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May 5

Hilbert Circle Theatre

Remember the stateroom scene from the Marx Brothers’ “A Night at the Opera,” in which a ship’s cabin was overcrowded to the point of explosion? Well, the stage of the Hilbert Circle Theatre will be close to that, as more than 200 singers of the Indianapolis Symphonic Choir meet the full force of the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra. The four brass bands required for the piece will have to take up temporary residence off stage. The cause for the musical excess is the conclusion of the ISC’s 75^th anniversary season. Details here. 

May 7

Clowes Hall

There are some newcomers this year (specifically, The Fourth Wall and Transient Music Festival), but the core pleasures of this annual event benefiting HIV prevention in Indiana is seeing what the regular returnees—Dance Kaleidoscope, Indianapolis Children’s Choir, the Phoenix Theatre and lip-sync-er Asia La Bouche offer. If you want to start getting out to see more live performances in Indy, the $15 lowest ticket price is a great way to get a sampling of some of the city’s leading companies. Details here. 

May 3-June 2

Indianapolis Museum of Art grounds

Bring your walking shoes, bring them again … and bring them a third time as No Exit Productions and Paper Strangers stage Sophocles’ trilogy (“Oedipus Rex,” “Oedipus at Colonus” and “Antigone”) at locations throughout the IMA grounds. Expect singing, dancing, and some good old-fashioned Greek tragedy in this rare opportunity to see three world classics filtered through some of the city’s most innovative theater creators. Details here.

May 4, 6

Clowes Hall

The first opera ever performed at New York’s Metropolitan Opera House (back in 1883, when it was only 24 years old), Gounod’s “Faust” is now a staple in the operatic repertoire. Yet while the basic premise is familiar to anyone who has seen “Bedazzled,” “Damn Yankees,” or any of dozens of its imitators, I’d venture to say those who attend Indianapolis Opera’s production won’t know in advance exactly what will happen once the aged title character gives up his soul to Mephistopheles. It’s the final production of the IO season, and it promises to be the grandest. IO vet Gran Wilson plays Faust. Maureen O’Flynn is his motivator, Marguerite, and Kevin Short (a frequent Porgy around the country) takes on the demonic bargain hunter. Details here. 

Richmond police detectives are looking for suspects after a pregnant teacher was shot to death in her car Monday morning on the south side of the city 70 miles east of Indianapolis. Tonawanda Thompson, 32, was shot three times in the upper torso at the intersection of South 20th and G streets. Thompson, a mother of a teenage daughter and a sixth-grade teacher at Fayette Central Elementary School in Connersville, was 28 weeks pregnant. Her unborn baby could not be saved.

A Cumberland couple accused of leaving two young children alone inside a filthy home pleaded not guilty Tuesday to neglect charges. Bruce Daniel Jr. and Clarissa Brewer were arrested last week and charged with neglect of a dependent. Police arrived to the couple’s apartment after a neighbor reported she found two infants, ages 3 months and 16 months, alone in their cribs. Officers noted the apartment smelled of urine and had mold in the refrigerator. The couple eventually came home and told police they went out to get some food.  Police said they admitted they had smoked marijuana on the way home. A trial date was set for May 24.

National Basketball Association Commissioner David Stern said Monday that he’s not overly concerned about the Indiana Pacers’ attendance problems. Despite having the fifth-best record in the NBA this season, the team ranked second-to-last in home attendance, averaging 14,168 fans. Stern, speaking at halftime of the Pacers’ playoff victory over Orlando on Monday, acknowledged the numbers are below where they should be, but expressed confidence that the team’s revamped front office will bring the number up. "They've put together a pretty impressive plan to get this to where it should be," Stern said. "The team is pretty good and the attendance is not, but I think the organization is ready to move."