April 19-25, 2018

APRIL 19-25, 2018 FACEBOOK.COM/WHATZUPFTWAYNE // WWW.WHATZUP.COM ----------------------Feature • Romeo & Juliet ------------------- Proudly presents in Fort Wayne, Indiana Love & Desperation By Steve Penhollow “I think that the play is saying. ‘Sometimes we ON SALE don’t know why these feelings erupt in us,’” she said. THIS When I was a kid, Romeo and Juliet was every “We don’t have a grasp of reason. Reason suddenly FRIDAY! student’s introduction to Shakespeare. becomes useless. We just have to wait for things to The play seemed to be a standard part of the mid- burn out in whatever way they burn out.” dle school curriculum. Redman believes Shakespeare purposefully with- From there, a child either moved onward with an holds answers to these quandaries. interest in encountering more Shakespeare or moved “It’s an unanswerable thing,” she said. “He just onward with an interest in avoiding as much Shake- lets it hang there as if to say, ‘This is what happens speare as possible. with people sometimes.’ Beverly Redman, chair of the Department of The- “We have these incredible hot spots all over the atre at IPFW, previously taught at pre-collegiate lev- world,” she said. “We have them domestically. We els. have them internationally – places where people seem She said the prominence of Romeo and Juliet as a Shake- Giovanni Warner spearean icebreaker (left) as Tybalt may be in jeopardy. Her eighth grade and Casey WEDNESDAY, JUNE 27 • 8PM daughter was told this Stombaugh as year that Romeo and Mercutio. Foellinger Outdoor Theatre Juliet would be re- Fort Wayne, Indiana placed by Julius Cae- sar because the former is too “risqué.” “There is a bed- room scene,” she said. “There’s a lot of kiss- ing. If you are up on your language skills, there are some pretty clear references to sex.” A little suggestive- ness is just the thing to motivate teens to master Shakespeare’s ROMEO AND JULIET language, it seems to me. IPFW DEPT. OF THEATRE to be tribally addicted But since we live in a to hurting each other world where Julius Caesar 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday, April 20-21 and hating each oth- will never be replaced in 2 p.m. Sunday, April 22 er.” middle school classrooms 8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, April 26-28 The play’s with Romeo and Juliet be- Williams Theatre, IPFW feud disrupts and in- cause the former is too vio- fects everything and lent, we can only hope that 2101 E. Coliseum Blvd., Fort Wayne holds everyone hos- middle schoolers will find $5-$16, 260-481-6555 tage, Redman said. another path to Romeo and And there are many Juliet. places in today’s world where such ancient rivalries By way of a collegiate production, perhaps. still have the same effect on geographical regions and Luckily, Redman will soon be presenting Romeo the people who live in them. and Juliet at IPFW’s Williams Theatre. “Until we live in a world where people don’t do Romeo and Juliet is often characterized as one of that, any play dealing with questions of ‘Why don’t literature’s greatest love stories, but Redman is really people get along?’ and ‘Why do they keep on hating?’ more interested in the powerful hatred nursed by the and “Why can’t they use reason and rationality?’ is powerful people in the play. going to be relevant,” she said. The family feud that drives much of the play’s ac- Redman believes that the family rivalry in the ON SALE tion is not at all fanciful or quaint, she said. play is the essential spark that ignites the love affair of THIS There are still plenty of places in the world where Romeo and Juliet. FRIDAY! factions fight. “We’re supposed to revel in the mad, passionate THURSDAY, AUGUST 18 • 8PM “I have spent a lot of time in Ireland the last few love that Romeo and Juliet feel for each other,” she Foellinger Outdoor Theatre • Fort Wayne, Indiana years, and I was astounded that they still close up the said. “If it weren’t for these families’ hatred for each walls in Belfast at night in part of the city,” she said. other and if these two people could just like each other “People get addicted to killing, they get addicted for a while and move on, it probably would have just Tickets on sale at 10 a.m. Friday, April 20 at Fort to their feud and they get addicted to hatred,” Redman burned itself out.” Wayne Parks & Recreation Office, all 3 Wooden said. “If you asked them to rationally explain the ori- That’s why the dysfunctional community in the Nickel Music locations, Charge by phone 260/427- gin of that hatred, they probably couldn’t do it.” play is so much more compelling for her than the no- 6000 and online www.foellingertheatre.org The play juxtaposes an unexplained and unex- tion of timeless love, Redman said. plainable love with an unexplained and unexplainable “ I don’t really think that’s what the play is about feud, and the result, not surprisingly, is something that is difficult to explain. Continued on page 6 2 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- www.whatzup.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- April 19, 2018 2018 2019 whatzup S Volume 22, Number 36 E A f the recent show announcements coming from C2G Music Hall, the soon-to- S open Clyde Theatre, the not-quite-one-year-old Sweetwater Pavilion and that O old standby, Foellinger Outdoor Theatre, are any indication, this is going to N beI one heck of a spring/summer concert season in Fort Wayne, Indiana. We highlight those three venues because they’re partners (i.e. whatzup advertis- ers), but our calendars don’t discriminate: there’s a ton of fantastic shows coming up at the revitalized Piere’s, the Three Rivers Festival and any number of city hot spots. And that’s not even factoring in Middle Waves, from whom we expect to hear something soon. But while you’re waiting for all this music to hit town, we’ve got a plethora, yes, 90th Anniversary a plethora of entertainment opportunities in the right here and now, including this week’s featured events: Romeo and Juliet at IPFW (page 2); Record Store Day at July 28-August 12 Community Celebration Wooden Nickel and other area record stores (page 4); the 2nd annual Michiana Wine Festival (page 5); and all for One’s production of The Secret Garden (page 6). You’ll also want to check our calendars, the biggest and best that you’ll find any- where in print – and there’s even more, a ton more, at whatzup.com. So whether you’re one of the 6 or 7,000 readers of the print version or one of the more than 2,000 daily visitors to whatzup.com, you’ll find plenty to do – today and in the days and weeks ahead. All we ask in return for sending all this good stuff your way is that you get out and have some fun and remember to tell ’em whatzup sent you. September 14-23 May 19 | 7pm | $9 Featuring organist Mark Herman inside the issue Season Emcee Brad Beauchamp • features FLIX ................................................. 16 tickets Fort Wayne Children’s Choir Isle of Dogs on sale Farmland Jazz Band SCREENTIME ................................. 16 now! Vaudeville stage acts ROMEO AND JULIET .....................................2 The Rock Propels Rampage at Box Love & Desperation B&W movie screening Fort Wayne Dance Collective RECORD STORE DAY .................................4 • calendars Community Celebration Presented by MUTUALBANK Music Lovers’ Big Day Out 90th Anniversary Season Presented by MICHIANA WINE FESTIVAL .......................5 November 3-18 CHUCK & LISA SURACK AND SWEETWATER 3 Moms & a Big Dream LIVE MUSIC & COMEDY ....................8 THE SECRET GARDEN ..................................6 MUSIC/ON THE ROAD .................... 12 Revisiting Frances Burnett 90 Years of Film ROAD TRIPZ ................................... 17 A nostalgic film series ART & ARTIFACTS .......................... 21 celebrating the Embassy’s • columns & reviews STAGE & DANCE ............................ 20 historic past THINGS TO DO ............................... 19 424-5220 Audience participation musical performance on the theater’s historic Grande Page pipe SPINS ................................................7 Jack White, Earthless Cover by Brandon Jordan organ precedes each show! Romeo and Juliet photos on cover and page 2 by James 260) February 16-24 Frozen (2013) ........................................May 13 BACKTRACKS ...................................7 Whitcraft (cover photo taken at Concordia High School Wings (1927) ........................................June 17 Dump,That Skinny Motherf****r with the High Voice? Worship Conference Center ) Independence Day (1996) .................. July 13 (1998) Record Store Day photos on cover and page 4 by VANYAand OUT AND ABOUT ...............................8 Cindy Roets Pirates of the Caribbean (2003) ........Aug. 24 fwcivic.org The Sound of Music (1965) ...............Sept. 21 Sol Fest Planners Hoping for Sun The Secret Garden photos on cover and page 4 by SONIAand ROAD NOTEZ .................................. 12 Stacey Kuster MASHA ON SALE NOW and Membership Makes PJ Masks ...................................................May 1 South Whitley Spikeby Christopher Durang Steve Martin & Martin Short The Difference July 28-August 12 w/The Steep Canyon Rangers Community Wide March 15-31 & Jeff Babko ...........................................May 18 • Job Referrals Tedeschi Trucks Band Garage Sale • Experienced Negotiators w/Davy Knowles ..................................May 31 • Insurance Lyfe Jennings ........................................ June 8 • Contract Protection Celtic Woman .......................................June 10 Friday,

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