Buck Creek Players Present THE DROWSY CHAPERONE, 6/1-17 by BWW News Desk(May. 11 6:02 PM) - Buck Creek Players presents The Drowsy Chaperone, a musical within a comedy, with book by Bob Martin & Don McKellar, music & lyrics by Lisa Lambert & Greg Morrison. Directed and choreographed by D. Scott Robinson with vocal direction by Matthew Konrad Tippel, the show runs June 1-2-3, 8-9-10, 15-16-17, 2012, Friday & Saturday at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 2:30 p.m, at the Buck Creek Playhouse, located at 11150 Southeastern Avenue, Indianapolis, IN. |
Indianapolis Opera Closes 2011-12 Season With FAUST, 5/4 & 5/6 by BWW News Desk(May. 4 12:30 AM) - Indianapolis Opera will close out the 2011-2012 season on May 4 & 6 with Charles Gounod’s Faust, set to French lyrics by Jules Barbier and Michael Carré. Faust will feature members of the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, conducted by James Caraher.
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Walker Theatre Addresses 'Elephant in the Room' by BWW News Desk(May. 4 12:30 AM) - In an article written by Shannon Williams published by the Indianapolis Recorder, the Walker Theatre’s air conditioning system was called out as the elephant in the room. The article addressed the lack of unity and support from the African-American community towards the 85 year old legacy that is the Madame Walker Theatre Center. Today, May 4th, staff and board of the Madame Walker Theatre Center will be on site at New Orleans on the Avenue with Amos Brown from Afternoons with Amos. From 1-3p, anyone who purchases a meal from New Orleans, 10% of the proceeds will go to the Walker. Amos Brown will discuss Walker building concerns with the community and with the board of directors. |
Voting Opens for the 2012 BroadwayWorld.com Awards - Vote Now on the Best of the New York Season! by BWW(May. 3 4:05 PM) - The TONY Awards Nominators had their say earlier this week and now it's your turn! We're pleased to announce that voting has now opened for the 10th Annual BroadwayWorld.com Awards!
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Beefs & Boards Dinner Theatre Holds Mother's Day Performances of THE MUSIC MAN, 5/13 by BWW News Desk(May. 1 10:04 PM) - The Beef & Boards Dinner Theater has invited audiences to its Mother's Day performances of THE MUSIC MAN in Indianapolis. |
Walker Theatre Addresses 'Elephant in the Room' by BWW News Desk(May. 1 9:03 PM) - In an article written by Shannon Williams published by the Indianapolis Recorder, the Walker Theatre’s air conditioning system was called out as the elephant in the room. The article addressed the lack of unity and support from the African-American community towards the 85 year old legacy that is the Madame Walker Theatre Center. On Friday, May 4th, staff and board of the Madame Walker Theatre Center will be on site at New Orleans on the Avenue with Amos Brown from Afternoons with Amos. From 1-3p, anyone who purchases a meal from New Orleans, 10% of the proceeds will go to the Walker. Amos Brown will discuss Walker building concerns with the community and with the board of directors. |
BWW Reviews: Shannon Forsell Lights up The Cabaret at The Columbia Club by Elizabeth J Musgrave(Apr. 27 5:13 PM) - Whether gracefully lounging across a polished piano, sassing up a self-deprecating joke or sharing a tender thought about husband, David Forsell, the chanteuse lights up the stage and heart. |
The Cabaret at The Columbia Club Presents Maureen O’Flynn Tonight by BWW News Desk(Apr. 27 12:30 AM) - Metropolitan Opera leading lady Maureen O’Flynn, makes her Indianapolis cabaret debut, featuring classics by Kern, Porter, Sondheim, and Weill. |
APASSIONATA Horse Entertainment Show Kicks Off North American Tour Today by BWW News Desk(Apr. 27 12:30 AM) - Now in its ninth year, APASSIONATA Europe’s most successful live entertainment show, featuring more than 40 horses and seen by more than five million fans in over forty cities, will make its North American debut today, April 27, 2012, at Freedom Hall in Louisville, Kentucky. The new show entitled “The Beginning” will kick off an eighteen month, sixty-six city arena North American tour. |
APASSIONATA Horse Entertainment Show Kicks Off North American Tour, 4/27 by BWW News Desk(Apr. 20 9:32 PM) - Now in its ninth year, APASSIONATA Europe’s most successful live entertainment show, featuring more than 40 horses and seen by more than five million fans in over forty cities, will make its North American debut on April 27, 2012, at Freedom Hall in Louisville, Kentucky. The new show entitled “The Beginning” will kick off an eighteen month, sixty-six city arena North American tour. |
The Phoenix Theatre Opens AVENUE Q by BWW News Desk(Apr. 19 12:30 AM) - The Phoenix Theatre of Indianapolis announces Avenue Q will return to the Phoenix Mainstage in the 2011-2012 previously TBA spot. Avenue Q, with music and lyrics by Robert Lopez and Jeff Marx and original story by Jeff Whitty, opened off-Broadway at the Vineyard Theatre in March 2003, where it gained rave reviews, and was extended four times. |
AVENUE Q Opens at the Phoenix Theatre, 4/19 by BWW
News Desk(Apr. 19 12:30 AM) - The Phoenix Theatre of Indianapolis announces Avenue Q will return to the Phoenix Mainstage in the 2011-2012 previously TBA spot. Avenue Q, with music and lyrics by Robert Lopez and Jeff Marx and original story by Jeff Whitty, opened off-Broadway at the Vineyard Theatre in March 2003, where it gained rave reviews, and was extended four times. The Phoenix was the first regional, professional theatre to produce Avenue Q, winner of the 2004 Tony for Best Musical, last season with a local professional cast and crew. That same cast is coming back for performances April 19 through May 13, 2012. |
BWW Reviews: Beef and Boards Dinner Theatre's THE MUSIC MAN - Fast-Paced Hilarity by Elizabeth J Musgrave(Apr. 18 5:37 PM) - With devil-may-care good looks and obvious merriment at being such a scoundrel, Clark is pure joy to watch ... while conning the entire town. |
DAMN YANKEES, HAPPILY EVER AFTER CHLOE et al. to Play at Indiana Festival Theatre by BWW News Desk(Apr. 17 1:23 PM) - The IU Department of Theatre and Drama announces its second annual Indiana Festival Theatre season. Hosted in the Lee Norvelle Theatre and Drama Center on the IU Bloomington campus, the new season offers a slate of classic comedies and musicals for theater lovers of all ages |
Lincoln Amphitheatre Premieres BETWEEN FRIENDS, Beginning 4/27 by BWW News Desk(Apr. 17 10:15 AM) - A new play about the Civil War will premiere at Lincoln Amphitheatre in April. |
JERSEY BOYS Comes to Indianapolis, 1/9-1/27/2013 by BWW News Desk(Apr. 16 4:59 PM) - In the midst of the second national tour, Broadway's most beloved group of men, JERSEY BOYS, are set to hit the Murat Theatre's stage. The show is slated to run from Jan. 9 through the 27th in 2013. For more information on the JERSEY BOYS national tour, check out the show's official website at www.jerseyboysinfo.com. Tickets to the show's stop in Indianapolis are set to go on sale later this year.
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Phoenix Theatre and University of Indianapolis Center for Aging & Community Announces FOREVER SUNG, 5/18-26 by BWW News Desk(Apr. 16 12:47 PM) - The Phoenix Theatre of Indianapolis announces the opening of FOREVER SUNG, A celebration of age in song, May 18-26, 2012, in the Frank & Katrina Basile Theatre. A co-production of the University of Indianapolis Center for Aging & Community and the Phoenix Theatre, FOREVER SUNG is a live musical concert that celebrates every age of our lives. |
Theatre at the Center's Theatre for Young Audiences Opens JUNIE B. JONES by BWW News Desk(Apr. 16 12:30 AM) - Theatre at the Center’s Theatre for Young Audiences, 1040 Ridge Road, Munster, Indiana, opens the energetic and hilarious children’s favorite, Junie B. Jones tonight, April 16, and runs through April 21. Junie B. Jones is a new musical based on Barbara Punk’s series of books, illustrated by Denise Brunkus and published by Random House. |