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Cirque du Soleil presents “Alegria,” Feb. 11-14 at Conseco Fieldhouse. Details here.  
 
Indiana Repertory Theatre
presents Joan Didion’s “The Year of Magical Thinking,” Feb. 16-March 9. Details here.
 
Gregory Hancock Dance Theatre presents
“Under the Big Top,” Feb. 12-28 at the  Academy of Gregory Hancock Dance Theatre in Carmel.
Reservations required. Details here.
 
Butler Ballet presents its “Midwinter Dance
Festival,” Feb. 12-13 at Clowes Hall. Details here.
 
Theatre on the Square presents a double
bill of hits from past Indy Fringe festivals, "Mr. Charles Currently of Palm Beach" and "A..holes
and Aureoles," Feb. 12-27. Details here.
 

Feb. 12-13
The Athenaeum

The latest creation from the Indiana Ballet Company weaves together
choreography by Alyona Yakovleva, Shakespeare sonnets read by Butler University visiting theater teacher—and member
of the Royal Academy for the Dramatic Arts—Tim Hardy, and period music by The Dragonscale Consort. We’re not sure
if this will bring us closer to figuring out who Shakespeare’s “dark lady” was, but it should make for a
lovely evening of dance theater. Details

here

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Feb. 12-14
Indianapolis Civic Theatre

Classics, in hindsight, always seem like the result of
destiny. But their back stories are often less confident. In the case of “My Fair Lady,” for instance, success
was far from guaranteed. George Bernard Shaw didn’t want his play, “Pygmalion,” to be musicalized at all.
His death, however, opened the door to that possibility. Still, Rodgers and Hammerstein couldn’t make it work and, on
first effort, Lerner and Loewe couldn’t, either—how could a musical exist with all this dialogue and without a
secondary romantic couple? In fact, it was only after Lerner and Loewe took a two-year hiatus from the project that they figured
out how to make “My Fair Lady” into theatrical magic—and, even then, star Rex Harrison almost didn’t
come out of his dressing room before opening night.

Now gilded as one of the great works of musical theater, “My
Fair Lady” is being given a new look by Indianapolis Civic Theatre, which is offering it as part of its Broadway Concert
Series. That means the orchestra is on stage, the actors may be carrying scripts, and set and costumes are minimal. Forget
theatrical conventions and, instead, go and soak up the sound of one of Broadway’s best. Details here.
 

Feb. 12-14
Hilbert Circle Theatre
The rising pop vocalist was the highlight of the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra’s
Irving Berlin program last season. The ISO is wisely giving him more of the spotlight this weekend when he provides what should
be a perfect gift for romantic couples. Give a listen here. For details on the concert, click here.
 

Feb. 12-April 11/Feb. 12-July 25
Indiana State Museum
The Indiana State Museum doubles up on
Abraham Lincoln exhibitions. The first is a traveling tour of items from the Library of Congress that’s hitting only
five museums across the country. It includes the Bible on which Lincoln—and Barack Obama—took the oath of office.
The second is composed of materials recently acquired from the Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, including signed copies
of the Emancipation Proclamation. Details here. And to check out my video tour of the exhibitions, visit here after Saturday, Feb. 13.
 

An Eastern Hancock County school teacher has been suspended with pay and charged with battery. Middle school teacher Steve
Hilton is accused of inappropriately touching seven of his young students. The girls, ages 11 and 12, told investigators that
Hilton would cause them pain by pushing on their pressure points. They say he touched their buttocks and even turned one upside
down in a trash can. Hilton was released from jail Tuesday after posting a $1,500 bond.

The shooting death of a Hamilton County teenager is being called a tragic accident. Carson Wallace, 16, was shot in the chest
Tuesday when a gun went off at his family’s home in Cicero. Wallace was in the garage with his 14-year-old brother when
the gun discharged. He was rushed to Methodist Hospital, but died during surgery.

A central Indiana community is mourning the death of a teenager who was killed Tuesday in a car-train crash caused by icy
roads. Titus Justus, 17, died when his truck slid into the path of a train in Fairmount. Justus was a senior at Mississinewa
High School and played on the varsity basketball team.

An Indianapolis police officer was treated on the scene after he lost control of his squad car Wednesday morning and slid
into the path of an SUV on West 56th Street in front of the Colts training facility. The driver of the SUV had minor injuries
and was taken to the hospital. The crash was just one of many this morning as drivers traveled slick roads. Conditions are
expected to improve throughout the day. Fox59 will have more at 4 p.m.