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November, 2005 - Table of Contents & Preview
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COVER STORY
No Monkeying Around When It COmes to Improv
by Joanne Greco Rochman

Professional Theatre:
bulletQueen's Co. Presents Shakespeare's Shrew (NY)
bulletSouvenir Preview to Benefit Berkshire Theatre Festival (MA)
bulletGoodspeed Presents Abyssinia (CT)
bulletAYTB Theatre Announces World PRemire Inaugural Season OPener (MA)
bullet1st Annual NH Renaissance Fair & Samhain Celebration (NH)
bulletNew Play Scripts Now Accepted for Yellow Taxi's March Festival (NH)
bulletDanbury Hospital Living Well Series at The Ridgefield Playhouse (CT)
bulletSquare One Theatre Celebrates 16th Anniversary Season (CT)
bulletREBELS 1775 at the New England Theatre Conference (MA)
bulletA.R.T. & World Music/CRASHarts Announces New Partnership at Zero Arrow Theatre (MA)
bulletSunshine Pop - Tales From the Boyce & Hart Music Machine: A Music in Two Acts from K&K Productions (MA)
bulletWhat Happened in Boston, Larry? by Larry Stark
bulletMichael J. Tobin Stars in A Christmas Carol (NH)
bulletBroadway Today: Sarah Uriarte Berry by Jim DeBlasi
bulletJamie McGonnigal & the City by T.J. Fitzgerald
bulletBack Stage Presents 14th Annual ACTORFEST (NY)
bulletActing FAQ: Do I Need an Agent or a Manager? by Bob Fraser
bulletShakespeare & Co. Hosts Fall Festival of Shakespeare (MA)
bulletNew England Theatre Conference 54th Annual Convention Announces Programming & Award Winners (MA)
bulletC.O.D. Improv to Benefit MusiCares Hurricane Relief Fund (CT)

Colleges/Universities/Schools/Training

bulletProvidence College Presents The Tempest (RI)
bulletMusic Theatre of Connecticut Offers Master Classes (CT)
bulletUNH Theatre & Dance Continues 2005-2006 Season (NH)
bullet7 Steps to Writing Irresistible Media Announces by Dawn Josephson

Community Theatre

bulletWellesley Players Presents To Kill a Mockingbird (MA)
bulletAuditions Announced for Iphigenia in Aulis (MA)
bulletEMACT Festival 2006: Putting Community Back Into Community Theatre (MA)
bulletMilford Area Players Takes The Ride Down Mt. Morgan (NH)
bulletVillage Theatre Announces Season (MA)
bulletPlay by Players Presents Steel Magnolias (MA)
bulletNETC Hosts Community Theatre Forum (MA)
bulletRobin Richard Directs Mixed Doubles at Your Theatre (MA)
bulletFiendishly Funny Comedy Opens in Burlington (MA)
bulletMarvin's Room Opens Winchester's 75th Season (MA)
bulletActorsingers Present 42nd Street (NH)

Children's/Youth/Family Theatre

bulletCircus Smirkus Suspends Operations: Launches Emergency Fundraising Campaign (VT)
bulletGold in the Bones at Oddfellows Playhouse (CT)
bulletBoston Children's Theatre: New Season, New Venue, New Programs (MA)
bulletBenjamin Franklin & a Little Wooden Boy at The Ridgefield Playhouse (CT)
bulletPeacock Players Invite You to Narnia (NH)
bulletProvidence Performing Arts Center Hosts Limited Premiere of The Lion King (RI)
bulletPublic Theatre Continues 2005-2006 Student Matinee Series (ME)
bulletNo Strings Marionettes Present Jack & The Beanstalk at Playhouse on the Green (CT)

Film/Video/Tech

bulletScreen Reels: Niki Caro, David Cronenberg, Mike Mills and Jane Anderson by Cecille Markell
bulletAction/Cut Seminar Comes to Providence: A Q&A with Director/Writer/ Producer Guy Magar (RI)
bulletNew Vitality in Films & Events Attract Younger Audiences to Boston Jewish Film Festival (MA)
bullet20th Annual Halloween Concert Features Phantom of the Opera (ME)
bulletMaine Jewish Film Festival Announces Major Expansion for 2006 (ME)
bullet7th Annual Magners Irish Film Festival Hits Screens This Month (MA)

Music

bulletBlessid Union of Souls to Play Ridgefield Playhouse (CT)
bulletLark Quartet to Honor Jean D. London (NH)
bulletChristmas with Cornils Tickets on Sale (ME)
bulletOpera Providence Announces 2005-2006 Season (RI)
bulletChamber Music PLUS Announces 2005-2006 Season Schedule (CT)
bulletBoston Cecilia Opens 130th Season With East Coast Premiere (MA)
bulletStamford Center for the Arts Presents Roberta Flack (CT)
bulletIn Good Company: New Show to Debut at Scullers Jazz Club (MA)
bulletSongwriting from the Center Workshop with Bob Franke (MA)
bulletDelirious, Demented & Delicious Cabaret from the Tiger Lillies at FlynnSpace (VT)
bulletLinda Eder: A Tribute to Judy Garland (MA)
bulletA Myriad of Music at Rochester Opera House (NH)
bulletBoston Cabaret Festival to Benefit Hunger Relief (MA)
bulletChristmas with Aaron Neville Quintet at Berklee (MA)
bulletMayfield Celebrates New Orleans with Free Performance (NH)
bulletSilence from the Big Easy by Jeff Hutton
bulletSteve Tyrell at Berklee (MA)
bulletDominique Eade Quartet Plays The Real Deal (MA)
bulletGreg Piccolo with Heavy Juice at Turning Point (NY)
bulletAnn Rabson Gets the Blues at Satalia (NY)

Dance

bulletState Ballet of Rhode Island Presents Annual Coppelia (RI)
bulletBC Dance Theater Presents A Tribute to Murray Louis (MA & NY)
bulletKelley Donovan & Dancers Present Visceral Threads (MA)
bulletA Holiday Tradition Continues: Annual Holiday Nutcracker to be Performed at The Palace Theatre (NH)

Miscellaneous

bulletState Art Council's Free November Grant Information Sessions (NH)
bulletProtecting Your Good Ideas: War of the Words by Sydelle Pittas

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Reviewed In This Issue

bulletThe Buddha Prince (TigerLion Works, NYC)
bulletThe Red Beads (Mabou Mines, NYC)
bulletCavalia: A Magical Encounter Between Horse and Man (Suffolk Downs, Boston)
bulletThe Educated (A&P plus D Theatre Co., Boston Playwrights' Theatre)
bulletHairspray (The Opera House, Boston)
bulletThe Breadwinner (Merrimack Repertory Theatre w/Keen Co., Lowell)
bulletAbyssinia (North Shore Music Theatre ath the Shubert, Boston)
bulletLong Day's Journey Into Night (Gloucester Stage)
bulletLennon (Broadhurst Theatre, NYC)
bulletCamelot (North Shore Music Theatre at the Shubert, Boston)
bulletRomeo and Juliet (New Repertory Theatre, Watertown)
bulletOver the River and Through the Woods (Bradley Playhouse, Putnam, CT)

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
bulletProtecting Your Good Ideas by Sydelle Pittas
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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