Monday, September 24, 2018

'Building the Wall': Fonseca Theatre debut production outlines the moral end game of current immigration policy

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To paraphrase an old anti-war question: What if they built a wall and nobody came? Confrontation across the table: Clay Mabbitt and Milic...
Saturday, September 22, 2018

Indy Jazz Fest sets up its festival-ending block party with a spiffy Cabaret concert

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Guest artist Sean Jones takes care of business as  bandleader Steve Allee looks on. Finding the "big beat" theme attractive as...
Friday, September 21, 2018

Phoenix Theatre sets sail on the mainstream with "Bright Star"

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Small-town young folks Alice and Jimmy Ray bond over an icebox To open the 2018-19 season, the first in its four decades as an alternati...
Monday, September 17, 2018

Indy Jazz Fest: Brazilian trio joins with adept clarinetist, after Indianapolis saxophonist's quintet opens

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Something of a novelty still, a double bill at the Indy Jazz Fest featured two female wind Anat Cohen has played in a wide variety of mu...
Sunday, September 16, 2018

International Violin Competition of Indianapolis: Final concerto performances and announcement of the finalists' award positions

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2018 Laureates: Anna Lee, Shannon Lee, Ioana Cristina Goicea, Luke Hsu, Risa Hokamura, Richard Lin. It was no sure thing to guess ahead ...
Saturday, September 15, 2018

High distinction at a late hour: Three finalists inaugurate IVCI romantic/modern concerto phase

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My responses to the first night of finals Friday at Hilbert Circle Theatre followed a pattern established by how the same three Internationa...
Friday, September 14, 2018

Indy Jazz Fest opens its "Big Beat" year with Freddie Hubbard tribute

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Few careers in jazz have jump-started as dramatically with a move from the Heartland to the Big Pharez Whitted: A voice of his own as he ...