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On stage Blog Posts
Carnage: Art vs. Art and "Sweeney"
October 1, 2008
Comments(10)As I mentioned Monday, I finally got to Art vs. Art (Sept. 26), the crazed art auction/game show/demolition
derby that uptowned from Fountain Square to the Vogue this year.
I’ll confess to getting caught up in the same blood lust...
MoreIn Cleveland, a critical clash
September 30, 2008
Comments(10)Classical music fans, musicians, critics and administrators around the country are taking sides in a battle
that's been raging in Cleveland.
The situtation: After years of blasting Cleveland Orchestra music director Franz Welser-Most, Cleveland Plain
Dealer music critic Donald Rosenberg has...
MoreReview: Bill Cosby at IU
September 24, 2008
Comments(3)Singers of a certain age often coast on nostalgia. The primary pleasure of attending one of their concerts
isn't so much the sound of their voice or the wit of their banter. It's being able to say you saw them....
MoreReview: IRT's 'Sherlock Holmes'
September 22, 2008
Comments(6)Neither engagingly mysterious or particularly thrilling, “Sherlock Holmes: The Final Adventure,” the season opener
for the Indiana Repertory Theatre (running through Oct. 11) offers a handsome but passionless production that
lacks either a convincing threat or a committed style.
Despite...
MoreReviews: Phoenix, Civic, ATI
September 18, 2008
Comments(14)Space is limited in this week's print IBJ, so instead of cutting down the week's reviews, I thought I'd
share my thoughts here on three recent theater production openings. (FYI: You can find A&E reviews every
week in IBJ's Not Strictly Business...
MoreThe incredible shrinking diva
September 16, 2008
Comments(7)"Traditionally, it isn't over until the fat lady sings. But it seems it will soon be over for the singing
fat lady."
So opens a piece in The London newspaper The Independent concerning the slimmer and fitter brand of opera...
MoreMamet to actors: Stay out of school
September 11, 2008
Comments(8)With David Mamet's latest play, "November," opening this week at the Phoenix Theatre, I was interested in
reading the acclaimed playwright's latest words on his art.
What I found in his recent book "True and False: Heresy...
MoreTharp, true cabaret at ACT, etc.
September 9, 2008
Comment(1)Time to empty the notebook with some quick items.
--It was announced today that Indiana's own Twyla Tharp will be the recipient of a Kennedy Center Honors
this year. She'll be joined by Morgan Freeman, Barbra Streisand, George Jones, Pete Townshend...
MoreCol. Esserman at Start with Art
September 4, 2008
Comments(4)Today's Start with Art luncheon at the Convention Center unofficially marks the start of the arts season
in Indy.
So were you there? If so, what did you think of Col Dean M. Esserman's talk?
For those who weren't, Esserman--Chief of Police...
MorePretending to like classical music?
September 3, 2008
Comments(12)Many an inbox has found an e-mailed link to the website Stuffwhitepeoplelike.com over the last few years.
I'm mentioning it here, though, because it's most recent entry--#108 if you are keeping score--takes an open
shot at classical music, claiming among other things...
MoreISO announces all-star musical
August 28, 2008
Comments(4)For years, other cities have been experiencing the unique pleasures of seeing musicals in concert. In New
York, they call it Encores! In L.A., it's Reprise!
Finally, Indianapolis is catching on. And while there is no exclamation-marked name for our version...
MoreFringe review sparks discussion
August 28, 2008
Comments(15)A brief review I posted here on Friday of the IndyFringe show "Peace on Terror" has generated some intense
reaction. See the post and ongoing comments here. The conversation, led by someone involved in the show,
has spilled over...
MoreInternational theater launching here
August 26, 2008
Comments(2)You heard it hear first--unless you've been hanging out in the halls of Butler University.
BU theater head John Green and prof/actress/director Diane Timmerman will be launching a new theater company
next summer. Dedicated to bringing the best of world theatre artists...
MoreYou-review-it Monday
August 25, 2008
Comment(1)As you can see from the previous three posts, I spent most of the weekend on and around Mass Ave soaking
up IndyFringe. It was great to see such strong crowds out. The festival continues through Aug. 31 and while...
MoreIndyFringe reviews 3
August 24, 2008
Comment(1)Today, some family friendly fringe--in the company of my 6-year-old son.
We started with "Tastes Funny," in which a pair of goofballs (the Ed Grimley-haired Daniel Oldaker and the
stunning, "Pretty Woman"-era-Julia-Roberts-looking Ranik Huszar) performed admirable feats of plate spinning,
juggling, and...
MoreIndyFringe reviews 2
August 23, 2008
Comments(10)Today, at Indy Fringe, I went looking for laughs.
I started with a performance by Cool Table, a Chicago-based improv group that, two years ago, provided a
very memorable evening anchored with a still-ringing-in-my-head song about the children's game Duck, Duck,...
MoreIndyFringe reviews 1
August 23, 2008
Comments(39)For the first night of this year's IndyFringe Theatre Festival (aka IndyFringe or Indy Fringe), I decided
to select four showsthat looked to be among the most risk-taking. After all, what's a fringe without something
out there on the fringe? (Skip...
MoreDemocrats' composer in residence
August 22, 2008
Comment(1)David Amram (recently seen here in town at the opening of the Indianapolis Museum of Art's Kerouac/Frank
exhibition) has been named Composer in Residence for the Democratic National Convention. See full story here.
The story reports that Amram, who has...
MoreNew theater launch, part 1
August 21, 2008
Comments(3)A positive sign on the local arts scene (and we certainly could use those), is the launching of more professional
arts organizations. Community theater is fine, but the more paying work there is for actors, directors, and
designers, the better...
MoreOn the brink of IndyFringe 2008
August 19, 2008
Comments(8)IndyFringe 2008 launches this week with a kick-off party Thursday and performances beginning on Friday.
This year's lineup includes 270 performances of 53 shows--including one-act plays, improvisational comedy, dance
pieces, magic acts, confessional one-person shows and difficult-to-describe oddities.
As in the past, the shows aren't...
MoreOverdosing on the Beatles?
August 18, 2008
Comments(2)In putting together this year's IBJ A&E Season Preview (coming soon to your favorite business paper),
I saw a mini-trend emerging.
It starts Aug. 28-29 with "Classical Mystery Tour," a visit from a quartet of Liverpoolian-look-and-sing-alikes
at Conner Prairie.
That same...
MoreLatest B’way cast recordings
August 7, 2008
Comments(4)With a new season starting on Broadway, I thought it a good time to give a listen to a stack of cast
recordings of 2007/2008 shows. More than the original production, I believe, the cast recording is what encourages
future...
MoreIllegal smiles: Pot comedy returns
July 29, 2008
Comments(11)Variety reports today that "Up in Smoke" comedy legends Cheech and Chong will be hitting the road for the
first time in 25 years. Their national tour, titled "Hey, What's that Smell?" will be announced tomorrow.
Meanwhile, the latest comedy from...
MorePike/Warren add to touring choices
July 25, 2008
Comments(2)In the previous blog, I listed the upcoming schedule for the Clowes Presents series. Well, Clowes Hall isn't
our town's only presenter of across-the-arts-spectrum one-night-only touring talent.
Here are the 2008-2009 shows coming to town courtesy of the Pike Performing...
MoreClowes announces schedule
July 25, 2008
Comments(2)Some arts organizations create. Others present.
As to the latter, what Clowes Hall brings to town helps define the Indy arts season. So what do you think
of this year's "Clowes Presents" lineup?
Loudon Wainwright III and Leo Kottke (Sept. 27)
Hubbard Street Dance...
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