Wernher von Braun developed the Apollo Saturn V rocket for the United States, as well as the V-2 rocket weapon for Nazi Germany.
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The second season of Naptown African American Theatre Collective shows opens Oct. 17 with the Indiana premiere of “Judy’s Life’s Work.”
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“White City Murder” is a musical based on a string of murders committed by H.H. Holmes during the Chicago World’s Fair of 1893.
William Powell, a longtime business leader and arts management consultant in Indianapolis and Columbus, Ohio, has been appointed to lead the not-for-profit organization for the rest of 2023.
Constance Macy, the third artistic director in the 39-year history of the Phoenix Theatre Cultural Centre, said the small professional theater is seeking $6 million to reach solid financial footing.
Fonseca, who had been the creative force behind the Phoenix for 35 years, left in 2018 and founded the Fonseca Theatre Co. on the city’s near-west side.
The River West Theater Company plans to stage its productions in the Indy Convergence arts space and feature repertoire that focuses on black, Latin American, Middle Eastern and Asian communities.
Bryan Fonseca’s stunning departure comes in the midst of a major transition for the theater, which just moved into a newly built, $11 million downtown facility on Illinois Street.
Plans for the historic structure in the downtown Chatham Arch neighborhood call for three condominiums priced at roughly $1.1 million each. Work is set to begin early next month.
In a somewhat unusual move, the theater is making a public plea for a naming rights sponsor with a specific price tag.
New Managing Director Kevin Kruse is the first to answer directly to the board, instead of to Artistic Director Bryan Fonseca.
‘The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time,’ ‘Fun Home’ and ‘Memphis’ show off local strengths.
Two strong musical productions hit area stages
Plus, ‘Mad Mad Hercules’ takes a non-Disney look at the mythological hero.
Highlights include “Fences” at the IRT and “Beyond Spaceship Earth” at the Children’s Museum.
The gift from the Allen Whitehill Clowes Charitable Foundation gets the theater closer to its $8.5 million goal for funding construction of a new home on North Illinois Street.
Officials said Wednesday they are launching a capital campaign to raise the final 40 percent of their fundraising goal. They also unveiled designs for the project by Indianapolis-based Ratio Architects.
Love, death, and a possessed puppet take the stages of the Phoenix Theatre and Cardinal Stage.
Plus thoughts on the Phoenix Theatre’s thriller ‘On Clover Road’
An opening filmed credit sequence, a rotating set that kept the action moving, and atmospheric lighting enhanced this lark of a play.
The best legal thriller I’ve seen in years, Richard Strand’s “Butler” doesn’t venture anywhere near a courtroom, judge’s chamber or jury room.
The purveyor of contemporary plays and musicals plans to leave the popular cultural district, where patrons now struggle to find street parking, for three properties on North Illinois Street.
