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July 8-24

Studio Theatre, Center for the Performing Arts

The premise is a gleefully silly one: Three unfit-for-service guys during WWII don drag to cover for a canceled appearance by the Andrews Sisters. The tunes are familiar (“Don’t Sit Under the Apple Tree,” “Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy”) to anyone with a cursory knowledge of American music. And the result is, well, I’m eager to see what the harmonically accomplished Actors Theatre of Indiana can do with it. Especially under the guidance of director David Engel, from the original off-Broadway cast of “Forever Plaid.” Sounds like it will beat taking a slow boat to China. Details here.

July 8-Jan. 16

Indianapolis Museum of Art

 With work dating from the ninth to the 15th century, this traveling show has been designed to reveal the depth of artistic achievement in the city-state that once existed in what is now southwestern Nigeria. More than 100 objects supplied by the Nigerian National Commission for Museums and Monuments offer representations of people and animals in a variety of media, including terra cotta, stone and metal. The opening party on July 7 includes live music. Details here.

July 7-17

Indiana Convention Center and other locations

There’s a lot to choose from on the A&E front at this year’s Summer Celebration. Angela Bassett, Cicely Tyson and Danny Glover are among the big names appearing at the Pacers Sports and Entertainment Corporate Luncheon. James Fortune headlines the Gospel Explosion, Stephanie Mills is joined by Heads of State and S.O.S band for the free Music Heritage Festival concert, a film fest includes “The Wayman Tisdale Story,” and there are artists and entertainers throughout the Cultural Arts Pavilion. Details here.

The Marion County Coroner's office said Tuesday that a woman's body found floating in Fall Creek Sunday night is not Indiana University student Lauren Spierer, 20, or Noblesville grandmother Dorothy Heard, 74. Both have been missing for weeks. The body was badly decomposed and investigators on the scene were not able to determine the woman’s identity, age or race. Police say there are other missing-person cases that could hinge on the autopsy findings.
 

Construction crews will begin work Tuesday night to replace the 126th Street bridge over Interstate 69, resulting in several lane closures on the busy freeway. The right-side lanes on both southbound and northbound I-69 will be closed from 9 p.m. to 6 a.m. Wednesday. The closure will give contractors time to install a concrete barrier. Then, on or after July 12, the bridge will close while crews work to replace it. The project is slated to take four months.
 

A fire and explosion destroyed a Mexican grocery store in Anderson early Tuesday. Firefighters needed more than three hours to put out the blaze that wiped out the Esmeralda grocery near the city's downtown. No injuries were reported. Investigators didn't immediately know the cause.