'Kimberly Akimbo' touring production delivers musical's story threading tragedy, hope, humor by Elizabeth Kramer

Meeting audience expectations is rarely an issue for touring musicals with super pop songs embedded in beloved movie-based storylines.

SOURCE: artsbureau.substack.com at 12:52pm on December 4, 2025[SHARE]

Kentucky Opera's abridged "La Traviata" packs powerful voices into its small space by Elizabeth Kramer

Since Giuseppe Verdi put music to the story of the 1852 play "La Dame aux camélias" by Alexandre Dumas fils, giving voice to "La Traviata" and the doomed Violetta, t his grand opera has ins…

SOURCE: artsbureau.substack.com at 6:03pm on November 10, 2025[SHARE]

World premiere of 'FDR's Very Happy Hour' gives solid performances with uneven script by Elizabeth Kramer

From the banked seating, Actors Theatre of Louisville's Bingham Theatre audience members hesitantly began to sing the 1929 song "Happy Days are Here Again" with coaxing from the onstage char…

SOURCE: artsbureau.substack.com at 3:33pm on October 24, 2025[SHARE]

At time of fraught cultural politics, 2018 play "Do You Feel Anger?" reveals deeper relevance by Elizabeth Kramer

BY SYDNEY MEYER

SOURCE: artsbureau.substack.com at 3:12pm on February 10, 2025[SHARE]

In world premiere of "Yeti for Love," a television classic inspires new holiday hero by Elizabeth Kramer

Nostalgia comes with sizzle and silliness this holiday season in "Yeti for Love," a new drama that reunites Louisville playwright Brian David Walker with director Gil Reyes, who is in his in…

SOURCE: artsbureau.substack.com at 10:38am on December 13, 2024[SHARE]

Elevate #YouthVoice This #Giving Tuesday by Elizabeth Kramer

Donate Today to Give Youth Access to Art and Amplify their Voices

SOURCE: artsbureau.substack.com at 3:53pm on December 2, 2024[SHARE]

Playwrighting team helps boost innovative storytelling at Kentucky Shakespeare by Elizabeth Kramer

BY SYDNEY MEYER

SOURCE: artsbureau.substack.com at 9:54am on November 11, 2024[SHARE]

More to monsters than meets the eye in "Monsters of the American Cinema" by Elizabeth Kramer

Terror and skepticism give way to compassion and hope in Pandora Productions' latest offering.

SOURCE: artsbureau.substack.com at 4:29pm on October 15, 2024[SHARE]

Inventive Local Theater Shines in Sixth Louisville Fringe Festival by Elizabeth Kramer

BY SYDNEY MEYER

SOURCE: artsbureau.substack.com at 3:50pm on September 20, 2024[SHARE]

Regional Black artists' breadth of 'Perspectives' by Elizabeth Kramer

Moremen Gallery's ambitious exhibit

SOURCE: artsbureau.substack.com at 8:56pm on January 16, 2024[SHARE]

Looking for love in Kentucky Shakespeare's fast-moving 'Sense and Sensibility' by Elizabeth Kramer

And laughs are in full supply.

SOURCE: artsbureau.substack.com at 11:33am on January 9, 2024[SHARE]

Quick, Tell a Teen to 🏆 Access to the Arts with Arts Angle Vantage by Elizabeth Kramer

2024 workshop deadline nears ' Join our community. Stay in the know.

SOURCE: artsbureau.substack.com at 3:23pm on December 15, 2023[SHARE]

upstart crow collective's Inventive 'King John' Illuminates the Treachery, Costs and Loss of War by Elizabeth Kramer

"Three corners of the world in arms," a phrase at the end of Williams Shakespeare's "King John" aptly applies to our current reality and marks a timely production from upstart crow collectiv…

SOURCE: artsbureau.substack.com at 8:50am on November 18, 2023[SHARE]

Review: "Party People" and its deep history of activism from half a century ago resonates today by Elizabeth Kramer

By Elizabeth Kramer "I wish you would just try to see that the world is shifting again." In the musical docudrama, "Party People" at Actors Theatre of Louisville, this appeal comes from Heli…

SOURCE: artsbureau.substack.com at 8:32pm on April 9, 2023[SHARE]

'Castor and Patience' opera explores systematic barriers to Black land ownership by Elizabeth Kramer

Cousins struggle with debts and may have to sell property long held by their family in a work created by former poet laureate and Pulitzer Prize winner Tracy K. Smith and composer Gregory Sp…

SOURCE: National Public Radio at 3:33am on July 27, 2022[SHARE]

Free Pop-Up Youth Arts Journalism Workshop, Week of Feb. 21 by Elizabeth Kramer

Participants get to report on glass art and the artists in the KMAC Museum exhibit "Crafting the Vernacular"

SOURCE: artsbureau.substack.com at 12:43pm on February 18, 2022[SHARE]

Review: With 'Every Brilliant Thing,' a one-person play, Actors Theatre reaches out, connects in real ways by Elizabeth Kramer

Thanks for reading Louisville Arts Bureau! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. ' By Elizabeth Kramer "Imagination is more important than knowledge," Albert Einstein …

SOURCE: artsbureau.substack.com at 12:11pm on February 11, 2022[SHARE]

Actors Theatre aims to spark conversation, joy with 'Every Brilliant Thing,' which delves into a life shaped by depression by Elizabeth Kramer

The production marks an Actors Theatre directorial debut for new staff member Amelia Acosta Powell. Actor Jon Norman Schneider returns to the theater's stage.

SOURCE: artsbureau.substack.com at 5:32pm on February 4, 2022[SHARE]

Pandora's "The Cake" follows recipe in serving up the sugar " balanced with nutrients by Elizabeth Kramer

' If you enjoy articles about regional arts and creativity, share them and/or sign up.' By Elizabeth Kramer Red velvet cake, even outside the South, can stand as a metaphor for the people bo…

SOURCE: artsbureau.substack.com at 4:59pm on January 20, 2022[SHARE]

Summer Project | Art of collaboration with young arts journalists and local media covering GSA by Elizabeth Kramer

Arts Bureau Edge wraps up project wtih five journalists covering Kentucky Govenor's School for the Arts, which went virtual during a tumultuous pandemic

SOURCE: artsbureau.substack.com at 1:06pm on August 31, 2020[SHARE]

Harlan Ascending: Artist's work grows with monument to Breonna Taylor, survey about equity in arts and culture sector by Elizabeth Kramer

Her public art in front of Metro Hall includes poetry by Hannah Drake and the survey she has spearheaded poses serious questions about Louisville's arts community

SOURCE: artsbureau.substack.com at 6:00am on August 14, 2020[SHARE]

Louisville photographer's work tells local immigrant story as part of 'PBS American Portrait' that airs in August by Elizabeth Kramer

Amira Karaoud sought to tell the immigrant story for the upcoming special "Family of Us: A PBS American Portrait Story" that premieres Aug. 2

SOURCE: artsbureau.substack.com at 4:10pm on August 1, 2020[SHARE]

Speed Museum's Contemporary Curator to Depart for Denver's Contemporary Art Museum by Elizabeth Kramer

Highlights of Miranda Lash's six-year tenure include the exhibit "Southern Accent," bringing new works by diverse artists to the museum's collection

SOURCE: artsbureau.substack.com at 12:54am on July 17, 2020[SHARE]

Virtual Version of Kentucky's Prestigious Youth Arts Program Kicks Off by Elizabeth Kramer

Part of a series of articles from Arts Bureau Edge, a youth arts journalism program, that is working virtually now during the Covid-19 pandemic

SOURCE: artsbureau.substack.com at 1:27pm on July 3, 2020[SHARE]

Reporters Covering Virtual Kentucky Governor's School for the Arts by Elizabeth Kramer

Reporters are part of Arts Bureau Edge, a youth arts journalism program, that is working virtually now with the Covid-19 pandemic

SOURCE: artsbureau.substack.com at 1:03pm on July 3, 2020[SHARE]