August 15, 2017
IndyFringe Live Theatre Festival begins its 1o-day run Thursday, August 17 through Sunday, August 27. With 74 acts doing 400 shows at nine venues on or near Mass Ave., Indy Fringe will once again be the premier arts and entertainment event in Indianapolis. Performance artists are coming... read more
August 12, 2017
Recently while perusing Facebook, which is often a great source for stories I enjoy telling, I noticed a post by actor Matt Goodrich. He posted that was leaving Manhattan to return home to Indy which he left nearly four years ago to study in NYC.... read more
August 6, 2017
There was a flurry of excitement not only in the arts community but throughout Indy on July 28. That’s when The Cabaret and Buckingham Companies announced plans that will give The Cabaret a prominent, permanent downtown location in the Metzger Building at 9th and Pennsylvania... read more
August 2, 2017
I have gorged on hundreds of musicals over my lifetime. I must admit however, that up until taking in Summer Stock Stage‘s production of “Pippin” Sunday, at Park Tudor School, I had never seen the show before. I am so happy I waited, though,... read more
July 31, 2017
I was in Chicago earlier this month and while there I looked up Mikael Burke who is a director, deviser, and educator, currently pursuing his MFA in Directing at The Theatre School at DePaul University in Chicago. I reviewed several shows Burke had directed while he was... read more
July 28, 2017
Each year, since its origination in 2009, I have covered The Songbook Academy sponsored by the Great American Songbook Foundation and founded by five-time GRAMMY nominated entertainer, Michael Feinstein. The week-long summer high school intensive, which took place July 15-22, concentrates on the jazz, pop,... read more
July 18, 2017
Like most other local reviewers I was particularly impressed with the chorus that represented the “Notre Dame Choir” in BOBDIREX, aka Bob Harbin’s, latest masterpiece, “The Hunchback of Notre Dame. It ran June 23 – July 9 at Marian University Theatre. Responsible for overseeing the... read more
July 13, 2017
Last week prior a Chicago business trip, it occurred to me that while there I should review a show. Thanks to the good folks at Broadway in Chicago, who have graciously invited me to cover openings of shows in the past, I was able to... read more
