Indy Theatre Habit

I saw “Becky’s New Car,” by Steven Dietz, at the Indiana Repertory Theatre with a friend on Friday night and we talked and raved about it all the rest of the weekend. The show is funny and wonderful and GOOD on so many levels.  It has heart and wit and  it appeals to both men and women, judging from [...]

Last Saturday night I drove to the northeast corner of Indianapolis to see the all-volunteer Oaklandon Civic Theatre’s production of “I Take This Man,” written by Jack Sharkey and directed by Margy Lancet-Fletcher. I had such a good time!  This wholesome show for adults and families is laugh-out-loud funny in a joke-filled, TV sit-com way.  [...]

Last Friday I drove to the Indianapolis Civic Theatre on the west side of Indy to see “Carousel” for the first time. This 1945 musical by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II won 5 Tony Awards for its 1994 Broadway revival.  Time magazine called it the best musical of the 20th century.  Our own Lou Harry (arts [...]

On Friday, March 12, I drove to the Fountain Square neighborhood on the near south side of Indianapolis to see “The Twilight of the Golds” at The Theatre Within, an all-volunteer company that is hosted by The Church Within.  The play was written by Jonathan Tolins and directed for TTW by Rod Isaac. 

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I popped downtown last night to see “Sunlight,” a new play written by Sharr White and directed by Bryan Fonseca, before it finished its run at the Phoenix Theatre.  I won’t have time to write about it in detail but since there are two more performances (tonight and tomorrow), I wanted to let you know [...]

Last Thursday night I drove south of Indianapolis to Franklin, Indiana, to see the Franklin College Theatre’s production of “Three Sisters,” written by Anton Chekov, translated by Paul Schmidt, and directed at Franklin by Fine Arts Lecturer Nicolas Crisafulli. And I tell you, I am a better person for it.  I can cross Chekov off [...]

Last Tuesday night I drove to Clowes Memorial Hall on the Butler University campus in Indianapolis to see the Broadway Across America professional touring production of “The 101 Dalmatians Musical.”   It was marketed as a show for families with children of all ages, but it was a feel-good evening for this single adult, too.

Last Saturday night I met a friend at the Carmel Community Playhouse in the Clay Terrace shopping center to see Actors Theatre of Indiana’s professional production of “Nunsense: A Musical Comedy.” This particular friend is very particular about her theatre, so I only invite her to shows that I am pretty sure are going to [...]

Last Thursday night I attended the preview night of Dance Kaleidoscope’s “Love Is…” program at the Indiana Repertory Theatre in downtown Indianapolis.  It was a wonderfully cathartic evening, artistically admirable in and of itself, but also coincidentally a perfect fit for my euphoric, spring-time mood and my emotional and aesthetic needs at the time.  I [...]