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“New Year’s Eve in Vienna”

Dec. 31

Hilbert Circle Theatre

 Dance Kaleidoscope and soprano Grazia Doronzio join the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra for a waltz-filled evening that includes a post-show countdown to 2012. Details here. 

“Jack Milo’s Baggy Pants Burlesque”

Dec. 28-Jan. 8

Beef and Boards Dinner Theatre

 It worked for Mickey Rooney and Ann Miller in Broadway’s “Sugar Babies,” so let’s see if it also succeeds for Jack Milo. In a throwback to the old school jokes-and-legs world of burlesque, Beef and Boards is experimenting with an original short-run show with actor Milo and cohorts Doug Stark and Jeff Stockberger providing the funny. Details here. 

“Debbie Does Dallas”

 

Dec. 30-Feb. 4

Theatre on the Square

If a hit musical can be based on a collection of T.S. Eliot poems (“Cats”) or a self-help manual (“How to Succeed…”), why not a 1970s porn film? So goes the thinking behind “Debbie Does Dallas,” the creative choice by Theatre on the Square for a show to stage in the midst of Super Bowl mania. “DDD,” while featuring no actual nudity, promises plenty of innuendo, double entendres and simulated hanky-panky … plus a few songs. The dialogue for this have-your-cake-and-eat-it-too romp comes primarily from the film. At least, that’s what I’ve been told. I mean, I wouldn’t know. Details here.  

Anderson mayor resigns, takes back police job

A central Indiana city's mayor has resigned with less than a week left to go in his term. Anderson Mayor Kris Ockomon submitted his resignation at a safety board meeting Monday.

Driver hinders firefighting efforts

Several Indianapolis firefighters also had to battle a wayward driver while battling a blaze on the city's west side Tuesday. Crews were fighting a house fire at West 29th Street and Barnes Avenue just before 2 a.m. when a man drove around the fire trucks, onto the sidewalk, over hoses and into the middle of the fire scene. The driver narrowly missed members of the fire department, who had to pick up the car and remove it from the water-supply line. The driver was arrested when he became confrontational. The two-story house, which was vacant, was called a total loss.

Missing Fort Wayne girl murdered

A neighbor who was watching a 9-year-old Fort Wayne girl when she went missing last week will be formally charged with murder Tuesday. Authorities said Monday night that Aliahna Lemmon had been found dead. Family friend Mike Plumadore, 39, who was watching Aliahna and her two sisters when she went missing Friday, was being held on a murder charge. Police said Plumadore told investigators on Monday he bludgeoned the girl to death with a brick, then dismembered her with a hacksaw. He stuffed her remains into freezer bags and hid some at his trailer and some at a nearby business.

Kroger employee shoots suspect

Police say a robbery suspect was shot to death by an employee Monday evening at the Kroger grocery store near 71st Street and Georgetown Road on the northwest side of Indianapolis. According to police, Jeremy Atkinson, 26, entered the store about 6 p.m., placed an object in the back of a female employee and forced her into the office area of the store. Another employee already in the area shot Atkinson in the face. Atkinson died Monday night at the hospital. Police said no arrests are expected. Kroger said it is investigating the incident.

Company news

Quarterly sales rose at Warsaw-based Biomet Inc., lifting investors’ sentiment that the recession-induced slowdown in orthopedic surgeries may be ending. Biomet, one of the largest makers of orthopedic implants, reported sales of $725.1 million in the three months ended Nov. 30, a 4-percent increase over the same quarter a year ago. Excluding foreign currency fluctuations, Biomet’s sales would have risen 3 percent. Still, investors took it as a positive sign for the industry, trading up the shares of other orthopedics companies, including Warsaw-based Zimmer Holdings Inc. and Michigan-based Stryker Corp. “We would view the Biomet large joint reconstruction results with cautious optimism for the broader hip and knee markets,” Derrick Sung, an analyst with Sanford C. Bernstein & Co., told investors Dec. 20, according to Bloomberg News. “Investors are generally pricing in no expectation for an orthopedic market recovery in 2012, so we would view any signs of such as incrementally positive for Stryker and Zimmer, the pure-play orthopedic companies.” Biomet reported that sales of its knee implants rose 2 percent worldwide, while sales of hip implants rose 7 percent, and sales of its sports, extremity and trauma implants rose 13 percent. Biomet’s figures are preliminary, and the company has not yet reported its quarterly profits.

Zimmer Holdings Inc. will start giving its shareholders a dividend in the first quarter of 2012. The Warsaw-based maker of orthopedic implants will dole out 18 cents for each share of its common stock held on March 30. Zimmer also announced that it will buy back $1.5 billion of its own stock between now and the end of 2014. Zimmer is trying to make its stock more attractive after the economy forced many patients to put off elective orthopedic surgeries. Zimmer’s share price has been stuck between $50 and $60 for most of the past two years, even though it neared $70 earlier this year. Zimmer had $553 million in cash and cash equivalents as of Sept. 30.

Eli Lilly and Co. was one of the drug firms stung by an illegal importation ring, based in Houston, which sold copies of erectile dysfunction drugs as the real thing. According to the Houston Chronicle, the ring was led by an illegal immigrant from Pakistan named Irfan Qadir, who was recently sentenced to 13 months in prison and ordered to pay about $140,000 in restitution to pharmaceutical Indianapolis-based Lilly and to New York-based Pfizer. Lilly makes the impotence pill Cialis and Pfizer makes Viagra. In the six months leading up to his May arrest, Qadir received about 8,000 pills of those two drugs, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.

Up to 120 Sears, Kmart stores set for closure

Between 100 and 120 Sears and Kmart stores will be closed, the retailer said Tuesday, after terrible holiday sales during what is the most crucial time of the year for retailers.

Top 2011 news and newsmakers

The economy may be stuck in the doldrums, but government and the private sector are continuing to make huge investments aimed at strengthening the region's future. Check out IBJ‘s complete year-in-review coverage, including a photo gallery, reader poll and A&E recap.

Amid leadership issues, Indiana Dems fight over future

Before he changed his mind, Dan Parker’s decision to step down as party chairman was seen by many as an opportunity to find fresh blood to lead Democrats through fights to win back the governor's office and a U.S. Senate seat next year.

Lugar: Tea Party could cost Senate GOP majority

Tea Party supporters that helped the Republicans win a U.S. House majority last year also prevented the party from taking control of the Senate and could do it again in 2012, Senator Richard Lugar said.