Popcorn and Pen

If you’ve seen the previews, there is nothing that surprising when writer and main character Peter Bretter (Jason Segel) stands in all his glory. As comical as it’s meant to be, Segel comes off more embarrassed due to the scenarios (yes, there’s more than one) in which he finds himself in the buff.
At the beginning, [...]

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The first highly-anticipated summer blockbuster film will hit movie theater screens a day early.
“Iron Man,” which will be officially released on Friday, has allowed theaters to have an advanced screening of the movie tonight.
The following local theaters will offer viewings tonight:
Great Escape Movie Theatres, 10075 Town & Country Blvd. in Noblesville, will have an [...]

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Hamilton Southeastern High School’s Thespians will perform “Of Mice and Men,” tonight through Sunday at 7 p.m. in the Little Theatre.
In John Steinbeck’s classic, two drifters, George and his friend Lennie, with delusions of living the American Dream, arrive at a ranch to earn enough money to buy their own place. Lennie is a “man-child” [...]

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The crime thriller, “Hero Wanted,” was released on DVD Tuesday and has local ties to Central Indiana.
Brothers Chad and Evan Law, born and raised in nearby Farmland, Ind., are the screenwriters of the film starring Academy Award Winner Cuba Gooding Jr. (“Jerry Maguire,” “Men of Honor”), Ray Liotta (“Goodfellas,” “Smokin’ Aces”), Jean Smart (“24,” “Garden [...]

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Tickets for Carmel High School’s performing arts department performance of “42nd Street” are available in the high school bookstore, 520 E. Main St. in Carmel.
The performances are May 8, 9, 10 at 7:30 p.m. and May 10 and May 11 at 2 p.m. in the high school’s Dale E. Graham Auditorium.
Tickets are priced at $8, [...]

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Noblesville High School’s theater production class presents the British farce “Blithe Spirit” beginning tonight.
The plot centers around socialite Charles Condomine being haunted by the ghost of his first wife Elvira following a seance, and her desperate efforts to disrupt his current marriage.
The 1941 Noel Coward production will be 7 p.m. today and Friday, 2 and [...]

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Mary Bomar and Bob Ritter will return to the Hedgehog, 101 W. Main St. in Arcadia, 8 p.m. Saturday. Bomar & Ritter previously performed at the Hedgehog in the fall and the owners are looking forward to another great show.
The two are singer/songwriters from southern Indiana who have written hundreds of songs. The Hedgehog expects [...]

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The Hamilton Southeastern High School Choral Department will present its 2008 Spring Show, “Rockin’ the Paradise,” May 8 and 9 at 7 p.m. in the Leonard Auditorium.
It features songs of paradise, the beach, heat, water, vacation and summer. The show includes familiar songs such as “Cheeseburger in Paradise,” “Rockin’ the Paradise,” “Heatwave,” “Vacation,” “California Dreamin’,” [...]

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The Biblical saga of Joseph and his coat of many colors comes to vibrant life in this delightful musical parable, which opens Friday at The Artists’ Studio in Fishers.
Joseph is a boy blessed with prophetic dreams, and his father’s favorite son. When he is sold into slavery by his jealous brothers and taken to Egypt, [...]

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