You-review-it Monday

February 13, 2012
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For me, the weekend included a trip to Ball State to see a terrific student production of "The Drowsy Chaperone" (co-directed by that show's original Broadway star Sutton Foster) as well as an excursion to the Center for the Performing Arts' Studio Theatre for Actors Theatre of Indiana's take on "Godspell." More thoughts on both soon.

Plus there was the Grammy Awards which I live tweeted at IBJARTS.

And you? What A&E activity did you experience this weekend?

Your thoughts?

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  • Godspell & Lend Me a Tenor
    Michael TavelFebruary 13, 2012 1:39 PM
    I had the opportunity to see the opening night performance of Godspell by Actors Theatre of Indiana and a performance of Civic Theatre's Lend Me a Tenor, both at the Carmel center for the Performing Arts. Godspell has always been a favorite of mine and this production did everything to maintain that appreciation. The production is lively, well directed, professionally performed and expertly choreographed. It is truly a most enjoyable 2 hours and should not be missed. Lend Me a Tenor is a campy, slapstick play in the style of Neil Simon. This production moves smoothly to a most comical conclusion. I would also recommend taking in this production.
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  • Indy Chamber Orchestra
    CConradFebruary 13, 2012 2:50 PM
    The Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra play a fine concert Saturday night at the Basile Theater in the Indiana History Center. Music Director Kirk Trevor conducted and the soloist was oboist Leanna Booze. The program opened with a one on a part rendition of the Third Brandenburg Concerto of J.S. Bach. The violins and violas performed standing, which is likely the manner the orchestra in 1721 would have done all performances. The second movement, which is in reality a single cadence with harpsichord improvisation, was replaced by a slow movement from a Bach Violin Sonata, and it was well played by violinist Davis Brooks and harpsichordist Tom Gerber. The effect was a dynamic and energetic playing in which bow strokes were more audible than when several players are on each part. When bassist David Murray played the lowest notes on an extension that allows lower notes than low E, there was a noticeable oomph in the room, and it had a wonderful impact. Leanna Booze played a beautifully nuanced performance of Richard Strauss late masterpiece the Oboe Concerto. It was written in 1946 when the composer was 82. The orchestra played a well balanced accompaniment and the audience responded with a warm ovation. There seemed to be a bit of a hiccup at the beginning of the third movement and some tentative horn playing was noticeable. The remainder of the orchestra winds performed their significant roles extremely well. The second half of the concert was the 1788 Symphony 39 of W.A. Mozart. It was a nice opportunity to hear two contrasting versions, as the Royal Philharmonic played it a couple of weeks ago at the Palladium. Both performances were of a very high calibre, but the sound of the larger string section in the big warm hall was very different from this one, with a smaller string section in a drier and much more intimate setting. Maestro Trevor, conducting without score, led a most interesting and spirited rendition. This is the only late Mozart Symphony that does not use oboes, so a most interesting situation was mentioned by Trevor; there were no oboes on stage to give the tuning A for any of the works. It was given by harpsichord, english horn and clarinet. I especially liked what Trevor did with the third movement, as it was a bit faster and more aggressive than most performances, so the effect was closer to a waltz than to the traditional minuet, and it had a very nice flow and pacing. Without the presence of oboes, the clarinets are featured prominently, and they played very well indeed. The were slight balance issues with trumpet a bit loud and flute a bit soft, but this was a minor criticism of an overall fine performance.

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  1. City-County Councilor Angela Mansfield and Bob Lutz have a case of wishful thinking.

    They obviously don't really care about the cost.

    They should.

    Extending Federal Benefits to Same-Sex Couples Will Cost $898M, CBO Says

    http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/12/22/extending-federal-benefits-sex-couples-cost-m-cbo-says/

  2. Brett, be careful what you lie about, the truth always comes out.

    "IMS's George Honored: Tony George, Indianapolis Motor Speedway president and chief executive officer, received the inaugural Pioneering and Innovation Award at the Autosport Awards Dec. 5 in London for his leadership in the development of the Steel and Foam Energy Reduction (SAFER) Barrier. George received the award at the annual gala at the Grosvenor House on behalf of the creators of the SAFER Barrier from Prince Salman Bin Hamad Al Khalifa, the leader of the Bahrain International Grand Prix circuit. This is the fourth major award that has been presented to honor George and the SAFER Barrier development team. The SAFER Barrier also received the Louis Schwitzer Award, SEMA Motorsports Engineering Award and GM Racing Pioneer Award in 2002. The SAFER Barrier was installed in all four turns of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway a pioneer in safety for drivers, cars and tracks -- in time for the 86th Indianapolis 500 in 2002. It since has been installed at more than a dozen other tracks, and the latest iteration will be installed at the Speedway in the spring.(IMS PR), see more on my Indy Track News page.(12-7-2004)"

    As far as the cart safety team, I cannot find anything on its date of creation. The Delphi Safety team was created in 1996. For some reason there is not much info out there on defunct racing series.

  3. Great article Anthony. Glad IMS is finally being run like a business and not a personal check book to finance the "Vision".

    Things are looking up but 15 years of scorched earth won't be fixed overnight. Unfortunately the TV ratings are still poor and that won't change anytime soon with the brilliant 10 year contract signed under the former regime.

  4. Brett not sure why you wonder what he said in his quote. "''I would like to jump in a time machine, go back to 1995, and tell the owners and Tony George not to split,'' Franchitti said. ''As soon as my time machine is done, I know where I'm going.''"

    Pretty clear, he would love to go back and tell TG and the team owners not to split.

    I am not sure there is anyone who wanted the split, and I don't think there is anyone who would not like to go back and prevent the split. But, as has been discussed ad nauseum, without the split carts management by team owners would have run all of ow racing into bankruptcy. If cart had such a wonderful product, then losing IMS would not have forced it into bankruptcy. If NASCAR lost Daytona or Charlotte, it would not fail like cart did.

    Truth,

    So you predicted that cart would go into bankruptcy and cease to exist while Indycar would continue on? I missed that prediction.

  5. I want to live in a city that has a garage structure to be proud of for it's innovating design!

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