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November 2000 - Table of Contents & Preview

COVER STORY
Dimming the Lights for a Dear Friend

Professional Theatre:
bulletGoodspeed Musicals Rediscovers Cole Porter's Red, Hot & Blue (CT)
bulletNext Up in Seacoast Repertory Theatre's 14th Season (NH)
bulletThe Fabulous '50s Rock & Roll at PPAC (RI)
bulletHedda Gabler at the Huntington (MA)
bulletBen Vereen to Perform for The Annual Price Center Fundraiser (MA)
bulletMacbeth Opens Hartford Season (CT)
bulletClassic American Musicals at Westchester (NY)
bulletSuperstar is Back at BRO by Popular Demand (MA)
bulletBringing Politics Into Play by Steve Capra (NY)
bulletSally Ann Howes to Play in Dear World (CT)
bulletBroadway Actress to Star in Prides Crossing (VT)
bulletSugan Presents Boston Premiere (MA)
bulletShubert Theatre Announces Dates for Kiss Me, Kate (CT)
bulletPerishable is Bringing Up Baby (RI)
bulletLong Wharf Theatre Opens Stage II with World Premiere (CT)
bulletGerald Charles Dickens Returns in Great-Great Grandfather's Holiday Classic (MA)
bulletBrian Dennehy & Elizabeth Franz Come to Boston in Miller Classic (MA)
bulletNETC Convention: Bigger and Better (CT)
bulletReady, Aim...Annie Get Your Gun (MA)

Colleges/Universities/Schools

bulletBrandeis University Theater Department Presents Major Barbara on the Mainstage (MA)
bulletTufts Presents Merry Wives & Wives to Fear (MA)
bulletBridgewater State College Kicks Off Theatre Season with a Musical French Farce (MA)
bulletRollicking Kiss Me, Kate at Eastern Nazarene College by Beverly Creasey (MA)
bulletPontine Movement Theatre Presents The Country of the Pointed Firs at USM (ME)
bulletYale Rep Presents World Premiere (CT)
bulletEmerson Stage Presents Noises Off (MA)

Community Theatre

bulletMerrimack Enters Dark Passages (NH)
bulletAuditions Set for Miller Classic at YCP TheaterWorks (NY)
bulletGarrison Players Announces 2000-2001 Season (NH)
bulletThe Actorsingers are Dancing on Rooftops (NH)
bulletHarlequin Presents More of Loesser (NY)
bulletIrvington Town Hall Theater Presents My Fair Lady (NY)
bulletMedway Players Go Animal Crackers (MA)
bulletDo Not Disturb The Sunset Players (MA)
bulletThe Concord Players Present Private Eyes (MA)
bulletNashua Theatre Guild to Present Classic Comedy (NH)
bulletThe Community Players Open 80th Season with Oliver! (RI)
bulletComedy Set to Open Clockwork Repertory Season (CT)
bulletBurlington Players Produce The Diary of Anne Frank (MA)
bulletNew England Regional Theatre Festival'2000 (NERF Awards)
bulletMarblehead SummerStage Celebrates 10th Anniversary London Tour (MA)

Children's/Youth/Family Theatre

bulletFamily Arts Center Student to Perform in Annie (NY)
bulletEmerson Stage Presents Bunnicula (MA)
bulletTwenty Years of Magic Continues with Hello, Dolly! at Wheelock Family Theatre (MA)
bulletLooking Glass Theatre Makes a Big Move (RI)
bulletYorktown Stage Presents Annie (NY)
bulletThe Bendheim Presents Light Up the World with Love, with David Grover & the Big Bear Band (NY)
bulletSRT's Youth Production of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (NH)
bulletWANTED: Talented Young Artists to Design an Inspiring Logo for the Providence Performing Arts Center's Arts Scholarship 2001 Program (RI)

Film/Video/Tech

bulletMagic-Lantern Troupe's Schedule Features Lincoln Center (CT)
bulletCall for Entries to the 5th Annual Providence/Rhode Island International Film Festival: August 6-13, 2001 (RI)
bulletBasic Black Launches 32nd Season (MA)
bulletItalian Film Festival at Rhode Island College, November 9-28 (RI)
bulletThe American Premiere of Requiem Pour Srebrenica: November 2, 3 & 4 at C. Walsh Theatre (MA)
bulletGAM Film/FX
bulletThe 12th Annual Boston Jewish Film Festival Offers Penetrating Look at Topical Issues (MA)

Music

bulletChorus of Westerly Announces 2000-2001 Season (RI)
bulletNew Singers! New Songs! New Songwriters! at CCAE (MA)
bulletElijah Wald Celebrates Release Josh White: Society Blues (MA)
bullet"String Day" at USM with Artist-in-Residence, Conductor & Cellist, Christian Benda (ME)
bulletChorus Pro Musica Ranges from a Capella to Grand Opera (MA)
bulletVirginia Eskin at Library Concert in Fitchburg (MA)
bulletATOS Convention at Zeiterion (MA)
bullet'So Kaye with John O'Neil at Cambridge Center for Adult Education (MA)
bulletGreg Brown Returns with New CD & a Debut Book (MA)
bulletOddfellows Playhouse Presents Sirius Coyote (CT)
bulletOpera New England Presents Il Trovatore (CT)
bulletMusic in Deerfield Announces 22nd Season (MA)
bulletArthur Lipner & His "World Jazz Group" to Play Rich Forum for One Night Only (CT)
bulletWihan Quartet Presents Music at Amherst (MA)
bulletPlymouth Philharmonic to Benefit from OperaFest Performance (MA)
bulletCD Review: American Romance by Jeff Cabral
bulletThe Robinson & Cole Family Series Presents Kevin Roth: In Concert (CT)
bulletMuseum Concerts Opens 34th Seson (RI)
bulletMundo Salsa Party!  The Tito Puente Latin Jazz Orchestra with Special Guest, Dave Valentin (RI)
bulletCoby Brown Group Gets "Homesick" (MA)

Dance

bulletBeginnings and Endings: 3 Rhode Island Premieres for the Millenium (RI)
bulletState Ballet of Rhode Island Prepares for Annual Coppelia (RI)
bulletIsland Moving Co. Participates in Enchanted Evening (RI)
bulletChoreographers Group Features World Premiere Works of Five Leading New England Choreographers (MA)
bulletMaina Gielgun Named Boston Ballet Artistic Director (MA)

People/Announcements

bulletMCC Distributes $16.2 Million for Arts, Humanities & Interpretive Sciences (MA)
bulletAcorn School for the Performing Arts Announces Contest for Maine Playwrights (ME)
bulletNew Owners, New Name at Bedford Hills Arts Center (NY)
bulletBerkshire Choral Festival Names Managing Director (MA)
bulletPPAC Unveils Its Updated Website: www.ppacri.org (RI)
bulletBoston Philharmonic Announces New England Conservatory Conducting Senior James Gaffigan Named 2000-2001 Zander Fellow (MA)
bulletAIDS Quilt 2000/Memorial Quilt Display (CT)
bulletBrockton Symphony Hires New Executive Director (MA)

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