Greetings from New York.
My weekend included catching three Broadway shows (I’ll be reviewing them in the print IBJ this week) and reading a chunk of Dennis Lahane’s novel “The Given Day” while on the trains back and forth to New…
On my bookshelf, there’s an old copy of Richard Yates’ “Revolutionary Road.” The cover illustration shows a pristine countryside with puffy white clouds on an azure sky. Above the hills fl oats a stoppered glass jar. Inside, a woman stands before a house and church, her arms crossed, impatient. Outside, a man climbs toward her […]
The Beckmann Theatre–named for Robert D. Beckmann Jr., first president of the Arts Council of Indianapolis–announced today that it will cease operations.
“Given the current economic climate and competition for entertainment dollars and sponsorships, the Beckmann Theatre has made the…
UPDATE: More news from ACT.
The changes at American Cabaret Theatre go well beyond cancelling a single production (see original post below). Information released today states that the company is under new management and will leave its home at the Athenaeum.
Shannon…
For only the fourth time in history, poetry was officially a part of the U.S. Presidential inauguration.
So did the piece work for you? (You can find the text of Elizabeth Alexander’s poem here.) How did it hold up to…
Occassionally, I like to devote a blog to connecting you to conversations on other blogs. It’s that time again.
Of course, feel free to comment here on anything you find out there (Hint: right click and open any link in another…
So, did you catch “Love Person” at the Phoenix? “Defiance” at the multiplex? Comic Joel McHale at the Murat? Or did you listen to frequent blog contributer Hope Baugh talkin’ Lincoln with Storytelling Arts?
I regretably missed all of that this…
Oscar-winner Marlee Matlin (“Children of a Lesser God”) got into town early for her “Dancing with the Stars” performance in time to catch the Phoenix Theatre’s production of “Love Person.” The play stars Tami Lee Santimyer, who also starred in…
Even with the cold, there was a full house for Wednesday’s screening of “Defiance”–including many who won tickets here on the blog.
So, attendees, what did you think?
The best thing about attending “Happy Days” at Clowes Hall last night was seeing the poster for the upcoming LA Theatre Works tour of “The Great Tennessee Monkey Trial” and finding out that the great John Heard will be…
While “Slumdog Millionaire” isn’t a Bollywood film, the Golden Globe winner does play with some of the conventions popularized by the Indian film industry–including the joyful dance sequence that ends the film.
“Slumdog’s” box office and critical success may bode well for a long-running series of…
A busy weekend for me included a Friday evening run to Mass Ave. for the opening of Three Dollar Bill’s new sketch comedy show “Fiddleschticks,” a Saturday evening at Beef & Boards where “Don’t Dress for Dinner” kicked off the…
In a previous blog, I mentioned reading “Red Skelton: The Mask Behind the Mask” (Indiana Historical Society Press) by Wes. D Gehring. I was asked for some additional thought. Well, here goes:
In the book, Gehring, a Ball State film professor…
The British TV channel Sky Arts will be broadcasting English National Opera’s production of “La Boheme.” Nothing new there.
The twist is that it will, simultaniously, broadcast a live, behind-the-scenes, view. See story here.
If both were offered here, I’d guess that…
For this post, I turn the blog over to IBJ reporter Kathleen McLaughlin.
If you thought car salesmen had the lock on limited-time offers and blowout prices, check the blue light flashing over Hilbert Circle Theatre. The Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra is…
Earlier today, the Indianapolis Museum of Art announced a series of cutbacks designed to trim $1.7 million from its budget due to “significant losses to its endowment as well as shortfalls in income generated through donations and purchases at the museum store…
Ever wonder how and why some books seem to come out of nowhere to become bestsellers?
There’s an interesting story you might have missed in Saturday’s “Wall Street Journal.” Find it here.
In it, reporter Anita Elberse discusses the increased emphasis…
Two shows opening at Theatre on the Square. The first First Friday of 2009. A couple of stray concerts. And, of course, all that New Years activity.
There was a surprising number of choices of arts activity over the last few…
Have I ever asked anything of you, loyal readers?
Well, now I am. And it’s pretty simple.
Resolve right now to attend at least one more arts event in 2009 than you did in 2008. Resolve to do more if you feel…
Daniel Craig and Liev Schriber star in the upcoming film WW II film “Defiance,” in which three brothers escape Nazi-occupied Poland and join with Russian resistance fighters. Edward Zwick (“Blood Diamond,” “Glory”) directs. More info on the film here.
Want…
