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LOU'S VIEWS: Playing catch-up with Indy stage productions
July 30, 2011
Lou HarryReports on shows by Actors Theatre of Indiana, the Phoenix, ComedySportz, the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra and more.
MoreLOU'S VIEWS: Spidey crashes, other Broadway shows soar
July 23, 2011
Lou HarryThoughts on "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark," "Catch Me If You Can," Shakespeare in the Park, and more.
MoreLOU'S VIEWS: Ife sculptures at IMA paint a thousand words
July 16, 2011
Lou HarryI love a good creation story, and the Yoruba people of the ancient city of Ife, in what is now Nigeria, have a doozy. It involves
a god indulging in a bit too much palm wine, a snail-shell full of soil, a chameleon, and a chicken (with five toes).
MoreLOU'S VIEWS: Get a jump start on Indy International Film Festival
July 9, 2011
Lou HarryThe festival, which runs July 14-24 at the Indianapolis Museum of Art, offers a diverse line-up, from mainstream films to
innovative cinema.
MoreLOU'S VIEWS: Conner Prairie's best raid plans
July 2, 2011
Lou HarryIf you asked me a week ago what I knew about Indiana’s direct involvement in the Civil War, you would have been met
with a blank stare. Then I was part of the regiment that helped kick the raiding party out of Indiana as part of the new “1863
Civil War Journey: Raid on Indiana” interactive exhibit at Conner Prairie.
MoreLOU'S VIEWS: In the City of Angels, the stars aren't only on screen
June 25, 2011
Lou HarryGreetings from California, where the question of the week was, “Is L.A. a theater town?
MoreLOU'S VIEWS: Exploring museum's new discovery channels
June 18, 2011
Lou HarryIt’s impossible for those of us who have raised kids with the Children’s Museum of Indianapolis to imagine what
it’s like to enter it, as a child, for the first time.
MoreLOU'S VIEWS: Soul searching on 'Avenue Q'
June 11, 2011
Lou HarryThe R-rating-worthy, 'Sesame Street'-style show gets its regional theater premiere at the Phoenix.
MoreLOU'S VIEWS: Performing arts summer preview
June 4, 2011
Lou HarrySummer is no longer a time when an Indy A&E lover has to put aesthetics and adventurousness on hold.
MoreLOU'S VIEWS: Urbanski impresses during weekend with symphony
May 28, 2011
Lou HarryWhile his official tenure doesn’t begin until September, Krzysztof Urbanski’s unofficial coming-out party came
May 20-21 when he led the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra for the first time since being named music director.
MoreLOU'S VIEWS: 2011 Field Guide to 500 Festival celebrity spotting
May 21, 2011
Lou HarryEven if most of them aren’t showing off any talent beyond waving from a car on the parade route, there’s no denying
that celebrities visiting Indy for the 500 add a kick to the month of May. Of course, one person’s celebrity is another’s
“Who’s that?”
MoreLOU'S VIEWS: Home is where the art is
May 14, 2011
Lou HarryWith the Miller House open, Columbus becomes even more of a design draw.
MoreLOU'S VIEWS: 'Chicago' razzle-dazzles at ATI’s new home
May 7, 2011
Lou HarryThoughts on Actors Theatre of Indiana's in-your-face production of the Kander and Ebb musical. Plus Butler University's Chekhov
variations.
MoreLOU'S VIEWS: 'The 39 Steps' is spoof positive of laughs in Hitchcock's work
April 30, 2011
Lou HarryThere’s a blissfully funny sequence in the first act of the Indiana Repertory Theatre’s production of “The
39 Steps,” the local premiere of the Broadway hit.
MoreLOU'S VIEWS: Landmark event turns into celebration of Bill Cook
April 23, 2011
Lou HarryBenefactor's presence strongly felt at opening of new arts center.
MoreLOU'S VIEWS: IU Opera premieres 'Vincent'
April 15, 2011
Lou HarryAs ambitious an arts project as you are likely to find so far this century in central Indiana, IU Opera’s world premiere
production of “Vincent” overflowed with stunning design and strong music.
MoreLOU'S VIEWS: Savion Glover's got a tap for that
April 9, 2011
Lou HarryThoughts on Savion Glover at the Palladium, 'This' at the Phoenix, and 'Annie Get Your Gun' at Beef & Boards.
MoreLOU'S VIEWS: World premiere tackles Marion lynchings
April 2, 2011
Lou HarryIf you’ve already seen “The Gospel According to James,” your memory of it may well differ from mine. Plus
thoughts on this year's Humana Festival of New American Plays.
MoreLOU'S VIEWS: The closing of Borders ... read it and weep
March 26, 2011
Lou HarryThe coffee smell dissipates. The signs drop from 25%-50% off to 40%-60% off. Shelves of books migrate from soon-to-be-closed-off
sections to empty shelf space elsewhere, causing category labels to lose their meaning. Customers linger, wondering if a novel
unworthy of their $24 might be worthy of $12. This is how it ends for Indianapolis’ only downtown full-service bookshop.
MoreLOU'S VIEWS: Indy Opera's 'Carmen' shows upside of downsizing
March 19, 2011
Lou HarryWhen word went out that one of the three Indianapolis Opera presentations this season would be a production of “Carmen,”
sans chorus, sans full orchestra, sans biggie-size sets, and sans Clowes Hall stage, it was perfectly understandable that
some patrons may have lowered their expectations.
MoreLOU'S VIEWS: Youth appeal at the Phoenix and Butler U. theaters
March 12, 2011
Lou HarryIs theater dead? Three different productions from three different companies over the past few weeks point to some ways to
counter—or at least hold off—the decline.
MoreLOU'S VIEWS: Inside the outsider at the IMA
March 5, 2011
Lou HarryThornton Dial created his own artistic rule book; the results are stunning.
MoreLOU'S VIEWS: Making history at arts venues
February 26, 2011
Lou HarryThree leading Indiana institutions—the Indiana History Center, the Eiteljorg, and the IRT—look at volatile moments
in American history.
MoreLOU'S VIEWS: Alas, poor patrons
February 19, 2011
Lou HarryIf intent were all that mattered, I would be writing in praise of Hoosier Bard's "Young Hamlet."
MoreLOU'S VIEWS: Feasting on First Friday
February 12, 2011
Lou HarryPlus thoughts on "Diary of Anne Frank" and Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra meets Chaplin
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