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October, 2005 - Table of Contents & Preview
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COVER STORY
The Bethel Film Festival Has Big Plans: Inaugural Year of Fest Promises Excitement & Top-Notch Programming
by George T. Marshall

Professional Theatre:
bulletTennessee Williams' Rarely Seen Suddenly Last Summer in the Dowling Theatre: The Mystery of Edwin Drood at  Trinity's Chase Theatre (RI)
bulletAcorn Productions Announces Open Calls for Performers and Writers (ME)
bulletTurbo Charge Your Career: Write & Produce Your Own Stage Play
bulletTheater Offensive Presents Out on the Edge (MA)
bulletSame Time, Next Year at M&M (NY)
bulletNorth Shore Music Theatre Presents Lerner & Loewe's Camelot at Boston's Shubert Theatre (MA)
bulletThe Sunshine Boys to Launch Theater Project's 9th Season (MA)
bulletSubscriptions on Sale for The Public THeatre's 2005-2006 Season (ME)
bulletEpstein Opens Actors' Shakespeare Project's Second Season as Lear (MA)
bulletWhat Happened in Boston, Larry? by Larry Stark
bulletBroadway Today: Kelli O'Hara by Jim DeBlasi
bulletStamford Theatre Works Announces 2005-06 Season (CT)
bulletStar-Studded Line-Up to Headline Berkshire Theatre Festival's 77th Annual Benefit (MA)
bulletUrinetown Kicks Off Lyric Stage Season (MA)
bulletActing FAQ: 7 Acting Myths by Bob Fraser
bulletBoston Theatre Works Presents Its First Musical, Two New England Premieres & Brings Jonathan Epstein Back to Town (MA)
bulletThe Leddy Center Opens Fall Season (NH)
bulletReagle Strikes Gold in Berlin Tune Trunk (MA)
bulletThe Bass Saxophone: A WWII Fantasy Based on a STory by Josef Skvorecky (NY)
bulletThe Shape of Things at TheatreWorks (CT)
bulletLong Wharf Presents A Midsummer Night's Dream (CT)
bulletTrinity Rep Holds Children's Auditions for A Christmas Carol (RI)

Colleges/Universities/Schools/Training

bulletYale Rep Adds Brundibar & Comedy on the Bridge to Season (CT)
bulletBravo's 2005 Emmy-Nominated Inside the Actors Studio Finds New Home at Pace (NY)
bulletYale School of Drama Announces The Carlotta Festival of New Plays (CT)
bulletAcorn Productions Resumes Acting Classes (ME)
bulletThe Cost of Finding a Job in Show Biz by Deborah Paulino

Community Theatre

bulletComedy Show to Star Annie Hart Cool (MA)
bulletFourth Row Theatre Company Offers Durang Shorts for Fall Production (CT)
bulletActing Company of Greenwich Presents Picasso at the Lapin Agile (CT)
bulletLincoln County Community Theater Announces 30th Season (ME)
bulletHarvard Community Theatre Presents Karen Luschar for One Performance Only (MA)
bulletThe Concord Players Present Wilde Classic (MA)
bulletQuality Community Theatre on Boston's North Shore: Quannapowitt Players Opens Season with Cole Porter Musical (MA)
bulletV-Day Spirit Comes Early to Holliston's Washington Street Players by Lynna Pallas Henderson & Lorri Alexander
bulletOpen Auditions for The Nutcracker and 'Tis the Season (MA)

Children's/Youth/Family Theatre

bulletFamily Friendly Entertainment: K&K Productions Presents a Play for Young Persons, Grades 6 & Up (MA)
bulletFairfield Quick Center Announces 2005-06 Young Audiences Programs (CT)
bulletPalace Youth Presents Les Miserables School Edition (NH)
bulletAn All-New, "Incredible" Disney On Ice Show Hits the Road with an Original Story: Disney Presents Pixar's The Incredibles (NY & MA)
bulletChamber Repertory Thetare Celebrates 29th Season (MA)

Film/Video/Tech

bulletScreen Reels: Peter Falk, Paul Reiser, Phil Morrison & Amy Adams by Cecille Markell
bulletSloss to Receive Inaugural Trailblazer Award at 2005 Woodstock Film Festival (NY)
bulletRhode Island International Film Festival Announces 2005 Awards (RI)
bulletBoston Premiere: The Phantom of the Opear with Live Music (MA)
bulletNews from The Global Entertainment & Media Summit (CT)
bulletDorchester Open Studios Planned: Visual Art, a Film Premiere, Music, Theater & Comedy (MA)
bulletGhoulish Fun at the 4th Annual Rhode Island International Horror Fest (RI)
bulletEmptyhouse Film/Motion Media Finish MUD, a Feature Length Film (ME)
bulletRIIFF Announces 2005 Screenplay Winners (RI)
bulletWeston Playhouse Announces Guest Speakers in "Movie Tuesdays" (CT)
bulletMaine Music Wanted for Documentary with a Worthy Cause (ME)

Music

bulletShivaree Performs in MASS MoCA's Club B-10 Alternative Cabaret Series (MA)
bulletMaking Music Visible: Symphonic Eurythmy Tour Brings Unique Art Form to Portland (ME)
bulletClose Encounters With Music Announces 2005-2006 Season (MA)
bulletBrides, Bells & Bull Mastiffs at Cambridge Center for Adult Education (MA)
bulletRhode Island Philharmonic 2005-2006 Season Includes Classical, Rush Hour & Pops Series (RI)
bulletChoral Arts Society Announces 2005-2006 Performance Season (ME)
bulletProvidence Performing Arts Center Continues Wurlitzer Organ Concerts (RI)
bulletGalaid & Zschau at The Regent (MA)
bulletRochester Opera House Announces 2005-2006 Season (NH)
bulletWomen's KISS Brings New Variety to Provincetown's Women's Week Shows (MA)
bulletMaster Fiddler Fraser at Waldo (ME)
bulletExsultemus Announces 2005-2006 Season (MA0
bulletBoston Early Music Festival Celebrates National Italian Heritage Month (MA)
bulletAndover Chamber Music Society Continues 2005-2006 Season (MA)
bulletNashua Symphony Announces the Season's Treasures Concert Series (NH)
bulletWorld Music Presents Boston Debut of Portuguese Fado Star Dulce Pontes (MA)
bullet'The Kid' from Fargo by Jeff Hutton
bulletMusic School Creates New String Orchestras (NH)
bulletAn Evening with TRIO! at Symphony Hall (MA)

Dance

bulletBank of America Celebrity Series & CRASHarts Present Tony Award-Winning Tap Sensation Savion Glover (MA)
bulletDance Prism Presents Cinderella (MA)
bulletWorld Music Presents The Whirling Dervishes of Istanbul at Sanders Theatre (MA)
bulletMiddle Eastern Drum & Dance Fest with Raquy & the Caveman at Blackstone River Theatre (RI)
bulletFall FirstWorksProv Festival Provides a Different Road to Entertainment (RI)
bulletBarbados, Africa, Ireland, Portugal, The Philippines, Israel, Asia, Greece, India, U.S.A. & Others Highlight Free Family-Geared International Cultural Festival (MA)
bullet5 Streams Music/Theater/Dance Piece at MASS MoCA (MA)

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Reviewed In This Issue

bulletDedication or the Stuff of Dreams (Primary Stages, 59E59, NYC)
bulletJoy (Actor's Playhouse, NYC)
bulletFiddler on the ROof (Minskoff Theatre, NYC)
bulletCarmen (American Repertory Theatre, Cambridge)
bulletThe NY International Fringe Festival (NYC)
bulletThe Actor's Menu: An Acting Workshop Based on a Unique Culinary/Pastiche Approach
bulletMother Courage and Her Children (Jean Cocteau Rep, NYC)

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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