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Articles in February 2003 issue of American Theatre

• Editor's note.
• 36 Assumptions about writing plays: a noted playwright nails down three dozen creative principles.
  by Rivera, Jose
• Singapore Arts Festival. (Global Spotlight: Singapore).(Brief Article)
• The whole picture. (Letters to the Editor).
• So what's the problem? (From the Executive Director).(theater finance)
  by Cameron, Ben
• The Russians are coming. (Trends & Events).(Center Stage presents Russian plays)(Brief Article)
• It's a conspiracy, all right: a critic and an assassination buff trade notes on Keith Reddin's Frame 312. (Connections).(Interview)
  by Barnes, Michael
• Awards & Prizes.
• Blind Tom lives! An ex-slave and piano wunderkind dazzles the public (again) in a heartbreaking show, now on tour. (Critic's Notebook).(Hush: Composing Blind Tom Wiggins)(Theater Review)
  by Brock, Wendell
• Twenty questions: Neil Patrick Harris, who came to prominence as the title character on ABC's "Doogie Howser, M.D.," spoke to American Theatre after rehearsing for his new role as the Emcee in Broadway's Cabaret.(Interview)
  by Harris, Neil Patrick
• The most exclusive club in America. (Trends & Events).(Juilliard documentary)(Abrams Books publishes coffee-table book)
• Talk to me. .(Letter to the Editor)
• Is for quirky. (Front and Center: New York City).(Theater Review)
  by Viagas, Robert
• The company we keep. (Front and Center: Chicago).(combined multiracial theater companies)
  by Gener, Randy
• Lyric gestures: major dramatists slip into bardic guises to take up the personal and political. (New Books).(Book Review)
  by Wetzsteon, Rachel
• Krapp's last dress. (Trends & Events).(Waiting for Godot casting questioned)
• Dad's Garage goes to Washington. (Trends & Events).(Dad's Garage Theatre Company)
• Stowe away. (Trends & Events).(Stowe Festival)(Brief Article)
• 25 years ago (1978). (February Theatre Almanac).
• Sex and the swamis. (Trends & Events).(Cynthia Nixon )(Brief Article)
• The race card. (Roaming Spotlight).(And a Child Shall Lead Them)(Brief Article)
  by Katz, Marlene
• Half a Cheer. (Letters to the Editor).
• Disarming drama. (Front and Center: Montgomery, Ala.).(The Venus de Milo Is Armed)(Brief Article)
  by Hickman, Christopher
• Study with the masters.(Jane Alexander; Olympia Dukakis; Edwin Sherin)
• Bumba Meu-Boi. (Global Spotlight: Sao Luis, Brazil).(Brief Article)
• The grittier truth. (Letters to the Editor).
• 100 years ago (1903). (February Theatre Almanac).(African-American musical In Dahomey)(Brief Article)
• Cairo International Festival for Experimental Theatre. (Global Spotlight: Cairo, Egypt).(Brief Article)
• On the job. (Letters to the Editor).
• No more questions? (Letters to the Editor).
• 50 years ago (1953). (February Theatre Almanac).
• Our Lady of 121st Street. (Playscript).(Transcript)
  by Guirgis, Stephen Adly
• Reinventing the RATs: is it possible to discern a specific direction amid the purposeful anarchy? (Faultlines).(alternative theater collective)
  by S.D., Trav
• How high the moon? (February on Stage).(The Circus of Tales)(Brief Article)
  by Sampson, Benjamin W.
• Holland Festival. (Global Spotlight: Amsterdam, The Netherlands).(Brief Article)
• 'Urinetown' confidential: The untold story.
  by Kotis, Greg
• Puppet power. (Roaming Spotlight).(Pinocchio Commedia)(Theater Review)
  by Wren, Celia
• Entrances & Exits.(artistic directors)
• 10 years ago (1993). (February Theatre Almanac).
• New library named for ITI's Martha Coigney. (News from TCG).(International Theatre Institute)
• Fear of flying: the perennial Peter Pan is buoyant children's fare, right? Think again. (Critic's Notebook).
  by Wren, Celia