Articles by Ken Klingenmeier

Neil Simon’s semi-autobiographical Lost in Yonkers opened on Broadway in 1991, going on to win the Pulitzer Prize for Drama and the Tony Award. It certainly is one of the…

The Hyperion Theatre’s latest endeavor, John Patrick Shanley’s Doubt: A Parable, opening today, Jan. 25, owns many accolades including the 2005 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and the Tony Award for…

Thursday night found Mrs. K and me at the Basile Westfield Playhouse for opening night of Daniel Sullivan’s 1991 play, Inspecting Carol. Director Kelly Keller writes that he looked for…

Beef & Boards Dinner Theatre concludes its 50th anniversary season with Irving Berlin’s White Christmas. Based on the eponymous 1954 film (which starred Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Rosemary Clooney, and Vera-Ellen),…

By KEN KLINGENMEIER Well, the season for giving is nearly upon us. The companies that sell things are telling us so – some of them have been telling us so…

Epilogue Players opens its 2023-24 season with A Month of Sundays by British television writer Bob Larbey. Directed by Kathleen Clark Horrigan, the bitter-sweet story takes place in the retirement…

Bard Fest Indianapolis completes its ambitious 2023 season with Jon Robin Baitz’ adaptation of Henrik Ibsen’s Hedda Gabler, directed by Chris Saunders of American Lives Theatre. First produced 130 years…

Just the other day, I had a very rare experience. I had a chance to do something few men get the chance to experience. And I am blessed to know…

When I first learned that Carmel Community Players had scheduled a play written by Megan Ann Jacobs, I made a note to myself that Mrs. K and I had to…