July 6, 2018
Following the May opening of the Phoenix Theatre Cultural Centre, another auspicious event on the performing arts scene occurred Thursday through the historic reopening of the newly renovated The District Theatre (formerly TOTS) with “Forbidden Broadway.” In some ways, it is was a dream collaboration... read more
June 11, 2018
It was August of 2015 when I last laid eyes on actor Lisa Ermel, a former Indy resident. We met at the Starbucks on Mass Ave, where I conducted an “exit interview” with her the day before she left for Los Angeles to enter the... read more
March 7, 2018
Last month, as I perused the program while attending “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee,” an ad in the program promoting “Lillian Baxter and Friends: We Enjoy Being a Girl,” with special guests stars, the Humperdink Sisters, caught my eye. The show runs March... read more
February 5, 2018
Anyone who has ever felt like a square peg in a round hole as an adolescent will identify with the five zany characters who compete in the two-time Tony ® Award-winning, “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee.” I attended the musical comedy on opening... read more
September 19, 2017
The first time I saw “La Cage Aux Folles” was via a national tour production in 1984 at the Golden Gate Theatre in San Francisco. The farcical musical written by Harvey Fierstein with music and lyrics by Jerry Herman is based on the play by... read more
April 29, 2017
My lifelong passion and involvement in the performing arts is due, in part, to my admiration of Judy Garland and appreciation for her rare talent. It started when I first heard “Judy Garland at Carnegie Hall,” a live recording of her concert at Carnegie Hall... read more
November 7, 2016
I have seen numerous professional and community theater productions of “Cabaret,” the Tony Award-winning musical. with music by John Kander and lyrics by Fred Ebb, including the 1998 Broadway revival, starring Alan Cumming as the Emcee and Natasha Richardson as Sally Bowles. This past spring... read more
