State legislative leaders hope to end session Friday
Sticking points include a bill that would delay an unemployment insurance tax increase and provide tax breaks and incentives to create jobs.
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Homicide suspected in man’s death
A 53-year-old Indianapolis man suffering from an unknown source of trauma died Wednesday night behind a Speedway gas station
at 1207 S. East St. just before 9 p.m. Investigators believe the incident is a homicide. An autopsy will be performed Thursday
to determine the cause of his death. The man was seen inside the station about 20 minutes prior to his death.
Man critically injured in home fire
An Indianapolis man was critically injured Thursday morning in a fire on the city’s near-south side. Firefighters pulled
the unidentified man from his burning home in the 800 block of Minnesota Street about 6 a.m. The homeowner called 911 to report
the fire but failed to get out before firefighters arrived at the scene. Rescue attempts were complicated by clutter blocking
the front door and several side windows.
Body found in Johnson County home
Johnson County police have discovered a decomposed body on the living room floor of a Greenwood house owned by a woman who
has not been seen in months. Concerned residents called the sheriff's office saying they had not seen the homeowner, Penny
Morgan, since December. Deputies went to check on her well-being and made the discovery. Officials are not sure whether the
body belongs to Morgan or if foul play is involved. Fox59 will have more at 4 p.m.
Area home sales, prices show increase
The housing market could be awakening from its deep sleep, if February home-sale agreement figures are any indication.
Future of Big Ten tourneys in city unclear after 2012
The Big Ten men’s and women’s basketball tournaments will be held in Indianapolis the next two years, but the conference’s
future in the city is uncertain after 2012.
Hurco suffers loss as sales plummet
The Indianapolis-based manufacturer’s quarterly revenue fell to $20.6 million, a 27-percent drop from the same period the
year before.
Butler basketball attendance sees big bounce
Butler's stellar on-court performance drew big crowds to Hinkle Fieldhouse this season. But some still wonder if the Bulldogs
will have enough financially to retain Brad Stevens as coach.
Chrysler recalling 300 workers to Indiana plants
United Auto Workers local president Rich Boruff says 175 people returned to work at the Kokomo plants on Monday, with about
140 more scheduled to return on March 22.
Hoosier entrepreneurs make magazine’s billionaires list
Bill Cook, Dean White, Jim Irsay and Herb Simon have made Forbes magazine’s annual list of the richest people
in the world.
NCAA tournament committee focused on 65, not 96
The NCAA is discussing whether to expand the 65-team men’s basketball tournament, a topic with no shortage of controversy
and opinions.
Full Indiana House returns, but impasse continues
The full Indiana House returned to the Statehouse after a five-day break, but partisan differences remained over an unemployment
insurance tax bill.
REED: Imprudence, bad economy will claim several Indiana banks
Banks are in trouble. Most are suffering at least a little, and many will not survive. That includes Indiana banks.
Community banks face fight of their lives against big players
Small, community banks will bet on their strength in customer service, and large banks will offer business customers lower
costs.
Also this week:
Nora Jones, March 13 at the Murat Theatre. Details here.
Opera star Sylvia McNair performs selections from the Great American Songbook with the Carmel Symphony
Orchestra, March 13, at Zionsville Performing Arts Center. Details here.
The Theatre Within presents “The Twilight of the Golds,” March 12-27, at The Church Within.
Details here.
The University of Indianapolis presents “Celebrating Chopin” featuring pianist Richard Ratliff
and music by and inspired by the composer. March 15 at the Christel DeHaan Fine Arts Center. Details here.
The Humana Festival of New American Plays
Through March 28
Actors Theatre of Louisville
Every year, I do my best to prod theater lovers from Indy into taking the relatively short trek to Louisville for the Humana
Festival of New American Plays.
By definition, it’s tough to sell the festival based on titles, given that it’s all untested new work. And, most
years (including this one), it’s also tough to push specific playwrights, since it’s unlikely that you’ve
been exposed to the work of Lisa Dillman or Dan O’Brien. You might recall Deborah Zoe Laufer, whose “End Days”
was performed here at the Phoenix a few seasons back.
I often fall back on past work to make the Humana Fest case, reminding anyone who will listen that such recent winners as
“Becky Shaw” and the Pulitzer-winning “Dinner with Friends” launched at Humana, taking their place
alongside such now-canonical shows as “Crimes of the Heart” and “The Gin Game.”
How about just a general prodding? Some of my best theatrical experiences of the last dozen or so years have come courtesy
of this internationally known fest. Go. Details here.
“Carousel”
March 12-28
Indianapolis Civic Theatre
If you haven’t seen “Carousel” in years (or only saw the movie), you might be surprised at how dark the
Rodgers and Hammerstein masterpiece is. At least it is before the “end of the storm.”
With its anger-management-challenged leading man and a damaged leading lady who is “quieter and deeper than a well,”
“Carousel” daringly paints its characters as real people, not theater archetypes. Success for productions of it
depends on finding the balance between the beauty of its rousing, haunting, stunning score and the inarticulate lives of its
characters. The key to “Carousel” is that, like us, its characters don’t always say what they mean or what
they feel. Or even know what they mean or feel.
When it works, this is as good as musical theater gets. For details on Indianapolis Civic Theatre’s production, click
here.
“Joshua Mosley: American International”
March 12-Aug. 29
Indianapolis Museum of Art
A park ranger and a PR rep discuss their relationship—in stop-motion animation—while an equally animated economist,
Friedrich Hayek, chats with builder/philanthropist George R. Brown. Never mind that the two never actually met.
Video and bronze sculptures merge in the work of Joshua Mosley, who will have two of his works—2004’s “A
Vue” and the new “International”—on display. Stop in March 11 when the artist will be at the IMA to
screen and discuss both. Details here.
“Oklahoma!”
March 12-28
Footlite Musicals
Audiences back in 1943 weren’t sure what to expect from “Oklahoma!” On a test run in New Haven, Conn.,
the show was called “Away We Go,” it didn’t feature any notable stars, and composer Richard Rodgers was
teaming for the first time with Oscar Hammerstein, who was coming off a string of flops, including such quickly forgotten
shows as “Sunny River” and “Very Warm for May.” Rumor had it that, when the curtain opened, instead
of the usual chorus of dancers, there was an older woman churning butter. Huh?
No wonder that the influential gossip columnist Walter Winchell (who, in hindsight, was making the theatrical equivalent
of “Dewey Defeats Truman”) said of the show, “No legs, no jokes, no chance.” But the bold, innovative,
tuneful “Oklahoma!” changed the face of musical theater, ushering in an era when character mattered.
The best productions of it, though, don’t treat it as a classic. They treat it as an exciting, funny (yes, Walter,
there are jokes), vital story of an awkward couple trying to figure out each other and make a place for themselves in the
wannabee-a-state territory.
I look forward to seeing what Footlite Musicals does with the show in its new production. Details here. For more Rodgers and Hammerstein action this weekend, see below.