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Articles in October 2004 issue of American Theatre

• Creative abrasion.(From the Executive Director)(Column)
  by Cameron, Ben
• The Art Guy: BAM's guru Joseph V. Melillo presides over wave after wave of genre-defying theatre.(Biography)
  by Gener, Randy
• What's on your: Can't-Miss List in 2004-05?
• The dueling 'Princesses'.(Coming in November)(Brief Article)(Theater Review)
  by Wren, Celia
• Wide-opening spaces.(Trends & Events)
• A hat in the ring.(Letters to the Editor)(Letter to the Editor)
  by Crain, Cameron
• Twelve artists named for Career Development Program.(NewsfromTCG)
• La Jolla, Calif.: behind the doo-wop.(Front and Center)(Jersey Boys)(Brief Article)
  by Jacobs, Leonard
• The spell of history: how Shakespeare's war-soaked 'tetralogies'--in 3 epic stagings--are shedding new light on our troubled times.(Interview)(Critical Essay)
  by Nunns, Stephen
• Season Preview 2004-05: a comprehensive listing of productions, dates and directors at TCG theatres nationwide.(Cover Story)(Calendar)
  by Sampson, Benjamin W.
• Hot seats and safety nets: a mentorship program nurtures new theatre leaders.(NewsfromTCG)
  by Sato, Suzanne M.
• Awards & prizes.
• Bring it on.(Letters to the Editor)(Letter to the Editor)
  by Hagedorn, Jessica
• Fascinatin' savages.(Trends & Events)(Performing Ethnicity)(Brief Article)
• Twenty questions.(Interview)
  by Mitchell, Jerry
• Editor's note.(Brief Article)(Editorial)
  by O'Quinn, Jim
• A sampler from the world stage.(Global Spotlight)(Calendar)
  by Sampson, Benjamin W.
• You can go 'Home' again: how Samm-Art Williams finally got the collaborator--and the musical--he always envisioned.(Critic's Notebook)(Home the Musical)
  by Shandell, Jonathan
• Ron Milner: 1938-2004.(In Memoriam)(Obituary)
  by King, Woodie, Jr.
• Keepers of the flame: standard-bearers and newcomers vie for attention in new books this fall.(New Books)(Video Recording Review)(Brief Article)(Book Review)
  by Gener, Randy
• New Brunswick, N.J.: talking the talk.(Front and Center)(History of the Word)
  by Orel, Gwen
• New York City; Phoenix and Tucson, Ariz.; and Skokie, Ill.: sturm and twang.(Front and Center)(The Immigrant)
  by Renner, Pamela
• Out of obscurity: before A Raisin in the Sun, socially relevant black dramas worth revisiting.(Faultlines)(Critical Essay)
  by Nesmith, N. Graham
• Festival Watch.
• Hip-hop without boxes.(Letters to the Editor)(Letter to the Editor)
  by Valentin, Clyde
• It's a mean, mean, mean, mean world: Moliere's cynical classic The Miser rides the line between hilarity and tragedy.(Theater Review)
  by Campbell, Karen
• Dr. Freud, I presume? A pair of piercing new dramas are steeped in Freudian thought.(Critic's Notebook)(Oedipus Complex)(Singing Forest)(Critical Essay)
  by Berson, Misha
• 'The Clean House'.(Coming in November)(Brief Article)(Theater Review)
  by Ruhl, Sarah
• Broadway on my mind.(Trends & Events)(Broadway: The American Musical)
• Entrances & exits.(personnel)
• Animal acts for changing times: when does the non-human become more than a metaphor on stage?(Critical Essay)
  by Chaudhuri, Una
• Anna Shapiro putting it together: her Steppenwolf specialties are actorly insights and new-play savvy.(Profiles)(Interview)(Biography)
  by Reid, Kerry
• Portland, Maine: Portland exposure.(Front and Center)(Almost, Maine)
  by Royston, Peter
• October: theatre almanac.(Front and Center)
• Memory lanes.(Trends & Events)(Robert Wilson)(Madame Butterfly: From Puccini to Miss Saigon)(Brief Article)
• TCG Board adds 7 members.(NewsfromTCG)(Theatre Communications Group)