I know I’m not alone among Indianapolis arts lover in taking occassional trips to Chicago for a change-of-venue cultural fix. So I like to keep an eye on the news up there.
Well, the Chicago Tribune recently reported on some…
Centaur is lobbying the Indiana General Assembly to let it transfer 500 slots from its Hoosier Park horse track in Anderson
to the Fort Wayne area.
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This week, an ogre’s beloved, a troubled and troubling mother, and a cad’s catch highlight a sampling of the current Broadway
season.
Yes, there was the amazing football game. But, for me, the weekend also included LA TheatreWorks’ production of “The Great Tennessee Monkey Trial” at Clowes and InterAction Theatre’s “Durang-o-Rama” at the IndyFringe space.
While well acted, “Monkey Trial” fell between two stools. At its…
Last night, on my way to the Phoenix Theatre to see “Love Person,” I called and discovered that the play was sold out. And I hadn’t made a reservation.
On the one hand, I’m frustated that I didn’t get to the show…
This afternoon, I’ll be sitting down with IBJ reporter Kathleen McLaughlin and a panel of
At the tail end of an IBJ piece I wrote last week on Xscape, the amusement center at Lafayette Square Mall, I lamented the absence of pinball machines at the facility.
Growing up in the boardwalk town of Wildwood, NJ,…
Free tickets are being offered for theaters throughout the city. But the catch is one you don’t have much control over…your age.
It’s the tenth year for Free Ticket February, presented by The League of Indianapolis Theatres (which, given its name,…
Films that were screened as part of our IBJ Night at the Movies previews scored 13 Oscar nominations.
Ten of those noms were for “Slumdog Millionaire.” Two others were for “The Duchess” while the final one was a well-deserved Best Original…
Greetings from New York.
My weekend included catching three Broadway shows (I’ll be reviewing them in the print IBJ this week) and reading a chunk of Dennis Lahane’s novel “The Given Day” while on the trains back and forth to New…
The Beckmann Theatre–named for Robert D. Beckmann Jr., first president of the Arts Council of Indianapolis–announced today that it will cease operations.
“Given the current economic climate and competition for entertainment dollars and sponsorships, the Beckmann Theatre has made the…
UPDATE: More news from ACT.
The changes at American Cabaret Theatre go well beyond cancelling a single production (see original post below). Information released today states that the company is under new management and will leave its home at the Athenaeum.
Shannon…
For only the fourth time in history, poetry was officially a part of the U.S. Presidential inauguration.
So did the piece work for you? (You can find the text of Elizabeth Alexander’s poem here.) How did it hold up to…
Occassionally, I like to devote a blog to connecting you to conversations on other blogs. It’s that time again.
Of course, feel free to comment here on anything you find out there (Hint: right click and open any link in another…
So, did you catch “Love Person” at the Phoenix? “Defiance” at the multiplex? Comic Joel McHale at the Murat? Or did you listen to frequent blog contributer Hope Baugh talkin’ Lincoln with Storytelling Arts?
I regretably missed all of that this…
Oscar-winner Marlee Matlin (“Children of a Lesser God”) got into town early for her “Dancing with the Stars” performance in time to catch the Phoenix Theatre’s production of “Love Person.” The play stars Tami Lee Santimyer, who also starred in…
Even with the cold, there was a full house for Wednesday’s screening of “Defiance”–including many who won tickets here on the blog.
So, attendees, what did you think?
The best thing about attending “Happy Days” at Clowes Hall last night was seeing the poster for the upcoming LA Theatre Works tour of “The Great Tennessee Monkey Trial” and finding out that the great John Heard will be…
While “Slumdog Millionaire” isn’t a Bollywood film, the Golden Globe winner does play with some of the conventions popularized by the Indian film industry–including the joyful dance sequence that ends the film.
“Slumdog’s” box office and critical success may bode well for a long-running series of…
