The latest reviews and critic recommendations from Kansas City.
Kansas City Actors Theatre kicks off their twenty-first season with a super production of Jen Silverman’s THE ROOMMATE about two women who stumble awkwardly towards each other and learn a bit more than either one is ready to absorb.
A rich and lively production of an Ibsen classic--with Grieg's full instrumental music.
JERSEY BOYS at New Theatre Restaurant is a delightful evening out on the town.
Kansas City Actors Theater presents an exceptional production of DOUBT, A PARABLE by John Patrick Shanley in the unexpected, but perfectly selected sanctuary of the Kansas City United Church of Christ in the Brookside area.
A super cast makes the most of Neil Simon’s 1988 word-salad comedy masterpiece entitled RUMORS.
HAIRSPRAY, a co-production of the White Theatre and the Black Repertory Theatre of Kansas City, is the kind of old-fashioned, joyous, musical theater experience that recalls a PAJAMA GAME, or a DAMN YANKEES, kind of show that is just pure entertainment.
Metropolitan Ensemble Theatre kicks off its 2025 calendar year offerings with an offbeat murder mystery/character study by Lanford Wilson called BOOK OF DAYS performed at The Westport Bowery.
The touring company of PARADE, now playing at the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts, recounts the sad, but true tale of Leo Frank and Mary Phagan.
Chicago, the Musical, now playing at the Kauffman Center for Performing Arts, is a super evening out for you and your significant other.
FUNNY GIRL is one of the crown gems of the American Musical Theater.
Heating up the boards at New Theatre Restaurant now through February 2, 2025 is a new production of a reliable Off-Broadway Musical Review called NUNSENSE featuring a very funny quintet of comedy Sisters from the “Little Sisters of Olathe.
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.
Cirque Du Soleil’s excellent new Christmas Show, TWAS THE NIGHT BEFORE… opens at the Kansas City Music Hall for eight performances beginning THE NIGHT BEFORE…Thanksgiving Day and continues through Sunday, December 1.
What did our critic think of BUBBLE BOY, A MUSICAL ABOUT BURSTING OUT at Johnson County Arts & Heritage Center?
Meredith Willson’s THE MUSIC MAN opened this week at The White Theatre to an almost full house standing ovation.
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.
Imagine a very funny stage comedy hidden behind a locked door, puzzler of a 1940s mystery movie and you’ve got AN OLD-FASHIONED FAMILY MURDER now playing at New Theatre and Restaurant.
It is a quest to commit the perfect murder, and it almost works.
Victor Wishna’s new play “Tree of Life” deserves an audience beyond its current World Premiere production ending on September 22.
Looking for a little relief from the ongoing political season? If so, I should like to recommend the outrageous, belly-laugh of a show now playing in the Music Theatre Heritage Grand Theater on the fourth floor of Crown Center described by another audience member as “awesome.
The final show of Theater In The Park’s 2024 outdoor season is a musical version of the 1992 film comedy “SISTER ACT.
What did our critic think of THE LITTLE MERMAID at White Theatre?
MOULIN ROUGE The Musical Is something entirely new to the wave of Juke Box musicals overwhelming the Great White Way.
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'The Who's Tommy' Midwest Trust Center at Johnson County Community College (10/14-10/14) |
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The Last 5 Years Phoenix Arts KC (10/16-10/24) |
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What iF Puppets presents 'How to Snag a Sea Monster' Midwest Trust Center at Johnson County Community College (10/07-10/10) |
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Yamato Midwest Trust Center at Johnson County Community College (3/27-3/27) |
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Angels in America — Part 1: Millennium Approaches Metropolitan Ensemble Theatre at the Warwick (10/23-11/01) |
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360 Allstars Midwest Trust Center at Johnson County Community College (11/12-11/12) |
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Sherlock Holmes and the Adventure of the Elusive Ear Unicorn Theartre (11/11-11/29) |
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'Style Thief Fashion Show: Tools Not Rules Tour' Midwest Trust Center at Johnson County Community College (2/20-2/20) |
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Beyond Pink: A Morning of Exercise, Education & Wellness – October 25, 10am-1pm The J, Creve Coeur, Staenberg Family Complex (10/25-10/25) |
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The Phantom of the Opera Music Hall Kansas City (12/06-12/06) |
