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January, 2007 - Table of Contents & Preview
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COVER STORY
Taking Notes with Melinda Lopez by Bobbie Steinbach

Professional Theatre:
bulletAn Evening with Colin Mochrie & Brad Sherwood from Whose Line Is It Anyway? at Lowell Auditorium (MA)
bulletTHIS JUST IN at Caffe Bottega (CT)
bulletKevin Spacey to Star in A Moon for the Misbegooten on Broadway (NY)
bulletGoodspeed Musicals Announces 2007 Season at The Opera House (CT)
bulletAYTB Presents Still Life: A Documentary (MA)
bulletBroadway Today: Merle Dandridge by Jim DeBlasi of The Cue
bulletActing FAQ: Getting Past the "Door-Keepers" by Bob Fraser
bulletBehind the Scenes: Lost and Found by Chuckie Finn
bulletWestport Country Playhouse Announces 2007 Season Productions (CT)
bulletThe Publick Goes Indoors with Noel Coward's Design for Living (MA)
bulletA Trying Time at Merrimack Rep (MA)
bulletIsolation & Resentment Collide with a Misinterpreted Manifesto at Alarm Clock Theatre (MA)
bulletThe Madras House Revived at Mint Theater (NY)
bulletForms of the Reading by Steve Capra
bulletPearl Theatre Co. Continues 23rd Season with Hellman's Toys in the Attic (NY)
bulletTDF Announces Open-Captioned Performances (NY)
bulletTheatreWorks Celebrates 40 Years of Live Theatre (CT)

Colleges/Universities/Schools/Training

bulletAcorn Productions Expanded Series of Acting Classes (ME)
bulletIntroducing Maine Academy of Staged Combat with Mark Bedell (ME)
bulletA Midsummer Night's Dream Conquers the Hamptons (MA & NY)

Community Theatre

bulletNashua Theatre Guild Seeks Production Staff for 2007-2008 (NH)
bulletYour Theatre Inc. Casts Southcoast Actors in Gurney Play (MA)
bulletBat Boy Sighting at Hole in the Wall Theater (CT)
bulletFeathers Sometimes Soar at M&M Productions (NY)
bulletEMACT Targets a Larger Expanse for Membership Drive (MA)
bulletTwo One-Act Comedies by Moliere at Theatre Company of Saugus (MA)
bulletGhosts Haunt Hovey's Woman in Black (MA)

Children's/Youth/Family Theatre

bulletSuper Grover! Ready for Action (RI)
bulletElmo's Coloring Book Comes to Lowell (MA)
bulletAlexander Children's Theatre School Visits Oz (MA)
bulletTrinity Rep's Project Discovery Celebrates 40 Years (RI)
bulletThe Muttville Comix are Coming to the Ridgefield Playhouse (CT)
bulletWesport Country Playhouse Presents New Family Musical, Captain Louie (CT)

Film/Video/Tech

bulletScreen Reels: Christopher Guest, Eugene Levy & ALfonso Cuaron by Cecille Markell
bulletAward-winning Author Dan Kimmel Writes Second Book (MA)
bulletWGBH Boston Video Chronicles America's Pioneers with DVD Debut of Two American Experience Documentaries (MA)
bulletRough Cut Screening: For the Love of Movies - the Story of American Film Criticism (MA)
bulletFestival Audience Votes Its Favorites: Three Awards Given at 2006 Boston Jewish Film Festival (MA)
bulletRescheduling of Buster Keaton Film Festival in Westport (CT)

Music

bulletBoston Early Music Festival Returns to the Mahaiwe Center Bringing Lully's Psyche to the Berkshires (MA)
bulletRidgefield Asks, What Do You Get When You Mis '80s Synth-Pop & Louisiana Zydeco (CT)
bulletChorus of Westerly Announces Producer & Playwright for A Celebration of Twelfth Night 2007 (RI)
bulletBernardo Monk & MassTango CD Celebration (MA)
bulletWill Loves Steve at CCAE (MA)
bulletBuddy Holly Tribute Comes to CitiStage (MA)
bulletJustin Timberlake's Futuresex/Loveshow Hits Manchester (NH)
bulletCelebrating the New Year at Rochester Opera House (NH)
bulletBrown, Simmonds & Hammong at Ridgefield (CT)
bulletTom Chapin Brings Family Folk to Ridgefield (CT)
bulletPianist/Vocalist Marcia Ball to Perform Live at Regattabar (MA)
bulletGreg Piccolo & Heavy Juice Open for Robert Cray at The Garde (CT)
bulletThe Boston Conservatory Offers Award-winning, High-quality, Affordable Music, Theater & Dance Performances (MA)
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Dance

bulletState Ballet of Rhode Island Hosts Annual Auditions (RI)
bulletPortland Ballet Company Selects New Board Members (ME)
bulletNew Text Blends Science & Art for Improved Dance Technique: Dance Anatomy & Kinesiology book pReview by R.J. Nickerson

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Reviewed In This Issue

bulletButley (Booth Theater, NYC)
bulletThe Big Voice (The Actors Temple, NYC)
bulletTwelve Angry Men (Roundabout Theatre Co., National Tour)
bulletAround the World in 80 Days (Stoneham Theatre, MA)
bulletMauritius (Huntington Theatre Co., Boston)
bulletAvner the Eccentric: Exceptions to Gravity (Lyric Stage Co., Boston)
bulletA Christmas Story (Stoneham Theatre, MA)
bulletRabbit Hole (Huntington Theatre Co., Boston)
bulletThe Radio City Christmas Spectacular (Wang Theatre, Boston)
bulletThe Coast of Utopia (Lincoln Center, NYC)
bulletDublin Carol (Trinity Repertory Theatre, RI)
bulletThe Nutcracker (Boston Ballet)
bulletPilobolus (On Tour)

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

 

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