Indy Theatre Habit

In 2008, I was upset when the Indianapolis Star managers fired theatre reviewer Whitney Smith and gave his beat or whatever you call it to music reviewer Jay Harvey to cover as well.  Here in 2013, when I hear that Jay resigned from the Indianapolis Star (his last day was Friday, May 17), I just [...]

The Booth Tarkington Civic Theatre’s resident costume designer, Jean Engstrom, died on Thursday, February 7, 2013.  This message appeared on Civic’s Facebook page the next day: Civic will open THE FOX ON THE FAIRWAY this evening with a heavy heart.  Our dear friend and Resident Costume Designer Jean Engstrom passed away yesterday.  As Bob Sorbera [...]

I have been writing this blog for five years as of today.  Happy birthday, Indy Theatre Habit! And to everyone that reads my blog: thank you for reading! ‘See you at the theatres… Hope Baugh – www.IndyTheatreHabit.com and @IndyTheatre on Twitter. ©2013 Hope Baugh Photo above was taken by Chris Gladis (MShades on Flickr.com.)

On the last Friday night in 2012 I drove to the Beef and Boards Dinner Theatre on the north side of Indianapolis to see the opening night performance of “Arsenic & Old Lace,” by Joseph Kesselring.  It was my first time to see this classic show and my first time as a VIP member at [...]

‘Think all of the holiday shows are over for the season and there’s no live theatre happening in the Indianapolis area?  Not so!  If I could, I would like to see all three of the following shows this weekend: “Jacob Marley’s Christmas Carol” through this Sunday, December 30, 2012, upstairs in Acting Up Productions’ very intimate [...]

I am very sad to write that Indianapolis actor Brian Benson died Tuesday night, hit by a car as he was walking through the Fountain Square area.  When his name started coming up with shock and condolences in my Facebook feed yesterday as Brian Patrick Benson, I didn’t recognize it at first, but then Zach [...]

For reasons I don’t care to go into here, I won’t be able to see ANY theatre this weekend.  To cope with my jonessing, today I am blogging about what I would see this weekend if I could. I would see five shows:

The Phoenix Theatre is celebrating its 30th season here in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.  This weekend, people came from all over the planet to help celebrate this theatre that has meant so much to them. This theatre that has meant so much to us, I should say.  My involvement with the Phoenix is miniscule compared to [...]

If you love live theatre as much as I do, you want to see EVERYTHING, including all 56 shows in the 2012 Indianapolis Fringe Theatre Festival also known as Indy Fringe. But after fringe-ing for five years I know that there is a limit to the number of stories and creative manifestations of artistic visions that I [...]

I’m looking forward to attending the annual Blog Indiana conference in Indianapolis tomorrow and Friday (August 9 and 10, 2012.) Blog Indiana began the same year I started this blog: 2008. I have attended every year except one and I have learned a lot every time, even though most of the people that attend are [...]