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Critical questions follow reviewer's departure from Indy Star
May 17, 2013
Lou HarryThe state's largest newspaper is mum on whether reviews will continue after the Friday resignation of its fine arts critic.
Arts organizations are taking a wait-and-see attitude.
MoreLOU'S VIEWS: Civic's 'Into the Woods' explores what's after ‘happily ever after’
May 11, 2013
Lou HarryPlus thoughts on NoExit Performance's world premiere of David Hoppe's 'Our Experiences During the First Days of Alligators'
in Garfield Park
MoreLOU'S VIEWS: Doing it Ai Weiwei's way
April 13, 2013
Lou HarryThe eyes of the creative world are on Ai Weiwei. The Indianapolis Museum of Art offers a chance to put your eyes on his works.
Plus, thoughts on the IBJ A&E “War Horse” road trip.
MoreLOU'S VIEWS: Catching up with a kaleidoscope of reviews
March 23, 2013
Lou HarryThoughts on the latest from DK, Acting Up, and an American Pianists Association fellow.
MoreLOU'S VIEWS: The critics are coming … the critics are coming
March 16, 2013
Lou HarryJournalists from San Francisco to D.C. and from New Haven to New Orleans descend on Indy for a first-ever critical mass of
theater.
MoreLOU'S VIEWS: Say it isn't so, Diane
February 9, 2013
Lou HarryWhen a region stands to lose one of its finest actresses, a critic can't be too proud to beg
MoreLOU'S VIEWS: 'The Book of Mormon' and shock values
January 5, 2013
Lou HarryLanguage and content aren't the only thing shocking about the hit musical, now playing in Chicago.
MoreLOU'S VIEWS: Art + theater made for memorable road trip
October 27, 2012
Lou HarryGeorge Seurat’s painting “A Sunday on La Grande Jatte—1884” provided the inspiration for the musical “Sunday in the Park with
George.” For an Oct. 20 visit to both the painting and the musical, I was in the company of 35 participants in the first IBJ
A&E Road Trip, an exercise in arts connectivity.
MoreCarmel theater group pleads for cash to stay afloat
September 19, 2012
Kathleen McLaughlinWhile awaiting word on a possible $75,000 grant from the city of Carmel, Actors Theatre of Indiana made a plea for emergency
donations Wednesday afternoon.
MoreLOU'S VIEWS: Two fledgling arts companies take the stage
August 18, 2012
Lou HarryInitial productions by Indianapolis Urban Theater and Dance Company and Vagabonds' Bridge Theatre Company inspire hope for
the future.
MorePerforming arts groups rethink marketing subscriptions
August 4, 2012
Dan HumanThe decline in season ticket sales has forced marketing managers to promote each show individually, which is trickier and
more costly.
MoreLOU'S VIEWS: Vacationing at the Shaw Festival
August 4, 2012
Lou HarryIn Canada, a top-notch theater festival has been celebrating George Bernard Shaw and company for 50 years. Perfect for a vacation
visit.
MoreLilly Endowment gift aimed at Walker Theatre renovation
July 17, 2012
Lilly Endowment's $500,000 gift will help fund needed maintenance to the historic building on Indiana Avenue. Center directors
say the theater needs a new HVAC system, in addition to electrical wiring, lighting and sound equipment.
MoreLOU'S VIEWS: Chicago second to none as theater town
June 23, 2012
Lou HarryI love New York. But, frankly, there are more exciting offerings in the alleged "Second City"—including Lookingglass
Theatre’s world-premiere “Eastland.”
MoreButler University arts dean aims to link campus, city
May 5, 2012
Kathleen McLaughlinRonald Caltabiano says the Butler arts festival would feature talent from the university, affiliated organizations like Dance
Kaleidoscope and Indianapolis Opera, and “extraordinary” guest artists.
MoreLOU'S VIEWS: No great Shakes
April 28, 2012
Lou HarryIt shouldn’t come as much of a surprise that, with limited resources, IUPUI’s Hoosier Bard Productions doesn’t
make a masterpiece out of the most obscure of Shakespeare’s plays—one that may not even be Shakespeare’s
play at all. To be sure, “The History of Cardenio” is an oddity.
MoreLOU'S VIEWS: Broadway beyond musicals
April 21, 2012
Lou HarryThoughts on 'One Man, Two Guvnors,' 'Other Desert Cities,' 'Peter and the Starcatcher' and more.
MoreCarmel arts center makes room for more sponsors
April 20, 2012
Kathleen McLaughlinThe Center for the Performing Arts in Carmel expects the 2012-13 concert season, announced this week, to bring a healthy bump
in sponsor revenue.
MoreLOU'S VIEWS: Live on Broadway it's ... Larry Bird?
April 14, 2012
Lou HarryOften stilted, often hokey, and just as often charming, “Magic/Bird” is a Broadway oddball—a biographical
drama without romance and without family conflict, but with an ample supply of game clips and a very mobile backboard.
MoreBuilding rentals help school district make ends meet
March 19, 2012
Associated PressFranklin is planning to raise $120,000 by renting the performing arts center and middle school auditorium this year — six
times what the district made in rental fees four years ago.
MoreLOU'S VIEWS: Cycling through the Eiteljorg a delightful experience
March 17, 2012
Lou HarryThe Eiteljorg's "Steel Ponies" is a rare museum show that feels both surprisingly original and perfectly in line with its
mission. Plus thoughts on Dan Barden's new novel and a must-see Sondheim revival in Cincy.
MoreLOU'S VIEWS: Parents behave badly in 'God of Carnage'
March 10, 2012
Lou HarryPolitics aren’t discussed much in Yasmina Reza’s “God of Carnage” (at the IRT through March 24). But
after watching a performance, you might find yourself wondering how global superpowers—let alone political parties or
religious groups—can possibly get along when the play’s two seemingly civilized couples can’t even have
an 85-minute discussion without leaving emotional shrapnel everywhere.
MoreLOU'S VIEWS: 'Osage,' you must see
February 25, 2012
Lou HarryPhoenix Theater offers Indiana premiere of "August: Osage County," a sprawling, brutally intimate epic both intensely
personal and apocalyptic.
MoreLOU'S VIEWS: City stages home to a trio of theatrical winners
January 21, 2012
Lou HarryIndiana Repertory Theatre's "Radio Golf," the Phoenix's “Current Economic Conditions,” and Indianapolis
Symphony Orchestra rely on character-driven shows.
MoreLOU'S VIEWS: Very different stages at Theatre on the Square
January 14, 2012
Lou HarryWhere else but TOTS can you choose between a porn musical and a hostage drama? Reviews of "Debbie Does Dallas" and Acting
Up's "Two Rooms."
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I did not move to Zionsville to live in Carmel. This and the subsequent developments to follow will ensure a vanilla uniformity of strip malls and apartment buildings as we seek to bring our town down to the least common denominator. We were warned before recent elections that pro-development council members would make sure their friends (landowners and developers) would be able to make their millions off of the exploitation of Zionsville. Why in God's name would we sell out the best preserved small town in the State of Indiana?