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Broadway in Indianapolis announces new season, including ‘Wicked,’ ‘Six, ‘Moulin Rouge!’
Successful Broadway shows in Indianapolis
“Hamilton,” the hip-hop musical about Alexander Hamilton, had an amazing run in Indianapolis in December 2019. Here’s a look at Broadway shows that were a big hit here over the years.
Dwight Adams, dwight.adams@indystar.com
Three shows that haven’t yet traveled here will be as part of Broadway in Indianapolis’ 2024-25 season. The Circle City debuts are sandwiched between “Elf” The Musical, which will open the season in December, and the beloved “Wicked,” which will close it out next summer.
In between are “Moulin Rouge!” The Musical, “Six” and “Beetlejuice” — shows that premiered on Broadway between 2019 and 2021. In a season with several recognizable titles from the movies, “Six” stands out as the popular retelling of King Henry VIII’s wives by the women themselves. (Of course, at least a few of these ladies have had plenty of screen time devoted to their experiences and violent endings as well.)
More: New Indianapolis Symphony season includes ‘Elf,’ Queen-Gershwin fusion and masterworks
Here’s the full schedule and how to buy tickets.
Broadway in Indianapolis 2024-25 season
‘Elf’ The Musical
Dec. 17-22 at Clowes Memorial Hall
The orphaned Buddy grows up in the North Pole with Santa, but his size and lack of toy-making skills force him to find new life plans. So he travels to New York to learn more about his identity and spread Christmas joy. The production is based on the 2003 film and includes songs by Matthew Sklar and Chad Beguelin with the book by Thomas Meehan and Bob Martin.
‘Moulin Rouge!’ The Musical
Jan. 14-19, 2025, at Old National Centre
In a storyline where glamour and the stage rule, the star performer at the famed venue is tasked with winning over a rich duke so he’ll put forth the money to save it from bankruptcy. Instead, she falls for an American and must navigate the consequences. The musical is based on the 2001 movie.
‘Six’
March 4-9, 2025, at Clowes Memorial Hall
The infamous king’s famous wives — Catherine of Aragon, Anne Boleyn, Jane Seymour, Anne of Cleves, Katherine Howard and Catherine Parr — join together as a pop band. To determine the lead singer, they take turns telling their horror stories of marriage to prove whose is worst. But then they realize that one man shouldn’t be the focus of their legacies. Among the musical’s myriad awards is the Tony for Best Original Score.
‘Beetlejuice’
April 8-13, 2025, at Clowes Memorial Hall
Based on the Tim Burton film, the musical version bends the rules of the living and the dead as it chronicles what happens when teenager Lydia Deetz meets a deceased couple and a demon who’s looking for his ticket to freedom.
New Indianapolis Symphony season: ‘Elf,’ Queen-Gershwin fusion and masterworks
‘Wicked’
June 18 -July 6, 2025, at Old National Centre
Before Dorothy ever traveled to Oz, a talented, intelligent girl with emerald-green skin meets a beautiful, driven girl with blond hair. First rivals and then friends, the musical tells the story of their relationship and reputations that led them to become the Wicked Witch of the West and Glinda the Good.
Broadway in Indianapolis: How to buy tickets
Season tickets are on sale now at BroadwayinIndianapolis.com or by calling 800-793-7469 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. Tickets for the five-show season package range from $260 to $680.
Patrons can also reserve tickets for groups of 10 or more by visiting indianapolis.broadway.com/groups or by calling Group Sales Manager Chris Schneider at 317-632-5183.
Single tickets for individual shows go on sale to the public four to six weeks before each opening.
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Contact IndyStar reporter Domenica Bongiovanni at 317-444-7339 or d.bongiovanni@indystar.com. Follow her on Facebook, Instagram or Twitter: @domenicareports.
Indianapolis, IN
South Bend prepares for ‘The Greatest Spectacle in Racing’ at Indianapolis Motor Speedway
SOUTH BEND, Ind. (WNDU) – South Bend is officially in “This is May” mode.
The Tire Rack’s corporate headquarters on Wednesday night was one of the race themed community events popping up across Indiana ahead of the Indy 500.
It is all part of the buildup to the 110th running of “The Greatest Spectacle in Racing” on May 24 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
Organizers say the point is simple, get people together, decorate, and have fun.
Across the state, you will start seeing checkered flags, black and white drapes and homemade race day decor on porches and at businesses.
“When you say Indianapolis 500, you say Indianapolis Motor Speedway, it has Indianapolis in the name, but it really is an Indiana asset. The reason it is getting ready to have its 110th running of the Indy 500 is because of the way this entire state has embraced it,” said Doug Boles president of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Indy Car series. “The Indianapolis 500 and the Speedway is responsible for about $1.1 billion in economic impact across our state.”
In South Bend, it is a reminder that you do not have to be in Indianapolis to feel the buzz.
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INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (WSBT) — We are just over a month away from one of the biggest events in racing.
Preparations are underway for the Indianapolis 500.
Street signs are being unveiled in Indianapolis, one for each of the IndyCar drivers.
Those drivers were on hand to help hang their own sign.
“It’s like the first tradition that kind of kicks off the month of May for us internally. So yeah, I’m excited. I’m excited to hit the track soon and see how the cars feel this year,” said Alex Palou, four-time IndyCar Series champion
All signs will be up by the end of the week.
The big race is Sunday, May 24th.
You can watch the 110th running over on FOX Michiana.
Trump repeals landmark EPA climate endangerment finding
President Trump’s repeal of the endangerment finding eliminates the legal basis for regulations that target air pollution from greenhouse gases.
Indianapolis and the surrounding metropolitan area failed a number of critical air pollution measures in the American Lung Association’s latest State of the Air report.
The ALA’s annual nationwide report published each spring gives the Indianapolis-Carmel-Muncie metro area an “F” in smog and soot pollution. The report analyzes emissions data over a three-year period from 2022 to 2024.
Smog is ground-level ozone pollution and soot is particulate matter. The two comprise two of the six commonly found air pollutants in the United States according to the EPA.
Both pollutants form in part when coal-fired power plants and diesel engines burn fossil fuels. Smog and soot can cause premature death and other serious health hazards such as heart attacks, strokes, preterm births, asthma and cognitive decline, according to the ALA.
The lung health report ranks the central Indiana metro area in a number of categories with the region performing poorly in most. Indianapolis-Carmel-Muncie ranked the 11th most polluted area for year-round particle pollution and 14th for short-term particle pollution.
Indiana children at risk from air pollution
And the rest of the state fares little better.
More than 670,000 Hoosier children breath unhealthy levels of air pollution, the report says.
This year’s report focus on the risk to youth that polluted air can pose. Small lungs are particularly vulnerable, said Tiffany Nichols, ALA director of advocacy.
“Infants, children and teens have lungs that are still developing, which makes them more susceptible to the impacts of unhealthy air,” Nichols said.
To prevent today’s youth from developing diseases related to polluted air, the American Lung Association has been asking the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to stop rolling back clean air rules put in place by previous administrations. The Indiana chapter has also asked state lawmakers to take steps to protect air quality.
Nichols grew up on the northwest side of Indy where the neighborhoods had been demolished to build I-65. Nearby trees were torn down to make way for the highway that would bring cars and trucks emitting harmful exhaust.
“So, then you have these areas that are essentially like a pocket of unhealthy air, and then those neighborhoods also had a lot of factories,” Nichols said. “That exacerbated health conditions in many of those communities that are oftentimes less fortunate already.”
Data centers and rollbacks
While air pollutants have existed for centuries, the rise of data centers poses a new threat. State and local lawmakers, Nichols said, should also pay attention to these new potential sources of pollution both in Indiana and across the country.
“We’re asking that those companies that are interested in putting data centers in communities work with the local community,” Nichols said. “Since data centers have the potential to be another source of pollution we also ask that they use renewable, zero-ignition energy sources.”
The ALA report also urges the U.S. EPA to recommit to protecting people’s health from harmful air pollution.
This year, the EPA has gone on what Administrator Lee Zeldin has characterized as a deregulation campaign that environmental advocates in Indiana have charged will lead to “death by 1,000 cuts.”
The current EPA, the American Lung Association report says, has “retreated from its public health foundation by rolling back clean air protections.”
Karl Schneider is an IndyStar environment reporter. You can reach him at karl.schneider@indystar.com. Follow him on Twitter @karlstartswithk or BlueSky @karlstartswithk.bsky.social.
IndyStar’s environmental reporting project is made possible through the generous support of the nonprofit Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust.
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