Review: DON'T TOUCH MY HAIR at Unicorn Theatre
It is not often that Kansas City audiences get the chance to see the “World Premiere” engagement of a new comedy from an award-winning Broadway performer and playwright.
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BWW Review: THE WIZARD OF OZ at Kansas City Repertory Theatre
Kansas City Repertory Theatre’s THE WIZARD OF OZ does not attempt to recreate nostalgia in its simplest form.
BWW Review: OF MICE AND MEN at Kauffman Center For The Performing Arts
They keep people alive.
Review: CACTUS FLOWER at New Theatre Restaurant
The air at New Theatre Restaurant in Overland Park is thick with the scent of high-end buffet favorites and the electric hum of a sold-out crowd.
Review: THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION at The Warwick Theater
A full auditorium of just over a hundred patrons filed into the newly renovated Warwick Theater for a re-imagination of Stephen King’s “The Shawshank Redemption.
Review: STEREOPHONIC at Kauffman Center
Think of the greatest songs you’ve never heard - the soaring melodies, the unexpected anthems, the driving beats, the lyrics that speak to a feeling you didn’t know could be expressed in words.
Review: MOBY DICK
MTH’s World Premiere production of “Moby Dick a sea shanty” should not be missed.
Review: THE GREAT GATSBY at Kansas City Music Hall
If Broadway’s Great Gatsby trades in spectacle, the first national North American Tour proves that its success on the road depends on something more grounded: a cast capable of sustaining the illusion night after night, city after city.
Review: THE PLAY THAT WENT WRONG at The White Theatre
Producing The Play That Goes Wrong at a community-theater level is an act of courage.
Review: TROJAN WOMEN MCI at Unicorn Theatre
What did our critic think of TROJAN WOMEN MCI at Unicorn Theatre?
Review: EVERYBODY at Kansas City Actors Theatre
The new Kansas City Actors Theater production of “Everybody” is a sly meditation on the human condition.
BWW Review: PORGY AND BESS at Kauffman Center For The Performing Arts
Lyric Opera of Kansas City’s The Gershwins’ PORGY AND BESS is a vocally commanding and spiritually powerful production, led by standout performances from Eric Greene and Michelle Bradley under the legendary direction of Francesca Zambello.
Review: ELVIS AND ELTON TOGETHER at New Theatre Restaurant
“Elvis and Elton Together” rates a big five stars.
Review: HAMILTON at KC Music Hall
When the musical juggernaut titled “Hamilton” stormed into Kansas City’s gilded Music Hall this week, it arrives not as a relic of mid-2010s hype, but as a living, breathing re-invention of America’s founding fathers.
Review: THE FANTASTICKS at Music Theater Heritage
Now “playing” at Music Theatre Heritage inside Crown Center through February 22 is the latest iteration of the most produced modern musical play in history.
Review: RENT at White Theatre At The J
A new production of Jonathan Larson’s 1996 Pulitzer Prize Winner RENT, itself a re-interpretation of Puccini’s “La Boheme,” arrives like a time capsule that refuses to stay shut as a first ever co-production of the White Theatre (inside the Jewish Community Center) and Kansas City’s vener
BWW Review: THE DRUM CLOSET at The Coterie Theatre
The Drum Closet is a deeply spiritual, urgent, and profoundly human coming-of-age story that resonates far beyond its Midwestern high school setting.
BWW Review: CASEY AND DIANA at Unicorn Theatre
Casey and Diana, now running January 28 through February 15, 2026, is a luminous, heartbreaking, and deeply necessary work of theatre.
Review: KIMBERLY AKIMBO at Kauffman Center
“Kimberly Akimbo” is a tiny, idiosyncratic musical with a cast of only nine actors that somehow manages to share the full Broadway experience with its opening night audience at Kansas City’s Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts.
Review: NOBODY'S PERFECT at New Theatre & Restaurant
Overland Park, KS — The New Theatre & Restaurant has built its reputation on polished, crowd-pleasing comedies, and its latest production of Nobody’s Perfect keeps that tradition humming along with bright energy and old-fashioned farce.
BWW Review: A CHRISTMAS CAROL at Kansas City Repertory Theatre
What did our critic think of A CHRISTMAS CAROL AT KANSAS CITY REPERTORY THEATRE at Kansas City Repertory Theatre – Spencer Theatre, UMKC Campus?
Review: MAXINE'S CHRISTMAS CAROL A SMASH HIT WITH KANSAS CITY AUDIENCES at The City Stage
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: AN IMMERSIVE VOYAGE ON TITANIC at Union Station
Titanic… An Immersive Experience.
Review: & JULIET at Kansas City Music Hall
The national tour of “& Juliet” opened Tuesday night for a run through Sunday at the Kansas City Music Hall with enough voltage to transform the theater into a full-color pop arena.
Review: HELLO DOLLY! at The White Theatre
“Hello, Dolly!” is a crown jewel of American Musical Theatre.
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Xanadu Music Theatre Kansas City (7/17-7/19) |
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Guns N’ Roses Busch Stadium (8/16-8/16) |
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Clint Black & Midland Ozarks Amphitheater (10/10-10/10) |
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Wicked Kansas City Music Hall (8/12-8/30) |
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LIVIN' FAT Just Off Broadway Theatre (12/03-12/12) |
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Disney's Frozen The White Theatre at The J (7/08-7/26) |
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SIX (Boleyn Tour) Kansas City Music Hall (1/26-1/31) |
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Beehive: The 60's Musical Tent Theatre (7/08-7/18) |
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Rainbow Kitten Surprise at Starlight Theatre Starlight Theatre (7/27-7/27) |
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Wicked Kansas City Music Hall (8/22-8/22) |