Indy Theatre Habit

  Last Friday I drove to the Indiana Repertory Theatre in downtown Indianapolis to see the opening night performance of the world premiere of “The Gospel According to James.”  It was written by Charles Smith and directed by Chuck Smith.  It was commissioned by the IRT and its artistic director, Janet Allen, after she read [...]

Last Sunday afternoon I drove to the Marian College campus on the west side of Indianapolis to see the Booth Tarkington Civic Theatre’s production of “Cabaret.”   I had never seen this Tony award-winning musical before. It is so poignant!  Also, both the quality of the performers (all volunteers) and the quality of the design team [...]

If you are a regular reader of Indy Theatre Habit you may remember that I shared with you the news of Midge Munds’ passing last month.  Midge was the mother of Ellen Munds, executive director of Storytelling Arts of Indiana. Ellen’s father (Midge’s husband) passed away on Wednesday.  I can’t find the obituary yet in [...]

  (3/17/11 – Updated with a correction.  See below.) I made the little video above with my trusty iPhone.   Visiting stage director/production designer Joachim Schamberger was very gracious about giving me some of his time during a very busy week for the Indianapolis Opera.  Thank you again, Joachim! I am going to indulge myself with [...]

  Believe it or not, I have been plugging away at the items on my Writing Plan from March 2.  In the meantime, however: ***  A giant bunny visited me in my workplace with an invitation to see Q Artistry’s next show, “Bunny Spectacular” when it opens on April 1, 2011.  (See video, above.)  I [...]

On January 29, 2011 I drove over to the west side of Indianapolis to Wayne Township Community Theatre’s presentation of “You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown” in the Ben Davis High School Theatre. That was the last night of its run, and I didn’t accept a media pass for it, so I never planned to [...]

Last Thursday I drove to downtown Indianapolis to see the Midwest premiere of “The Storytelling Ability of a Boy” at the Phoenix Theatre.  It was written by Carter W. Lewis and directed for the Phoenix by Bryan Fonseca, assisted by Raphael Schwartzman. As with just about every show I see at the Phoenix, I loved [...]

(Photo is of Jonah Winston in “Diaspora.”  Photo provided by the director, Michael Hosp.  See below for more info about the show.) Well, I have been tweeting fairly regularly (@IndyTheatre) but I am way behind in my blogging!  What can I say?  My fulltime day job and my personal life have demanded most of my [...]