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1 U toys of the fraile
Two eye-popping stage fabrics are
unveiled.
By SlizsniiB Bills Kaiser
costume plot
Getting up close and personal with
premier costume builder Barbara
Matera.
By Karen iamli
the play's tbs thing
Taking a look at three noteworthy
new musicals.
off the shell
SPECIAL SECTION
space
i^ finding the right space
A top theater consultant gives tips on how companies can
locate their artistic Edens.
By Iris Barliiati
Zil ten years of restoration
Hoping to revitalize a community, an historic theater in
Connecticut undergoes a nearly $16 million renovation.
By Suzsiiiie Bills Kaiser
Ti theater on display
A museum in the Berkshires is converted into an exciting
multimedia oasis.
By Roliiii Catalans
H an orensanz for all seasons
Located in New York City's funky Lower East Side, a
temple with a richly textured past blossoms into a
refreshing arts venue.
By lisa Mulcsliy
reno's high stakes theater coalition
"1.11.
ilo
A landmark church becomes a gathering post for a
bustling arts community.
By mauls Brail
theater
4tl cooking up a tempest
at the kitchen
With a new artistic chef stirring up creative magic, this
nearly 30-year-old alternative theater hearth is branding a
recipe for success.
By Iris Ssrliiaa
44 from pinocchio to pageantry
Puppeteer Ralph Lee breathes life into papier mache.
By Karen Wtiite
4§ producing grassroots
alternative theater
After nearly 15 years of presenting cutting-edge work,
Dixon Place founder, Ellie Coyan, finds a temporary new
home while battling burnout.
By Jotm P. Brasses
spotlights
Los Angeles
52 elportal
Devastated by the 1994
Northridge earthquake,
North Hollywood's El
Portal Center For The Arts
re-emerges stronger and
more vital than ever.
By Aim Anilersnii
54 uda
Attracting the cream of the talent crop,
UCLA's theater department fosters a
climate of openness, mutual support and
bountiful artistry.
By Umi /Imlersmi
encore
58 light on the subject
Why overlamping your lights
can cost you your equipment
By Karl G, Ruling
64 curtain call
Am I blue? After playing to sold-
out audiences in Boston and Chicago, the Off-Broadway
sensation, Blue Man Group, unmasks yet another colorful
incarnation—this time at the spectacular 1,200-seat Luxor
Theatre in Las Vegas.
By Lisa ^lotnick
On flff/'CfflW.'Jackie Dempsey (at the keyboard), Jara Losey
[standing) and T. Weldon Andersen (playing bass) cast a mystical
spell In Broadway's
Squonk. (For more
information on the
company, turn to C.T.
Goodman's article
"Becoming a Nonprofit
Entity: Is It For You?"
on page 22.) Directed
by Tom Diamond, this
multimedia show
opened at the Helen
Hayes Theatre on Feb-
ruary 8, 2000.
Membeis of the
desitjti team included
Tim Satemow (light-
ing), Bernard Fox
(sound) and Steve
O'Hearn (sets and cos-
Whether sampling children's plays
or a video on set painting, this
month's ingredients make a
tantalizing brew.
By Stspiien Peitliman
an the mail
Using The Hill's hijinks as their
inspiration, these DC-based satirists
are finding success and a whole lot
to laugh at.
By Siizamie Billo Kaissr
u 11
u sailor's note
Spring Cleaning
By Iris Diirliian
I ilislogue
Smoking onstage and a reader's
response to last month's query on the
play Echo are highlighted.
8 in the green roam
An Indianapolis high school starts an
innovative arts program; Jon Jory
leaves Actors Theatre of Louisville;
Britain's most famous theater company
is purchased by Sir Andrew Lloyd
Webber and bidding a farewell to a
gifted young director.
By Hope S. Ereslsiitr
main stage
20 pulllicity powwow
How to market plays with
cleverness and ingenuity.
By Paul Harris
it. legal sagles
Everything you need to know about
turning your theater into a nonprofit
entity.
By E.T. S ottoman
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