January 14, 2012
It's so nice to have a concert musical back where it belongs....on the ISO schedule.
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December 21, 2011
Darius Rucker, Dierks Bently, En Vogue, O.A.R. and Patti LaBelle among acts presenting free shows.
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December 13, 2011
If we must have a jukebox musical every season, let them all
be this fun, professional, and tuneful.
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November 8, 2011
What would you ask Kurt Vonnegut if you had the chance?
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November 1, 2011
More details on the yet-to-be-cast show "Magic/Bird."
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October 27, 2011
Folds joined the ISO for a strong show...then stuck around to entertain on his own.
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September 27, 2011
No, that isn't Corey Hart on the t-shirt in the Hilbert Circle Theatre gift shop.
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September 9, 2011
Local premiere of Tony-winning musical shines brighter than it did in its national tour.
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August 23, 2011
Sometimes, it helps to know going in what you aren't going to get.
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August 17, 2011
In Washington, Warhol and his Factory crew break into song, with mixed results.
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August 14, 2011
Proving once again that Rodgers and Hammerstein's show is more than a collection of hit songs--when in the right hands.
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July 26, 2011
Leading men Doug Johnson and Ben Tebbe bring weight to a surprisingly engaging historical noir thriller.
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July 21, 2011
Why so much scorn heaped on a show that should be hailed as one of the best new Broadway musicals in years?
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July 8, 2011
The latest stage at the Center for the Performing Arts celebrated with free performances by local groups.
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June 28, 2011
Win a four-pack of tickets to see the folk music legend.
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June 23, 2011
Also, ballet at the multiplex, B'way's original Javert with the ISO, and more.
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June 15, 2011
This week, I've joined 20 other theater journalistsand a team of top arts editorsto create an experimental pop-up
newsroom in L.A.
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June 13, 2011
It was a predictable year for the awards, but Neil Patrick Harris and company offered a quirky, fun show. Some thoughts.
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May 25, 2011
Comic actor joins familiar musicians on summer schedule.
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May 24, 2011
First in an ongoing series of explorations of arts beyond Indiana borders. This time: The Kennedy Center's "Follies" and Arena
Stage's "Ruined."
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May 18, 2011
See the grown-up puppets-and-people musical in its regional theater premiere.
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May 10, 2011
'Shrek' and 'Young Frankenstein' also on 11/12 schedule
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May 8, 2011
Lineup includes Bernadette Peters (with Michael Feinstein), Sandi Patty (with Michael Feinstein), and Marvin Hamlisch (with
Michael Feinstein)...plus more acts without Michael Feinstein.
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May 5, 2011
Esperanza Spalding, Bela Fleck and Mike Birbiglia also announced for Clowes Hall mainstage season.
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May 3, 2011
OK, so maybe 'review' isn't the right word.
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Three Magi
Cats out of the bag. The object of the game is to get acquired. That means the company has no idea how to grow beyond a certain point. Email is a 1990s technology. I have laughed at this company since day one. Such a small bit player. If it was anywhere but here, it wouldn't be newsworthy.
Esther, Indy has passed Chicago in the local government corruption arena. Don't downgrade us. We're No. 1 in the Midwest.
Does the buyer get to keep the recent Accu-Chek J.D. Power award? Be careful, those Swiss cannot be trusted. Last June they pimped Mayor Ballard and former Governor Daniels at a media op, announcing plans to invest "$300 million at its Indianapolis headquarters, creating up to 100 new jobs by 2017," only to turn around and close the Roche Nutley, NJ facility and eliminate 1000 jobs there later the same week. It seems that healthcare can be innovated only as long as money is to be made. Right now Roche seems to have big eyes for China: there are many Chinese in China and potential billions in Swiss francs! Since Roche is having difficulty with US insurance companies swallowing the bill for overpriced cancer drugs (with debatable efficacy) why not sell insurance to the Chinese and market the drugs to them there? There is a name for these sort of business practices however proper decorum precludes it use in this forum.
Same kind of Luddites who oppose I-69. Guessing their 501(c)(4) application probably sailed right through the IRS.