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March 2003 - Table of Contents & Preview
The below list is not linked.  It is only the Table of Contents for our print version.
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COVER STORY
Come to the Cabaret in March
by TJ Fitzgerald

Professional Theatre:
bulletMassachusetts Cultural Council Ailing from State Cuts, Survey Finds (MA)
bulletThe Corsairs: From New England to Chicago (NY)
bulletZeitgeist Stage Company Presents a Duo About Love & Bondage (MA)
bulletVALENTINO: The Musical (NY)
bulletHomeland Security: What's Happening to NY Theater? by Jules Becker
bulletTheater Hall of Fame Enrolls Twelve New Members (NY)
bulletPenobscot Theatre Company/Maine Shakespeare Festival Breaks Box Office Records; Boding Well for Season 2003 (ME)
bulletMore Phantom at Providence Performing Arts Center (RI)
bulletDixie Carter & Robert Wuhl in Long Wharf's Paper Doll (CT)
bulletFrogz & Other Critters to Hop Onstage at the Music Hall (NH)
bulletCOLE Brings Bob Durkin Back to Burlington (VT)
bulletBroadway Today: Marc Kudisch by Jim DeBlasi
bulletNothin' Like a Dame by Jim DeBlasi
bulletNew Hampshire Theatre Awards Celebrate New Hampshire's Best (NH)
bulletYellow Taxi Productions Seeks Female Lead (NH)

Colleges/Universities/Schools/Training

bulletBrandeis Presents Escape from Happiness (MA)
bulletCelia Couture: A New Direction by TJ Fitzgerald
bulletUrban Bush Women Bring Fusion of Dance, Storytelling & African Tradition to Fairfield University (CT)
bulletYale Rep Presents New England Premiere of The Psychic Life of Savages (CT)

Community Theatre

bulletShakespeare Classic at Hovey Players (MA)
bulletBelmont Dramatic Club Celebrates its 100th Anniversary (MA)
bulletMurder! Mayhem...and All That Jazz at Concord Players (MA)
bulletTheatre Company of Saugus Presents Lend Me a Tenor (MA)
bulletThrills & Laughs Abound in Burlington Players' Accomplice (MA)
bulletThe Community Players Present The Fantasticks (RI)
bulletYCP TheaterWorks to Perform The Man Who Came to Dinner (NY)
bulletHarlequins Presents Pulitzer-winner (NY)
bulletOpera House Stirs Imagination (CT)
bulletBelfast Maskers Announce 2003 Season (ME)
bulletPrepare Ye! The Lexington Players Present Godspell (MA)
bulletEMACT Announces Adjudicators for 50th Festival (MA)
bulletArlington Friends of the Drama Slate for Fiorello! (MA)
bulletComedies at Work: A Laugh Riot Coming This Spring (NY)
bulletVokes Players Auditions All-American Musical (MA)

Children's/Youth/Family Theatre

bulletProvidence Performing Arts Center Announces New Educational Program "Making Morals Matter" (RI)
bulletYellow Taxi to Offer Teen Playwriting Workshop (NH)
bulletNorth Shore Music Theatre Announces 2003 Theater for Young Audiences Series (MA)
bulletPope John Tackles Les Miserables: School Edition (MA)
bulletPayomet Kids' Drama & Puppetry Classes for 2003 (MA)
bulletCSI & Enrichment Through the Arts: A Partnership by Behlor Santi

Film/Video/Tech

bulletCut...Print: AFTRA/SAG National Boards Adopt Consolidation Plan; Joint Boards Meet Again in April by Angel Connell
bulletBoston Film & Video Announces March Meet the Director Screening (MA)
bulletNew England Film & Video Festival Announces 28th Annual Film & Video Festival Opening Night Reception (MA)
bulletThe Woods Hole Film Festival Continues Winter Screening Series 2003 (MA)
bulletThe Boston Irish Film Festival (MA)
bulletBF/VF Announces Film Line-up for 29th Annual Festival
bulletGet Bent by Seth Bloom
bulletFilm & Swim This Summer in Newport (RI)
bulletNominations Announces for the 9th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards: 2003 Actor Awards Ceremonies Air March 9, 2003

Music

bulletBova Productions: All-in-One Performance (MA)
bulletLinda Eder to Appear at Symphony Hall & Merrill Auditorium (MA & ME)
bulletNew Works...New Artists...New Cabaret in Hell's Kitchen (NY)
bulletCabaret: A Never-ending Variety of Mixed Styles & Amazingly Versatile Talent Neglected by Devin Travers
bulletLocal Artists Debut in SpeakEasy's New Cabaret Voices (MA)
bulletD.C. Anderson: Onstage & On Tour (NY & RI)
bulletA Fully-Animated CD Release at Scullers (MA)
bulletPeeking Thru Danny's Skylight by Andrew Martin
bulletGrace O'Connor: Music & More (MA)
bulletJulie Reyburn: The Scenic Way to Broadway by Robert Mattson
bulletBoston Cabaret Festival 2003 Dates Set (MA)
bulletScullers Bucks the Trend with a Record-Breaking Year (MA)
bulletYale Hosts Cabaret Conference (CT)
bulletCabaret World Celebrates in March (MA)
bulletDebbie de Coudreax Releases Much-Anticipated Debut CD (NY)
bulletNew CD Release Shares Vaudeville Music & Comedy Discoveries (MA)
bulletSomething Old & Something Things New at Rochester Opera House (NH)
bulletKellie Coffey: "At the End of the Day," What Does it Take to Become a Star by Maureen Condon
bulletThe Manhattan Association of Cabarets & Clubs (MAC) Celebrates t he Best of Manhattan's Cabaret Season (NY)
bulletCelia Slattery's Moving Target Takes Aim at Growing Up in the '60s & '70s (MA)
bulletSing in Italy with The Tuscany Project
bulletWords for the Soul: The Church - It's All About Class by M. William Phelps
bulletSimply Sensational: Marcus Simeone (NY)
bulletLynne Jackson & Mike Palter: A Perfectly Matched Mismatched Duo (MA)

Dance

bulletThe Stuttgart Triumphantly Returns to the U.S. (NY)
bulletDance, Sing & Swing at Downtown Cabaret (CT)
bulletThere's a Revolution on the Horizon: A Swingin' Dance Revolution at The Boston Tea Party (MA)
bulletBoston Ballet Premieres Sir Frederick Ashton's Narrative Ballet (MA)

Miscellaneous

bulletTax Corner: Taxable Income & Deductible Expenses by Peter Jason Riley
bulletTax Planning for Film/Video Makers & Media Artists (MA)

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Reviewed In This Issue

bulletRAGS (Turtle Lane Playhouse, Newton)
bulletRainbow Chaser (T&A Theatre Co., Boston)
bulletNickel & Dimed (Trinity Rep, Providence)
bulletMamma Mia! (Colonial Theare, Boston)
bulletRussell Simmons Def Poetry Jam (Longacre Theatre, NYC)
bulletBent: Volume One (Mindscape Pictures)

Monthly & Regular Features...

bulletNEED Theatre Listings
bulletNEED Audition Listings
bulletNEED Music Listings
bulletNEED Dance Listings
bulletOpportunity Knocks
bulletQuick Takes by Jules Becker
bulletBroadway Today by Jim DeBlasi
bulletBehind the Scenes by Chuckie Finn
bulletTwo on the Aisle by Shirley Esthimer
bulletEncores & Off by E.Kyle Minor
bulletComing Attractions
bulletAppleSource by Gary Stevens
bulletScreen Reels by Cecille Markell
bulletCut...Print by Angel Connell
bulletWords for the Soul by M. William Phelps

 

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