There can never be too much theater in the Indy Metro area
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…
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Broadway and film classic Fiddler on the Roof makes its return to Indianapolis’ Beef & Boards Dinner Theatre after a 10-year hiatus. With a book by Joseph Stern, music by…
The Man in Black would be proud of this show
Actors Theatre of Indiana (ATI) opens its 2024-25 season with Ring of Fire: The Music of Johnny Cash. The song-filled show loosely traces the life of the singer/songwriter from his…
“Million Dollar Quartet” worth every penny
Beef and Boards Dinner Theatre continues its wide-ranging season with Million Dollar Quartet, the very musical story of the historic meeting of four rock giants – Carl Perkins, Johnny Cash,…
OMG, this musical is totally top-level!
Legally Blonde originated as a 2001 novel by Amanda Brown, based on Ms. Brown’s experiences as a law student at Stanford University. Miraculously, a film version also came out in…
Not only can you not take it with you, but you only have one more week to even see it
You Can’t Take It With You opened on Broadway in December 1936 and went on to win the 1937 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. (A film version won the Academy Award…
If ever a wonderful show there was this Beef & Boards show is one because . . .
There aren’t very many stories more familiar to my generation than The Wizard of Oz. The 1939 film version starring Judy Garland was traditional Thanksgiving Day television fare throughout our…
Buffalo jokes aside, that is some darn fine coffee
Ken Ludwig’s Moon Over Buffalo came to Broadway in 1995, starring Carol Burnett in her return after a 30-year absence. One of Ludwig’s numerous farces, Moon Over Buffalo follows patterns…
But I can love you like nobody can, even better
A.R. Gurney is well-known for his plays The Dining Room, Love Letters, and The Dinner Party. His comedy Sylvia opened off-Broadway in 1995. The story of an unusual romantic triangle…
Beef & Boards takes you to Siam in “The King & I”
Rodgers and Hammerstein’s The King and I, which opened this week at Indianapolis’ Beef & Boards Dinner Theatre, is celebrating its 73rd year of existence. Opening on Broadway in March…