LOU’S VIEWS: Amiable Josh Kaufman leads ISO’s ‘Yuletide Celebration’
Only a pre-dusk Ebenezer Scrooge would take issue with the overall joy of the annual ISO holiday show.
Yuletide Celebration
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LOU’S VIEWS: Christmas is winning the war
If there is such a cultural battle going on, Christmas is winning. Handily.
‘Yuletide’ plays critical role in symphony’s fiscal strategy
The tap-dancing Santas, reindeer puppets and carol arrangements fulfill an essential role supporting the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra’s bottom line.
LOU’S VIEWS: Holiday Xtremes via ISO and NoExit
Holiday offerings range from the pious to the perverse. A review, of sorts, of “Yuletide Celebration” with Sandi Patty and a twisted “Nutcracker”
LOU’S VIEWS: Three long-running holiday shows offer degrees of variation
Tradition, by definition, involves familiarity. And three of the top Indy on-stage holiday offerings embrace tradition in their own way.
LOU’S VIEWS: Yule have choices for holiday entertainment
Looking for live holiday entertainment this season? How edgy do you want it? Thoughts on No Exit’s ‘The Nutcracker,’ ISO’s ‘Yuletide Celebration,’ and ‘A Very Phoenix Xmas 6.’
LOU’S VIEWS: Home on the range for the holidays
Thoughts on this year’s holidays shows from the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, Actors Theatre of Indiana, the Cabaret at the Columbia Club and more.
You-review it Monday: More holiday shows
Did a local Christmas production make your spirit bright this weekend?
Liza, more with ISO in 2010/11 season
The Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra announced its 2010/2011 season today and the lineup includes some famliar pop names as well as a long list of conductors, returning and new. The latter, of course, is of significance to anyone wondering who will eventually take the now-vacant position of ISO Music Director. Those leading the ISO for the […]
Yuletide show rocked
For the eighth consecutive year, we took our family (22 this year) to the
Yuletide Celebration. The show was one of the best.
LOU’S VIEWS: Symphony’s annual Yuletide show doesn’t need Vegas dress-up
When this year’s edition of “Yuletide Celebration” maintains its focus on the Indianapolis Symphony
Orchestra, guest host Maureen McGovern and the tap-dancing Santas, it’s as comforting as the
show has ever been.
Symphony’s Yule: Great music, poor staging
The Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra’s Yuletide Celebration features jazz/cabaret great Ann Hampton Callaway, but the show
doesn’t seem to have been adjusted to fit her talents.