August 18, 2023
Actor-playwright Ricardo Meléndez, a native of Puerto Rico, considers Indianapolis his stateside hometown, so the former Dance Kaleidoscope company member is excited to share his latest work at this year’s IndyFringe Theatre Festival with old friends and potentially many new ones this weekend. Meléndez’s play,... read more
August 9, 2023
Matt Kraft once dreamed of being a screenwriter, but when he caught the acting bug, there was no turning back. He’ll get his next opportunity to practice his craft when he appears in Catalyst Repertory‘s “Bat in the Wind,” a play by Casey Ross, in... read more
August 8, 2023
“The Music of ‘La Casa Azul’” concert presented by Carmel Symphony Orchestra, led by conductor Janna Hymes at The Palladium Saturday, will one day be regarded as a seminal performing arts event in Central Indiana. I realize that is a very heady pronouncement, but in... read more
August 4, 2023
Capitalizing on the success of his 2022 IndyFringe cabaret production of “Gray Pride,” singer Norman Lasiter. 65, drew a sold-out audience to his expanded show of the same title Sunday at The Cabaret. The event was a benefit for the Damien Center. Accompanying him on... read more
July 26, 2023
Jennifer Cooper said that she was a huge fan of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in Scotland, and followed it faithfully for years, but never dreamed that one day she would eventually join the fringe movement as an administrator. And that is exactly what occurred... read more
July 15, 2023
Next week, I am covering public events of the Songbook Academy, a weeklong, national summer intensive for talented vocalists, sponsored by the Great American Songbook Foundation, co-founded by five-time Grammy nominee Michael Feinstein. The events include a masterclass on July 18, a showcase on the... read more
July 5, 2023
The VisionLoft at the Stutz Building downtown was packed to the gills Tuesday, June 27, with those gathered to honor and pay tribute to Bryan Payne, who was retiring as President & CEO of the Central Indiana Community Foundation (CICF) after 23 years. His last... read more
July 3, 2023
One the best things about covering acts at Feinstein’s at Hotel Carmichael is that I am given the opportunity to see performers I have seen in Broadway shows up close. Such was the case when I saw Adam Pascal at Feinstein’s at Hotel Carmichael Saturday,... read more
