LOU’S VIEWS: Youth theater breaks rules and invents new ones
You don’t send your kids to Young Actors Theatre to turn them into stars. You send them to foster a love of creating.
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LOU’S VIEWS: Chamber Orchestra’s live disc highlights the new
It’s a celebration of the sound Maestro Trevor helped create. At the same time, it looks ahead, with a focus entirely on 21st-century compositions.
LOU’S VIEWS/DINING: What’s brewing at new dine-in movie theater?
Here’s how the Texas-based Flix, which recently opened its first Indiana location, tweaks the moviegoing mix?
LOU’S VIEWS: The wheeled deal at the IMA
The fact that I never dreamed of cars didn’t diminish the appeal of “Dream Cars”
LOU’S VIEWS: Laugh-a-lot ‘Spamalot’ gets ambitious Civic production
You could feel that split between those who knew what would be catapulted over the French castle wall and those baffled, at least at first, by what all the silliness was about.
REVIEW: High-quality art is at the heart of 21c Museum Hotel
What should we expect if plans go through for the conversion and expansion of the former city hall and state museum into a 21c Museum Hotel? Judging from a recent trip to the flagship 21c in Louisville, the answer is: an expansive venue housing a mind-expanding array of 21st century work. Also, an anchor for the downtown art scene. Plus, a top-tier (and free) tourist attraction.
LOU’S VIEWS: Ball State poet’s new book combines dread, humor
“Dirty Bomb” is the latest book of poetry by Mark Neely, who recently landed one of 36 NEA creative writing grants,
LOU’s VIEWS: Focused exhibition highlights a world-class Hoosier photojournalist
Stunning in its focus, understated in its design, “Art Meets News” at the Indiana State Museum showcases photos by Bill Foley.
LOU’S VIEWS: Romance rules at the IRT for ‘What I Learned in Paris’ and ‘Ray and Ella’
Lou Harry reviews Indiana Repertory Theatre’s production of “What I Learned in Paris” (through April 12) and Dance Kaleidoscope’s “Ray & Ella.”
LOU’S VIEWS: Children’s Museum bags kid-lit bestseller
Before the spunky Fiona showed her true colors in “Shrek,” fairy-tale tropes were turned upside down in “The Paper Bag Princess.” Ben Asaykwee’s theatrical adaptation does it justice.
Chamber Orchestra passes baton to Butler grad
Matthew Kraemer, a Butler University graduate who went on to lead a pair of Pennsylvania orchestras has been appointed as the ICO’s music director and principal conductor. The hiring was announced Thursday morning.
LOU’S VIEWS: Rarified Ayres
Indiana Historical Society celebrates the famed department store… and brings the cherub to eye level.
LOU’S VIEWS: On first CD, Icarus Ensemble rises to the challenge
The individuals in the quintet have had to work around busy academic and performance schedules, which means Icarus Ensemble plays publicly together only about a dozen times a year.
LOU’S VIEWS: IRT basks in mystery with sumptuous ‘Hound of the Baskervilles’
This adaptation, by R. Hamilton Wright and David Pichette, largely takes Sir Arthur Conan Doyle at his words, honoring his best-known Holmes adventure with a patiently paced, witty-but-not-silly script.
LOU’S VIEWS: Embraceable ‘Crazy for You’ has rhythm
An example of adaptation done right, "Crazy for You" honors the original, combining great songs, high-energy dance, silly comedy and a big heart, whipping it all up in a colorful, smile-inducing froth.
LOU’S VIEWS: Abe Lincoln and mourning in America
A new Indiana State Museum exhibit looks at the presidential assassination and other Civil War casualties
LOU’S VIEWS: Star-making at the Children’s Museum
It’s fun to see the contrasting “Annie” dresses. Older kids might look back fondly on the bygone days when Tobey Maguire’s Spider-Man swung from cinematic rooftops.
LOU’S VIEWS: Bloomington- based illustrator finds graphic success with civil rights stories
Nate Powell teams with a civil rights leader to pen (and ink) the best-selling series ‘March.’
LOU’S VIEWS: Wurm worms his way into the mind at the IMA
Empty platforms. Instructional drawings. Everyday objects. In “Erwin Wurm: Euclidean Exercises," visitors are prompted to stand on the platforms and pose.
LOU’S VIEWS: More than good, ‘Good People’ marks IRT season high point
Sparks fly because these people’s different experiences—the lives they’ve led, choices they’ve made, and ways they’ve opted to remember and/or forget their pasts—actually conflict.