Indianapolis Theater Reviews

BWW Reviews: Indy Fringe Festival 2012: 465: SEX DRIVE...A Musical

The Indy Fringe Festival's popular show states it boldly in the title, 465: Sex Drive...a musical. So no one mistakenly shows up with children for a performance about Indianapolis' loop around the city, perhaps? During the carpool trip around the city's loop and throughout a therapy session for the five sex addicts, streets, neighborhoods and parks are mentioned as great places for various sexual encounters. (more...)

BWW Reviews: Beef and Boards' MENOPAUSE THE MUSICAL

Menopause the Musical opens at Beef and Boards Dinner Theatre this week to the sound of an audience gone wild. Who knew menopausal-age women (and their menfolk, by the way) could be so energetic and exuberant? (more...)

BWW Reviews: IRT's A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC

Two-time Grammy Award winner Sylvia McNair lights up the IRT stage in A Little Night Music. (more...)

BWW Reviews: Beef and Boards Dinner Theatre Serves Up a Delicious CHICAGO

Chicago the musical, one of theater's favorites, returns to the stage in Indianapolis at Beef and Boards Dinner Theatre. (more...)

BWW Reviews: Beef and Boards Dinner Theatre Serves a Delicious NUNSENSE

When is a greeting card more than a greeting card? When it spawns a commercially successful international sensation known as Nunsense, one of off-Broadway's most commercially successful shows. Six sequels, three spin offs and a television show followed quickly. Originating from Dan Goggin's line of nun-based humorous cards, the popular Little Sisters of Hoboken convened once again on stage at Beef and Boards Dinner Theatre, Indianapolis. (more...)

BWW Reviews: Tom Wopat - Love Swings Live at The Cabaret at The Columbia Club

Mr. Tom Wopat jauntily ambled onto the poshest stage in town, The Cabaret at The Columbia Club, Indianapolis. The three-time Tony Award-nominee ('99, '08, '11) of stage and screen shared samples from his musical works, including his most recent CD, Tom Wopat: Consider it Swung. (more...)

BWW Reviews: Theater Review: Beef and Boards: THE WIZARD OF OZ Runs May 31 - July 19

Two performers step into the Gotta Go Spotlight by standing out with the energy and enthusiasm brought to their roles. Curry, whose version of Professor Marvel was a little quiet and sedate, delighted the audience with his animated style as the Wizard. Portraying the phony wizard with just the right amount of vulnerability and sweetness, Curry creates a very likable character. (more...)

BWW Reviews: Phoenix Theatre's AVENUE Q

In a pleasantly bizarre, Sesame Street-meets-The Breakfast Club kind of way, Avenue Q gets its point across. (more...)

BWW Reviews: Shannon Forsell Lights up The Cabaret at The Columbia Club

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. (more...)

BWW Reviews: Beef and Boards Dinner Theatre's THE MUSIC MAN - Fast-Paced Hilarity

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. (more...)

BWW Reviews: IRT performs Noel Coward's FALLEN ANGELS March 13 - April 15

While the spouses are away, the wives are at play ... with martinis, Champagne, and various smart cocktails in an attempt to numb their deepest romantic desires for heartthrob Maurice. (more...)

THE STORY OF THE LITTLE MERMAID Runs 11/30-12/14 At Theatre At The Center

Based on the original Hans Christian Anderson tale, this special holiday musical adaptation of The Story of the Little Mermaid tells of the adventures of the Little Mermaid who falls in love with the handsome 'human' Prince. (more...)