LOU’S VIEWS: Race colors IRT’s ‘Romeo and Juliet’
Shakespeare’s iconic show gets a post-WWII redo.
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LOU’S VIEWS: Flagrant fouls make Globetrotter win dubious
Thoughts on the Globetrotters, Phoenix Theatre’s “Housewives of Mannheim,” and Beef & Boards’ “The Foreigner.”
LOU’S VIEWS: Dylan tribute Bob-bob-bobs along
This week, a Bob Dylan tribute at the Athenaeum and tell-all tales at Theatre on the Square.
LOU’S VIEWS: A tour winds down while local talent gears up
“The Color Purple” tour visits Clowes Hall while “New Beginnings” offers next-generation Broadway songs.
LOU’S VIEWS: ‘Love Letters’ requires reading between the lines
Indiana Repertory Theatre gives a rare, full staging of A.R. Gurney’s epistolary play.
LOU’S VIEWS: A ballet blockbuster tops 2009’s list of favorites
Here are the 10 offerings that I most enthusiastically recommended to friends and readers in the past year.
LOU’S VIEWS: Merits of Barbie exhibit debatable
IBJ Style columnist Gabrielle Poshadlo joins in to discuss the latest Children’s Museum show.
LOU’S VIEWS: Symphony’s annual Yuletide show doesn’t need Vegas dress-up
When this year’s edition of “Yuletide Celebration” maintains its focus on the Indianapolis Symphony
Orchestra, guest host Maureen McGovern and the tap-dancing Santas, it’s as comforting as the
show has ever been.
LOU’S VIEWS: Oh Christmas plays, oh Christmas plays
Holiday season staples take the stages at the Indiana Repertory Theatre and the Phoenix Theatre.
LOU’S VIEWS: ‘Escape’ artist Steve McQueen stars in new biography
One of the first grown-up movies I attended on my own was “Papillon.” What drove
my 10-year-old self to see this brutal 1973 escape film, I still don’t know. Also: Indianapolis Opera’s production of “La Boheme.”
LOU’S VIEWS: A new attraction wants to drum up business
Thoughts on Rhythm! Discovery Center and Bands of America.
LOU’S VIEWS: Lurie-ing arts audiences to downtown Carmel
This week, thoughts on exhibitions at Evan Lurie Gallery in Carmel and a new revue at the Cabaret at the Connoisseur Room.
LOU’S VIEWS: Teaching the ISO new tricks
The Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra combined magic and music with “Mysterioso.”
LOU’S VIEWS: A brave new preteen world at IRT
This week, the young adult best-seller “The Giver” is staged at the Indiana Repertory Theatre. Plus some thoughts on school
field trips.
LOU’S VIEWS: Phoenix show shipshape/Marxing time in Chicago
The Phoenix Theatre’s “Shipwrecked!” and “Animal Crackers” at Chicago’s Goodman Theatre offer two kinds of stage pleasures.
LOU’S VIEWS: Graven image conscious
This week, Spanish artists explore the sacred and the IRT’s playwright-in-residence presents a haunted Abe Lincoln.
LOU’S VIEWS: Heartland fest’s bests … and the rest
We review this year’s Heartland Film Festival offerings. Check back often as we add entries throughout the event, which starts
Oct. 15.
LOU’S VIEWS: Of ‘Glee’ they sing
Fox’s musical high school comedy is generating buzz in the A&E world.
LOU’S VIEWS: Searching for the best in Eiteljorg’s West ‘Quest’
This year’s edition of the annual show and sale offers variations on familiar themes.