For me, it was no-contest between a spunky Roxie and an creepy Velma in the tour of "Chicago"
at the Murat. Meanwhile, a well-grounded, believable Mimi proved more compelling than her boisterous buddies in Indianapolis
Opera's well-sung, well-played "La Boheme."
And then there were two viewings of Pike High School's "Guys
and Dolls," which reminded me once again how important high school musicals are not just to their players but to the
audience as well.
Such was my weekend. How about yours?
What music, movies, theater, art, dance or
books did you experience?
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With the way this lovely couple met, it's amazing their business failed. I mean, I'm young and easy going but I wouldn't trust her or him as far as I could throw them
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You agreed to make a law to take peoples children out of there home for any little thing I feel like if there is no abuse no violence no neglect no molestation you shouldn't take children from their homes if there not in danger or harm people that do drugs shouldnt loose their kids because they have an addiction they should be helped in wich way they can taking children out of there homes is not the answer nor the solution 90% of time you make the situation worser than what it is do you think that it's fair to the children putting them through this who would even ever come up with this its unfair one of the presidents used marjuana did they take his children or freedom the law is crooked and its alot of dirty people taking advantage of it god isn't unfair to us so we shouldnt be unfair to others something needs to be done about now not later this world is corrupt and the people in it this is a disgrace to man kind I'm going to pray for justice
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Getting to perform there again!
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Lightened the mood with a far more frivolous take on domestic violence: Chicago. (This sounds more flip than I'm intending it to. Just an observation that similar subject matter can be presented to inspire vastly different audience outcomes.) Anyway, loved the show - and I'll take the firely little red-headed Roxie over a marquee blond (Melanie Griffith on Broadway) any day. Very entertaining, although disappointing that the matinee yesterday was less than 1/3 full...and all the people who bought the cheap seats decided to fill in the rows in front of us, obstructing our view.
First, we went to see WHITE CHRISTMAS at the beautiful Marquis Theatre, and the special holiday production, right on Times Square, did not disappoint. This was a bit of research on my part as I will be directing the Beef & Boards production in 2010. The next night we went to the Imperial Theatre to see the Tony award winning BILLY ELLIOTT.
Selfishly I have been looking forward to seeing this show, because it has Indianapolis area connections. The little girl who played Annie for me last summer at Beef & Boards, Kara Oates, is now one of the ballet girls in this Broadway production. She is so perfectly awesome in the show and the production is worthy of all it's hype. Wow.
Finally, I had the special treat of seeing GIRL CRAZY in the New York City Center Encores series. The NYCity Center is huge, and was packed to the brim with subscribers enthusiastically watching the show. The George and Ira Gershwin 1930 show was done in concert style with the orchestra on stage. Minimal set and lights, but fully and beautifully costumed. The actors carried binders, but never referenced them. I have been involved with two seperate productions of CRAZY FOR YOU, and it was really interesting to see the show from which C4U came from. The Gershwin music carries any show, but it makes sense to me that Girl Crazy was reworked into C4U, because the 1930 book is light and does not hold up very well in 2009. It starred Ana Gasteyer (SNL and Wicked), Wayne Knight (Seinfeld's Newman) and Becki Newton (Amanda on tv's Ugly Betty). Gasteyer has an amazing belt voice, Wayne Knight was his usual funny self and I was really suprised by the beautiful voice of Becki Newton. It was a lovely production.
I am now looking forward to all of the Christmas shows going on in town. We are planning to take in as many as possible.
I also, for different reasons, loved "The Curse of the Starving Class," by Sam Shepard. It was directed by Gregory Howard and presented at the Indy Fringe building. It is a chewy, three-act play for adults about a dysfunctional family that loses its farm, so I guess it doesn't get produced very often. But it is more relevant today than ever, and I didn't realize that this playwright was so poetic. Also, Gail Bray rocks as the mother. Anyway, for a number of reasons, I am glad I got to see this piece. It has one more weekend - not this coming weekend, but the first weekend in December.
I also made it about halfway through Stephen King's new 1074-page novel, UNDER THE DOME. I borrowed it from my local public library.
I still love the play "Midwestern Hemisphere," by Lou Harry, and I am very glad I got to experience that first. However, I also have to agree with a librarian friend who said, "Stephen King's writing is (I imagine) as addictive as crack" and "You don't want to carry around his hefty new bestseller, but you don't want to put it down, either."
Hope Baugh
Indy Theatre Habit
I also visited Midland Arts & Antiques for the first time ever. I really enjoyed looking around, especially the mid-century items.
The city has a great arts and cultural community - including an art museum, symphony orchestra, opera company and a host of great theaters. (The Fox and The Gem come to mind.) Greenfield Village and the Henry Ford Museum in suburban Dearborn team up to be a fantastic living history museum.
The city has its fair share of problems, but since City Hall is now populated by a mayor (Dave Bing) who has Detroit's interest at heart and not his own, maybe they can begin to turn around some of their problems.
So, I agree - stop cutting support for the arts; but do it so that Indianapolis can be a better place to live, not to avoid becoming worse than some other city.