Professional
Theatre:
 | Broadway Smash Musical RENT Kicks Off 2002-2003 Flynn MainStage Series
(VT) |
| Stoneham Theatre Announces 2002-2003 Season (MA) |
| Goodspeed Cooks Up The Baker's Wife for the Norma Terris Theatre (CT) |
| Polka Dot Playhouse Announces New Season & Management Team (CT) |
| Good Theater at St. Lawrence Arts Center (ME) |
| West Side Story Opens Citizens Bank Broadway Series at Providence
Performing Arts Center (RI) |
| Bridge Theatre Company Presents Rarely Staged Doctor Faustus (MA) |
| Hartford Stage Announces 2002-2003 Season (CT) |
| Westchester Broadway's "Habit Forming" (NY) |
| Cirque du Soleil Extends QUIDAM (MA) |
| North Shore Music Theatre Announces Deborah Gibson...and All That Jazz (MA) |
| The Pearl Theatre Company Announces 2002-2003 Season (NY) |
| The Publick Theatre Completes 32nd Season with an All-Star Hamlet (MA) |
| New England Premiere of Dirty Blonde at Lyric Stage Company of Boston
(MA) |
| Rochelle Fabb Returns to Mobius (MA) |
| Perishable Theatre Celebrates Two Decades (RI) |
| 18th Annual Three Apples Storytelling Festival in Harvard (MA) |
| Dropkick Bandito at ImprovBoston (MA) |
| American Repertory Theatre (A.R.T.) Presents Hartford Stage Production of Tea
at Five with Kate Mulgrew (MA) |
| Mamma Mia! Walks Down the Aisle at The Bushnell (CT) |
| Calling All Knights & Maidens to the Rochester Opera House for 1st Annual
Renaissance Festival (NH) |
| Two Lights Theatre Ensemble Premieres La Promise (ME) |
| NSMT Presents New England Premiere of Melissa Manchester's I Sent a Letter to
My Love (MA) |
| Polka Dot Playhouse Announces Auditions for Arsenic and Old Lace (CT) |
Colleges/Universities/Schools
| Connecticut Repertory Theatre Announces 2002-2003 Season (CT) |
| Fairfield's Quick Center for the Arts Announces its 13th Season (CT) |
Community Theatre
| Miss Reardon's Running at Maskers (ME) |
| Hovey Players Premieres Fuddy Meers (MA) |
| Laughter on the 23rd Floor in Burlington (MA) |
| New England Community Theatre Groups to Perform in Regional Festival (NH) |
| Hole in the Wall Theatre Announces 2002-2003 Season (CT) |
| Arlington Friends of the Drama Auditions for The World Goes 'Round - The
Songs of Kander and Ebb (MA) |
Children's/Youth/Family Theatre
| Westfield Theatre Group Presents Lemon Pie Hoedown (MA) |
| Fairfield's Quick Center Announces 2002-2003 Programs for Young Audiences (CT) |
| Providence Performing Arts Announces City Children's Series with Spider-Man,
Sesame Street, Blues Clues Live! and More (RI) |
Film/Video/Tech
| Screen Reels: Margaret Cho & Steve "Crocodile Hunter" Irwin by
Cecille Markell |
| Cut...Print: All Film Politics is Local 25: Massachusetts' Troubled Relationship
with the Teamsters by Angel Connell |
| Signs: Don't Bother by Jonathan Bloom |
Music
| Hispanic Heritage Celebration to Feature Plena Libre from Puerto Rico (CT) |
| Westchester Chamber Orchestra Announces Sixth Season, Featuring Additional
Concert (NY) |
| CONCORA: Connecticut's Premier Professional Choir Announces 29th Season (CT) |
| Shirley Horn, Gato Barbiere & the Persuasions on Tap for Cambridge
CityMusicFest (MA) |
| Boston Classical Orchestra Announces its 23rd Season at Faneuil Hall (MA) |
| Boston Virtuosi Announces 2002-2003 Season (MA) |
| The Chorus of Westerly Announces Adult Auditions (RI) |
| Will McMillan & Doug Hammer Host Benefit for the American Friedns Service
Committee (MA) |
| Words for the Soul: Former Replacements Lead Singer/Songwriter, Paul Westerberg,
'Learns to Crawl' by M. William Phelps |
| Opening of Always...Patsy Cline at Stoneham Theatre Coincides with Singer's 70th
Birthday (MA) |
| Cape Symphony Orchestra Hosts British Royal Choral Society: Launches Season with
Elgar's "Dream of Gerontius" (MA) |
Dance
| Open for Dancing Newport Festival of Site Specific Dancing (RI) |
| Bushnell Stage to Kick Off 2002-2003 Phoenix Broadway Series: International
Phenomenon Brings High Octane Celtic Dance to Harford Audiences (CT |
| Boston Ballet Announces Dancers & Artistic Staff for 2002-2003 Season (MA) |
People/Announcements
| The New Criticism: Humor by Larry Tritten |
| State Arts Council's Annual Arts-in-Education Conference Set for September (NH) |
| Connecticut Repertory Theatre Receives Five 2002 Connecticut Critics Circle Award
Nominations (CT) |
| All Children's Theatre Hosts Playwriting Competition (RI) |
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Reviewed In This Issue
| The Fantasticks (Ubiquity Stage, Boston) |
| Speaking Well of the Dead & The
Crazy Girl (Gloucester Stage Company, Gloucester, MA) |
| The Blue Room (Harvard-Radcliffe Summer
Theatre, Cambridge, MA) |
| PAN (Company One, Boston) |
| The Wizard of Oz (North Shore Music
Theatre, Beverly, MA) |
| Jump Rope (Next Stages, Boston) |
| The Goat or Who is Sylvia? (Golden Theatre,
NYC) |
| QUIDAM (Cirque du Soleil, Boston) |
| Singin' in the Rain (Reagle Players,
Waltham, MA) |
| Twelfth Night (Shakespeare in the Park,
NYC) |
| The Courtship of Maurice B. Friedman at
Mansfield Music & Arts Society (Mansfield, MA) |
| The Stuff of Dreams - Behind the Scenes of an
American Community Theatre (Leah Hager Cohen, Viking Press) |
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 |
| AppleSource by Gary Stevens |
| Screen Reels by Cecille Markell |
| Words for the Soul by M. WIlliam Phelps |
| Theatre Clips by Marc Smith |
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