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BWW Review: BROADWAY'S NEXT H!T MUSICAL at Starlight Indoor Theatre KC

BWW Review: BROADWAY'S NEXT H!T MUSICAL at Starlight Indoor Theatre KC

by Paul Bolton — February 28, 2018
Starlight Indoor Theatre KC closes their winter season with the hilarious 'Broadway's Next H!T Musical' a musical-comedy improvisation created on stage from audience suggested material. Showing Feb 27- March 4, 2018, #PhonyAwards on Facebook and Instagram at BroadwaysNextHitmusical...
BWW Review: BAREFOOT IN THE PARK at New Theatre Restaurant

BWW Review: BAREFOOT IN THE PARK at New Theatre Restaurant

by Alan Portner — February 23, 2018
New Theatre Restaurant's 'Barefoot in the Park' is a charming, time warp that points up how much attitudes in America have shifted over 55 years.  A romantic comedy in the best 'Doc' Simon tradition. ...
BWW Review: DIXIE'S NEVER WEAR A TUBE TOP WHILE RIDING  A MECHANICAL BULL at Starligh

BWW Review: DIXIE'S NEVER WEAR A TUBE TOP WHILE RIDING A MECHANICAL BULL at Starlight Theatre KC

by Paul Bolton — February 14, 2018
Dixie's Tube Top tears into town like a tornado ripping through a trailer park. Dixie Longate stars in this latest installment of comedy from the Tupperware Queen of Mobile. Now showing at the Starlight Theatre in Kansas City Feb 13-18, 2018...
BWW Review: THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE at White

BWW Review: THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE at White

by Alan Portner — February 9, 2018
This community theatre production co-directed by Zach Faust and Steven Eubank both cooks and works. The actors have made these characters their own....
BWW Review: THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME at Kansas City Repertor

BWW Review: THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME at Kansas City Repertory Theatre

by Alan Portner — February 5, 2018
Kansas City Repertory Theatre's re-imagined production of Simon Stephen's 2013 award winning "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time" is funny, inventive, touching, and deeply engaging for its audience....
BWW Review: FORBIDDEN BROADWAY at Starlight Theatre KC

BWW Review: FORBIDDEN BROADWAY at Starlight Theatre KC

by Paul Bolton — January 31, 2018
If you're in need of a good belly laugh that only high comedy can deliver you won't want to miss the latest incarnation of "Forbidden Broadway", now showing at the Starlight (indoor) Theatre in Kansas City. Showing Jan 30 thru Feb 4, 2018 this is true musical comedy parody fun....
BWW Review: PROJECT DAWN at Unicorn Theatre

BWW Review: PROJECT DAWN at Unicorn Theatre

by Alan Portner — January 30, 2018
"Project Dawn," Karen Hartman's new play at the Unicorn Theatre, is powerfully heart-rending, often slyly funny, and serendipitously timely during a national conversation over drug abuse and sex trafficking....
BWW Review: THE SECRET OF COURAGE at The Coterie Theatre

BWW Review: THE SECRET OF COURAGE at The Coterie Theatre

by Paul Bolton — January 26, 2018
The Secret of Courage by Laurie Brooks based on the story 'Imaginary Friends' by Terry Brooks, is an enchanting tale of heartache, friendship, and courage. Now showing at the Coterie Theatre in Crown Center near Downtown Kansas City MO. Combining live action with dramatic special effects this new ...
BWW Review: THAT OLD BLACK MAGIC at Quality Hill Playhouse

BWW Review: THAT OLD BLACK MAGIC at Quality Hill Playhouse

by Alan Portner — January 29, 2018
That Old Black Magic," runs now through February 18th at Quality Hill Playhouse in downtown Kansas City. A superior cast and outstanding backup musicians make for a typically professional evening of classic tunes this time by Harold Arlen....
BWW Review: SEA MARKS AT KCAT at KCAT At Union Station

BWW Review: SEA MARKS AT KCAT at KCAT At Union Station

by Paul Bolton — January 14, 2018
KCAT garners high marks for 'Sea Marks' an Irish romantic comedy now showing at the City Theatre in Union Station. Starring Cinnamon Schultz and Darren Kennedy as an unlikely romantic couple the show explores romance, personal acceptance, and the lure of the sea....
BWW Review: CHESAPEAKE at UNICORN

BWW Review: CHESAPEAKE at UNICORN

by Paul Bolton — December 20, 2017
Katie Karel is an acting dynamo in Unicorn Theatre's production of Chesapeake, by Lee Blessing and directed by Cynthia Levin, showing December 19, 2017 thru Jan 7, 2018 Tickets at UNICORNTHEATRE.ORG...
BWW Review: A SPECTACULAR CHRISTMAS SHOW at Musical Theater Heritage

BWW Review: A SPECTACULAR CHRISTMAS SHOW at Musical Theater Heritage

by Alan Portner — December 18, 2017
Musical Theater Heritage at Crown Center offers its tenth-annual original Spectacular Christmas Show. Locally written and produced holiday shows are sometimes times prone to hyperbole. This particular performance is SPECTACULAR in almost every way a show can be outstanding. The 2017 MTH Spectacu...
BWW Review: A WONDERFUL LIFE - THE MUSICAL at MTKC Pro

BWW Review: A WONDERFUL LIFE - THE MUSICAL at MTKC Pro

by Alan Portner — December 16, 2017
Music Theatre - Kansas City Pro opens its new auditorium integrated inside the B&B 18 screen multiplex on Midland Drive in Shawnee. The show is 'A Wonderful Life - The Musical' with book and lyrics by Sheldon Harnick. Ironically, this musical adaption of the classic 1946 Christmas film with James St...
BWW Review: FUNNY MONEY at New Theatre Restaurant

BWW Review: FUNNY MONEY at New Theatre Restaurant

by Alan Portner — December 15, 2017
Inspired silliness. Now playing at the New Theatre Restaurant in Overland Park through February 11, 2018 is the 1994 British farce 'Funny Money' starring Jim O'Heir. It is an Olivier Award nominated, misbegotten tale of misdirection, accident, flight, and comic mistaken identities....
BWW Review: IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE: A LIVE RADIO PLAY at Metropolitan Ensemble Theatre

BWW Review: IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE: A LIVE RADIO PLAY at Metropolitan Ensemble Theatre In Kansas City

by Paul Bolton — December 10, 2017
MET audience is served up holiday magic with the live radio play version of the Capra classic 'It's a Wonderful Life' December 7-17th, 2017 Join in the festive fun as a real life radio audience as this favorite American classic is performed with energetic authenticity....
BWW Review: THE HAPPY ELF at Theatre In The Park At Johnson County Arts And Heritage

BWW Review: THE HAPPY ELF at Theatre In The Park At Johnson County Arts And Heritage Center

by Paul Bolton — December 9, 2017
Harry Connick, Jr.'s voice narrates The Happy Elf now showing at the TTIP in the Johnson County Arts and Heritage Center Dec 8-23, 2017...
BWW Review: LES MISERABLES at Kansas City Broadway Series

BWW Review: LES MISERABLES at Kansas City Broadway Series

by Alan Portner — December 6, 2017
'Do you hear the people sing?' You will if you attend the 25th Anniversary edition of the 'Les Miserables' now on stage at the Kansas City Music Hall through Sunday, December 9. This is an absolutely credible recreation of the show that first hit London's West End theater district way back in 1985 a...
BWW Review: CHRISTMAS IN SONG at Quality Hill Playhouse

BWW Review: CHRISTMAS IN SONG at Quality Hill Playhouse

by Michael Hogge — November 29, 2017
Kansas City has many fine holiday traditions. One of my favorites is the annual 'Christmas in Song' presented by Quality Hill Playhouse. It is an eclectic mix of old favorites, newer Broadway presentations, and songs presented in a style different than you might usually hear them....
BWW Review: A CHRISTMAS CAROL at Kansas City Repertory Theatre

BWW Review: A CHRISTMAS CAROL at Kansas City Repertory Theatre

by Alan Portner — November 28, 2017
Faithful to the original text, what is 175 years old is new again...
BWW Review: CHRISTMAS IN SONG at Quality Hill Playhouse

BWW Review: CHRISTMAS IN SONG at Quality Hill Playhouse

by Paul Bolton — November 25, 2017
Quality Hill Playhouse 'Christmas in Song' a cabaret hit with a quartet of bold and beautiful voices rings in the season with their 16th annual event. Now through Christmas Eve take in the American Songbook of Christmas music as performed by J Kent Barnhart, Joseph Carr, LaTeesha McDonald Jackson,...
BWW Review: WAITRESS at Broadway Theater League

BWW Review: WAITRESS at Broadway Theater League

by Alan Portner — November 16, 2017
Bright, bouncy, expertly produced, and just a tad naughty through Sunday, November 19...
BWW Review: A CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS at The Coterie

BWW Review: A CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS at The Coterie

by Alan Portner — November 14, 2017
The famous animated classic comes to life on stage at The Coterie for children of all ages....
BWW Review: EVEREST at Lyric Opera Of Kansas City

BWW Review: EVEREST at Lyric Opera Of Kansas City

by Alan Portner — November 13, 2017
Retells the death of 15 climbers in 1996 as they attempt to summit Mt. Everest....
BWW Review: CYMBELINE at Metropolitan Ensemble Theatre

BWW Review: CYMBELINE at Metropolitan Ensemble Theatre

by Michael Hogge — November 13, 2017
There is a crisis in the kingdom of early English monarch Cymbeline during the Roman period....
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