There's a saying: "Go big or go home." But what if you go big at home?

The Ricks-Weil company took that leap by staging the Broadway favorite "Fiddler on the Roof" this weekend at the Ricks Centre in downtown Greenfield. Curtain is at 7:30 p.m. July 31 and Aug. 1, 7 and 8, and 2:30 p.m. Sunday Aug. 2.

By some fate, I ended up with an advance copy of "Green Lantern: First Flight" in a 2-DVD special edition. It officially goes on sale today. So, should you be buying this direct-to-disc animated feature?

County GOP Chairman Mike Griffin, in a recent letter to the editor, called the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009 taxes on energy. He should get his information from more knowledgeable sources than the GOP leadership, Fox News, and coal industry lobbyists. This legislation, despite Mr. Griffin’s claims will NOT “tax anything emitting carbon.” The reality is there are NO PROPOSED TAXES in this legislation.

Coming in on the second weekend of the run, I couldn't help but see that fellow reviewers are raving about "The Dos and Don'ts of Time Travel" at the Phoenix Theatre. I can't help but agree: this unconventional love story with a touch of sci-fi and overtones of James Bond is a must-see.

Were you once in the habit of going out to do a little Cotton-Eyed Joe or Boot-Scootin' Boogie, but found you haven't done it in a while? Miss it?

A quick note that the run of "Rent" at Artists Studio in Fishers has been extended, with shows Aug. 13-17.

This weekend, starting tonight (July 23) "Rent: School Edition" will be presented by Summer Stock Stage at Ayres Auditorium in Park Tudor School, just north of Broad Ripple in Indianapolis. Greenfield student Samie Mae Borowicz is in the cast.

The "Smoke on the Mountain" series of Sanders Family country-Gospel musical revues has been so successful for Beef & Boards Dinner Theatre, ensuring sold-out houses every July, that B&B has taken the daring step of staging the "Sanders Family Christmas" in the heart of Summer.

Indianapolis freelance writer Julie Young gives an interesting look into the part of the city where she grew up and calls home in her new book "Eastside Indianapolis: A Brief History," available from The History Press.

The fact that the acclaimed musical “Rent” is now available for community theatres allows local stages to take this very New York story and make it their own.

Not that this is always a good idea.

The Artist’s Studio in Fishers takes a crack at it, and the results are mixed at best.

The annual music program by Knightstown High School band director Chris Holland, based on the Star of Indiana production "BLAST," gets a touch of magic this year.

The band commissioned Wayne Hinkel, a master illusionist from Muncie, to create a special illusion to be performed with the KHS band during its "Summer Blast, Music and Magic" production, 7 p.m. Thursday and Friday (July 9-10) at the KHS auditorium, 8149 U.S. 40, just west of town.