
Steve Wilson
Steve Wilson is a professional writer, artist, and photographer living in the Kansas City metropolitan area. For the last two years, he has been writing theatrical reviews, covering more than a dozen theatrical companies in the area. Previously he has written comedy material for nationally known entertainers, taught comedy writing at the University of Missouri at Kansas City and has had two books published. He continues to write for an internet news service covering sports, travel, and art in the area.
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Review: MAXINE'S CHRISTMAS CAROL A SMASH HIT WITH KANSAS CITY AUDIENCES at The City Stage
November 29, 2025
MAXINE’S CHRISTMAS CAROL opened Friday night, November 28th, to an eruption of laughter inside The City Stage, located at Union Station in Kansas City, MO.

Review: ROCKY HORROR SHOW THE CULT CLASSIC OPENS IN KANSAS CITY AT The Grand Theatre
October 6, 2025
Happy anniversary, Rocky.

Review: EVIL DEAD THE MUSICAL Opens at The Warwick
August 11, 2025
Where can you find outrageous humor, a talking moose, fantastic vocals, a man with a chainsaw instead of a hand, and Candarian Demons? Westport, of course! Where EVIL DEAD THE MUSICAL is now playing at the Warwick Theatre on Main.

Review: MAXINE'S CHRISTMAS CAROL Opens in Kansas City at At the City Stage
December 2, 2024
Spoiler alert: What did the iconic Maxine from MAXINE’S CHRISTMAS CAROL learn on opening night? The answer: She learned that Padget Productions has another holiday treat on its hands.

Review: BUBBLE BOY, A MUSICAL ABOUT BURSTING OUT at Johnson County Arts & Heritage Center
November 1, 2024
What did our critic think of BUBBLE BOY, A MUSICAL ABOUT BURSTING OUT at Johnson County Arts & Heritage Center?

Review: 'Dammit, Janet' THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW is Live in Kansas City at The Grand Theatre
October 12, 2024
Forty-nine years after Richard O’Brien wrote the book, lyrics, and music for THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW it remains a cult classic, and it has risen to a new level as Padgett Productions opens THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW LIVE in the Grand Theatre at Crown Center in Kansas City.

Review: STRANGER SINGS, THE PARODY MUSICAL at The Black Box
April 7, 2024
But on the upside, there is always Hawkins, Indiana, nothing strange ever happens there.

Review: WE ARE BLOOD at OCTA Theater
November 19, 2023
Thought-provoking, humorous, suspenseful, and not your normal holiday story, are the words that best describe WE ARE BLOOD, now playing at the Olathe Civic Theatre Association in Olathe, Kansas.

Review: 4000 MILES A Play by Amy Herzog Opens in Kansas City at Warwick Theatre
November 13, 2023
Brilliant, excruciatingly real, warm, and humorous are the best ways to describe seeing 4000 MILES, which may turn out to be one of the best play offerings in Kansas City this year.

Review: THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW Opens at The Black Box
October 9, 2023
Fall has come to Kansas City, the leaves have begun to turn, the haunted houses are preparing for Halloween, and my favorite musical THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW has opened at the Black Box in Kansas City.

Previews: THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW at The Black Box
October 1, 2023
THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW returns to Kansas City on Friday, October 6, and runs through October 31, at The Black Box in the West Bottoms Entertainment District.

Review: TICK, TICK...BOOM! at The Black Box
September 9, 2023
The Barn Players' production of TICK, TICK.

Review: LITTLE WOMEN THE BROADWAY MUSICAL at The Black Box at The Johnson County Arts and Heritage Center
August 13, 2023
What did our critic think of LITTLE WOMEN THE BROADWAY MUSICAL at The Black Box At The Johnson County Arts And Heritage Center?

Review: ROCK OF AGES Comes to Kansas City at The Warwick Theatre
July 24, 2023
Opening night for ROCK OF AGES at the Warwick Theatre was a performance for the ages.

Review: EVIL DEAD THE MUSICAL at Warwick Theatre
June 4, 2023
“Look Who’s Evil Now,” it’s the cast and crew of Padgett Productions EVIL DEAD THE MUSICAL, which opened Friday, June 2 at the Warwick Theatre in Kansas City, Missouri.

Review: STEEL MAGNOLIAS at MTH Theatre
May 14, 2023
Padgett Productions, best known for ROCKY HORROR and EVIL DEAD THE MUSICAL, has stepped from its usual genres to inspire Kansas City audiences with the comedy-drama STEEL MAGNOLIAS, and Kansas City should be glad it has.

Review: THE CRAFT: AN UNAUTHORIZED PARODY OPENS IN KANSAS CITY at The Westport Bowery
March 31, 2023
They put a spell on me, those crazy witches and their craft.

Review: WHO'S HOLIDAY, A CHRISTMAS FAVORITE NOW PLAYING IN KANSAS CITY at Musical Theater Heritage
December 13, 2022
If you want to see a hilarious Christmas show, then it’s to WHO’S HOLIDAY you should go.

Review: TELL-TALE ELECTRIC POE OPENS IN KANSAS CITY AT at The Coterie Theatre
October 24, 2022
Three of the master of the macabre, Edgar Allen Poe’s most frightening and grizzly pieces appear on the main stage of The Coterie Theatre through October 30 with TELL-TALE ELECTRIC POE.
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