Indy Theatre Habit

Last Thursday night I attended the preview night of Dance Kaleidoscope’s “Love Is…” program at the Indiana Repertory Theatre in downtown Indianapolis.  It was a wonderfully cathartic evening, artistically admirable in and of itself, but also coincidentally a perfect fit for my euphoric, spring-time mood and my emotional and aesthetic needs at the time.  I [...]

The rest of Indianapolis has moved on from the Colts’ attempt to win another Super Bowl on Sunday, February 6, 2010.  However, I had an artistic gestalt that night and now that I think I may have my home computer working again, I would like to record a few more thoughts about my “discovery” of [...]

Last Sunday afternoon, I met a friend at Clowes Hall on the Butler University campus on the north side of Indianapolis to see and hear a six-group collaborative presentation of “Carmina Burana,” by Carl Orff.  It was a transformative experience.  This might sound silly, but it’s true: at one point in the program, I could [...]

 
I had a wonderful time at the Penrod Arts Festival on the grounds of the Indianapolis Museum of Art yesterday.  I confess that part of what got me there was the thought that I would be able to bring my iPhone along and “tweet” about my day at Penrod as @IndyTheatre on Twitter.com.
I also made [...]

Last Saturday night I judged an Encore show that let out relatively early.  I didn’t feel like going home yet, so I drove to downtown Indianapolis to Massachusetts Avenue to see if ComedySportz had a 10:00 improv show on Saturday nights. I was delighted to find that they did.
I had been to see the Three [...]

On Monday night I attended the Spotlight 2009 gala at Clowes Memorial Hall on the Butler University campus.  It was presented by the Health Foundation of Greater Indianapolis and Efroymson Family Fund: a CICF Fund.
According to my program, the event was “One extraordinary night of singers, dancers, musicians and actors to benefit the Indiana AIDS [...]

Last Sunday night, March 1, I drove to Trinity Episcopal Church for the Meridian Song Project’s free “All About the Bs” concert.  I simply wanted to satisfy my curiosity about what Steven Stolen, managing director of the Indiana Repertory Theatre, sounded like as a singer. 
However, the 75-minute program was a TREAT, and went way beyond [...]

On Sunday, January 11, 2009, my friend Chris and I met at the Indiana Repertory Theatre downtown to see Dance Kaleidoscope’s presentation of “Magical Mystery Tour,” choreographed by David Hochoy.  This was a repeat of one of DK’s most adored pieces, but it was my first time to see DK at all.
It was a real [...]

Last Thursday night I went to the final dress rehearsal of the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra’s 2008 “Yuletide Celebration.”  It was Media Night but it was also the night for performers’ family members to see the show and to help their loved ones get used to performing with audience reactions.  There were a lot of people [...]

On Saturday night I drove west of Indianapolis to Danville to meet my friend, actor Jack Gramling, for a two-part concert to benefit the Danville High School band department.  The concert was called “Holiday Melodies.”  I suppose that it does not, technically, fit the scope of this blog, but I want to write about it here [...]