You-review-it Monday

January 13, 2013
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I caught the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra's "Hairspray in Concert" before scooting out of town for some vacation. You can find a review here  (of "Hairspray in Concert," not of my vacation).

What A&E did you catch this weekend? Mummenscanz at the Tarkington? Elvis' birthday celebration at Pike? A round of Oscar-nominated films at a theater near you? Someting else? 

Your thoughts? 

 

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  • Les Miz
    John KingJanuary 14, 2013 9:15 AM
    Saw "Les Miserables" on Saturday and was a little ambivalent about the fairly static direction and some of the star-power casting (Russell Crowe especially). But Eddie Redmayne as Marius knocked it into the next time zone. I'm amazed he wasn't nominated for Best Supporting Actor.
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  • Mummenschanz
    SonjaJanuary 14, 2013 1:12 PM
    Bought tickets to Mummenschanz after hearing your reminder Friday morning during your WIBC segment. Everyone from my 75-year-old father to my 9- and 7-year-old children truly enjoyed it. It was fascinating to see what wonders and tricks of the eye four entertainers and their props were able to conjure up. True visual artistry.
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  • Elvis Drums Miserable Hairspray
    BarbaraJanuary 14, 2013 1:57 PM
    Mom and I crammed in a weekend of entertainment worthy of one of our New York or Chicago entertainment weekends. Mom and Dad went to the Elvis birthday celebration at the Pike on Friday night. She was the one who got the kiss from Cody Slaughter from the stage in her pink rock and roll skirt. Judging from mom's gushing afterwards, it must have been a pretty good show. Saturday morning I took her to Rhythm Discovery Center for the semi-monthly drumming circle thanks to 2-for-1 admission from Groupon. The percussion museum is a small hidden gem and well worth checking out. If you go, be sure to check out the Drumming Circle hosted by Lawrence Clark III. The museum and drumming circle are great for all ages. In the afternoon, we caught Les Miserables at the Circle Center Mall. Les Miz was perfect the first time around, why must they keep reinventing it? First, they made it a multimedia show and dumped the round stage. Now they've made it into a movie, which doesn't live up to the hype. The only musical performances worthy of Broadway were Anne Hathaway and Aaron Tveit. Hugh Jackman lacked the richness that makes "Bring Him Home" so powerful on stage. I was expecting to be disappointed in Russel Crowe's performance based on the reviews I'd read and comments from friends. It was utterly painful to hear him ruin "Stars". I think Beef & Boards will do a better job with Les Miserables than the movie. Finally, we capped off the day with ISO's Hairspray, which was absolutely delightful. I posted my comments on Hairspray with Lou's review of the show.
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  • John & Jen
    GailPJanuary 14, 2013 2:12 PM
    I saw "John & Jen" at Carmel Community Playhouse starring Julia Bonnett and Chris Ramirez. It was only one weekend and part of CCP's Young Actors program. Very impressive performance by both Carmel High School grads who are now nearly out of college or recently graduated. Too bad it was such a short run.
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  • 10x10
    peggyJanuary 14, 2013 3:26 PM
    great event! also great deal for $10. hope itis revived as too good to waste on one time run.
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  1. First, let me say that I love the idea of communities being self-sufficient and people in the community not needing cars, living, working and shopping all in their neighborhood. To sum it up; I love good urban planning and hate urban sprawl. However, there are two reasons that I am against this development. First, this building doesn't fit. Density can occur in Ripple by building up top the street and better use of land. The scale of this project should be downtown. Secondly, I would be willing to bet that if a whole foods in Ripple is built, the Nora store would be closed. Here's my reasoning. The Nora Whole Foods expansion plans have been put on hold. I'm guessing they are waiting to see what happens with the Ripple proposal. Communities next to each other should work together to end sprawl and not work against each other and take other neighbors assets. Develop something both communities can be proud of and will attract more development and density. There's my soap box for the day.

  2. My apologies, Lou - it was the Indy Star that printed cost for entertaining "celebrities" during Indy 500. Sorry for confusing the always timely IBJ with Indy's Gannett reprint news source.

  3. That's fine if you want a grocery store that has festivals and live music. I guess with the prices they charge, they can afford to host such activities. As for me, I choose to spend my money more wisely and if I want to go to a festival or a concert, I will pay for that separately - not through my grocery bill.

  4. TIF is not just to attract development but to attract a higher use for that development. Carmel wisely is using TIF for numerous public parking garages. Asphalt seas of parking pay little taxes and bring even less value to a commercial area. Also density is what is going to save Indy and Broad Ripple. The days of trying to compete with burbs are long gone.

  5. The Prestige was an awesome movie.

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