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Unicorn Theatre, under the leadership of Producing Artistic Director Cynthia Levin, announces the 44th season of radical new plays that speak to our changing world, including seven Kansas City premieres and one world premiere yet to be announced.

Unicorn Theatre, under the leadership of Producing Artistic Director Cynthia Levin, announces the 44th season of radical new plays that speak to our changing world, including seven Kansas City premieres and one world premiere yet to be announced.

Roundabout Theatre Company's ANYTHING GOES is now playing until August 25 at the Princess of Wales Theatre.

In Allen Barton's world premiere play YEARS TO THE DAY at the Beverly Hills Playhouse, two 40-something men, who have been friends for decades but only cursorily in touch via social media over the past four years, finally get together for coffee. But their long anticipated "face to face" meeting reaps surprising consequences when truthful and dramatic changes in each of their lives are revealed.

Hats off to The McCallum Theatre - Cowboy Hats that is - for presenting the incredible vocal quartet "Ryders In The Sky" in concert as part of their stellar 25th anniversary season. It is always a treat to go into the theatre with no expectations - I had never before seen "Ryders In The Sky" and, since cowboy music is not my thing, never really expected I would. But what a joyful surprise! It turned out to be one of the most entertaining afternoons I have spent in the theatre in years. For a solid ninety minutes I couldn't get enough of their spot on vocal harmonies or their infectious humor. In fact, to my surprise, I even bought a CD in the lobby on my way out.

...The best production I've seen in these here parts is the one that's currently onstage at The Roxy Regional Theatre, starring Matt Varelia as Frank N. Furter, Ryan Bowie as Riff-Raff, and Rob Rodems and Kaitlin Doughty as Brad Majors (asshole!) and Janet Weiss (slut!) that's just about as good as it gets.

DSI will welcome The Iddy Biddy Teeny Tiny Sara Schaefer Stand-up Comedy Tour and the Pink Collar Comedy Tour on June 21. The first show is at 7:30 p.m. and the second show is at 9 p.m. Tickets to each show cost $10 All shows take place at DSI Comedy Theater, 200 N. Greensboro Street, located in the Carr Mill Mall between Elmo's and Southern Rail. Tickets are available online: www.DSIcomedytheater.com.

Jenna gives a rundown of where she's been and what's coming up in the world of cabaret (and sometimes beyond!) This week's column features Nicolas King at The Metropolitan Room, Carly Ozard at Don't Tell Mama, Ann Hampton Callaway at Dizzy's Club Coca Cola and Sarah Louise Young, also at Don't Tell Mama!

PlayhouseSquare is pleased to launch today its new website, www.playhousesquare.org. The new site represents the culmination of months of gathering patron feedback, analyzing web statistics, integrating emerging technologies, and combining commerce with connectivity in order to provide a vastly improved online guest experience.

Sir Michael Parkinson will soon arrive to tour Australia in Parky The One - Man Show, an evening with Michael Parkinson live on stage, when he will relive the best of his guests and their greatest moments on screen.