Indy Theatre Habit

I mentioned a few days ago that James Still, playwright-in-residence for the Indiana Reportory Theatre, is working on a new play about Abraham Lincoln.  It will premiere at Ford’s Theater in Washington, D.C., with David Selby as Lincoln.
There was an article about the debut in today’s New York Times:
NYTIMES
Arts, Briefly
Ford’s Theater Returns
By DAVE ITZKOFF
Published: November 23, 2008
Ford’s […]

My first “Conversation with…” on this blog was with James Still back in May.  He is the playwright-in-residence for the Indiana Repertory Theatre.  In the months since our original conversation, we have kept in touch.  He continually inspires me, and I treasure the encouragement he has given me for my “Of the People: Stories and […]

The 2009 Indy Fringe Festival will take place August 21-30, 2009.  Applications for performance groups are now available on the Indy Fringe website (www.indyfringe.org).  The number of show slots is limited, so if you have been thinking of applying, get busy.  The slots fill up quickly!
2009 will be the fifth Indy Fringe Festival.  It will be my […]

I am working on my reviews of the two non-Encore shows that I saw this weekend: “The Sound of Music” at the Beef and Boards Dinner Theatre and “South Pacific” at the Myers Dinner Theatre.  It takes me a minimum of four hours to write each review, and I try to write my reviews in […]

The above photo has nothing to do with Mailbox Monday, but I just thought I would add it to this post about other Phoenix Theatre announcements.  It is a snapshot from David Mamet’s “November,” which will open at the Phoenix on September 11, 2008.  It was taken by Julie Curry, who also happens to have […]

Someone from the Athenaeum Foundation sent me an email telling about the fundraising dinner that is part of the weekend-long “Swing-In” event coming up on September 5, 6, and 7, 2008. 
I appreciate being kept in the loop, and I admire the Athenaeum, but the email is too heavily formatted for me to quickly copy it here […]

 
I have three or four items from my mailbox that I would like to share with you on this “Mailbox Monday.”  The first is news from Marc Acito.  He is the author of two hilarious novels: How I Paid for College: A Novel of Sex, Theft, Friendship & Musical Theater and The Attack of the […]

Jeff Maess, Executive Director of the Pike Performing Arts Center, told me that they had a last-minute change in their 2008-2009 Subscription Series due to a tour cancellation, so they will be presenting “Say Goodnight Gracie,” the life, laughter and love of George Burns and Gracie Allen, on Saturday, September 27 at 8:00 p.m.
Oh, man! I wish […]

Erin Monahan, the marketing person at the American Cabaret Theatre, sent me a press release about their new music and poetry series.
Below is the whole press release, if you would like to read it.   I learned at Renee Wilmuth’s “Blog Ethics and Etiquette” session at the the Blog Indiana conference this past weekend that although it is […]

Sharon Gamble, managing director of the Phoenix Theatre, sent me a copy of a very cool article by Chris Jones in today’s Chicago Tribune.  I learned from Renee Wilmuth’s session on “Blog Etiquette and Ethics” at the 2008 Blog Indiana conference that it is not good blogging ettiquette to copy someone else’s whole article, so I will […]