(11/14/2018) - Up next at Olathe Civic Theatre Association is Jane Austen's beloved classic, SENSE AND SENSIBILITY. This witty comedy of manners is directed by Jessica Franz and runs at OCTA November 2 - 18, 2018, with performances Fridays and Saturdays at 8pm and Sundays at 2pm.Photo Flash: First Look at ROCK OF AGES At The Barn Players by BWW News Desk - Kansas City
(11/8/2018) - Get ready for a rabble rousing, foot stomping, silly, thrilling local community theater premiere, when the monster Broadway hit ROCK OF AGES takes the stage at The Barn Players: November 8th through November 18th at The Arts Asylum: 1000 East 9th Street, (off Harrison Street), Kansas City, MO 64106.Photo Flash: Kansas City Actors Theatre Presents Noel Coward's BLITHE SPIRIT by BWW News Desk - Kansas City
(8/10/2018) - Kansas City Actors Theatre has completed casting for its production of Noel Coward's "Blithe Spirit," the first show of its fourteenth season, which will run from August 8th to the 26th at the City Stage in Union Station. The production will be directed by Doug Weaver and will star Cinnamon Schultz, Coleman Crenshaw, Vanessa Severo, Jan Rogge, Matt Rapport, Cheryl Weaver, and Margaret Shelby. The production team includes Kelli Harrod (Scenic Designer), Bill Christie (Properties Designer), Sarah M. Oliver (Costume Designer), Kylor Greene (Lighting Designer), Shelbi Arndt (Co-Lighting Designer), Jonathan Robertson (Sound Designer), Matthew Schorr (Co-Sound Designer), Alex Murphy (Stage Manager), and Kyle Dyck (Technical Director).Photo Flash: THE PRODUCERS Comes to MTH Theatre! by BWW News Desk - Kansas City
(5/24/2018) - Kansas City Actors Theatre presents David Hare's "Skylight," the fifth and final show of its thirteenth season, which will run May 23 to June 10 at the H&R Block City Stage in Union Station. The production will be directed by Darren Sextro and will star Katie Karel (in her first appearance with Kansas City Actors Theatre), John Rensenhouse, and Charlie Spillers.Photo Flash: SUPERIOR DONUTS Makes KC Area Premiere At Olathe Civic Theatre Association by BWW News Desk - Kansas City
(4/14/2018) - Olathe Civic Theatre Association continues its 2017-2018 season with Superior Donuts by Tracy Letts, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of August: Osage County. With Superior Donuts, Letts shifts from the highly charged physical tone and dark humor of his previous works, but retains his contemporary flavor with a lighter touch to address complex social issues. OCTA's stage will transform into a Chicago donut shop for the three-weekend run of this KC area premiere April 6-22.Photo Flash: THE MASCOT Set for World Premiere at Living Room Theatre by BWW News Desk - Kansas City
(4/6/2018) - Agile Rabbit Productions has announced casting and creatives for the world premiere original new comedy, THE MASCOT. Written by Jerry Hickey, the production is helmed by esteemed director (and KU professor) Peter Zazalli. Kansas City favorite Sam Cordes assumes the title role and is joined by Emma Carter, Coleman Crenshaw, Jen Mays, Matt Rapport, and Hollis Wilhoit, along with Alisa Lynn, Jake Gillespie, and Matthew Michael.Photo Flash: First Look at Kansas City Actors Theatre's Production of at SEA MARKS by BWW News Desk - Kansas City
(1/13/2018) - Kansas City Actors Theatre has completed casting for its production of Gardner McKay's Sea Marks, the fourth show of its thirteenth season, which will run from January 10th to the 28th at the H&R Block City Stage in Union Station. The production will be directed by Jan Rogge and will star Darren Kennedy and Cinnamon Schultz. The production team includes Gary Mosby (scenic designer), Elizabeth Sampley (properties designer), Sarah M. Oliver (costumer designer), Shane Rowse (lighting designer), Jonathan Robertson (sound designer), and Kyle Dyck (technical director). This will be Darren Kennedy's first appearance with Kansas City Actors Theatre and Jan Rogge's first time directing for the company.Photo Flash: The MTH Theater at Crown Center presents A SPECTACULAR CHRISTMAS SHOW by BWW News Desk - Kansas City
(12/8/2017) - The MTH Theater at Crown Center is pleased to announce casting for its annual Christmas revue A Spectacular Christmas Show, directed by MTH Associate Producer Tim Scott. The entirely Kansas City based company features some of the finest singers and dancers in the area. The ensemble includes Taylor Avazpour, Katie Bartow, Sydney Benton, Amy Hurrelbrink, Lily Nicholas, Chris Owen, Fisher Stewart, Robert Erik Sobbe, and Morgan Walker.Photo Flash: THE NUTCRACKER Dances Into Kauffman Center by BWW News Desk - Kansas City
(11/3/2017) - The MTH Theater at Crown Center is pleased to announce casting for Stephen Sondheim's masterpiece, Into The Woods. The fifteen person ensemble will be led by Broadway veteran Val Fagan (The Addams Family, Forbidden Broadway) in the role of the Witch. Artistic Director Sarah Crawford will direct the production and the remainder of the ensemble includes Chelcie Abercrombie, Samantha Barboza, Patrick Beasley, John Cleary, Cara Hampton, Robert Hingula, Lindsay James, Tom Lancaster, Korrie Murphy, Andrew Schmidt, Emily Vargo, Morgan Walker, and Kayla Wilkins. Jeremy Watson will co music direct alongside Crawford.Photo Flash: The Artist's Struggle is Examined in BASTARD by BWW News Desk - Kansas City
(9/29/2017) - New Line Theatre, the bad boy of musical theatre, opens its 27th season of adult, alternative musical theatre, with the St. Louis premiere of the four-woman rock opera LIZZIE, a very different take on the Lizzie Borden legend, running Sept. 28-Oct. 21, 2017, at the Marcelle Theater in the Grand Center Arts District.Photo Flash: Olathe Civic Theatre Association Opens 2017-18 Season with the Musical RUTHLESS! by BWW News Desk - Kansas City
(9/14/2017) - OCTA is ready to sail into its new season on the wings of the musical spoof, Ruthless! Audiences can catch all the absurd fun of the stage mother of all musicals September 15 October 1. This production comes with a bonus: two of the roles are double cast, so audiences will have the opportunity to see two sets of talented young actresses approach the same roles during the run.Photo Flash: Meet the Cast of GREY GARDENS at The Barn Players by BWW News Desk - Kansas City
(8/22/2017) - The Barn Players will present the award-winning musical 'Grey Gardens,' Friday, September 15th through Sunday, October 1st. Based on the true life story of Big Edie and Little Edie Bouvier Beale, this bold musical follows them on their hilarious and heartbreaking 30-year journey from high society to faded outcasts in a crumbling Long Island mansion. BroadwayWorld has a sneak peek at the cast in costume below!Photo Flash: MTH Theater at Crown Center Presents AN EVENING WITH GEORGE GERSHWIN by BWW News Desk - Kansas City
(5/26/2017) - Kansas City Actors Theatre will conclude its Season Twelve with the regional premiere of Will Eno's The Realistic Joneses, performing now through June 11 at the H&R Block City Stage in Union Station. The production will be directed by John Rensenhouse and will star Brian Paulette, Carla Noack, Phil Fiorini, and Ashley Pankow. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast in action below!?Photo Flash: VANYA AND SONIA AND MASHA AND SPIKE Continues Run at OCTA by BWW News Desk - Kansas City
(4/28/2017) - Olathe Civic Theatre Association is gearing up for the theater's fifth and final mainstage show of the season. Christopher Durang depicts middle-aged siblings, Vanya and Sonia, who share a home in Bucks County, PA, where they bicker and complain about the circumstances of their lives. Suddenly, their movie-star sister, Masha, swoops in with her new boy toy, Spike.Photo Flash: First Look at SHE LOVES ME at Musical Theater Heritage by BWW News Desk - Kansas City
(3/24/2017) - The MTH Theater at Crown Center presents She Loves Me, its first book musical of the season. Artistic Director Sarah Crawford will direct a fifteen person ensemble led by Kansas City favorite Lauren Braton in the role of Amalia. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast in action below!Photo Flash: NEW MOVES at Kansas City Ballet by BWW News Desk - Kansas City
(2/15/2017) - 8409A new year means new plays for Olathe Civic Theatre Association! Next up is a story about three adult siblings as they uncover new levels of their relationships, perhaps leading them towards an uncertain future. Poor Relations makes its debut in the Kansas City area and runs February 17 - March 5. Audiences can thank local playwright Robert Flaherty Hart for penning this fresh drama and director Tina Morrison for bringing it to life.Photo Flash: First Look at THE BEST CHRISTMAS PAGEANT EVER, Ending This Weekend at OCTA by BWW News Desk - Kansas City
(12/16/2016) - This Christmas, OCTA offered a wild take on the Christmas story with The Best Christmas Pageant Ever, directed by Lana Jensen. This family comedy closes this Sunday, December 18. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast in action below!Photo Flash: MTH Theater at Crown Center Presents CABARET by BWW News Desk - Kansas City
(11/3/2016) - Winner of 8 Tony Awards including "BEST MUSICAL", and "BEST ORIGINAL SCORE". With music by Kansas City native John Kander and lyrics by Fred Ebb, Cabaret is rooted in the nightlife of Berlin just before the rise of fascism. This highly theatrical and fast moving show never fails to be both thought provoking and entertaining. 'Willkommen!"Photo Flash: First Look at THE INVISIBLE HAND at KC Rep by BWW News Desk - Kansas City
(10/20/2016) - Kansas City Repertory Theatre continues its 2016-2017 season with The Invisible Hand by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright, Ayad Akhtar directed by KC Rep's Producing Director Jerry Genochio. KC Rep audiences that last saw Akhtar's acclaimed comedy The Who & The What in 2014 will now experience Akhtar's internationally lauded political thriller. Performances began on October 14, and BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast in action below!Photo Flash: Musical Theatre Heritage Presents SONGS OF THE GREAT WAR by BWW News Desk - Kansas City
(10/7/2016) - Musical Theatre Heritage Presents SONGS OF THE GREAT WAR, a musical about the influence of music from The Great War. The show runs from October 6th to October 16th. Kids and Veterans come free!Photo Coverage: Theatre in the Park's THE DROWSY CHAPERONE by BWW News Desk - Kansas City
(6/2/2016) - MTH (your source for all things Musical Theater in Kansas City) will present 20 performances of BIG RIVER, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, winner of 7 Tony Awards in 1985 including Best Musical and Best Original Score by Roger Miller(King of the Road). This unjustly forgotten masterpiece stands as a dazzling, heartwarming slice of musical Americana and the final crowning achievement in one of country music's most celebrated careers. Miller's music is a perfect fit toMark Twain's classic American story of Huckleberry Finn, adapted for the musical byWilliam Hauptman.
Photo Flash: First Look at OCTA's SENSE AND SENSIBILITY
Photo Flash: First Look at ROCK OF AGES At The Barn Players
Photo Flash: Kansas City Actors Theatre Presents Noel Coward's BLITHE SPIRIT
Photo Flash: THE PRODUCERS Comes to MTH Theatre!
Photo Flash: Kansas City Actors Theatre Presents SKYLIGHT
Photo Flash: SUPERIOR DONUTS Makes KC Area Premiere At Olathe Civic Theatre Association
Photo Flash: THE MASCOT Set for World Premiere at Living Room Theatre
Photo Flash: First Look at Kansas City Actors Theatre's Production of at SEA MARKS
Photo Flash: The MTH Theater at Crown Center presents A SPECTACULAR CHRISTMAS SHOW
Photo Flash: THE NUTCRACKER Dances Into Kauffman Center
Photo Flash: MTH Theater at Crown Center presents INTO THE WOODS
Photo Flash: The Artist's Struggle is Examined in BASTARD
Photo Flash: New Line's Four-Woman Rock Opera LIZZIE, Opening Tonight
Photo Flash: Olathe Civic Theatre Association Opens 2017-18 Season with the Musical RUTHLESS!
Photo Flash: Meet the Cast of GREY GARDENS at The Barn Players
Photo Flash: MTH Theater at Crown Center Presents AN EVENING WITH GEORGE GERSHWIN
Photo Flash: First Look at THE WHO'S TOMMY at MTH Theater
Photo Flash: First Look at THE REALISTIC JONESES at Kansas City Actors Theatre
Photo Flash: VANYA AND SONIA AND MASHA AND SPIKE Continues Run at OCTA
Photo Flash: First Look at SHE LOVES ME at Musical Theater Heritage
Photo Flash: NEW MOVES at Kansas City Ballet
Photo Flash: First Look at Olathe Civic Theatre Association's POOR RELATIONS
Photo Flash: First Look at THE BEST CHRISTMAS PAGEANT EVER, Ending This Weekend at OCTA
Photo Flash: MTH Theater at Crown Center Presents CABARET
Photo Flash: First Look at THE INVISIBLE HAND at KC Rep
Photo Flash: Musical Theatre Heritage Presents SONGS OF THE GREAT WAR
Photo Coverage: Theatre in the Park's THE DROWSY CHAPERONE
Photo Flash: First Look at Musical Theater Heritage's BIG RIVER
Photo Flash: Like, Totally Check Out a First Look at Dove Cameron and More in CLUELESS, THE MUSICAL!
Photo Flash: Fall In Love With BEAUTY AND THE BEAST At Theatre Under The Stars
Photo Flash: First Look At Cody Simpson In ANASTASIA On Broadway!
Photo Coverage: Inside the Opening Night Party For RUBEN AND CLAY'S CHRISTMAS SHOW
Photo Coverage: Bryan Cranston, Tony Goldwyn, Tatiana Maslany & More Celebrate Opening Night of NETWORK!
Photo Flash: First Look at Michelle Williams In ONCE ON THIS ISLAND On Broadway
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Photo Flash: Santino Fontana Dons a Wig and Dress For TOOTSIE
Photo Coverage: Inside Opening Night of HOUSE ON FIRE at Palm Beach Dramaworks
Photo Coverage: Inside Opening Night of CLUELESS, THE MUSICAL
Photo Flash: First Look at Titan Theatre Company's A CHRISTMAS CAROL
Photo Coverage: Ruben Studdard and Clay Aiken Take Their Opening Night Bows in RUBEN AND CLAY'S CHRISTMAS SHOW
Exclusive Photo Coverage: WICKED Cast Gets In the Holiday Spirit for Carols For A Cure!
Photo Flash: HRH The Duke Of Sussex Attends Gala Performance Of BAT OUT OF HELL In Support Of The Invictus Games Foundation
Photo Coverage: Ryan Worsing Receives the Legacy Robe for THE CHER SHOW
Photo Flash: NYCCHP Treats 800 Homeless Children to KING KONG
Photo Flash: Broadway Dreams Celebrates the 70th Anniversary of SOUTH PACIFIC
Photo Coverage: First look at Gallery Players' FUNNY GIRL the musical
Photo Coverage: On the Red Carpet at Opening Night of NETWORK
Photo Flash: First Look at Matthew Bourne's SWAN LAKE at Sadler's
Photo Coverage: New York Stage and Film Gala Honors Patricia Wettig, Ken Olin and Johanna Pfaelzer
Photo Coverage: The Cast of NETWORK Takes Opening Night Bows
Photo Flashback: BroadwayWorld Remembers Tony Award-Winning Actor Philip Bosco
Exclusive Photo Coverage: HAMILTON Creatives Visit the Library of Congress
Photo Coverage: Roundabout and Fiasco Theater's MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG Meets the Press!
Photo Flash: First Look at Rubicon Theatre Company's SOUTH PACIFIC
Photo Flashback: Jeff Daniels, Richard Thomas & Swoosie Kurtz in 1981's FIFTH OF JULY
Photo Coverage: Charles Busch, Norm Lewis & Andrea McArdle Are Getting Ready for the Holidays at Feinstein's/54 Below!
