LOU’S VIEWS: Dramatically different plays
The IRT’s “Other Desert Cities” and Acting Up’s “A Streetcar Named Desire” demonstrate how casting choices influence a play’s impact.
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LOU’S VIEWS: IRT triple play shows gentle side of Vonnegut
Before he was a literary icon, Vonnegut was a struggling writer finding his voice through short stories. Three are woven together into the play “Who Am I This Time?”
LOU’S VIEWS: 50 years, 50 shows
Broadway’s “Ragtime,” Butler’s “Lamentations,” and two Icemen among half a century of theater-going highlights
LOU’S VIEWS: Indiana Repertory Theatre finds what’s crucial in ‘The Crucible’
Plus season openering reviews for “Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike” at the Phoenix and NoExit’s “Big Bad Wolf.”
Dramatic rehiring as IRT fills Stolen spot
Suzanne Sweeney has decided to stay at the Indiana Repertory Theatre as managing director, a few days before she was supposed to start a new job at the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra.
IRT’s Stolen to exit in swell of arts group departures
Managing Director Steven Stolen will leave the repertory theater for a position with Rocketship Education. Other local performing arts executives stepping down are John Pickett of the Indianapolis Opera and Kirk Trevor of the Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra.
LOU’S VIEWS: Going back for seconds … or more
The IRT’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” and the Phoenix’ “Clybourne Park” offer pleasures whether you are seeing these plays for the first or fifth time.
LOU’S VIEWS: A critical mass of theater critics descend on Indy
A pack of conferencing critics had their eyes opened to Indy’s arts pleasures. In turn, they opened my eyes to some things I shouldn’t take for granted.
LOU’S VIEWS: Team playing from ensemble highlights IRT’s ‘Night Music’
Opera star Sylvia McNair offers subtle take on “Send in the Clowns.”
LOU’S VIEWS: Hoosier writers’ novels transcend novelty
Recently, I dug into the books of three Indiana writers who beat the odds.
LOU’S VIEWS: 2012 A&E favorites
With so much to choose from, it’s impossible to say what was best. Instead, here are some of my favorites of the year.
LOU’S VIEWS: Three long-running holiday shows offer degrees of variation
Tradition, by definition, involves familiarity. And three of the top Indy on-stage holiday offerings embrace tradition in their own way.
HETRICK: Moving on and starting over in life, art and politics
From election night to the IRT stage, lessons abound.
LOU’S VIEWS: Both sides now
A trio of Indy theater productions looks at the good in the bad and the bad in the good
Performing arts groups rethink marketing subscriptions
The decline in season ticket sales has forced marketing managers to promote each show individually, which is trickier and more costly.
LOU’S VIEWS: Early Noel Coward play suddenly back in vogue
"Fallen Angels” concerns a pair of London gal pals who have in common marriages in need of spark and a past hot-and-heavy relationship with the same man.
LOU’S VIEWS: Parents behave badly in ‘God of Carnage’
Politics aren’t discussed much in Yasmina Reza’s “God of Carnage” (at the IRT through March 24). But after watching a performance, you might find yourself wondering how global superpowers—let alone political parties or religious groups—can possibly get along when the play’s two seemingly civilized couples can’t even have an 85-minute discussion without leaving emotional shrapnel everywhere.
LOU’S VIEWS: City stages home to a trio of theatrical winners
Indiana Repertory Theatre's "Radio Golf," the Phoenix's “Current Economic Conditions,” and Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra rely on character-driven shows.
LOU’S VIEWS: Best in shows for 2011
Highlights included the ISO’s Opening Night Gala, Civic’s “Drowsy Chaperone,” and the opening of the Miller House.
LOU’S VIEWS: Blood, spoof and fears
Indiana Repertory Theatre, Actors Theatre of Indiana and newcomer Acting Up mix it up.