Alone on stage

Butler U.’s excellent “Galileo” brings up questions about one-person shows.

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You-review-it Monday

The final days of IndyFringe. The first weekend for “Seven Brides for Seven Brothers.” The first screenings of “Taking Woodstock.”
What did you do this weekend?

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Indy Fringe part 4

More reviews from the Mass Ave. festival.Last night I only made it to one Indy Fringe show, due to my misreading of the program (my fault, not the designers). This
led to the last minute pick of “The Stetson Manifesto,” presented by Lebenon, Indiana’s Happy Holler Productions.

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Indy Fringe part 4 (plus teens)

Last night I only made it to one Indy Fringe show, due to my misreading of the program (my fault, not the designers). This
led to the last minute pick of “The Stetson Manifesto,” presented by Lebenon, Indiana’s Happy Holler Productions.

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Smoking pics, Julia Child, etc.

In England, Lynn Barber, author of the memoir “An Education,” withdrew from the Books Now festival because the event organizers
refused to print her photograph in the program. Why?

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Indy Fringe part 3

Third in a series of blogs on experiences at Indy Fringe 2009. For more, click here and here.

I knew I had to hit the wall eventually.

That wall came in the form of what should have been a slam dunk on a kiddie basketball court. How hard is it to engage a willing
audience in a fun game of Bingo while playing a pair of silly characters?

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You-review-it Monday

Did you take in any of the Fringe (there’s still plenty of time)? Catch a concert? See a film (my thoughts on “Inglourious Basterds” is tucked at the end of the review here).

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Indy Fringe part 1 (and more)

First in a series of reports from Indy Fringe 2009, the non-juried festival of short theater works running through Aug. 30 at theaters on and around Mass. Ave. For a full schedule and more details, visit www.indyfringe.org. Plus thoughts on Sharon McKnight’s visit to the…

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Sept. 12 frenzy in Indy arts

I’m ready to officially declare Sept. 12 the most overloaded day of the Indy arts season.

For starters, there’s the Penrod Art Fair, occupying the grounds of the Indianapolis Museum of Art from 9-5.

Then there’s Indianapolis Opera’s new Operapalooza…

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