For me, the weekend included "Spring Awakening" at the Phoenix Theatre, Indianapolis Opera's "Madama Butterfly" at Clowes, and some high hilarity at the Indiana Sports Corps Corporate Challenge (I won't mention the names of co-workers). The tube offered the season opener for "Saturday Night Live" (always more interesting when election season roles around) and other premieres.
I'll be writing about "Spring Awakening" and "Butterfly" in this week's column. In the meantime, share what you thought of those, of the new TV offerings, or of any of the many events I missed this weekend.
FYI: Thoughts on last weekend's ISO gala, the IRT's "Dracula," Beef & Boards' "Singin' in the Rain," and the Cabaret's Tony DeSare concert can be found here.
And to enter to win tickets for Sandi Patty's Broadway concert at the Palladium, click here.
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Saturday I saw the closing performance of The Drowsy Chaperone at Civic Theatre. (I'm listening to the cast recording as I type). I knew nothing about the show or what to expect, but I was completely blown away, moved to tears in fact, by the caliber of the entire production. My only dislike is that it's over and I can't go see it again.
Indy can hold our heads high and be proud of the arts we produce. I certainly am.
Saturday night was Jazz with the Lincoln Center Orchestra featuring Wynton Marsalis---this was an extremely enjoyable concer of smooth, easy listening jazz. My husband and I commented following the performance how very fortunate we are to have a diverse offering of theatre available to us in Indianapolis.
Saturday I saw the final Civic performance of the Drowsy Chaperone at the new Tarkington Theater. The acting was inspired and genuine where it needed to be, hammy and over the top in the right places too. Fine job by the orchestra and the new theater is really a great place to see a musical. Saturday night I saw Wynton Marsalis and the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra at the Palladium. This was an ensemble of virtuoso soloists that played wonderfully as a unit. I have never heard such fantastic intonation from a large jazz band. Particularly splendid was a quartet version of Duke Ellington's Mood Indigo with just piano, clarinet, muted trumpet and trombone. The sustained ovation brought out the rhythm section, tenor sax soloist and Wynton for an extensive and brilliantly played encore.
On Sunday I performed with the Indiana Wind Symphony at the Palladium, so I won't comment on that other than to say it was a joy to work with narrator Eric Halvorson of Channel 8. This is the kind of weekend that happens all of the time in New York and London, but I can't remember a September like this in Indy before!