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Yes, you've found Lou Harry's A&E, IBJ's home for opinion, debate and discussion on arts and entertainment matters in Indy and beyond. Thanks for stopping by.
The big picture Blog Posts
DC: Backstage at the Kennedy Center
June 19, 2008
Comments(0)The latest in a serious of reports from the American Theatre Critics Association conference in Washington, D.C.
It's past intermission, but I chose not to go back into the theater. Stomach issues, I claim. Truth is,
I saw a much better directed, better...
MoreThe ‘Times’: Nothing in Indy
May 13, 2008
Comments(18)Readers of the New York Times received their “Summer Stages” preview in Sunday’s Arts & Leisure section.
The annual piece offers a rundown of what’s happening around the country in Dance, Theater, Pop/Jazz and
Classical Music. And while the Cleveland and...
MoreOne for the books: Barden/Obama
May 8, 2008
Comment(1)One of Indy’s most notable writers, Dan Barden, earned national acclaim for his book “John Wayne: a novel,”
published in 1997 by Random House. He’s also penned essays for such publications as GQ and Details, teaches
creative writing at Butler...
MoreFrom NY II: celeb spotting
May 1, 2008
Comments(8)I'm jazzed to write about both the Lincoln Center revival of "South Pacific" and the new Broadway musical
"Cry-Baby" when I return to Indy. And to catch two more shows Saturday. And to share, perhaps tomorrow's
blog, some thoughts on my...
MoreGreetings from New York I
April 30, 2008
Comments(3)The line is short at the temporary TKTS half-price ticket booth (although just about everyting is available),
every third non-tourist woman seems to want to be Tina Fey, and Central Park looks great. Wish you were
all here.
I'm blogging from...
MoreWhat outsiders think
April 29, 2008
Comments(2)Conner Prairie landed its own four-page section in the current issue of Smithsonian magazine and, of course,
the powers that be at the rustic landmark are thrilled.
In a press release, Brenda Myers, executive director of the Hamilton County Convention...
MoreAre candidates hiding from the arts?
April 18, 2008
Comments(8)Political candidates are all over the state these days, grabbing photo ops wherever they can … except, it
seems, at arts events.
Think about it: When was the last time you saw a candidate - local or national - posing in...
MorePope-ular music
April 16, 2008
Comments(6)With Pope Benedict XVI on his U.S. tour, attention is being paid to just about every aspect of the Catholic
Church…including its music. Not only is the playlist for the Pontiff’s stadium mass in Washington being scrutinized,
but thoughts are...
MoreArts to the left, arts to the right
March 21, 2008
Comments(0)David Mamet has stirred lots of debate with his recent column in The Village Voice. The message can be
boiled down to his line "I took the liberal view for many decades, but I believe I have changed my...
MoreThe 'SNL' effect
March 13, 2008
Comments(6)Much is being made about the impact of “Saturday Night Live” on the presidential election. For the latest
New York Times story, click here
According to the argument, the way “SNL” characterize the candidates is the way the public will...
MoreReviews, previews, blogs, etc.
February 28, 2008
Comments(0)While this blog has loads of readers (110,000 page visits in January.), I’ve found, anecdotally, that that
number includes some who know little about IBJ’s other arts and entertainment coverage.
So I thought I’d take today’s posting and give you a...
More“Assassins” shot down
February 22, 2008
Comments(5)"All of us have a healthy respect for the freedom of artistic expression that college theater represents,
and all of us agree that out of respect for the families of those victims of the tragedies at Northern
Illinois University and...
MoreJustifying PBS
February 6, 2008
Comments(17)President Bush’s proposed budget features significant cuts to public broadcasting: 2009’s allocation goes from
$400 million to $200 million. And 2010’s drops from $420 million to $200 million. More details here.
Public broadcasting certainly had an easier time justifying...
MoreCruise and the cult of biography
January 15, 2008
Comments(14)Yes, it’s the big day. The unauthorized Tom Cruise biography is out.
Guess who won’t be reading it?
For one, a few clicks will get you all the couch-jumping, the Scientology, the wild rumors, and the rest
that you could possibly want....
MoreNaked in Carmel
January 9, 2008
Comments(7)Few would object, on the one end, to a Norman Rockwell painting being hung in an art gallery window.
Few, at the other end, would approve of a city park screening of a Jenna Jameson skin flick.
But where is the line...
MoreIndy arts: The Ballard years
January 2, 2008
Comments(19)“… Frankly, if it comes down to another piece of art or another cop on the street, that’s not a close
call.”
So said Greg Ballard in a post-election interview with IBJ.
With Ballard now officially on the job as mayor of...
MoreA new ISO marketing move
December 18, 2007
Comments(6)Just yesterday, the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra announced a new addition to its schedule--a Tuesday night
preview concert of music excerpts from upcoming shows. The Jan. 8 coming-attractions evening ticket price is
$5, which also includes a 2-for-1 offer for a future show.
Getting...
MorePrice points
December 17, 2007
Comments(7)One of the productions I’ll be reviewing in the next IBJ is “Assassins,” the Stephen Sondheim musical staged
by the new Indy-based company Lowbrow Productions (information at www.lowbrowproductions.org).
Something I probably won’t be mentioning in the article: The fact that...
MoreThe Value of Controversy?
December 11, 2007
Comments(5)“As long as artists are at liberty to feel with high personal intensity, as long as our artists are free
to create with sincerity and conviction, there will be healthy controversy and progress in art.”
That line isn’t from Michael Kammen,...
MoreThe Art of the Blog
December 7, 2007
Comments(16)Welcome to the IBJ A&E corner of the blogosophere—a salon of sorts where arts and entertainment issues
large and small, local and national, low-, medium- and high-brow, will be discussed, debated, argued about
and wrestled with.
It’s a place I hope...
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