There are lots of ways that “Walking with Dinosaurs” (with performances through this weekend at Conseco Fieldhouse) could have compromised itself. It could have turned too jokey. It could have gone anthropomorphic or “Land Before Time” cute. It could have…
In addition to its slate of plays and musicals, Indianapolis Civic Theatre will be adding a pair of concerts to the upcoming season.
Currently being considered are concert versions of “Hair,” and “Rent.” Tickets will be $24 with performances Oct. 2-4 and…
The city’s latest aspiring ballet company, Indianapolis City Ballet, is making good on its promise to bring international stars to town for a gala event at the Murat Theatre, Sept. 12. IBJ’s Kathleen McLaughlin takes over the blog today for…
As of tomorrow, June 26, the city’s top jazz club, The Jazz Kitchen, will adapt an all smoke-free/all the time policy.
You can still puff on the patio, but the club itself–which hosts top national and local musicians–with stress clean air…
All the dialogue in the previous post about David Letterman’s apology to Sarah Palin sent me searching for previous comedian apologies. Here are some I found:
Jamie Fox to Miley Cyrus.
Bill Maher to Pope Benedict
Al Franken to John…
Some quick notes:
-If you had mixed feelings about the Tony Awards coverage on Sunday (and have a bit of a mean streak in you), then check out this hilariously rude recap from the knuckleheads at Broadway Abridged. And if…
Fourth in a series of blogs from my recent NYC trip.
As mentioned previously, this trek to New York included visits to the Broadway productions of “Hair,” “Reasons to Be Pretty,” and “9 to 5,” all of which are up for…
The Vogue has just announced discounted ticket prices for a batch of upcoming shows. The catch is that tickets must be purchased between June 8 at 10 a.m. and June 10 at 10 p.m.
Here’s the lineup:
June 11 PJ HARVEY…
Third in a series of reports from my recent NYC trek.
I swear I wasn’t looking for an Indiana connection when I set out to find out where Broadway show folk hang out — and perform — after the curtains come…
“Wicked” hasn’t yet opened at the Murat Theatre, but that doesn’t mean we can’t look ahead to what’s happening in the about-to-be-announced 2009/2010 Broadway in Indianapolis series — which contains four first-time-in-Indy musicals (and doesn’t really get rolling until December).
–“The…
Passed on tickets to “Wicked” because of the steep price? Or maybe you just waited too long for good seats.
Well, there’s another option. Broadway Across America…
Okay, so our nation has annointed another “American Idol.” And the chat rooms are buzzing about whether or not humble guy Kris Allen deserved the win over the in-your-face Adam Lambert.
The fact remains that both have been given a huge launch pad….
As home to the International Violin Competition of Indianapolis and the American Pianists Assocation Fellowship Awards — and with IVCI head Glenn Kwok recently named President of the World Federation on International Music Competitions (the first American to land the position) — Indy has a…
Carmel Community Players, a volunteer theater founded in 1993, has announced an ambitious season of all Pulitzer-Prize-winning
shows — even though a chunk of its funding was shot down by the Carmel Support the Arts Fund and its
performance…
Time to empty the arts notebook:
–On the short list of bestsellers penned by Hoosiers is 1880’s Biblical epic “Ben Hur,” by Lew Wallace. Well, now it’s coming to the stage in London…in Latin and Aramaic. Click here for more…
It’s not just houses that are going cheap right now. So are tickets to some of Indy’s prime arts events.
–At the Indianapolis Opera site, you can land a 50% discount on tickets to this weekend’s epic collaboration between IO and…
It’s always a challenge staging an unknown show.
It’s even more challenging to stage an untested show.
It is far more challenging to stage an untested musical.
That’s probably why you won’t find many brand new musicals being staged here in Indianapolis. Just…
Here’s more from the looking-ahead file:
–Indianapolis Opera, which has its “Das Rheingold” collaboration with the ISO coming up on the 15th, has just anounced its 2009/2010 season.
It kicks off October 2 with Indianapolis native Angela Brown in her first…
Missed the Stephen Sondheim/Scott Simon chat that occurred on the stage at IU Auditorium last night? Sorry to hear that. It’s not the same thing as being there, but I’ll empty the notebook for those who weren’t part of the sizable crowd…
A few quick reviews that couldn’t fit into the print IBJ:
–If you liked the chandelier in “Phantom of the Opera,” and the helicopter in “Miss Saigon,” you may love the title car in “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang,” which is parked…
