Ken’s ginormous prostate helps him win at BINGO
As I approach my 77th birthday, my medical procedures Bingo card is pretty full. All the usual stuff has been “daubed” – the X-rays, scans of various sorts, checks for…
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Good ingredients in good hands make a tasty play
By KEN KLINGENMEIER A Seat on the Aisle Brightening the Beef & Boards Dinner Theatre stage for summertime 2025 is the Broadway hit Waitress. This Tony Award-nominated musical is directed…
Miracle on I-69
So the other day, as my wife Donna and I sat and had our morning coffee and conversation, a call came in from our granddaughter, Hanna. She is an IU…
Yes, I’m addicted to A/C
My wife and I recently took a trip to Buffalo, N.Y., to visit my sister on her 80th birthday. It was a great visit – Audrey and I have kept…
“Cemetery Club” is the final word on comedy & drama at Epilogue
Ivan Menchell’s play The Cemetery Club tells about three widowed women who meet regularly at their husbands’ gravesites to reminisce about them and to chat about their lives. Their friendship…
Head under the sea for one of the best shows in years
Beef & Boards Dinner Theatre continues its outstanding season with Disney’s family-friendly The Little Mermaid. Based on Hans Christian Andersen’s fantasy story from 1837 – the tale of mermaid Ariel’s…
Have one of THOSE bosses? Go see ‘9 to 5’
Actors Theatre of Indiana (ATI) closes its very successful 2024-25 season with 9 to 5 – The Musical. Based on the popular 1980 film, which featured the original title song…
Want to be well-fed AND entertained? No problem
For spring, Beef & Boards Dinner Theatre brings back an audience favorite – Church Basement Ladies – the original version. If you haven’t seen this light-hearted comedy, four women of…
Good theater entertains; great theater touches your humanity
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…
Humor (and murder) just took a bit longer in the ’50s
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…