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October 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
Filmmaker Mark Grant's Re-Education Does Circles Around the Best of His Serial Intentions by Angel Connell

Professional Theatre:
bulletGoodspeed Casts A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (CT)
bulletWestport Country Playhouse & Ridgefield Playhouse Announce Plans for 2004 Season Off-Site (CT)
bulletStamford Theatre Works' Season Opener Turns Ethical Dilemma Into Comedy (CT)
bulletNEED SPOTLIGHT: North Shore Music Theatre's Memphis (MA)
bulletA Different Kind of Love Story at Playhouse on the Green (CT)
bulletTheater Project Launches New Season (MA)
bulletNew Play on Amelia Earheart Flies into Theaters on October 10th (NH)
bulletTheatre Alert!  New England Theatre Conference (NETC) 52nd Annual Conference (RI)
bulletZeitgeist Stage Company Presents Region Premiere of The Credeaux Canvas (MA)
bulletQE2 Pulls No Punches With Fighting Words (MA)
bulletCelebrate Laughter!  Celebrate Life!  A Night of Comedy to Support Making Strides Against Breast Cancer (NH)
bulletRegional Favorites Return to Rochester Opera House (NH)
bulletBroadway Today: John Treacy Egan by Jim DeBlasi
bulletReagle Players Take a Sentimental Journey (MA)
bulletBaby to Open Good Theater's 2nd Season (ME)
bulletApplications Available for Theatre Architecture Awards (NY)

Colleges/Universities/Schools/Training

bulletMusic Theatre of Connecticut Offers College Audition Workshop (CT)
bulletMake the LA Connection with Kevin Fennessey & Gale Salus (MA)
bulletBravo & National Cable Operators Seek Future Stars with Innovative Student Contest (NY)

Community Theatre

bulletPrevious Success Story Brings Agatha Christie Back to Greenwich (CT)
bulletFranklin Performing Arts' Little Shop Tickets on Sale (MA)
bulletThe Music Man at Hingham Civic Music Theatre (MA)
bulletVokes Players Trip On the Twentieth Century Gets Underway (MA)
bulletMillis Theatre Group Presents Exit the Body (MA)
bulletNEED PROFILE: Acme Theater Productions' Don't Dress for Dinner (MA)
bulletNo Way to Treat a Lady at Arlington Friends of the Drama (MA)

Children's/Youth/Family Theatre

bulletM&M Productions Brings Great Theatre to Your Local Library (NY)
bulletCome On!  Vamonos!  Dora is On Her Way to Providence (RI)
bulletPolka Dot Kids Children's Theatre Series Announces 2003-2004 (CT)
bulletOddfellows Playhouse Hosts New England Youth Circus Festival (CT)
bulletUNH Drama Day: A Field Trip Opportunity for Grades 9-12 (NH)

Film/Video/Tech

bulletScreen Reels:Audrey Wells, Catherine Hardwick, Nina Jacobson & Diane Lane /Under the Tuscan Sky & Thirteen by Cecille Markell
bulletCocheco Independent Film Festival: Dover's Little Sundance (NH)
bulletProduction Classes Free at Media Services (NY)
bulletThe Wang Center's Classic Film Series 2003-2004 (MA)
bullet2003 Fall Workshops at Boston Film & Video Foundation (MA)

Music

bulletElectric Youth Releases CD Available for Purchase (MA)
bullet2003 Boston Music Awards Recap by Jules Becker
bulletClose Encounters with Music Announces 2003-2004 Season (MA)
bulletThe Cabaret Conference at Yale: A Personal Perspective by Jinny Sagorin
bulletThree Swingin' Tenors Take the Stage (MA)
bulletLeila Percy & Friends at the Chocolate Church (ME)
bulletOpera Providence Announces 2003-2004 Season (RI)
bulletRobin Holcomb Casts a Poetic Eye on an Environmental Icon (VT)
bulletHartford Symphony Orchestra Announces New Friday Matinee Series at Jewish Community Center (CT)
bulletBusiness Boot Camp for Musicians (MA)
bulletEnchanted Nights with Xoxi Mendez (MA)
bulletJazz Vocalist & Guitarist John Pizzarelli Brings "The Wonder of It All" to the 12th Annual Barry L. Price Center Fundraiser (MA)
bulletChecking in with Jack Kid by Devin Travers
bulletATTN: Lyricists & Composers - 6-week Songwriting Workshop (NY)
bulletNEED SPOTLIGHT: Gloria Stanton
bulletNEFA's Idea Swap (MA)
bulletWords for the Soul: Reality TV on MTV: Nothing But a Bill of Goods by M. William Phelps

Dance

bulletIsland Moving Co. Performs at Rhode Island College (RI)
bulletMary Ellen Beaudreau Receives Full Scholarship to San Francisco Ballet School: Erin Gildea Accepted to Royal Winnipeg Ballet School for Senior Year (RI)
bulletThings That Go Unsaid at Green Street (MA)
bulletBody Languages: A Premiere Evening of Modern Dance (MA)
bulletChance to Dance Enters 18th Year of Programming (RI)

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Reviewed In This Issue

bulletA Stoop on Orchard Street (Mazer Theatre, NYC)
bulletLong Day's Journey Into Night (Plymouth Theatre, NYC)
bulletThe Prince & the Pauper (Lamb's Theatre, NYC)
bulletAvenue Q (Golden Theatre, NYC)
bulletBig River: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (American Airlines Theatre, NYC)
bulletOut on the Edge Festival (Theatre Offensive, Boston Center for the Arts)
bulletThe Secret Garden (Theatre-By-The-Sea, Matunuck, RI)

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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