Indy’s theater companies launch season in their own ways
First impressions matter—in life and at the box office. The first show of a theater’s season can define not only expectations, but also fortunes.
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Review: National tour of ‘A Christmas Story: The Musical’
Yes, there’s a leg lamp kick line. And a song titled “You’ll Shoot Your Eye Out.”
Review: ‘Finding Neverland’
A magical effect late in the show highlights the stage musical about the creation of “Peter Pan.”
Review roundup: ‘Kinky Boots,’ ‘Objects in the Mirror,’ and LaChanze at the Cabaret
Dancing on conveyor belts is cool. But I never thought I’d yearn for the subtlety of Jim J. Bullock.
Carole King musical highlights upcoming Broadway in Indy series
Here’s what’s coming to Clowes and the Murat. And what’s not.
Review: ‘Jersey Boys’ national tour
My eyes didn’t exactly adore the latest tour of the Four Seasons musical. But it’s still solidly entertaining.
Review: ‘Disney’s The Little Mermaid’ national tour
The undersea adventure that gave new life to Disney animation has trouble staying afloat on stage at the Murat.
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Highlights include “Fences” at the IRT and “Beyond Spaceship Earth” at the Children’s Museum.
Review: ‘The Book of Mormon’ at the Murat
I’m still in awe of the way the musical smartly and slyly ingratiates even its more sensitive audience members into its world and still not sure that many realize this isn’t a show that’s just about mocking Mormons.
Review: ‘Newsies’ on tour
A strong tour brings the Disney-flop-film-turned-unlikely-Broadway-hit to theatrical life for a stint at Clowes Hall.
Priority list includes Jane Austen opera, visit from ‘Newsies,’ more
Also on the high-hopes list: A celebration of Indiana art at the State Museum.
Broadway Indy season wears ‘Kinky Boots’; ISO celebrates Bowie on the prairie
Revamped “Cinderella” and first visit from “The Little Mermaid” also on the 2016-17 schedule.
Review: National tour of ‘Once’ at Clowes Hall
More than once I wondered how it could stretch to a full-length musical. Every time, I was pleasantly surprised by how the show’s creators made it work
Priority list includes a singing sister, a Sinatra celebration, more
The national tour of “Once” and Butler’s Midwinter Dance Festival also make the mix.
Ticket giveaway: National tour of ‘Once’
Win a pair of seats to Broadway in Indianapolis at Clowes Hall, featuring the first visit from the Tony-winning musical.
Ticket giveaway: ‘The Wizard of Oz’
Dorothy and friends are heading down that yellow brick road again and we’ve got a pair of tickets to give away.
Review: ‘Cirque Dreams Holidaze’ at the Murat
The most hallucinogenic theater offering in Indy in 2015 didn’t come from NoExit Performance, Know No Stranger, or one of the fringier Indy Fringe shows.
Review: ‘Dirty Dancing’ at Clowes Hall
The time of my life? Heck, I didn’t even have the time of my night.
B’way in Indy season includes ‘Once,’ ‘Newsies,’ and the return of ‘Mormon’
Season starts in December with “Cirque Dreams Holidaze.” Yes, I had to look that one up.
Ticket giveaway: National tour of ‘Annie’
Indianapolis native Adia Dant isn’t having a hard-knock life at all: She’s playing the orphan Pepper.