January 17, 2025
When I first saw the title of playwright Tori Keenan-Zelt‘s, “The JonBenét Game,” and not having vetted it in advance, I presumed that the work was an edgy, irreverent and quirky satire. But to my surprise, when I attended Friday’s opening night of New Plays... read more
January 15, 2025
It is no wonder that “Moulin Rouge, The Musical, “the 2018 jukebox musical based on the hit 2001 film, won ten awards at the 74th Tony Award® ceremonies and why renowned theatre critic John Simon said, “This is a show to make the young feel... read more
December 13, 2024
Set in fictional Holman, Indiana in the 1940’s, “A Christmas Story” written by Jean Shepherd, is now playing at Beef & Boards Dinner Theatre in musical form. Based on the classic 1983 film, “A Christmas Story, The Musical” has an extended run through Jan. 5... read more
December 11, 2024
It was a momentous opening night of the “AES Indiana Yuletide Celebration ” Friday, when acclaimed Five-time Grammy Award winning vocalist, Sandy Patty performed as the host and headliner of the annual holiday event, alongside the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra led by Principal Pops conductor Jack... read more
December 5, 2024
There is a reason Indiana Ballet Conservatory, under visionary Artistic Director Alyona Yakovleva, is rated one of the top pre-professional ballet schools in the United States. That status was formidably reflected in the IBC production of “Nutcracker” The Palladium at the Center for the Performing... read more
November 23, 2024
I sorely regret that, until Thursday, I had never seen an Epilogue Players production and I am sorry to say that it has been entirely my loss. I had seen a 2017 Zach & Zack production of “Hedwig and the Angry Inch,” in the 50-seat... read more
November 13, 2024
When Enrico Lopez-Yañez vigorously bounded onto the stage at the Hilbert Circle Theatre Saturday in his role as newly appointed Principal Guest Conductor of the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra Pops Series, his debut marked the beginning of a new epoch not only for symphony fans... read more
October 24, 2024
A reminder for those who may not yet know exactly what a kaleidoscope is: According to Cambridge English Corpus “The kaleidoscope fractures the vision of a single object or scene into a multitude of different but interrelated forms of the same.” That description fit Dance... read more
