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LOU’S VIEWS: When musicals rock
Plus ten written-for-musicals songs that you can play in the company of your rocker friends.
Plus ten written-for-musicals songs that you can play in the company of your rocker friends.
Playwright-in-Residence Tom Horan offers his take on the story of the notorious disease carrier.
Four days and eight new plays lead to a greater appreciation of adventurous audiences.
A wordless “Peter Pan,” pianists in competition, and a musical “Idiot” among potential highlights in coming months.
Orangutans, ancient arriors, a fair lady, a great bicycle race, and more offered highlights of the year in Indy-area arts and entertainment.
The well-curated collection, loosely organized from cradle to grave, included very few duds, a few that I hadn’t heard, and lots that felt like old friends.
Who’d have thought that the place to go for a Teflon summer romantic comedy would be the Phoenix Theatre?
Minimal staging starkly contrasts with rich characters in “The Cock Fight Play.” Local premiere runs through July 6.
The most powerful moment, for me, in the acclaimed play at the Phoenix may have been accidental. And it happened when an actor got in my way.
Broadway’s “Ragtime,” Butler’s “Lamentations,” and two Icemen among half a century of theater-going highlights
Holiday spirit, solid acting, and a great Christmas song, populate this year’s installment of “A Very Phoenix Xmas.”
Three choreographers make magic while three couples mine marital misery.
Plus season openering reviews for “Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike” at the Phoenix and NoExit’s “Big Bad Wolf.”
Season closer tackled Wagner’s large-scale seafaring tale. Plus, thoughts on ‘4000 Miles’ at the Phoenix Theatre.
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.
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.
The discussions were lively among journalists from D.C. to S.F. after seeing “The Lyons” at the Phoenix.
When a region stands to lose one of its finest actresses, a critic can’t be too proud to beg
Whether in a dog-eared magazine or on the gallery walls of the Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art, the photography from National Geographic magazine continues to stun.
With so much to choose from, it’s impossible to say what was best. Instead, here are some of my favorites of the year.