Indy Theatre Habit

The more performance art I experience, the more I realize how personal that experience is.  I love that it is personal.  I love that it is ephemeral, too.  It is impossible to sustain or even to reproduce exactly, because it is live.  The only way to truly experience a live theatre piece is to be present for [...]

I learned today that writer Lou Harry’s and his wife, Cindy’s beautiful, feisty, talented, teenaged daughter, Maggie, passed away last night.  I met Maggie Harry at the world premiere of one of Lou’s plays, “Midwestern Hemisphere” in 2008 and got to chat with her again at a board game marathon at their house one winter. [...]

(Last updated 1-5-13) It’s that time again: time to set up my Directory of Shows Seen for the year.  By a quick count, I saw 91 live theatre shows in 2011, 120 in 2010, 134 in 2009, and 144 in 2008.  I guess I’m “slowing down,” although I prefer to think of it as becoming more selective [...]