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September, 2006 - Table of Contents & Preview
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COVER STORY
The Stage is Life and Life's the Stage for Firefly Productions
by Katherine Quimby Johnson

Professional Theatre:
bullet2nd Story Theatre Unfolds 2006-2007 Season (RI)
bulletThe Pearl Announces 2006-2007 Season (NY)
bulletAYTB Presents The Moon Away (MA)
bulletTrinity Rep Hosts Stage Door Soiree! (RI)
bulletThe PPAC Announces Line-Up for 2006-2007 (RI)
bulletSouthern Comforts in a Sneak Preview at Ridgefield Playhouse (CT)
bulletA Common Vision for Peace by Jules Becker
bulletBroadway Today: Shannon Durig by Jim DeBlasi of The Cue
bulletActing FAQ: Are You Inspired by Bob Fraser
bulletSpelling Bee Comes Home for Boston Premiere (MA)
bulletComedian Brian Regan at Lowell Memorial Auditorium (MA)
bulletAcorn Seeks Artists for Annual Festivals (ME)
bulletBoston Theatre Works Presents Season of Premieres & Contemporary Shakespeare (MA)
bulletVillage Theatre Announces 2006-2007 Season (MA)
bulletAward-winning Monsters! the Musical Set for September Production in Boston (MA)
bulletBoston's Best Burlesque Celebrates Anniversary (MA)
bulletLove, Parisian Style, in the Spotlight at the Merry-Go-Round (NY)
bulletConnecticut Theatregoers Head to the Berkshires by Joanne Greco Rochman
bulletOut-Spoken Comedian & Emmy Award-nominee Kathy Griffin Plays Stamford's Palace (CT)
bulletWorld Premiere of Williams' Play to be Performed at 1st Annual Provincetown Festival (MA)
bulletNew Rep Opens Season with New England Premiere (MA)
bulletCompleat Female Stage Beauty at TheatreWorks (CT)
bulletWhen the Bottom Fell Out: Kevin Baldwin's Latest Sexual Farce (MA)
bulletAnthony Clark, Bill Burr, Bill Dana Added to Line-up of 7th Annual Boston Comedy Festival, Joining Lewis Black, Denis Leary & Eddie Brill (MA)
bulletStamford Theatre Works Announces 19th Season (CT)
bulletImprov Jones Continues to Keep Boston Laughing With Dime Store Novel (MA)
bulletYorktown Stage Auditioning A Christmas Carol (NY)
bulletAdult General Auditions at Trinity (RI)

Colleges/Universities/Schools/Training

bulletConnecticut College Announces 2006-07 onStage at Season (CT)
bulletYale Center for British Art & Yale School of Drama/Yale Repertory   Theatre Present A Conversation With Liev Schreiber (CT)

Community Theatre

bulletOpera House Players Present I Do! I Do! (CT)
bulletGreater Boston Community Theater by Judson Lee Pierce Released from Arcadia Publishing (MA)
bulletQuannapowitt Players Season Opens With Comic Thriller (MA)
bulletExit 7 Players Announces 2006-2007 Season (MA)
bulletObe-Winning Play Cast at Your Theatre (MA)
bulletUpcoming at Westfield Theatre Group (MA)
bulletConcord Stage Renovation Underway by Dorothy Schecter

Children's/Youth/Family Theatre

bulletMy Act Presents Twelfth Night (NH)

Film/Video/Tech

bulletScreen Reels: Oliver Stone, Nicolas Cage, Maria Bello, Michael Pena, Andrea Berloff, John A. Davis, Valerie Faris & Jonathan Dayton by Cecille Markell
bulletCicely Tyson Receives 2006 RIIFF Lifetime Achievement Award (RI)
bulletWoods Hole Film Festival Announces 15th Annual Winners
bulletWGBH Boston Releases New DVDs (MA)

Music

bulletAn Evening with Peter Frampton at Stamford Center for the Arts (CT)
bullet89th Season of the Chamber Music Society at Yale (CT)
bulletIan Anderson Plays Orchestral Jethro Tull (NH)
bulletGuitar Shorty Celebrates New Release (MA)
bulletThe Music Hall's Intimately Yours Series Presents Bruce Cockburn (NH)
bulletRochester Opera House Presents Its 2006-2007 Mainstage Season (NH)
bulletPortland Symphony Orchestra Announces 2006-2007 Season: Diverse Line-up Makes for Thrilling Season (ME)
bulletDuncan Sheik & Dar Williams Coming to the Ridgefield Playhouse (CT)
bulletPatti Page: Use It of Lose It by Steve Capra
bulletInternational Songwriting Competition Announces 2006 Judges
bulletKT Tunstall: Eye to the Telescope by Jeff Hutton
bulletBrandeis University 2006-07 Concert Season Offers a Global Perspective on Musical Traditions (MA)
bulletBoston Symphony Orchestra Presents 2006 Tanglewood Jazz Fest (MA)

Dance

bulletSCA Auditions Balanchine's The Nutcracker (CT)
bulletPortland Ballet Presents Dance Inspiration Award (ME)
bulletFestival Ballet Providence Announces 2006-2007 Cmpany Roster Welcoming Seven New Dancers (RI)
bulletAuditions Set for Chidlren's Roles in The Nutcracker (RI)

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Reviewed In This Issue

bulletJackie Mason - Freshly Squeezed: Just One Jew Talking (Berklee Performance Ctr., Boston)
bulletThe Last Days of Judas Iscariot (Company One, Boston)
bulletThe Taming of the Shrew (Commonwealth Shakespeare Co., Boston)
bulletJay Johnson: The Two & Only (A.R.T., Cambridge)
bulletIt Is What It Is (Midtown InternationalTheater Festival, NYC)
bulletPig Farm (Laura Pels Theatre, 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
bulletTheatre Matters - Connecticut Style by Joanne Greco Rochman
bulletScreen Reels by Cecille Markell
bulletJump Cut by George T. Marshall
bulletSound Thinking: Conversations in Music by Jeff Hutton
bulletProtecting Your Good Ideas by Sydelle Pittas

 

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