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November, 2004 - Table
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COVER STORY
NETC's Maine Attraction:
2004 Convention to Be Held in Portland (ME) by T.J. Fitzgerald |
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Professional
Theatre:
 | New Repertory Theatre on Tour with Cyrano by Shirley Esthimer (MA) |
| Barrington Stage Company's Spelling Bee Advances to Next Round (MA) |
| Weston Playhouse Announces 5th Annual London Theatre Tour (VT) |
| Sonia Flew Inaugurates Boston's Newest Theatre (MA) |
| First World Insurrection: A Post-Election Ruckus Played Out November 4
thru 21 (MA) |
| North Shore Music Theatre Presents Elton John & Tim Rice's AIDA (MA) |
| Improv Asylum Presents Martha Stewart & Saddam Hussein Prison Duet Highlight
(MA) |
| Square One Theatre Celebrates Its 15th Anniversary With World Premiere (CT) |
| The Actor's Success: Bold Choices Aren't Just Reserved for the Stage by Robin
Jones |
| Stoneham Theatre Stages The Violet Hour (MA) |
| SpeakEasy Launches a New Theatre and a New Season with a Sondheim Classic (MA) |
| Ears on a Beatle: Eavesdropping on John Lennon - Boston Premiere
Inspired by Actual FBI Surveillance (MA) |
| Broadway Today: Nancy Opel by Jim DeBlasi of The Cue |
| Teaching Passion in Stamford Theatre Works' The Music Lesson (CT) |
| Vivere Productions Announces Brave Smiles... Another Lesbian Tragedy by The
Five Lesbian Brothers (NY) |
| Of Openings & Auditions by Joanne Greco Rochman |
Colleges/Universities/Schools/Training
| Accepting Bookings: UNH Theatre on Tour with And Then They Came for Me
(NH) |
| Making It On Broadway: What Really Happens on the Stage & in the
Personal Lives of Broadway Actors - Book pReview by R.J. Nickerson |
| Yale Rep Presents The Intelligent Design of Jenny Chow, An Instant Message
with Excitable Music (CT) |
Community Theatre
| ACAT Presents Searing Adult Drama (ME) |
| Hovey Players Present Scotland Road (MA) |
| The Community Players Open 84th Season with Anything Goes (RI) |
| Vokes Players Have Gone Batty! (MA) |
| Saugus Presents The Music Man (MA) |
| Footlighters Present The Laramie Project (MA) |
| Anything Goes at the Majestic Theatre (NH) |
| Worcester County Light Opera Co. Presents the Central Mass. Premiere of Jean
Sherpherd's A Christmas Story (MA) |
| Celia Couture Takes on Sondheim's Sunday in the Park... by Dorothy Schecter (MA) |
| Burlington Players Present The Memory of Water (MA) |
| Salem Theatre to Hold Second Season Celebration (MA) |
| Top Director Team for Little Theatre of Manchester's Jekyll & Hyde
(CT) |
| Rocky Horror Comes to Jamaica Plain (MA) |
| Cast Chosen for Algonkuin's First Show of 2004-2005 (MA) |
| Your Theatre Casts The Trip to Bountiful (MA) |
| Bay Colony Productions Double Casts Annie (MA) |
Children's/Youth/Family Theatre
| Johnson Hall Presents Center Stage Series (ME) |
| Chamber Repertory Theatre Continues 28th Season with Three Productions (MA) |
| Oddfellows Playhouse Presents All's Well That Ends Well (CT) |
| Franklin Performing Arts Continues 2004-2005 Season (MA) |
| Pinocchio at the Palace (NH) |
| Kids Coop Theatre Presents Footloose (NH) |
Film/Video/Tech
| Screen Reels: Dvid O. Russell, Jason Schwartzman, Brad Anderson, John Travolta,
Joaquin Phoenix, Jacinda Barrett, Morris Chestnut, Kevin Chapman & Jay Russell by
Cecille Markell |
| Increased Global Visibility for 2004 Boston Jewish Film Festival (MA) |
| Legendary Jazz Bassist Documentary to be Screened at Fairfield University (CT) |
| The Ultimate Film Festival Survival Guide Book pReview by George
Marshall |
Music
| Boston Conservatory Orchestra Performs Mendelssohn, Haydn & ore (MA) |
| CabaretFest Comes to Hyde Park (MA) |
| Chiaroscuro Concert of Yale Schola Cantorum (CT) |
| If I Loved You: CD Release Party for Will McMillan & Bobbi Carrey
(MA) |
| Cape Symphony Orchestra Celebrates Maestro Royston Nash's
25th Anniversary as Conductor by Maureen Condon |
| An Evening with Myanna & Special Guest Bernard "Pretty" Purdie at
Scullers (MA) |
| Navy Jazz Band to Offer Free Concert (NH) |
| Greg Brown Returns to Somerville (MA) |
| The Del McCoury Band (with opener King Wilkie) Plays the Flynn Center November 19
(VT) |
| The Boston Conservatory Women's Chorus Performs Britten Works (MA) |
| World Music Presents the Boston Debut of Jane Birkin (MA) |
| Raucous British Band The Tiger Lillies Takes the Quick Center Stage (CT) |
| Passim School of Music November Workshops (MA) |
| Pasternack & Street Headline Boston Classical Orchestra Concerts (MA) |
| Violist Dutton to Solo with Westchester Chamber Orchestra (NY) |
| Masterworks Chorale Opens 2004-2005 (MA) |
| The Wayfaring Strangers & Tracy Bonham, Plus Dan Zanes & Friends at
Somerville Theatre (MA) |
| Words for the Soul: The VMAs: A Reflection of Pop Music by M. William Phelps |
| Holiday Happenings at the Rochester Opera House (NH) |
| National Lyric Opera to Perform Puccini's Tosca in Woodstock (CT) |
| Tommy Byrnes Releases Alehouse Insurrections (MA) |
Dance
| Dancer/Choreographer Janis Brenner in 3-Day Residence at Boston University (MA) |
| N.A.S.A. Grant Awarded to Dancer Alia Thabit (VT) |
| Be Up Close to the Magic in Jose Mateo's Ballet Theatre's The Nutcracker
(MA) |
| Lord of the Dance Returns to New England (MA & RI) |
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Reviewed In This Issue
| Fiddler on the Roof (Minskoff Theatre, NYC) |
| Gem of the Ocean (Huntington Theatre Co, Boston) |
| Swing! (North Shore Music Theatre, Beverly, MA) |
| Out on the Edge Festival (Theater Offensive, Boston) |
| The Musical of Musicals - The Musical (York Theatre Company, NYC) |
| Don't Get Me Wrong (Acting on Principle Productions, The Producers Club,
NYC) |
| New York Musical Theatre Festival - Three Sistahs, The Woman Upstairs, Dreams
This Way, Like You Like It, The White Rose - (NYC) |
| Hoplite Diary (La MaMa E.T.C., NYC) |
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Monthly & Regular Features...
| NEED Theatre Listings |
| NEED Audition Listings |
| NEED Music Listings |
| NEED Dance Listings |
| Opportunity Knocks |
| Quick Takes by Jules Becker |
| Broadway Today by Jim DeBlasi |
| Behind the Scenes by Chuckie Finn |
| Two on the Aisle by Shirley Esthimer |
| Theatre Matters - Connecticut Style by Joanne Greco Rochman |
| Screen Reels by Cecille Markell |
| Jump Cut by George T. Marshall |
| Words for the Soul by M. William Phelps |
| Protecting Your Good Ideas by Sydelle Pittas |
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