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Dance Kaleidoscope presents “Love Is…,” featuring choreography by David Hochoy, Cynthia
Pratt and Nicholas Owens, vocals by tenor Steven Stolen, and music by George Gershwin, Lennon & McCartney, Frank Loesser
and more, March 4-7, Indiana Repertory Theatre. Details here.

The Cabaret at the Columbia Club presents singer/songwriter “Chanson: Amanda McBroom sings Jacques Brel,”
March 5-6. Details here.

The Indianapolis Youth Chorale and Cantantes Angeli perform March 7 in a benefit for the Friends of the World Food
Program at Pike Performing Arts Center. Details here.

Flogging Molly performs March 8 at the Murat Theatre. Details here.

Classical Chinese dance and music are featured by Shen Yun Performing Arts, March 9-10, at the Murat Theatre.
Details here.

Indianapolis Downtown Artists and Dealers Association present First Friday, March 5, at various locations.
Details here.

Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra and pianist Stephen Hough present “Tchaikovksy’s First Piano Concerto,”
March 4-6 at Hilbert Circle Theatre. Details here.

Morty's Comedy Joint reopens, under new management, with comedian Brendon Walsh headlining March 4-6.
Details here.
 

March 5-6
Multiple locations

On the first day, the lineup includes the Jazz Band of America performing at Clowes Hall with guest trumpeter Wayne Bergeron
(you’ve heard his trumpet solos, without realizing it, in a wide range of movies, including “Rocky Balboa,”
“Rounders” and “The Mask”). On day two, the schedule includes the Honor Band of America, also at Clowes,
conducted by H. Robert Reynolds, who has led orchestras from LaScala to Lincoln Center. Both days also feature collaborative
concerts with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra at Hilbert Circle Theatre. And there’s much more at this magnet for
young musical talent. Details here.
 

March 9-14
Clowes Hall

Here’s an eyebrow raiser: A non-Disney version of a familiar Disney property featuring an original score by Styx front
man Dennis DeYoung, actors in stilted costumes playing the humans (in order to have them tower over the actors playing dogs),
and a tribe of actual canines making appearances as well.

We’ll see how it all works out. I’ll be leading an on-stage talk-back with company members after Wednesday’s
show. Details here.

 

March 3-28
Carmel Community Playhouse

Now here’s where local theater can get confusing. In the previous item, I mentioned a non-professional company, Carmel
Community Players, hosting a professional entertainer at an area high school. Now I’m talking about a professional local
company, Actors Theatre of Indiana, using Carmel Community Players’ space for its own show. (Trust me, it’s going
to get even more confusing when amateur, professional and semi-pro companies, both local and touring, converge on the new
performing arts center in Carmel.)
Anyway.

“Nunsense” is one of those shows that seem to effortlessly draw laughs and generate good will. It’s harmless
and goofy, its songs are fun, and, in the right hands (and habits), it can transform from an entertaining, low-maintenance
night out into something blissful. Details here.

 

March 7
Carmel High School

I had my first encounter with Ben Vereen—as did many of my generation—through the landmark television series
“Roots,” where he memorably played Chicken George. I then was knocked out by his portrayal of Death as a song
and dance man in Bob Fosse’s painfully brilliant autobiographical film “All That Jazz.” But there’s
nothing like seeing Vereen live, which I had the pleasure of doing when he was touring in a revival of “Pippin,”
the show that made him a Broadway star.

What I remember most about that performance is that—after the curtain calls, after many audience members had bolted
for their cars—the appreciative-of-those-who-stayed Vereen said something to the effect of, “I really enjoy this
show, but I really don’t get to do everything I want to do,” and invited those remaining to stick around as he
performed about a half hour of his nightclub act. Not only was it very entertaining, but it was the best example I’ve
seen of a guy unselfishly sharing his talents above and beyond expectations.

Vereen will be here on Sunday singing, dancing and sharing stories in a benefit for the Carmel Community Players. If you
aren’t caught up in Oscar-mania, consider going. Details here.

Dr. Judy Monroe will end a five-year run as Indiana state commissioner of health on March 8. She will become
deputy director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, overseeing communication between federal and state
public health agencies. Until Gov. Mitch Daniels names a replacement, Monroe’s deputy, Loren Robertson, will fill her
shoes.

Community Heart and Vascular, a unit of Community Health Network, named Kevin Fowler chief financial officer.
Fowler, who earned his MBA at Indiana State University, has been the CFO at Lubbock Heart Hospital in Texas since 2007.

Community Heart and Vascular hired two electrophysiologists, Dr. Chad Bonhomme and Dr. Krishna Malineni,
along with Dr. Shalabh Singhal, an invasive cardiologist. The unit of Community Health Network has now hired
eight physicians in the past year.

OrthoWorx, a Warsaw-based group focused on advancing the city’s orthopedics implant industry, named Cheryl
Blanchard as its chairperson. Blanchard is chief scientific officer at Warsaw-based Zimmer Holdings Inc.

Bloomington-based Cook Pharmica promoted Veda Walcott to be its vice president of quality and corporate
compliance officer. Walcott has worked for Cook Pharmica since 2005 after stints at Cook Medical and Baxter BioPharma Solutions.

Dr. Richard Aina, an internist who focuses on chronic diseases, has joined St. Vincent Physician Network
in Indianapolis. Aina received his medical degree from the University of Illinois College of Medicine in Champaign, Ill.

Duane M. Schmitz, a former executive at Eli Lilly and Co., has joined Indianapolis-based Harrison College
as president of its online division. Nearly half of the for-profit school’s students take at least one course online.