Indy Theatre Habit

I met my friend Chris in downtown Indianapolis at the professional Indiana Repertory Theatre for opening night of “The Giver” on Friday, October 23, 2009.  I apologize for taking so long to write and post this review.  I have had home computer problems on top of having a weird schedule the past two weeks.
Anyway, “The [...]

I usually write my reviews in the order that I saw the shows.  However, I am going to break that rule a bit this week and therefore wanted to give you a heads-up.  Here is my blogging plan for the next few days:

Theatre Review of opening night of “The Giver” at the Indiana Repertory Theatre. 

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Last Sunday afternoon, I met a friend at Clowes Hall on the Butler University campus on the north side of Indianapolis to see and hear a six-group collaborative presentation of “Carmina Burana,” by Carl Orff.  It was a transformative experience.  This might sound silly, but it’s true: at one point in the program, I could [...]

Last Saturday night, my friend David picked me up and we drove to the professional Phoenix Theatre in downtown Indianapolis to see the Midwest premiere of “Shipwrecked! An Entertainment: The Amazing Adventures of Louis de Rougemont (As told by himself)” written by Donald Margulies.  Bryan Fonseca directed.
This is a charming, richly nostalgic, back-to-creative-basics show that [...]

 
Last Friday night I drove north to Clay Terrace shopping center in Carmel, Indiana, to see the inaugural production of the 16-year-old, all-volunteer Carmel Community Players in their new space, the Carmel Community Playhouse.
It was a thrilling experience, not only because the new space is so nifty but also because the acting in this particular [...]

 
Last Sunday afternoon I drove to Beef and Boards Dinner Theatre on the northwest side of Indianapolis (near the Pyramids) to see “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat,” by Andrew Lloyd Webber (music) and Tim Rice (lyrics.) 
I have had more experience with this show than with any other in my short career as a theatre blogger.  [...]

Last Saturday night, my friend David picked me up and we drove to downtown Indianapolis to the Indiana History Center to hear “Disquieting, Disturbing, & Dreadful Tales” told outside on the canal.  We shivered more from the cold than anything else – neither of us was fully prepared for the sudden dip in temperature that night [...]

Last Friday night I drove to the Indiana Repertory Theatre – a professional theatre in downtown Indianapolis – to see a new play about Abraham Lincoln.  It is called “The Heavens Are Hung In Black.”  IRT playwright-in-residence James Still wrote it on commission for Ford’s Theatre in Washington, D.C.  It premiered there last spring as [...]

Guess what?!  Broadway Across America is adding me to their media distribution list!  (Thanks very much, Nancy Parrott and Elizabeth Truitt!)  I have included an excerpt from their first press release to me at the bottom of this post.  I love reading press releases, don’t you?  Beyond their content, as pieces of writing they are [...]

There is a LOT going on in terms of performance art in the Indianapolis area this month, especially since October is traditionally THE month for ghost stories.  In this post I would like to share excerpts from four emails that I received from people doing “scary” shows that sound interesting.