levin |

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Professional
Theatre:
 | Persephone Continues at The Huntington (MA) |
 | River Rep to Open at Chester Meeting House (CT) |
 | Linda Hamilton to Play Nurse Ratched in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
(MA) |
 | Chita Rivera Tours in Career-Spanning Musical (MA, RI) |
 | Hairspray Returns to Providence Performing Arts Center (RI) |
 | New Haven Theater Company Premieres The Funny Stages (CT) |
 | Boston Theater Awarded in IRNEst by Jules Becker |
 | World Premiere of An Octopus Love Story at Center Stage (NY) |
 | Broadway Today: Jason Kravitz by Jim DeBlasi of The Cue |
 | Acting FAQ: Are You Talented by Bob Fraser |
 | Behind the Scenes: Officially Terminated by Chuckie Finn |
 | Naked Shakespeare Continues Monthly Evenings of Sonnets & Soliloquies (ME) |
 | A Cast of 22 Makes a Splash in Goodspeed's Singing' In The Rain (CT) |
 | Intentional Theatre Presents One-Acts (CT) |
 | Brighton Beach Memoirs at TheatreWorks New Milford (CT) |
 | Who Could Ask for Anything More?... NSMT Goes Crazy for You
(MA) |
 | Step Into The Clean House at Trinity Rep (RI) |
 | New One-Woman Show by Leslie Harrell Dillen (MA) |
 | A Critic's Notebook by Steve Capra |
 | Theater Offensive Presents World Premiere Musical: Surviving the Nian (MA) |
Colleges/Universities/Schools/Training
 | May Highlights at The Hartt School (CT) |
 | NACL Offers Performer Training Retreat (NY) |
 | Boston Conservatory Theater Department Presents Senior Showcase (MA, NY) |
Community Theatre
 | Life Imitates Art & Visa Versa in Tom Stoppard Mystery at Suffield Players
(CT) |
 | Bette & Boo at Theatre Company of Saugus (MA) |
 | Love, Cole Encore on Mother's Day (MA) |
 | Acme Announces Change in Season (MA) |
 | Acting Company of Greenwich is Broadway Bound (CT) |
 | Paris is Sizzling: Hole in the Wall Theater Presents Moliere's Tartuffe
(CT) |
 | Six Cast in Your Theatre's Season Finale (MA) |
Children's/Youth/Family Theatre
 | EPAC KIds' Theater Workshop Presents Disney's High School Musical (NY) |
 | Hartford Children's Theatre Presents And Then They Came for Me... Remembering
the World of Anne Frank (CT) |
 | SummerStage 2007 Presents Disney's High School Musical (MA) |
 | Summer Workshop Offers Professional Instruction at Ridgefield Playhouse (CT) |
 | Frog & Toad Visit Boston Children's Theatre (MA) |
 | Jamie-Lynn Sigler Teaches at Important Lesson (CT) |
 | Calliope's on the Straight and Narrow (MA) |
Film/Video/Tech
 | Screen Reels: Edgar Wright, Simon, Pegg, Nick Frost, Gregg Kavet, Andy Robin,
Aaron Stanford & Paul Schneider by Cecille Markell |
 | Rhode Island International Film Festival Offers Seasonal Staff Opportunities (RI) |
 | Local Filmmaker Hears "It's All Good, Man!" |
 | Radio/TV Hall of Fame Show at Buckley PAC (MA) |
 | Winchester Native Returns Home to Teach Screenwriting (MA) |
Music
 | Boston Pops Announces 2007: Keith Lockhart Opens with Ben Folds (MA) |
 | Visit New Orleans at The Music Hall (NH) |
 | Favorites Make Return Stops to Ridgefield (CT) |
 | Grammy-nominated BEMF Premieres Newly-reconstructed Work by Pergolesi (MA) |
 | Classic Theater, Classic Music & a True Classic at Rochester Opera House (NH) |
 | Bobbi Carrey Show Debut at Scullers (MA) |
 | George Jones University Opens Its Doors & Already Deserves Celebrity Status
by Maureen Condon |
 | Jackson Browne Plays Benefit Concert for L.A.C.E. (VT) |
 | PPAC Announces Spring 2007 Wonders of the Wurlitzer (RI) |
 | FirstWorksKids Brings the "Grateful Dead of Kids' Music" to Providence
(RI) |
 | Pilgrim Festival Chorus to Perform Haydn's "Creation" (MA) |
 | Once Upon a Nightclub by Steve Capra |
 | Plymouth Musical Competition Hosting Major Music Players During Benefit Concert
(MA) |
 | Buju Banton to Play Madison Square Garden (NY) |
 | Dates Announces for 2007 Dunkin' Donuts Newport Folk Festival & JVC Jazz
Festival-Newport (RI) |
 | James Blood Ulmer Plays Rich Forum (CT) |
Dance
 | Gielgud's Giselle at Boston Ballet (MA) |
 | Aerial Dance Showcases & More at UNH (NH) |
 | State Ballet of Rhode Island Hosts Fundraising Evening Under the Stars (RI) |
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Reviewed In This Issue
 | Talk Radio (Longacre Theatre, NYC) |
 | Curtains (Al Hirschfeld Theatre, NYC) |
 | Johnny Mathis: The Voice of Romance (Tour) |
 | Dinah Was (Merrmack Repertory Theatre, Lowell) |
 | Guys on Ice (Stoneham Theatre, Stoneham) |
 | The Seagull (Boris Eifman Ballet, Cutler Majestic Theatre, Boston) |
Monthly & Regular Features...
 | NEED Theatre Listings |
 | NEED Audition Listings |
 | NEED Music Listings |
 | NEED Dance Listings |
 | Opportunity Knocks |
 | Quick Takes by Jules Becker |
 | Acting FAQ by Bob Fraser |
 | Broadway Today by Jim DeBlasi |
 | Theatre Matters - Connecticut Style by Joanne Greco Rochman |
 | Screen Reels by Cecille Markell |
 | Jump Cut by George T. Marshall |
 | Sound Thinking: Conversations in Music by Jeff Hutton |
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