February 27, 2021
As performing arts organizations adapt, reinvent themselves or pivot in order to fulfill their missions, engage their audiences or simply survive during the pandemic, Summer Stock Stage has found a novel solution. Co-founded in 2004 by artistic director Emily Ristine Holloway, SSS is a nonprofit... read more
February 23, 2021
When it comes to two degrees of separation, one can definitely encounter it in the world of entertainment. For me, that phenomenon was reinforced a few weeks ago when Cory Lingner, a New York-based performer who has been spending the pandemic with his family in... read more
January 9, 2021
Regular readers of On the Aisle are fully aware I primarily cover the performing arts, which includes music, theatre and dance. However, starting with this story, the first in 2021, I am branching out and adding film to my repertoire of subject matter. Having started... read more
November 19, 2020
World-renowned entertainer Michael Feinstein will team up with special guest and celebrated inspirational performer Sandi Patty to present a livestreamed concert, “Home for The Holidays: An Evening with Michael Feinstein and Special Guest Sandi Patty” on Friday, Nov. 20 at 8:00 p.m. The FREE online... read more
October 26, 2020
This past spring, former students in the theatre department, known at the time as Purdue-Indiana Theatre (PIT) at Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne, from the mid-to-late 60s, including yours truly (1965-1968), were planning to reunite for a ceremony at which a plaque in memory of... read more
October 19, 2020
“If there is a great, silver lining to the pandemic, it is that I still get to perform every day. I have all these people virtually gathering around the piano. It has really kept me going through all of this, both creatively and musically. I... read more
October 15, 2020
Like everyone else who yearns for the return of full-scale, live performances that have been on hiatus since the beginning of the pandemic in March, whenever the opportunity presents itself, even if it is in a limited fashion, I jump at the chance. Sust was... read more
October 9, 2020
Before the February 28 opening of “The Agitators” at Phoenix Theatre, I first began communicating with Bob Lehman, who, at that time, was the new director of marketing at the theatre. On September 1, he was promoted to an expanded role of director of sales... read more
