Indiana Insider Blog

It’s a show I’ve never seen live, only on TV. The Beef & Boards Dinner Theatre will present its special one-hour production of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol from December 3rd – 20th. In typical Beef & Boards fashion, the... Read more

Other than Dumbo, I’ve never seen an elephant in a musical. I’ll get my chance with The Circus in Winter: A Musical, being put on by Ball State University at the University Theatre, September 29 – 30, October 1, and... Read more

I’m not sure whether to call it a play, a comedy act or a magic show, but I do know that The 39 Steps at The Indiana Repertory Theatre is downright entertaining. Since seeing the show during opening weekend, I’ve been... Read more

Christmastime in downtown Indianapolis has always been one of my favorite times of year.  From the Lighting of the Tree (the Soldiers & Sailors monument on Monument Circle downtown) to the giant soldiers and candy canes that decorate the circle;... Read more

When I was a kid, we watched all the Christmas specials on TV. The Carol Burnett Christmas Special, the Donny & Marie Christmas Special. Whoever was the variety show flavor of the day got their own Christmas special on TV,... Read more

Several months ago, I had a chance to see They Call Me Mister Fry, starring Jack Fry, a teacher and actor. Jack is the star of a powerful one-man show about his experiences during his first year of teaching in... Read more

Taking an unexpected departure from the traditional musical fare, Beef & Boards Dinner Theatre debuted Church Basement Ladies for the first time in Indianapolis. The five-person show, about a group of women who rule the roost in a church’s basement... Read more

The Indianapolis Fringe Theatre is becoming the new place in Indianapolis to go for new theater productions. I’ve been to a re-interpretation of Richard III, They Call Me Mr. Fry, and Blunder Construction. From March 5 – 21, Debra Ehrhardt’s... Read more

Former Hoosier-turned-Los-Angeleno Jack Freiberger wanted to be an actor. Then he wanted to be a teacher. Then an actor again, then a teacher again, and now he’s doing both. Freiberger’s one man show, They Call Me Mister Fry is stopping... Read more