March 5, 2020
No stranger to Central Indiana audiences, singer-songwriter-pianist Ann Hampton Callaway will join the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, led by maestro Jack Everly, this Friday and Saturday for a Printing Partners Pop concert, “Ann Hampton Callaway: The Linda Ronstadt Songbook,” at Hilbert Circle Theatre. Reached by phone... read more
March 2, 2020
For lovers of Broadway and its lore, “4Girls4: Broadway’s Leading Ladies,” which featured four veteran performers all with credits earned on the Great White Way, lit up the house Saturday at The Palladium at the Center for The Performing Arts in Carmel. The quartet included... read more
March 1, 2020
Prior to seeing playwright Mat Smart‘s drama “The Agitators” Friday at Phoenix Theatre, I had the advantage of having interviewed its director, Mikael Burke, earlier in the week . My extensive Q & A with Burke, published on the same day I saw the play,... read more
February 28, 2020
I first met former Indy resident and now Chicago-based director Mikael Burke when he was actively involved with NoExit Performance. Eventually, he left the city to attend graduate school at The Theatre School at DePaul University in Chicago, where I last saw him when I... read more
February 27, 2020
For a healthy dose of unadulterated mirth and pure escapism, you simply can’t do better than experiencing the joy and glee that comes from seeing “The Play That Goes Wrong,” now playing at Clowes Memorial Hall through March 1. Presented by Broadway in Indianapolis, I... read more
February 26, 2020
As it turns out, musical theatre and cabaret star Faith Prince is no stranger to the Indianapolis area and may see lots of familiar faces in the audience when she joins fellow performers Andrea McArdle, Maureen McGovern and Donna McKechnie for “4Girls4: Broadway’s Leading Ladies”... read more
February 24, 2020
I have had the great pleasure of reviewing numerous performing arts events at the Palladium, located at the Center for the Performing Arts in Carmel, ever since it opened in 2011. During that time I have witnessed many bravura performances by some of the most... read more
February 22, 2020
Originally from Liverpool, English actor Chris Lanceley said he grew up watching American television shows such as “Frasier” and “Friends.” It was the latter that inspired him to move to America, but it was a British comedy, “The Play That Goes Wrong,” that is giving... read more
