April 7, 2025
While attending a Gregory Hancock Dance Theatre concert one can expect that one’s world view will be expanded, due to the choreographer’s passion for work that celebrates not only various cultures around the globe but its music as well. “Spring Equinox,” which I witnessed Friday... read more
April 5, 2025
Nestled on the corner of northwest 19th and Alabama Streets on the Indy’s Old Northside is the venerable Epilogue Players Theatre. An intimate space with only fifty seats, the all-volunteer group that was founded in 1977 but has been in its present home since 1984... read more
April 4, 2025
For a second consecutive year, the Indianapolis Ballet, founded by IB Artistic Director Victoria Lyras, teamed up with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, led by conductor Everly, to stage a world class production. Last year it was “Romeo & Juliet.” This year it was a stunning... read more
April 1, 2025
One thing is certain regarding my response to seeing Tennessee Williams’s classic “The Glass Menagerie.” It triggered memories my years of living with my family. Referred to as a memory play, the classic drama which shot Williams to fame, premiered on Broadway in 1944. Loosely... read more
March 25, 2025
It is not a stretch to proclaim that the Indianapolis Opera 50th Anniversary Legacy Gala, in partnership with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, led by Maestro Alfred Savia, was a once in a lifetime experience. Held Saturday, at the Hilbert Circle Theatre, the event also featured... read more
February 14, 2025
One thing you can count on when it comes to Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra Pops conductor Jack Everly and Executive Producer Ty Johnson is that when you attend any concert they oversee, you will experience some of the best performers in the world. Singer Carpathia Jenkins... read more
February 13, 2025
While witnessing “Nina Simone: Four Women at Friday’s opening night performance on The OneAmerica Stage at the Indiana Repertory Theatre, I was reminded that as much as we have moved forward with Civil Rights in this country, as far as ending racism, in many ways,... read more
February 4, 2025
Back in 2017, I profiled Dance Kaleidoscope principal dancer Cody Miley in my column on TomAlvarez.studio website. (click here to read the full interview) It was then that I learned that, though he had trained and performed as an actor in high school and college,... read more
