So let's hear it.
Did you get to DK at the IRT? (My thoughts here.) HART at the Indy Fringe building? (My thoughts here.) Did you Cirque with the Symphony (I'll review in an upcoming IBJ) or go modren at the IMA? (Thoughts here.)
Or maybe you caught a lot of basketball, with an occassional missed DVD in the mix. (Late Saturday night, I watched "The Happening." Even as a defender of "The Village" I have to wonder if M. Night Shyamalan's career can survive this one?)
Your thoughts on this weekend's A&E activities?
Did you get to DK at the IRT? (My thoughts here.) HART at the Indy Fringe building? (My thoughts here.) Did you Cirque with the Symphony (I'll review in an upcoming IBJ) or go modren at the IMA? (Thoughts here.)
Or maybe you caught a lot of basketball, with an occassional missed DVD in the mix. (Late Saturday night, I watched "The Happening." Even as a defender of "The Village" I have to wonder if M. Night Shyamalan's career can survive this one?)
Your thoughts on this weekend's A&E activities?
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Also hit the Indianapolis Marion County Public Library to renew some expired memberships... Even with all the fuss over the construction of that building, it is a gorgeous place to just visit and walk around. Those seventh floor views of downtown are incredible.
On a more pop culture note, we saw Duplicity with Clive Owen & Julia Roberts. While the picture isn't going to be winning any Oscars, it was still pretty entertaining. Plus, it was really nice to Julie Roberts on the big screen again!
Senator Lugar was there to pay tribute. Other testimonials provided moving context especially that of Renowned Tenor Michael Sylvester.
I was told over 1,000 people were in attendance. The orchestra played with enthusiasm and true love of the music. Jackson Wiley and his son, Scott Jackson Wiley handled the majority of the conducting duties with Indianapolis Opera Artistic Director Jim Caraher invited to the podium for the famous Rigoletto Quartet.
P.E.'s contribution to our community and to the art form of opera on an international level are notable and well deserving of this recognition. Mr. MacAllister was, of course, his truly humble self encouraging others to share in the love of the arts and singing.
Thanks to the Philharmonic for organizing this program!
NEXT on the OPERA STAGE? Ironically, a competitor and contemporary of Verdi's was Wagner. The Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra and the Indianapolis Opera partner to present a multi-media semi-staged concert version of DAS RHEINGOLD. This first part of the Ring Cycle starts off the mythological tale not unlike Lord of the Rings. Great singers with the ISO under the baton of Maestro Venzago...2 1/2 hours of wonderful art, May 15 & 17. Don't miss this!
Anyway, I am glad to hear that people loved the DK show.
I did enjoy seeing one of the last performances of Mauritius at the Phoenix Theatre. I also enjoyed popping in for the second act of the last performance of the Three Dollar Bill Comedy Company's Album Cover series at ComedySportz. Those guys are a hoot.
I also am glad to have seen the Heartland Actors' Reportory Theatre's production of A Dark, Dark House, by Neil LaBute in the Indy Fringe building. It was not what I had expected. I had brought a big wad of tissues in my pocket because I had heard things that made me think the show would make me weep and want to process, but my face stayed completely dry and all I really wanted to talk about with anyone afterwards was Now, what exactly happened?
But in any case, it was an excellent show. Exceptionally good acting, a cool set, and my man Neil's unique outlook on life. I wish I had time to see it again before it closes next Saturday.
Hope Baugh
Indy Theatre Habit
I also enjoyed reading the IBJ article about IRT/Civic set designer Ryan Koharchik. (I'm sorry, I can't remember who wrote that article.)
Hope Baugh
Indy Theatre Habit
P.E. told an inspiring story about meeting up with a past spear carrier on a Florida golf course who still revels in the fact that he and his fellow volunteers found the beat and the rhythm and mastered their triumphal march on stage in P.E.'s Indianapolis Opera performance of Aida.
Also saw ISO Side by Side on Tuesday--what a neat tradition to continue!
Rented a Tommy Lee Jones straight to video movie In the Electric Mist that was a pleasant surprise!
As I was saying, I went to the screening of a documentary called DTour at the Buskirk-Chumley Theatre in Bloomington.
DTour is about Indiana-native Pat Spurgeon, a drummer in the band Rogue Wave. Just as his band is about to embark on their first major tour, he finds out his kidney is failing (again) and he must perform twice-daily dialysis and needs a kidney transplant. The film touches on the hardships of dialysis on the road; at times he was performing dialysis in their van or backstage and he suffered headaches and swelling in his ankles. But the film was about so much more including the lack of affordable healthcare and insurance and the importance of conversations with loved ones about organ donation. We laughed; we cried. It was all around a great documentary!
Director Jim Granato (also an Indiana native) says he hopes to bring it to Indianapolis, so stay tuned!