The Den Theatre Announces Comedian DANNY LOPRIORE || Thursday, April 27, 2023 on The Heath Mainstage

**** Recommended **** It’s official, "The Book of Mormon" is just as funny the second time around!  The show has lots of off-color jokes, one liners, pop culture references, and pratfalls.  In fact, the show hadn’t even opened when some ministers were objecting to the off-color and/or offensive content.  Bawdy content aside, The Book of Mormon, written by Trey Parker and Robin Lopez, the duo responsible for TV hit South Park, is a Tony-winning Broadway blockbuster musical, complete with a talented cast, sparkly costumes, snappy choreography, even a tap-dancing chorus line!  I give The Book of Mormon 4 BIG Spotlights

****HIGHLY RECOMMENDED****   If you are hesitant to explore contemporary operas because you fear that the music will be too atonal or discordant, then you need to hear the soaring and oft-times ethereal score of "Proximity." If you shy away from modern operatic productions because you feel that they have nothing of any importance to state or that they are out-of-touch with reality and are completely irrelevant, then you need to let the profound importance of "Proximity" wash over you. And if all of that isn't enough to engage you, the visually stunning stagecraft of "Proximity" alone is well worth the price of admission to this bold, daring and highly inventive new work.  4 BIG SPOTLIGHTS

**** Recommended **** Lookingglass Theatre’s production of "Villette", Sara Gmitter’s new adaptation of Charlotte Brontë’s 1853 novel, is a small, rather intimate story about a young woman without a family or means (money) must find a way to support herself when few opportunities were available to women.  The enigmatic and self-contained Lucy Snowe (Mi Kang), a keen observer of human foibles, rarely revealed anything about herself.   I remember saying that Mi Kang gave a tour de force performance in TimeLine’s production of
"The Chinese Lady" last year.  It’s great to see her shine in a completely different kind of role.  3 ½ Spotlights

Indiana Conservation Officers are investigating after the bodies of a Rossville couple were located at the campground at McCormick’s Creek State Park.

Chicago Fire FC (1-1-3, 6 points) earned its first shutout of the season in a scoreless draw against D.C. United (1-3-2, 5 points) on Saturday night to remain undefeated at Soldier Field in 2023.

On Friday, March 31st, at approximately 11:00 p.m., troopers responded to a report of a vehicle crash involving a pedestrian on I-80/94 eastbound at the 10.4 mile-marker.  This location is east of Grant St. 

On Friday, March 31, 2023, at approximately 12:42 a.m., the Indiana State Police Lowell District responded to a 2-vehicle crash on north bound I-65 near the 210 mile-marker.  This is approximately 5 miles south of the Rensselaer exit. 

On Friday, March 31st, a Michigan City, Indiana man was arrested on charges of Possession of Child Pornography and Child Exploitation as a result of an investigation conducted by Homeland Security Investigations and Indiana State Police Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC).

Governor Eric J. Holcomb today signed an Executive Order declaring a disaster emergency for Sullivan and Johnson counties because of severe weather that moved through the state overnight Friday into Saturday