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Review: ALOHA FROM VEGAS at New Theatre & Restaurant
Victor Trevino, Jr. as Elvis Presley is brilliant in New Theatre & Restaurant’s new Tribute Concert to the “King” called “Aloha from Vegas.” To get much closer to Elvis, you need a time machine. ...
Review: THE PROM at White Theatre
What did our critic think of THE PROM at White Theatre? Running now at the White Theatre inside the Jewish Community Center is a production of a new musical dealing with the serious subjects of celebrity, gender identity and social intolerance run wild that somehow still offers the audience a real f...
Review: GIRL FROM THE NORTH COUNTRY at Kauffman Center
Connor McPherson’s “Girl from the North Country” enjoyed the Kansas City opening of its first national tour at the Kauffman Center on Tuesday night for a one week residency. McPherson has written and directed a “slice of life” show and filled in the blank spaces with songs from Bob Dylan�...
Review: GASLIGHT at Union Station
They say you never forget your first. That was certainly the situation for a former Scotland Yard Police Inspector named Rough (played by John Rensenhouse). Oddly, Inspector Rough had no known first name. Rough’s first bloody murder case in 1865 remained unsolved fifteen years after the event....
Review: JUDGEMENT AT NUREMBERG at MET's Warwick Theatre
“Judgement at Nuremberg” at Metropolitan Ensemble Theatre’s (MET) Warwick Theatre is a fictional rendering of the 1947 Judge’s War Crime Trial held at Nuremberg, Bavaria, Germany. “Judgement at Nuremberg” is a painful remembrance of an attempt to both punish those accountable for the bar...
Review: TINA at Kansas City Music Hall
The sheer spectacle of “Tina” is amazing. Emphasizing the fact that Tina Turner was one of a kind, the gravely-voiced, sexy, full out singing style of Tina is so stressful on the performer’s voices, this show uses two actresses to play her on alternate evenings. ...
Review: CATCH ME IF YOU CAN at New Theatre & Restaurant
“Catch Me If You Can” at New Theatre Restaurant is a comedic turn on the Murder Mystery genre. It will keep you guessing from the opening curtain until the big reveal at the end of the show.
San Francisco Marketing Consultant Daniel Corbin (Ross Hellwig) has sneaked away for a holiday weekend w...
Review: A CHRISTMAS CAROL at Kansas City Repertory Theatre
Last night, November 21, 2023, a Kansas City tradition, the 42rd annual (almost) Kansas City Repertory Theatre production of Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol” opened at the Spencer Theater on the UMKC campus for an extended run through Christmas Eve. Except for the Covid year when the live ...
Review: WE ARE BLOOD at OCTA Theater
Thought-provoking, humorous, suspenseful, and not your normal holiday story, are the words that best describe WE ARE BLOOD, now playing at the Olathe Civic Theatre Association in Olathe, Kansas. The 90-minute drama written and directed by Ryan Bernsten runs through November 20 at the theater....
Review: 4000 MILES A Play by Amy Herzog Opens in Kansas City at Warwick Theatre
Brilliant, excruciatingly real, warm, and humorous are the best ways to describe seeing 4000 MILES, which may turn out to be one of the best play offerings in Kansas City this year. The Met at the Warwick’s production of 4000 MILES written by Amy Herzog and directed by Karen Paisley continues at T...
Review: THE GRAPES OF WRATH at The Arts Asylum
A new production of the 1990 award winning stage adaption of “Grapes” by Frank Galati plays now through November 19 at the new Arts Asylum in the lower level theater of their new facility at 824 E Meyer Boulevard in the Brookside neighborhood of Kansas City. The play won the 1990 Tony Award fo...
Review: THE SOUND OF MUSIC at Lyric Opera Of Kansas City
Now being performed at the Kauffman Center and concluding this weekend is a wonderful rendition by the Lyric Opera of Kansas City of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s final composition together, “The Sound of Music” This production is as good as it gets. Framed by massive settings by Peter J. Daviso...
Review: INTO THE WOODS at White Theatre
Imagine the Grimm bedtime stories presented on steroids buttressed by the occasional homage to animated motion picture favorites. This is the basic recipe for “Into The Woods,” an imaginative and odd musical mashup of the Grimm’s tales with music, libretto, and lyrics from Stephen Sondheim a...
Review: TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD at KC Music Hall
Aaron Sorkin’s 2018 stage re-imagination of the classic Harper Lee novel “To Kill A Mockingbird” opened Tuesday at the Kansas City Music Hall for a one week run. It is one of the finest touring companies of any play I’ve been privileged to witness in many years. “Mockingbird” stars w...
Review: JEKYLL & HYDE at KC Ballet
An instant hit for fans of the gothic and the macabre...
Review: THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW Opens at The Black Box
Fall has come to Kansas City, the leaves have begun to turn, the haunted houses are preparing for Halloween, and my favorite musical THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW has opened at the Black Box in Kansas City. The cult classic with book, music, and lyrics by Richard O’Brien only gets better with each product...
Review: LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS at Theatre In The Park (Indoors)
Seldom does an entertainment attain a level of fiendish absurdity that affords audiences belly busting hilarity after more than forty years. The indoor space at Theatre in the Park’s Johnson County Heritage Center offers a super production of 1982’s “Little Shop of Horror.”...
Review: ALWAYS A BRIDESMAID at New Theatre Restaurant
A new production of a light comedy called “Always a Bridesmaid” is about a week into a three month run at New Theatre Restaurant. The show (by playwrights Jessie Joes, Nicholas Hope and Jamie Wooten) is a frothy, light, and entertaining look into the lives of three female high school buddi...
Review: CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA / PAGLIACCI at Lyric
Lyric season opens with a double does of opera vérité...
Review: SKELETON CREW at Kansas City Actors Theatre
Kansas City Actors Theater last week opened their new production of “Skeleton Crew” a relatively new (2016) play by Dominique Morisseau on the City Stage located on the lower level of Union Station....
Review: CYRANO DE BERGERAC at KCRep
KC Rep's 'Cyrano' is noseless in more ways than one....
Review: TICK, TICK...BOOM! at The Black Box
The Barn Players' production of TICK, TICK. . .BOOM! opened Friday, September 8 at the Black Box Theatre inside the Johnson County Arts & Heritage Center in Overland Park. Directed by Kipp Simmons, with vocal arrangements and orchestrations by Stephen Oremus the musical runs at the center through Se...
Review: GRAND HORIZONS at Kansas City Actors Theatre
“Grand Horizons” is the tongue-in–cheek moniker given the senior development to which the fifty-year, mostly amicable marriage of Bill and Nancy French has recently been downsized.
“Buckle your seat belts… it is going to be a bumpy (and funny) ride.”...
Review: A CHORUS LINE at Music Theater Heritage
“A Chorus Line” from Music Theater Heritage is a not-to- be missed interpretation of a challenging show. Tickets are available online at www.musictheaterheritage.com online or by telephone at 816.221.6987....
Review: LITTLE WOMEN THE BROADWAY MUSICAL at The Black Box at The Johnson County Arts and Heritage Center
What did our critic think of LITTLE WOMEN THE BROADWAY MUSICAL at The Black Box At The Johnson County Arts And Heritage Center?...
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Jefferson Starship Capital Region MU Health Care Amphitheater (9/27-9/27) |
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WICKED Music Hall (8/12-8/30) |
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Once Upon a One More Time Music Theatre Kansas City (6/12-6/14) |
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A Musical Journey on Canvas Pizza Haus - Jefferson City (5/22-5/23) |
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Danielle Nicole Band Saloon Stage At Knuckleheads Saloon (6/20-6/20) |
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SHREK The Musical Theatre in the Park (5/22-5/30) |
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Xanadu Music Theatre Kansas City (7/17-7/19) |
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The Phantom of the Opera Music Hall Kansas City (12/06-12/06) |
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Guns N’ Roses Busch Stadium (8/16-8/16) |
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The Addams Family Theatre Lawrence (6/05-6/21) |
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