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November 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
Hartford Conservatory: The Advanced Learning Alternative by Joanne Greco Rochman

Professional Theatre:
bulletNorth Shore Music Theatre Presents West Side Story (MA)
bulletAn Illuminating Moon Rising at Trinity Rep (RI)
bulletHOPSCOTCH: The New York Sex Comedy Returns (NY)
bulletTony Award-winning Best Musical Hairspray at Providence Performing Arts Center (RI)
bulletStoneham Stages World Premiere (MA)
bulletThe Blue Hair Troupe Returns to Boston (MA)
bulletChristmasTime at Reagle Players (MA)
bulletButley Starts Early; Bad Dates Promises Good Times; The Paris Letter Delayed at Huntington Theatre (MA)
bulletO. Henry's Lovers Rounds Out Norma Terris Season (CT)
bulletGRAVES: HartBeat Ensemble Touring Greater Hartford (CT)
bulletSwing!-in at Westchester Broadway by Joanne Greco Rochman (NY)
bulletBroadway Today: Ben Davis by Jim DeBlasi of The Cue
bulletObie Award-winner Marty Pottenger Returns to the Flynn with Abundance (VT)
bulletLen Cariou to Star in Overture's Follies (MA)
bulletSalem Theatre Company Presents Miller as Fall Mainstage Opener (MA)
bulletCorporate Cutthroats in Anthony Clarvoe's Pick Up Ax at the Metropolitan (NY)

Colleges/Universities/Schools/Training

bulletYale School of Drama Presents Williams' Orpheus Descending (CT)
bulletWorld Premiere (The Fabulous Invalid) at Emerson Stage (MA)
bulletNew England Premiere (The Shakespeare Stealer) at Emerson (MA)

Community Theatre

bulletShe Loves Me, A Perfect Romantic Musical at TCoS (MA)
bulletCommunity Players Open 83rd Season with Joseph (RI)
bulletActorsingers Present the Musical Ragtime (NH)
bulletConcord Plans Gala Twelfth Night or What You Will Opening (MA)
bulletColonial Chorus Presents Working (MA)
bulletYour Theatre Casts Twilight of the Golds (MA)
bulletFootlighters Present Morning's at Seven; Auditioning Blithe Spirit (MA)
bulletVokes Players Present a Wild & Crazy Audition (MA)

Children's/Youth/Family Theatre

bulletOddfellows Playhouse Presents Antigone (CT)
bulletCRASHarts Presents Boston Debut of Theatre de L'Oeil's The Star Keeper (MA)
bulletFOTO Casts 48 (Including the Dog) in Return of Hit Musical, Annie (MA)
bulletHistory High Notes on Tour: Bookings Now Being Accepted (NH)

Film/Video/Tech

bulletScreen Reels:Sir Ridley Scott; Sam Rockwell; Alison Lohman; Tom McCarthy
bulletRIIFF Announces 2003 Screenplay Winner (RI)
bullet29th Annual New England Film & Video Festival Seeks Entries (MA)
bulletA Honey of a Film from Local Legge by Lorna Nogueira (MA)
bulletPortland Media Artists Plan Trip to NYC for Screening (ME)
bulletWoodstock Film Festival & Film Commission Cited as "A Beacon to Many Film Companies" (NY)
bulletCut...Print: Battle of the Brotherhood Pits Granite State Indie Filmmaker Against Hollywoood TV Mogul by Angel Connell (NH)
bulletFilms Go Live in 2003 Boston Jewish Film Festival (MA)

Music

bulletFolk in Harmony Coffeehouse Offers Triple Feature (MA)
bulletDirect from Holland, the Ab Baars Trio Enlives the FlynnSpace (VT)
bulletA Melodic Holiday Season at Rochester Opera House (NH)
bulletMove Over Simon! There's a New Scout in Town (NH)
bulletWorld Music Presents the Boston Debut of Japan's Wadaiko Yamato (MA)
bulletCONCORA Announces 2003-2004 Season (CT)
bulletAn Evening with Linda Eder at The Bushnell (CT)
bulletMasterworks Chorale Opens 2003-2004 with L'Enfance du Christ (MA)
bulletNashua Symphony Choral Society Presents Mozart's Coronation Mass (NH)
bulletAll Acappella Weekend at Maine Music Society (ME)
bulletLiz Callaway: The BEst Goes On in Mortensen Hall (CT)
bulletThe Will & Lil Show: Food, Glorious Food (MA)
bulletPat Metheny, Solo & Trio at Somerville (MA)
bulletAmerican Classics Musials in Concert Presents Rodgers & Hart's Peggy-Ann (MA)
bulletWords for the Soul: Warren Zevon - The Last Word by M. William Phelps
bulletBoston Lyric Opera Announces Italian Season (MA)
bulletChorus of Westerly Announces 2003-2004 Season (RI)

Dance

bullet2003 Emerging Artist Grant Recipient Ryuji Yamaguchi at Green Street (MA)
bulletExciting New Works at  Emerson (MA)
bulletState Ballet of Rhode Island Hosts Family Event Fundraiser (RI)
bulletFestival Ballet Providence: Up Close, On Hope (RI)

Miscellany

bulletApplications Available for Theatre Architecture Awards (NY)

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Reviewed In This Issue

bulletMemphis (North Shore Music Theatre, Beverly, MA)
bulletHe She Them (Wang Center Productions, Boston, MA)
bulletHairspray (National Tour, Colonial Theatre, Boston, MA)
bulletThe Credeaux Canvas (Zeitgeist Stage Co., BCA, Boston, MA)
bulletCaptains Courageous (Newton Country Players, Gloucester, MA)
bulletSWING! (Westchester Broadway Theatre, Elmsford, NY)
bulletSay Goodnight, Gracie (National Tour, The Bushnell, Hartford, CT)
bulletA Chorus Line (Bay Colony Productions, Foxboro, MA)

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
bulletTheatre Matters - Connecticut Style by Joanne Greco Rochman
bulletAppleSource by Gary Stevens
bulletScreen Reels by Cecille Markell
bulletCut...Print by Angel Connell
bulletFlying Under Your Radar (Club Passim's Best Kept Secrets) by James O'Brien
bulletWords for the Soul by M. William Phelps

 

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