June 4, 2025
Amidst ongoing culture wars, “The Prom, A Musical” offers a welcome escape with its endearing LGBTQ+ love story, set in red-state Indiana. Presented by Summer Stock Stage at the Howard L. Schrott Center for the Arts at Butler University, the musical, with its themes of... read more
May 29, 2025
What sets Indiana Ballet Conservatory apart is how it showcases its students in its productions. Friday, I witnessed that distinction while experiencing The Phantom of the Opera, a ballet version created by IBC Artistic Director and founder Alyona Yakovleva. I consider this work to be... read more
May 22, 2025
Given my Mexican heritage, I was immediately drawn to attend the Indiana Wind Symphony, led by Jay Gephart, in its presentation of Noches Calientes on Sunday at The Palladium at the Allied Solutions Center for the Performing Arts. Any concern over cultural appropriation was immediately... read more
May 17, 2025
Five-time Grammy nominee Michael Feinstein headlined “Celebrate the Songbook,” a concert at the Palladium on Saturday that offered a primer on classic popular music. The Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Matthew Kramer, accompanied the renowned Feinstein, celebrated as the Ambassador of the Great American Songbook.... read more
May 6, 2025
Of all the annual performing events I cover, the Kids Dance Outreach Event of the Year is among my favorites. This year’s Dreams With Wings was certainly no exception and like previous years, it topped its predecessor. I attended the Saturday performance, which included... read more
April 30, 2025
Now in its 5th Season, American Lives Theatre, led by founder and Artistic Director Chris Saunders, continues to successfully fill its niche on the local theatre scene by advancing its mission that “…engages, provokes and entertains by presenting a mirror reflecting the lives and history... read more
April 29, 2025
9 to 5 the1980 comedy film starring Jane Fonda, Dolly Parton, Lilly Tomlin and Dabney Coleman is now regarded as a high point of American popular culture. For many, the movie which tells the story of three workers who live out their fantasies of getting... read more
April 21, 2025
I clearly recall New Year’s Eve in 1999, watching the Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve broadcast from Times Square, where thousands gathered, waiting for the ball to drop and signal the arrival of a new century. That was the time of the Y2K scare,... read more
