Indy Theatre Habit

On the second Friday night of the 2008 Indianapolis Fringe Festival, I returned refreshed from a day off from reviewing.  I parked at the south end of Mass. Ave., near the American Cabaret Theatre, because my first show of the evening was The Arden Theatre’s quaint presentation of the Children’s Theatre Institute’s “The Time Machine.” 
Charmaine […]

I finished my Wednesday night at the 2008 Indianapolis Fringe Festival by going to the Theatre on the Square’s Second Stage and seeing a brilliant, one-woman show from Cincinnati, Ohio:  “In Rehearsal,” written and performed by Alison Vodnoy.
Vodnoy introduces herself as Akiva (ah-KEE-vuh), a woman whose first love is live theatre.  She loves it because […]

Warning:  This show was for adults only.  My review includes some adults-only stuff, too.
On the Wednesday afternoon of the 2008 Indianapolis Fringe Festival, I had just finished noshing at the Performers’ Luncheon and was headed to Henry’s on East coffee shop for some free Internet.  I noticed a tall, bearded man with a wool hat […]

To close my Tuesday night at the 2008 Indianapolis Fringe Festival, I walked down to the American Cabaret Theatre to see Motus Dance Theatre’s presentation of “Wicked Dreams, Pleasant Nightmares.”
This is a beautiful, and humorous, dance piece that also tells a story: a young girl falls asleep and wakes up.  Within that deceptively simple story, layers […]

Warning:  This review has more spoilers than usual.
At 7:30 on the Tuesday evening of the 2008 Indianapolis Fringe Festival I was at the Theatre on the Square’s Second Stage to see the world premiere of “Jealous Sky: Aviatrixes in the Clouds,” written and produced by Paul L. Bancel.
Bancel is an engineer by day, an aviation […]

At 9:00 on the Monday night of the 2008 Indianapolis Fringe Festival, I stayed at the Phoenix Theatre to see “The Honeymoon Suite.”  I hadn’t had a chance to read the Fringe website description for this show.  All I knew was that it was one of three shows from Australia this year.  I went simply […]

 
For the 7:30 slot of the Monday evening of the 2008 Indianapolis Fringe Festival, I walked over to the Phoenix Theatre to see “Improscaping,” by Susanne Carter of Carter Productions.
On the final Sunday of the 2008 Fringe, I paid to see it a second time.  This collection of polished concept pieces moved me to tears […]

Phil Van Hest’s “Phil the Void” stand-up comedy show was one of my favorites at last year’s Indy Fringe Festival.   I saw it twice, and wrote about it twice on IndianaAuditions.com.  This year (2008) I looked forward to enjoying Phil’s cerebral humor and generous energy again, but within a whole new set of material.
I was delighted […]

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On my way back to my car tonight (the 2nd Saturday of the 2008 Indy Fringe Festival) after a 10:30 show, Justin from the Fringe office pulled up to me on his bicycle.  “It’s been a big night for us,” he said.  “Four or five shows sold out, or came very […]

I have now reported on the 2008 Indianapolis Fringe Festival for seven days straight.   I am taking today (Thursday) and maybe tomorrow off from seeing shows to play catch-up with my posts and my life.  Even God took a break after six days, right?  And God knows, NO reviewer is a deity.
So, before I get dressed […]