(01/30/2013) - The Phoenix Theatre of Indianapolis presents Next to Normal - book and lyrics by Brian Yorkey and music by Tom Kitt - as its next production. The Tony Award-winning and Pulitzer Prize-winning musical Next to Normal will open tonight, January 30, and run through Sunday, February 24, 2013, on the Livia and Stephen Russell Stage. Get a first look at the show in the photos below!
(01/23/2013) - Marking the 25th anniversary of the John Waters' original film, Principal Pops Conductor Jack Everly brought together an all-star cast of Broadway, film and TV stars for the full symphonic production of the Broadway musical, Hairspray. Hairspray: In Concert! premiered with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra Jan. 11-13, 2013, and will premiere with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra Jan. 24-27, 2013. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the production below.
(01/02/2013) - The Phoenix Theatre of Indianapolis has announced the NNPN Rolling World Premiere of a by Caridad Svich, Guapa in the Frank and Katrina Basile Theatre. Opening Thursday, January 3, and running through Sunday, January 20, 2013, with the last 2 performances in Spanish. Get a first look at the production in the photos below!
(12/31/2012) - Beef & Boards Dinner Theatre opens its 2013 season with the famous killer comedy, Arsenic & Old Lace! This hilarious classic kicks off the theatre's year-long 40th Anniversary celebration, and is on stage through Feb. 3. Get a first look at the production in the photos below!
(12/20/2012) - The Great American Songbook High School Vocal Academy & Competition is a celebration of the Golden Age of American Popular music. This program is the only high school vocal competition in the U.S. dedicated solely to the music from Broadway, Hollywood musicals and the Tin Pan Alley era of the early to mid-twentieth century. Check out photos from the competition below!
(11/29/2012) - This holiday season is even more merry and bright as Beef & Boards Dinner Theatre celebrates the 20th Anniversary of its original Christmas show! Gather family and friends and join in the fun with Santa himself at A Beef & Boards Christmas 2012, live on stage through Dec. 23. Get a first look at the show in the photos below!
(11/28/2012) - Featuring Charles Goad, Scot Greenwell, Rob Johansen and Ryan O'Shea and The Fourth Wall: Hilary Abigana, Greg Jukes and C. Neil Parsons, A VERY PHOENIX XMAS: GETTIN' FIGGY WITH IT, will play tomorrow, November 29, through December 23, 2012 on the Livia and Steve Russell Stage. Get a first look at the production in the photos below!
(10/02/2012) - Those incomparable women are back at Beef & Boards Dinner Theatre this fall, where the holiday season is in full swing for Away in the Basement: A Church Basement Ladies Christmas. Get a first look at the production in the photos below!
(09/19/2012) - The Phoenix Theatre of Indianapolis presents the Indiana Premiere of the critically acclaimed Broadway musical Bloody, Bloody Andrew Jackson in the Livia and Steve Russell Theatre. Opening tomorrow night, Thursday, September 20, and running through Sunday, October 21, 2012, this irreverent musical was written by Alex Timbers with music and lyrics by Michael Friedman. See fresh production shots from the show below!
(08/30/2012) - Come on down to Beef & Boards Dinner Theatre, where the sultry Broadway hit Chicago heats up the stage through Oct. 7. Get a first look at the production in the photos below!
(08/29/2012) - The Phoenix Theatre of Indianapolis presents the Indiana Premiere of the critically acclaimed Broadway musical Bloody, Bloody Andrew Jackson in the Livia and Steve Russell Theatre. Opening Thursday, September 20, and running through Sunday, October 21, 2012, this irreverent musical was written by Alex Timbers with music and lyrics by Michael Friedman. Check out photos of the cast onstage below!
(08/15/2012) - Wagon Wheel Theatre presents I LOVE A PIANO, August 15-25. The incomparable Irving Berlin wrote over fifteen hundred songs in his lifetime, including scores for nineteen Broadway shows and eighteen Hollywood films. He charted twenty-five number one hits including "God Bless America", "White Christmas", "Easter Parade", "Cheek to Cheek", and "I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm", just to name a few. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the production photos below.
(08/10/2012) - When is a greeting card more than a greeting card? When it spawns a commercially successful international sensation known as Nunsense, one of off-Broadway's most commercially successful shows. Six sequels, three spin offs and a television show followed quickly. Originating from Dan Goggin's line of nun-based humorous cards, the popular Little Sisters of Hoboken convened once again on stage at Beef and Boards Dinner Theatre, Indianapolis.
(07/16/2012) - Mr. Tom Wopat jauntily ambled onto the poshest stage in town, The Cabaret at The Columbia Club, Indianapolis. The three-time Tony Award-nominee ('99, '08, '11) of stage and screen shared samples from his musical works, including his most recent CD, Tom Wopat: Consider it Swung.
(07/16/2012) - With A Whimper - A darkly comedic tale about the end of the world, runs July 19 - August 12 in the Frank & Katrina Basile Theatre at the Phoenix in a world premiere production by Pete McElligott. Get a first look at the production in the photos below!
(07/12/2012) - The Buck Creek Players will end their 2011-2012 season 'It Takes Two' with The Playhouse Players Youth Production of Thoroughly Modern Millie Junior. Opening Friday, July 27th, and running for two weekends through Sunday, August 5th, curtain times will be at 8:00 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, with 2:30 p.m. matinees offered on Sunday. All performances will be held at the Buck Creek Playhouse on Indianapolis' southeast side at 11150 Southeastern Avenue. Get a first look at the cast in the photos below!
(07/05/2012) - On July 4-14, the Wagon Wheel Theatre presents Carousel. Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II, Broadway's pioneers, accumulated 34 Tonys, 15 Academy Awards, a Pulitzer Prize and two Grammys. Below is a first look at the production photos.
(06/04/2012) - Two performers step into the Gotta Go Spotlight by standing out with the energy and enthusiasm brought to their roles.
Curry, whose version of Professor Marvel was a little quiet and sedate, delighted the audience with his animated style as the Wizard. Portraying the phony wizard with just the right amount of vulnerability and sweetness, Curry creates a very likable character.
(05/31/2012) - It's the tale that taught us "there's no place like home!" Join Dorothy, Toto and their friends as they follow the Yellow Brick Road to see The Wizard of Oz at Beef & Boards Dinner Theatre, now through July 15. See photos from the production below!
(05/29/2012) - Superior Donuts will be in the Warner Studio Theatre at 403 N. Main Street from Friday, June 1 through Sunday June 10. See photos of the cast on stage below!
(05/29/2012) - The Phoenix Theatre of Indianapolis presents Tony Award-nominated and Drama Desk Award-winning Next Fall by Geoffrey Nauffts. This witty and provocative urban romance won the Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding New Broadway Play opens Thursday, June 7th on the Livia and Steve Russell Mainstage at the Phoenix. Get a first look at the production below!
(05/16/2012) - The Phoenix Theatre of Indianapolis announces the opening of FOREVER SUNG, A celebration of age in song, May 18-26, 2012, in the Frank & Katrina Basile Theatre. A co-production of the University of Indianapolis Center for Aging & Community and The Phoenix Theatre, FOREVER SUNG is a live musical concert that celebrates every age of our lives.
(04/27/2012) - Whether gracefully lounging across a polished piano, sassing up a self-deprecating joke or sharing a tender thought about husband, David Forsell, the chanteuse lights up the stage and heart.
(04/18/2012) - With devil-may-care good looks and obvious merriment at being such a scoundrel, Clark is pure joy to watch ... while conning the entire town.
(04/10/2012) - While the spouses are away, the wives are at play ... with martinis, Champagne, and various smart cocktails in an attempt to numb their deepest romantic desires for heartthrob Maurice.
(03/09/2012) - The Buck Creek Players will continue their 38th season with the upbeat off-beat comedy, Harold and Maude, by Colin Higgins. The show will open on Friday, March 23, and run on weekends through to Sunday, April 1.
(03/06/2012) - The Phoenix Theatre of Indianapolis announces the opening of Freud's Last Session, a play by Mark St. Germain, suggested by The Question Of God: Did Freud and Lewis ever meet? by Dr. Armand Nicholi, Jr., Thursday, March 15, in the Frank & Katrina Basile Theatre.
Check out the production photos below!
(02/24/2012) - The musical play telling the story of legendary country singer Patsy Cline and her most devoted fan, ALWAYS... PATSY CLINE kicks off Theatre at the Center's 2012 season. Based on a true story of this unparalleled pioneer for female performers and a fan from Houston she befriended in a Texas honky-tonk, the production previews February 23, opens February 26 and runs through April 1. ALWAYS...PATSY CLINE will be directed by Brian Russell. Russell, making his Theatre at the Center debut, is the former Artistic Director of American Theater Company and Director of the 1996 Chicago Premiere of ALWAYS...PATSY CLINE which transferred from Northlight Theatre in Evanston to a lengthy commercial run at Chicago's Apollo Theater. Also making her Theatre at the Center debut, newcomer Heather Beck will star as 'Patsy Cline'.
Check out the production photos below!
(02/16/2012) - The Phoenix Theatre of Indianapolis presents the opening of the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winning August: Osage County by Tracy Letts. This fiercely funny play about an American family opens tonight, February 16 on the Phoenix Mainstage. View photos below!
(02/07/2012) - The Phoenix Theatre of Indianapolis announces the opening of the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winning August: Osage County by Tracy Letts. This fiercely funny play about an American family opens Thursday, February 16 on the Phoenix Mainstage.
(01/12/2012) - Beef & Boards Dinner Theatre opens its 39th Season with a poignant comedy as it presents The Dixie Swim Club, now on stage through Feb. 12.
(12/22/2011) - The Buck Creek Players, Indianapolis' award-winning all-volunteer community theater on the southeast side of Marion County, will continue their 38th season with the hilarious and fun production of Stephen Temperley's Souvenir: A Fantasia on the Life of Florence Foster Jenkins
(12/01/2011) - The Phoenix Theatre of Indianapolis will produce A Very Phoenix Xmas 6: Our Goose is Cooked as its annual alternative holiday production from December 1-23, 2011.
(11/18/2011) - From the writers of Married Alive! and A Dog's Life comes the Chicago area premiere of Another Night Before Christmas, November 17 through December 18, 2011 at Theatre at the Center,1040 Ridge Road, Munster, IN.
(10/19/2011) - From the writers of Married Alive! and A Dog's Life comes the Chicago area premiere of Another Night Before Christmas, November 17 through December 18, 2011 at Theatre at the Center,1040 Ridge Road, Munster, IN.
(09/30/2011) - The Phoenix Theatre of Indianapolis announces the completion of the second phase of renovations in time for the opening of the 2011-2012 Season.
(09/21/2011) - The Phoenix Theatre of Indianapolis announces the opening of Spring Awakening, with music by Duncan Sheik and lyrics and book by Steven Sater, Thursday, September 22, 2011, on the Phoenix Mainstage.
