Happy Hour adventures
Recently Mrs. K joined a group of women that, on the first Wednesday of each month, meets at a local restaurant for Happy Hour. They enjoy experiencing a new place,…
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When you really commit to the lie, comedy can follow
Beef and Boards Dinner Theatre’s penultimate offering for their busy 2025 season is Tootsie – a musical based on the 1982 movie which starred Dustin Hoffman. The adaptation by Robert…
Girls meet boys, girls lose boys, girls sing about boys
Actors Theatre of Indiana (ATI) opens its 2025-26 season with Beehive – The 60’s Musical, a very special nostalgic journey honoring the great songs and female artists of that defining…
It’s like the ghost of Elvis was on stage
Beef and Boards continues its 2025 season with Heartbreak Hotel, a tribute musical, directed by Jeff Stockberger, which frames the life and career of Elvis Presley. Through flashbacks, his story…
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…
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…