Indy Theatre Habit

“Do you believe in Lazarus?”
“What?”
“Do you believe that a man can be resurrected?”
“I don’t know.”
“Do you believe in God?”
“Does it matter?”
“It might.”
So begins “Crime and Punishment” at the Indiana Repertory Theatre.  This exciting and streamlined adaptation of Fyodor Dostoevsky’s massive novel was written by Marilyn Campbell and Curt Columbus and directed by John Green.  I [...]

 
As soon as I powered down my laptop this morning, I remembered three (THREE!) items that I had forgotten to put in today’s compilation of news.  Now it is almost Tuesday, but here is Part Two of today’s Mailbox Monday anyway:

I am using a photo from the IRT’s exciting production of “Crime and Punishment” to go with this Mailbox Monday post because I saw the show a week ago Sunday and yet have not made time to complete my full-length review of it.  Short version: It is worth seeing! 
Here are some selections and reflections from [...]

I am not drawn to music stores.   Unlike book stores, music stores overwhelm me.  Even when I do manage to select an album and buy it, I forget to listen to it when I get it home.  Or I’ll put it on, but then I turn it off pretty quickly because it is not as fun [...]

Last Thursday I met actor/singer/comedian/dancer/writer Claire Wilcher on the northwest side of town at Beef and Boards Dinner Theatre for the opening night of “Cats.”  The show is based on the poems in “Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats” by T.S. Eliot.  Its music is by Andrew Lloyd Webber.  Buddy Reeder is the director and [...]

On Sunday, February 8, 2009, I drove downtown to the new Indy Fringe headquarters to see “Durang-O-Rama! 5 One-Acts by Christopher Durang” as presented by InterAction Theater.  Unfortunately, I didn’t have time to write about it before the show closed on February 14. I would like to record some thoughts about it now just because.
Before the [...]

I haven’t done a Mailbox Monday post in a while, and there are several fun things I would like to tell you about before I post my next review.

Last Thursday night, a friend and I drove downtown to the Phoenix Theatre to see the opening night of the Indiana premiere of “The Seafarer,” written by Conor McPherson and directed by Erik Allen Friedman.
It is a rich and earthy show that grounds the audience with piles of satisfying attention to detail paid to everything [...]

On Sunday afternoon, February 1, my friend Jack and I met at the Indianapolis Civic Theatre to see “Enchanted April.”  The play was written by Matthew Barber from the novel by Elizabeth Von Arnim.  Civic’s production was directed by Jennifer Loia Alexander.
Jack and I both thought that the show felt as if it had been [...]

On Thursday, January 29, I took a friend to the Indiana Repertory Theatre see “To Kill a Mockingbird,” adapted by Christopher Sergel from the novel by Harper Lee.  The IRT’s production was directed by Priscilla Lindsay.
My friend had seen the movie; I had not.  My friend had not read the novel since he was in [...]