Articles by Ken Klingenmeier

Visiting Mr. Green – Epilogue Players’ current production – is short in length, has only two characters, and just one set. It’s quite a simple show in many ways. But…

Spider’s Web premiered in London’s West End on Dec. 14, 1954, and ran for an impressive 744 performances. It remains Agatha Christie’s second longest-running play, after The Mousetrap. The long-form…

Beef & Boards continues its promising 2024-25 season with Jersey Boys, the hit musical about the formation, struggles, and successes of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons. Having grown up…

In the 91 years since its original publication, Agatha Christie’s novel Murder on the Orient Express has enjoyed remarkable success. Aside from being a long-lived best seller, the many adaptations…

Recognizing the best in local theater productions Time once again for the Most Impressive Theatre awards – the Mittys. It’s our 14th edition. This year, I am going about things…

‘Tis the season – and Beef and Boards Dinner Theatre complements that holiday feeling with A Christmas Story, The Musical. Based on Jean Shepherd’s well-known story of his boyhood Christmas…

Here come the holiday shows! It’s always great to have the variety of productions that arrive this time of year. Mud Creek Players offers a truly classic story for the…

She Loves Me, the 1963 Broadway musical with a book by Joe Masteroff, music by Jerry Bock, and lyrics by Sheldon Harnick is an adaptation of the 1937 play Parfumerie…

By KEN KLINGENMEIER A Seat on the Aisle Metro Indianapolis, like all great cities, is made up of many distinct communities. By that, I do not mean neighborhoods or ethnic…