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• This just in… Fonseca to launch River West Theatre
  Bryan Fonseca wasted no time finding a new challenge. Less than a month after being removed as artistic director of the Phoenix Theatre – the organization he founded 35 years ago – Fonseca announced the pending launch of a new professional company, [Read More.…]
• This just in… Musical parody to launch new District Theatre
  A Carmel-based theater company will inaugurate the new District Theatre when it opens a 19-show run of Forbidden Broadway on Thursday, July 5. Actors Theatre of Indiana will perform the long-running Off-Broadway hit musical revue, which pokes, [Read More.…]
• This just in… Events to mark anniversary of RFK’s assasination
  On the 50th anniversary of Robert F. Kennedy’s assassination, the Kennedy King Memorial Initiative will conduct its annual remembrance ceremony at 6 p.m. Wednesday, June 6, at the Landmark for Peace Memorial in Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Park. The [Read More.…]
• This just in… Fonseca no longer Phoenix’s Artistic Director
  The Phoenix Theatre recently entered a new phase of its existence by moving into a sparkling new $11 million facility. Now, it will continue its new phase without the most constant force in its 35-year history – Bryan Fonseca. Last week, the Phoenix [Read More.…]
• This just in… Summer Under the Sails music series to begin
  The Eiteljorg Museum’s Summer Under the Sails concert series returns every Wednesday evening from 6 to 8 p.m. in June and July, as well as Aug. 1. Visitors can enjoy food, drink, activities and free live music in the Eiteljorg Museum gardens along [Read More.…]
• IRT unveils another diverse lineup
  The 2018-2019 season at Indiana Repertory Theatre includes a variety of productions ranging from new work to straight-from-Broadway and Pulitzer Prize-winning hits. The lineup also includes a beloved Indiana Series play, according to Executive [Read More.…]
• Expanded Virginia Avenue Fest to begin
  By Kelly Mirgeaux The family-friendly Virginia Avenue Music Festival is expanding to five days. This year’s event will run from Wednesday, May 9, to Sunday, May 13, bringing hundreds of national, regional and local acts to Indianapolis. The festival [Read More.…]
• This just in… IndyFringe chosen to lead TOTS space into the future
  The two stages operated for many years by Theatre on the Square – but having been dark since last August when the TOTS organization collapsed – will once again host live entertainment. The two stages will now be known as The District Theatre, and [Read More.…]
• RETAIL POP-UP INITIATIVE, ST’ART UP 317, LAUNCHED
  By Catherine Esselman, real estate development director St’Art Up 317, a window of opportunity for creativity and retail activation in Downtown Indianapolis The month of May in Downtown Indianapolis is unlike any other. The streets come alive with a [Read More.…]
• This just in… Children’s Museum launches Saturday series for Sports Legends Experience
  Each of the individual elements which comprise the newly opened Riley Children’s Health Sports Legends Experience at The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis will have a day of celebration in a Saturday morning series which began March 24. Each segment [Read More.…]
• This just in… Garfield Park Conservatory to welcome Orchids in April
  The Garfield Park Conservatory will be alive with color on Saturday and Sunday, April 21-22, for the annual juried show of the Central Indiana Orchid Society. The show will include displays from six orchid societies from Louisville, Cincinnati, [Read More.…]
• St. Joseph Hall now hosting
  The partners who operate Chatham Tap, Ralston’s and the St. Joseph Brewery and Public House have branched out into the events business. They have purchased the historic St. Joseph Hall at 617 E. North St., being operated by a company called North [Read More.…]
• This just in… Meow Meow steps in as Cabaret’s opening act
    The debut of The Cabaret’s new performance space at 924 N. Pennsylvania St. has hit another hurdle – but the local music series as bounced back with an acclaimed substitute for its April 21-22 opening weekend. The stumbling block came when [Read More.…]
• This just in… Indy Ballet to perform at IndyFringe Theatre
  On the heels of its debut residency in February featuring three pieces of familiar ballet classics, the new Indianapolis Ballet professional company will mix it up in early March during a run of New Works showcases at the IndyFringe’s Basile [Read More.…]
• Jennifer Holliday to launch cabaret’s new space
  The Cabaret has carved out a niche as a Downtown cultural destination by bringing a string of Tony Award-winning performers to its stage. So the bar was set very high as The Cabaret prepares to unveil its newly created performance space – its first [Read More.…]
• A Vonnegut theme for inaugural play in new Phoenix Theatre
  A musical based on a Kurt Vonnegut book will inaugurate the new Phoenix Theatre, now under construction and on target for an early May opening. God Bless, You, Mr. Rosewater was written by Howard Ashman, with music by Alan Menken and additional [Read More.…]
• A comprehensive look at Indiana Avenue
  Chatham Arch resident Aleta Hodge has penned a new book that celebrates the lauded history of jazz and other musicians of Indiana Avenue, her family and the African American neighborhood that molded her. Indiana Avenue – Life and Musical Journey [Read More.…]
• Looking forward to Phoenix’s new possibilities
  By BILL BROOKS Since 1983, Bryan Fonseca has been fighting the good fight, bringing intellectually challenging productions to the stages of the Phoenix Theatre. But if he could be forgiven for losing a little steam, just the opposite is true: He is [Read More.…]