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Broadway in Indianapolis announces new season, including ‘Wicked,’ ‘Six, ‘Moulin Rouge!’

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February 22, 2024

Broadway in Indianapolis announces new season, including ‘Wicked,’ ‘Six, ‘Moulin Rouge!’

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.

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Purdue's sweet, fabulous return to Indianapolis

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March 22, 2025

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Purdue’s sweet, fabulous return to Indianapolis

“It’s none of that,” Fletcher Loyer tells me after the game.

The question I’m asking, the thing I’m trying to figure out, still, about the make up of this team is if March vindication is still Purdue’s ethos. So the question is if getting back to the Sweet 16, if it’s like making a basket after scoring 21 points, if it’s a prove it point for Purdue.

Loyer’s answer is a simple one. Purdue doesn’t plan to prove itself by getting to the Sweet 16. Purdue plans to prove what it is by winning the Sweet 16 and then the next round, and the one after that, and that final one for good measure.

The one and only stage of college basketball that this set of Purdue players hasn’t won at.

It’s clear Purdue wants more and is playing well enough to have it after two convincing wins in the first two rounds of the NCAA Tournament.

Purdue’s preparation and offense set them up for success, two points of ‘fabulous’ from Painter

Purdue had less than 48 hours to prepare for a McNeese defense that held #5 seed Clemson to just 13 first half turnovers.

That was enough time for Purdue’s offensive coordinator, and former point guard, PJ Thompson, to build a game plan that used McNeese’s aggressiveness against itself.

The way I know this is it had head coach Matt Painter breaking out his favorite compliment.

“PJ did a fabulous job getting us prepared,” Painter said after the 76-62 Purdue win.

“I thought from watching them on film, they’ve unbelievable at what they do,” Thomspon told me after the game. “Interchangeable pieces, fly around, ultra-competitive, ultra tough, but what we noticed is a lot of people that play them – they struggle with movement. We tried to be deceptive. Being actors, not standing and watching, filling behind the ball, being available, and as Trey is posting, we have movement. Pinning guys in, and it’s really hard to take away both. Trey doesn’t have the size that we’ve had with the monsters in the past, but he’s unbelievable at using his body and he’s a load down there. When we moved the ball and made simple decisions, we made a lot of quality shots.”

It worked from the jump. On the first play, Purdue’s off ball movement moved any help inside and Fletcher Loyer was able to find Trey Kaufman-Renn half-fronted in the post. Kaufman-Renn caught the entry pass, turned, and had an open lane to go up and dunk.

On the next play, Kaufman-Renn found Loyer who moved to the right wing after Kaufman-Renn got into the paint. Loyer drained the open three-pointer.

A similar flurry of ball movement, repositioning, and patience led to one of the closing shots of the game that Painter pointed out after as the good things that came from Purdue’s game plan when CJ Cox hit his second three-pointer of the game that halted a micro-McNeese run.

Painter’s second fabulous

“Fabulous play,” Painter said after the game.

The play, a combined effort steal that saw Myles Colvin deflect a dribble, hit it again, and then Matt Painter’s star point guard, Braden Smith, sell out his entire body and somehow get a hand on the ball, knocking it backwards right into the waiting hands of Colvin who raced down court and drew a transition foul and two free throws.

“Just giving multiple effort, just making that play,” Painter said after the game about one of the defining plays of the game. “When he first did it, it almost looked like one of those fake hustle plays. Some guy’s diving, he has no chance to get to the ball and he makes the play. It was right in front of me. It’s coming right at me, it was like, that was my first instinct, like he can’t get there. And he obviously did. To have the intelligence and the toughness to make the play and save it towards his goal.”

The assist part of the play was a happy accident. After the game, Smith told me that he just knew the clock was going down and at worst, knocking it back wouldn’t reset the clock and force McNeese into a hurried shot or 30 second violation.

Instead, Smith’s deflection went rigth towards his teammate as Smith’s body spilled onto the floor right in front of his bench.

It was one of six steals as a team for Purdue whose

If Purdue’s trip in Providence has proven anything, it’s that when Purdue’s preparation meets execution and effort, Purdue’s play is fabulous and they’re going to be a hard out in the Sweet 16 no matter who they face between Houston and Gonzaga.

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Five arrested for allegedly filming a music video in historic Indianapolis synagogue

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March 22, 2025

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Five arrested for allegedly filming a music video in historic Indianapolis synagogue

(JTA) — Five people were arrested in Indianapolis for allegedly breaking into the city’s oldest synagogue building to film a music video.

The group was found with video equipment at Beth-El Zedeck Temple after police responded to calls reporting a burglary on Saturday evening, according to the local NBC affiliate, WTHR.

Upon arrival, police saw several people in the driveway of the historic site and four people inside, according to WTHR.

One of the suspects, D’Shawn Parrish, was arrested after being chased by police.

The other arrests were of Anthony Bellamy, Jaylen Young, Aniah Weaver and a fourth person who was not named. Young was hired to record a “rap music video,” according to court documents obtained by WTHR.

A man watches the sunset while wearing a headphone and listening to music, in Colombo, Sri Lanka February 23, 2023. (credit: DINUKA LIYANAWATTE/REUTERS)

The synagogue’s history

The site of the group’s musical aspirations, Beth-El Zedeck Temple, is a cornerstone of Indianapolis’ Jewish history.

The building was dedicated in 1925 and served as the home of the eponymous congregation, which was originally Conservative. For a time, the author and philosopher Milton Steinberg served as its rabbi.

When the building first opened, Indiana Gov. Edward Jackson was in attendance, said Mark Dollase, a vice president of the Indiana Landmarks Foundation, which was notable given the politics of the time.

“This was during the year of the Ku Klux Klan, and they had a great deal of political power in the state,” Dollase told the local Fox affiliate. “And certainly a governor speaking before a Jewish audience would have been significant.”

Another congregation later used the building until 1968, after which it was used by several Christian groups. It became vacant in the 2000s, according to Indiana Landmarks, which obtained the building in 2014.

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Today, Congregation Beth-El Zedeck remains active and is located in another neighborhood of the city. It is affiliated with both the Conservative and Reconstructionist movements.

In its application for the National Register of Historic Places, the synagogue was described as “one of the most well preserved places associated with the history of the Jewish community in Indianapolis,” and is cited as an example of “the architectural heritage of the Jewish community.”

It’s still looking for a new tenant. The building is currently listed at $299,000 on the Indiana Landmarks website.

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5 arrested for allegedly filming a music video in historic Indianapolis synagogue – Jewish Telegraphic Agency

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5 arrested for allegedly filming a music video in historic Indianapolis synagogue – Jewish Telegraphic Agency

Five people were arrested in Indianapolis for allegedly breaking into the city’s oldest synagogue building to film a music video.

The group was found with video equipment at Beth-El Zedeck Temple after police responded to calls reporting a burglary on Saturday evening, according to the local NBC affiliate, WTHR.

Upon arrival, police saw several people in the driveway of the historic site and four people inside, according to WTHR.

One of the suspects, D’Shawn Parrish, was arrested after being chased by police.

The site of the group’s musical aspirations, Beth-El Zedeck Temple, is a cornerstone of Indianapolis’ Jewish history.

Today, Congregation Beth-El Zedeck remains active and is located in another neighborhood of the city. It is affiliated with both the Conservative and Reconstructionist movements.

It’s still looking for a new tenant. The building is currently listed at $299,000 on the Indiana Landmarks website.

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