July 5, 2026
ESQUE Burlesque: Patriotica! at Feinstein’s at Hotel Carmichael in Carmel knew exactly what kind of room it was working when I attended the Friday performance. The show, presented by Worcel Shepard Productions was cheeky, carefully assembled and just unruly enough to keep its cabaret polish... read more
July 4, 2026
I have lost count of how many times I have watched the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra perform its annual “Star Spangled Symphony” concert at Conner Prairie in Noblesville. Yet, the experience remains as moving as ever. Wednesday’s performance, part of the three-day Fourth of July celebration,... read more
June 25, 2026
After seeing the 1998 Broadway production of Ragtime, I never would have guessed that more than 25 years later, I’d feel that same mix of hope, heartbreak and release again. But that’s exactly what happened while watching Summer Stock Stage’s preview of its revival, which... read more
June 17, 2026
Presented Tuesday night by Broadway in Indianapolis at Clowes Memorial Hall, & Juliet played to a full house made up mostly of young adults. The crowd felt like the right one for a musical that knew exactly what it was: big, colorful, funny and packed... read more
June 10, 2026
As someone who has worked as a filmmaker, theatre producer, actor, playwright, and lyricist over the course of my career, but who remains above all an avid fan of both art forms, I found And the Winner Is: Best Picture. Best Score. Best Song. especially... read more
June 9, 2026
Steve Hackman, one of today’s most innovative crossover musicians, walked onstage and skipped the playlist. Instead of presenting a stop-and-start run of hits, the conductor-composer led the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra through Taylor Swift: The Symphony Era, performed straight through except for a brief intermission in... read more
June 1, 2026
Beef & Boards Dinner Theatre is presenting Rodgers & Hammerstein’s beloved musical Cinderella, with a book by Douglas Carter Beane and a score by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II. I saw the production on Saturday. The plot of Cinderella is familiar: a young woman... read more
May 23, 2026
In its first full-length staging of the ballet Romeo & Juliet, set to Sergei Prokofiev’s score and based on William Shakespeare’s play about two young lovers from feuding families whose secret love leads to tragedy, Indiana Ballet Conservatory took on an ambitious work and delivered... read more
