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Phoenix Theatre Presents WHEN THE DEAD CRY 9/23
by BWW News Desk - September 23, 2010
The Phoenix Theatre of Indianapolis announces the Midwest Premiere of When the Dead Cry (Cuando Los Muertos Lloran).

MARY POPPINS Revises Schedule For Run At The Murat Theatre at Old National Centre
by BWW News Desk - September 23, 2010
Broadway Across America and producers Thomas Schumacher of Disney Theatrical Productions and Cameron Mackintosh announced today that the Indianapolis premiere engagement of MARY POPPINS will now be limited to TWO WEEKS ONLY at the Murat Theatre at Old National Centre beginning on Thursday, September 23.

Broadway Across America Announces SUMMER SCOOP
by BWW News Desk - September 23, 2010
Broadway Across America announces Summer Scoop throughout the month of June 2010. Summer Scoop is a limited priority offer that allows theatre patrons to scoop up 3 or more of their favorite shows before they go on sale individually to the public.

The Phoenix Theatre of Indianapolis Present WHEN THE DEAD CRY, Opens 9/23
by BWW News Desk - September 22, 2010
The Phoenix Theatre of Indianapolis announces the Midwest Premiere of When the Dead Cry (Cuando Los Muertos Lloran).

The Phoenix Theatre of Indianapolis Present WHEN THE DEAD CRY, Opens 9/23
by Gabrielle Sierra - September 21, 2010
The Phoenix Theatre of Indianapolis announces the Midwest Premiere of When the Dead Cry (Cuando Los Muertos Lloran).

IU Department of Theatre and Drama Opens 2010-11 Season With RENT 10/8
by Gabrielle Sierra - September 21, 2010
The Indiana University Department of Theatre and Drama opens its 2010-2011 season Oct. 8 with Jonathan Larson's rock opera Rent, the official opening production of this year's Lee Norvelle Theatre & Drama Center season.

Photo Coverage: Opening Night at Theatre at the Center's DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS
by BWW Photo Special - September 20, 2010
The uproarious musical masterpiece, DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS, by composer and lyricist David Yazbek and librettist Jeffery Lane, makes its Regional premiere at Theatre at the Center, 1040 Ridge Road, Munster, IN, September 9 through October 10. The press performance will be Thursday, September 16 at 8 p.m. The Tony Award Winning smash hit consistently delivers; Clive Barnes of the New York Post raves DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS is 'A knockout punch to Broadway's funny bone! One of the liveliest, funniest, best-performed musicals in years. Super-smart and superior in every way.' This production will be directed by Bill Pullinsi and choreographed by Stacey Flaster.

Buck Creek Players Host Auditions For THE BEST CHRISTMAS PAGEANT EVER 10/11-12
by Gabrielle Sierra - September 20, 2010
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever by Barbara Robinson on Monday & Tuesday, October 11 & 12, 2010 7:00 p.m.

IU Marks Hispanic Heritage Month With Visit By Civil Rights Pioneer, Films and Festivities
by BWW News Desk - September 20, 2010
Organizers of Indiana University Bloomington's 2010 observance of National Hispanic Heritage Month have planned a comprehensive calendar of events that includes lectures by a civil rights pioneer and an award-winning author and an annual favorite -- Festival Latino.

Lampkin Music Group Presents McKechnie In MY MUSICAL COMEDY LIFE 11/7
by Gabrielle Sierra - September 17, 2010
Tony Award winning star of A CHORUS LINE is regarded internationally as one of Broadway's foremost dancing and singing leading ladies. She began this summer performing in the Adelaide Cabaret Festival and has just completed her first tour of Australia with MY MUSICAL COMEDY LIFE, before taking it to NY and a sold out crowd at the Laurie Beechman Theater.

The Phoenix Theatre of Indianapolis Present WHEN THE DEAD CRY, Opens 9/23
by Gabrielle Sierra - September 17, 2010
The Phoenix Theatre of Indianapolis announces the Midwest Premiere of When the Dead Cry (Cuando Los Muertos Lloran).

'A Festival of Cabaret' Closes In Indianapolis 9/17
by BWW News Desk - September 17, 2010
Over 20 different cabaret performances from 10 performers will be presented as part of A Festival of Cabaret, Indy's first five-night festival featuring artists from the international and New York cabaret scene.

Cabaret At Columbia Club Presents Karen Kohler: Das Kabarett 9/17
by BWW News Desk - September 17, 2010
A celebration of the roots of cabaret-featuring German cabaret songs, French chansons and American standards by artists such as Gershwin, Porter, Weill, Brel, Piaf, the Boswell Sisters, Ellington and Coward.

Pyramid Players Presents THE LITTLE MERMAID at Beef & Boards Dinner Theatre 9/17
by BWW News Desk - September 16, 2010
Take a magical musical journey under the sea at Beef & Boards Dinner Theatre when the Pyramid Players proudly present The Little Mermaid this fall. Marc Robin and Curt Dale Clark's sweet stage adaptation of the classic Hans Christian Andersen tale is on stage select Fridays and Saturdays from Sept. 17 through Nov. 6.

Beef and Boards Presents THE LITTLE MERMAID, 9/17-11/6
by BWW News Desk - September 16, 2010
Take a magical musical journey under the sea at Beef & Boards Dinner Theatre when the Pyramid Players proudly present The Little Mermaid this fall. Marc Robin and Curt Dale Clark's sweet stage adaptation of the classic Hans Christian Andersen tale is on stage select Fridays and Saturdays from Sept. 17 through Nov. 6.

Pyramid Players Presents THE LITTLE MERMAID at Beef & Boards Dinner Theatre 9/17
by Gabrielle Sierra - September 16, 2010
Take a magical musical journey under the sea at Beef & Boards Dinner Theatre when the Pyramid Players proudly present The Little Mermaid this fall. Marc Robin and Curt Dale Clark's sweet stage adaptation of the classic Hans Christian Andersen tale is on stage select Fridays and Saturdays from Sept. 17 through Nov. 6.

The Cabaret At Columbia Club Presents An Intimate Evening with Jane Monheit 9/16
by BWW News Desk - September 16, 2010
Sept. 16, 7:30 & 9:30 p.m. The Cabaret at Columbia Club Presents An Intimate Evening with Jane Monheit

Monheit Presents Sneak-Peek of 'Home' At Cabaret at Columbia Club 9/16
by BWW News Desk - September 16, 2010
International Jazz diva Jane Monheit will present a sneak-preview performance of music from her new CD 'Home,' a passionate ode to the golden age of the jazz standard, at her shows on Thursday, September 16th at 7:30PM and 9:30PM. The shows will be at the Cabaret at the Columbia Club (121 Monument Circle). Tickets are $65 for general seating, $75 for priority seating, and $100 for VIP seating which includes a pre-released copy of 'Home.' There is a food and beverage minimum per person and $10 valet parking is available. For tickets call 317.275.1169, or order online at www.TheCabaret.org.

Buck Creek Presents I LOVE YOU BECAUSE 10/1-17
by Gabrielle Sierra - September 15, 2010
The Buck Creek Players will open their 2010-2011 season 'From Page to Stage' with Joshua Salzman and Ryan Cunningham's hit Off-Broadway musical, I Love You Because.

IU Journalism Lecture Series To Feature Gay Talese, Lara Logan and Thomas Friedman
by BWW News Desk - September 15, 2010
A writer who set the bar for a new narrative tradition, a broadcaster who has reported from the frontlines of conflict and a columnist whose work has garnered three Pulitzer Prizes will visit Bloomington this fall as guests of the IU School of Journalism's fall Speaker Series.

Theatre at the Center for Young Audiences Presents JACK AND THE BEANSTALK
by Gabrielle Sierra - September 14, 2010
Theatre at the Center's 2010- 2011 Theatre For Young Audiences Season kicks off with the fairy tale adventure of Jack and the Beanstalk. Join Jack and his dancing Spanish cow Carmelita Thursday, October 7 through Saturday, October 9 as they try to save their village from a crazy Giant in the musical version of the classic story.

Todd Rundgren Named To Wells Professorship at IU
by Gabrielle Sierra - September 14, 2010
Rundgren, IU's ninth Wells Professor, will teach the middle two weeks of a four-week, one-credit hour honors course designed for a maximum of 25 Wells Scholars and Hutton Honors Scholars. The class commences in late October and finishes in mid-November. Co-teaching the class will be IU Professor of Music Glenn Gass -- whose relationship with Rundgren helped make the professorship possible -- and IU Distinguished Professor of Sociology Bernice Pescosolido, who was instrumental in helping to plan the course. Gass, a professor at IU's world-class Jacobs School of Music, said he sees Rundgren's engagement at IU as the start of a trend in which legendary rock stars share their knowledge with a new generation. Rundgren, who performs frequently, gave a concert at Clowes Memorial Hall at Butler University in Indianapolis on Sept. 11. 'Todd is a treasure trove of memories, knowledge, stories . . .,' Gass said. 'This class is a way for him to celebrate what he's done and allows him to share his experiences with students who really want to hear what he has to say.' In addition to learning about the culture, politics and economics of the music business, from the 1970s through today, students will visit Professor of Anthropology Nicholas Toth at IU's Stone Age Institute to view some of the earliest tools used for making music. 'I think the students will love it. For us, the appeal of the class is really both Todd and Glenn,' said Professor of Physics Tim Londergan, director of the Wells Scholars Program. Londergan is a self-professed rock 'n' roll fan who has audited three of Gass' courses. The Rundgren course is currently full with a waiting list, and course auditors/visitors, including IU students not registered for the class, cannot be accommodated. During his stay in Bloomington, Rundgren will give a public lecture titled 'LONGHAIR: Todd Rundgren on the Beatles Effect' at 7 p.m. Oct. 28 in Ballantine Hall 013. He will also present a Halloween-night recital titled 'CLUSTER: The Birth of the T Chord' at 8 p.m. Oct. 31 in Auer Hall. Both are free and open to the public. Gass said he asked Rundgren to talk about the Beatles both because of Rundgren's collaborations with various members of the band and because of the window it will provide into his own music. 'If it was going to be 'Todd talks about Todd,' he may have felt awkward,' Gass said. 'By asking him to talk about the Beatles, we can get more insight into his music, too.' Rundgren's unique associations with the Beatles include a number of covers, participation in the Ringo All-Star Band and co-producing the power pop band Badfinger with George Harrison. When Harrison died, Rundgren did a highly acclaimed version of 'While My Guitar Gently Weeps' for a tribute album. In 1980, Rundgren and his then-band Utopia, did a loving sendup of the Beatles (Deface the Music) that Gass calls 'just genius.' Rundgren is also a longtime Beatles fan who credits Harrison with inventing the 'lead guitar' player, Gass said. 'When Todd was in the band Nazz, he wasn't the lead singer -- he was the lead guitar player -- which in the 50s meant one of the backup musicians. Because of George, lead guitar now means you're one of the band's leaders.' Glenn Gass Print-Quality Photo Gass initially met Rundgren in Hawaii, when Gass and his wife were on sabbatical for a year (and where they spent the past two summers). 'The kids start taking the bus together and the next thing you know, you're going to cookouts at Todd's,' Gass said. 'I quickly learned that everything they said about him was true. He's brilliant, articulate, really interesting -- and interested in things far beyond his own work and even his music. He's just a really engaged human being.' Rundgren is also known for staying true to his artistic muse. 'He refused to take the easy way out,' Gass said. 'The easy way would have been to do five more songs like 'Hello, It's Me.' He paid a price for that, but in the long run, in 50 years, I think that's why he'll matter more than starts who may have had more hits.' Rundgren was the highest paid producer of the 1970s, producing bands that ranged from the New York Dolls, The Band and Patti Smith to Meat Loaf, Hall & Oates and Cheap Trick. On Aug. 1, 1981 -- the evening MTV debuted with 'Video Kills the Radio Star' by the Buggles -- Rundgren was ready with his music video for 'Time Heals,' which premiered on MTV the same evening. Always a fan of technology, Rundgren made his music available through online downloads about 10 years before iTunes ('Everyone had dial-up connections then,' Gass commented. 'His fate is always to be just a few years ahead of his time.'). Gass said after the Beatles broke up, he was personally attracted to singer-songwriters like James Taylor, Neil Young, Carole King, Joni Mitchell -- and Todd Rundgren. 'Todd was always one of the best and most interesting performers. Even in those early albums, it was clear he wasn't just a singer-songwriter,' Gass said. At turns, Rundgren played with electric guitar or classical riffs, producing his own double album in 1972, on which he also played all of the instruments. From the time he met Rundgren in Hawaii, Gass starting thinking of ways to bring the performer to IU. A confluence of events sparked by a Rundgren speaking engagement at DePauw University led to the IU professorship. DePauw's executive director of media relations, Ken Owen, is 'a huge Todd scholar -- Todd to him is like the Beatles to me,' Gass said. 'All of a sudden it went from being a day dream to being a real possibility, and now it's actually happening,' Gass said. 'He really can call himself Professor Rundgren. This is not a gimmick: He is the Wells Professor.' About the Wells Professorships The Wells professorships are made possible by gifts from the IU classes of 1941, 1942 and 1963. Previous Wells professors have included the Honorable Helen Suzman, a South African political leader (Class of 1941 Wells Professor in 1993), Sir Malcolm Bradbury, a novelist-screenwriter-critic (Class of 1942 Wells Professor in 1997), and Holocaust scholar Christopher Browning (Class of 1943 Wells Professor in 2003). The most recently appointed Wells Professors were Sir (now Lord) Timothy Garden (Class of 1941 Wells Professor) and artist Robert Colescott (Class of 1943 Wells Professor), both of whom taught at IU in 2004.

The Cabaret at the Columbia Club Hosts The History of Cabaret Interactive Lecture 9/14
by BWW News Desk - September 14, 2010
From its beginnings at Le Chat Noir in Paris in 1881, to today, cabaret traditions reveal a great deal about social and cultural changes that marked the 20th century.

DREAMGIRLS Comes To Old National Center, Features Local Moya Angela 11/2
by Gabrielle Sierra - September 13, 2010
Producer John Breglio and Broadway Across America announced that tickets for the smash hit musical DREAMGIRLS are now on sale as part of a Broadway Across America 10/11 Season Presentation

Photo Flash: Theatre At The Center Presents DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS
by Gabrielle Sierra - September 13, 2010
The uproarious musical masterpiece, DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS, by composer and lyricist David Yazbek and librettist Jeffery Lane, makes its Regional premiere at Theatre at the Center, 1040 Ridge Road, Munster, IN, September 9 through October 10.

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