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BWW Review: GISELLE Opens at the Kauffman Center For Performing Arts
Eerie, enchanting, and hauntingly beautiful Giselle continues at the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts through March 22. Kansas City Ballet Artistic Director Devon Carney choreographed the full-length two act classic ballet. Jean Corrali, Jules Perrot, and Marius Petipa inspired the choreogr...
BWW Review: WOMEN PLAYING HAMLET Now Showing at the Unicorn Theatre
The Unicorn Theatre production of Women Playing Hamlet currently runs on the Jerome Stage at the theater located at 3828 Main in Kansas City, Mo. William Missouri Downs wrote the Rolling World Premiere directed by Producing Artistic Director Cynthia Levin. Women Playing Hamlet is the second Rolling...
BWW Review: BLACK PEARL SINGS! Drama and Music at Its Best in Kansas City
A line from the play best describes Black Pearl Sings when Susannah Mullally says, "Pearl is a pearl." Black Pearl Sings opened on Saturday March 7 at the Just Off Broadway Theatre in Kansas City, Missouri. The production marks two firsts for Spinning Tree Theatre, the production of a local playwr...
BWW Review: CRIMES OF THE HEART Continues at the Kansas City Actors Theatre
Crimes of the Heart the Kansas City Actors Theatre production of the tragic comedy classic continues at the Polsky Theatre in the Carlsen Center at the Johnson County Community College. Darren Sextro directs Crimes of the Heart written by Beth Henley. Edward Matthew Walter designs the realistic se...
BWW Review: THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW the Cult Classic Opens at UMKC
The cult classic, The Rocky Horror Show opened on Wednesday March 4 at Grant Hall on the campus of the University of Missouri at Kansas City. Richard O'Brien wrote the music, lyrics, and book for the tribute to B horror movies and science fiction. The show opened in London running 2,960 performance...
BWW Review: BROADWAY AND BACK Shines Like a New Star at the Quality Hill Playhouse
Broadway and Back, which highlights the quality in Quality Hill Playhouse, runs through March 29 at the Playhouse in Kansas City, Missouri. Producing Artistic Director J. Kent Barnhart selected the songs and directs the magnificent production. Broadway and Back is a celebration of movies that inspi...
BWW Review: CATCH ME IF YOU CAN a Must Catch at the Barn Players
A must catch it if you can, Catch It If You Can The Musical! opened on Friday February 27 at the Barn Players in Mission, Kansas. Guy Gardner directs and choreographs the Barn Players production with music direction by James Levy. Catch Me If You Can The Musical! is music with libretto by Terrence...
BWW Review: Social Media Celebrated in SELF-EASE in Kansas City
A celebration of social media is presented in Self-Ease at the Fishtank Performance Studio in the Crossroads District of Kansas City, Mo. From creator Andy Perkins and his creative team of marvelously talented actors comes a hilarious look at technology in today's age of Facebook, Instagram, and Tw...
BWW Review: THE BOOK OF MORMON - You May Not Be Saved, But You Could Die Laughing
Like a group of Jehovah's Witnesses on steroids, The Book of Mormon is currently playing at the Music Hall in Kansas City. The Broadway Across America satire musical with book, lyrics, and music by Trey Parker, Robert Lopez, and Matt Stone runs through March 8. The creators of South Park, Stone, and...
BWW Review: THE MUSICAL OF MUSICALS (THE MUSICAL!) Now Playing in Olathe, Kansas
The Musical of Musicals (The Musical!) continues at the Olathe Civic Theatre Association through March 1 at the theater located in Olathe, Kansas. Written by Joanne Bogart and Eric Rockwell the musical is a parody of five musical theater composers, all dealing with the same plot, 'I can't pay the r...
BWW Review: MUSICAL MONDAY AND TUESDAY Opens to the Delight of Kansas City Audiences
The first offering for 2015 of Musical Monday and Tuesday opened Monday night February 16 at the Musical Theater Heritage in Crown Center. Musical Monday has always been an audience favorite and for 2015, Musical Theater Heritage added Tuesdays to the performance schedule. Hosted by Tim Scott the pr...
BWW Review: A Rare Performance of FROM BERLIN TO BROADWAY WITH KURT WEILL Opens at the White Theatre
From Berlin to Broadway with Kurt Weill made its journey to the Kansas City theater scene with the opening Saturday night February 14 at the White Theatre located at the Jewish Community Center in Overland Park. The White Theatre celebrates two first on their stage with Paul Hough directing the deb...
BWW Review: A NIGHT ON THE TOWN, a New Series Begins at Musical Theater Heritage
A Night on the Town quickly turned into a fabulous night on the town as Kansas City crooner Molly Hammer took the stage. Tim Scott directed the new series from Musical Theatre Heritage, which is sold-out through the end of the production. A Night on the Town named to honor the "A Night on the Town...
BWW Review: Board The Mystery Train for THE ART OF MURDER
The train whistle blows signaling the opening night of The Art of Murder presented by The Mystery Train, Murder Mystery Dinner Theatre. Wendy Thompson directs Philip blue owl Hooser's play, set on a train headed for Kansas City in 1975. Hooser has written The Legend of the Spooky Switchman, Mighty...
BWW Review: EURYDICE a Must See at The Living Room Theatre in Kansas City
Eurydice, the story of love lost, found, and lost again currently plays at the Living Room Theatre in Kansas City, MO. Written by Sarah Ruhl and directed by Natalie Liccardello it is the retelling from Greek mythology of Eurydice, the wife of Orpheus and her travels into the Underworld following an...
BWW Review: THE MIRACULOUS JOURNEY OF EDWARD TULANE, a Journey Everyone Should Take
Astonishing best describes The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane, which opened Friday January 23 at the Coterie Theatre in Crown Center. David P. Saar directs a production that begins as just another children's story and quickly transforms into one of the most charming, enchanting, heartwarming, ...
BWW Review: LASSO OF TRUTH Opens at the Unicorn Theatre in Kansas City
Lasso of Truth, a National New Play Network Rolling World Premiere, opened on Saturday night January 31 at the Unicorn Theatre in Kansas City, Missouri. Johnny Wolfe directs this multimedia experience, which looks at the life of William Moulton Marston, the inventor of the lie detector and creator ...
BWW Review: THAT'S ENTERTAINMENT: THE MGM YEARS Now Playing at the Quality Hill Playhouse
That's Entertainment: The MGM Years the current production of the Quality Hill Playhouse continues through February 15 at the theatre in Kansas City, MO. The show highlights the songs from the movie studio MGM, but in the case of Quality Hill MGM stands for Music Glorious Music and that is exactly...
BWW Review: CHICAGO Opens at the Kauffman Center in Kansas City
The windy city blew into the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts with gale force on Tuesday night as the Theater League presented the opening of Chicago the Musical. Barry and Fran Weissler present the Tony Award winning musical with book by Fred Ebb and Bob Fosse, music by John Kander, and lyr...
BWW Review: FOOTLOOSE Plays to a Sold-Out House at the Barn Players
Footloose opened to a packed house on Friday January 16 at the Barn Players Theater. Directed and choreographed by Guy Gardner, presented by the Barn Juniors, Footloose features middle school and high school students. Based on the screenplay by Dean Pitchford the stage adaption is by Dean Pitchfor...
BWW Review: THE TALE OF THE ALLERGIST'S WIFE Opens at the White Theatre
The Tale of the Allergist's Wife opened Saturday January 10 at the White Theatre located in the Jewish Community Center in Overland Park. Barb Nichols directs the play by Charles Busch, which opened on Broadway in November of 2000 running for 777 performances. The Tale of the Allergist's Wife won ...
BWW Review: A SPECTACULAR CHRISTMAS CABARET SHOW! Continues at Off Center Theatre in Kansas City
Scrooge walking into the Off Center Theatre in Crown Center would have had the Bah Humbug chased from him with the second performance of A Spectacular Christmas Cabaret Show! Anyone entering the theater without the Christmas spirit would leave filled with joy over the gift Musical Theater Heritage i...
BWW Review: I'LL EAT YOU LAST: A CHAT WITH SUE MENGERS Garners Large Laughs at the Unicorn Theatre
The hilarious one-woman play I'll Eat You Last: A Chat with Sue Mengers currently plays as a season extra at the Unicorn Theatre in Kansas City. John Logan (writer of Tornado!, Star Trek Nemesis, and The Last Samurai among others) wrote the one-act play specifically for Bette Midler who starred in...
BWW Reviews: THE NUTCRACKER a Holiday Classic Runs at the Kauffman Performing Arts Center
The Kauffman Performing Arts Center in Kansas City, Mo. is known as one of the most spectacular buildings in the metropolitan area. With its breathtaking city views, through the large slanted glass windows, little surpasses it for beauty. Through December, the phenomenal view from the windows is m...
BWW Review: MOTOWN: THE MUSICAL Rocks the Music Hall in Kansas City
The joyous trip back through musical history comes to life from Detroit to Los Angeles in Motown: The Musical now playing at the Music Hall in Kansas City, Mo. Motown: The Musical with a book by Berry Gordy based on his 1994 autobiography To Be Loved: The Music, the Magic, the Memories of Motown. ...
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Jefferson Starship Capital Region MU Health Care Amphitheater (9/27-9/27) |
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Don't Touch My Hair Unicorn Theartre (5/06-5/24) |
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The Phantom of the Opera Music Hall Kansas City (12/06-12/06) |
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WICKED Music Hall (8/12-8/30) |
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Wicked Music Hall Kansas City (8/12-8/30) |
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Bat Boy, The Musical Music Theater Heritage (10/08-11/01) |
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Rainbow Kitten Surprise at Starlight Theatre Starlight Theatre (7/27-7/27) |
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Disney's Frozen The White Theatre at The J (7/08-7/26) |
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MRS. DOUBTFIRE Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts (6/02-6/07) |
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The Addams Family Theatre Lawrence (6/05-6/21) |
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