Review: ROCK OF AGES Comes to Kansas City at The Warwick Theatre
Opening night for ROCK OF AGES at the Warwick Theatre was a performance for the ages.
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Review: IRVING BERLIN'S WHITE CHRISTMAS at Theatre In The Park
Shawnee Mission Park’s “Theatre in the Park,” marks the season with an oddly appropriate July production of “Irving Berlin’s White Christmas.
Review: DREAMGIRLS at New Theatre & Restaurant
The point of musical theater (for most people) is pure entertainment, and the New Theatre & Restaurant original production of 1981’s DREAMGIRLS hits the bullseye.
Review: LEGALLY BLONDE: THE MUSICAL at Starlight Theatre
Broadway veteran Carrie St.
Review: JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT at White Theatre
The White Theatre at the Jewish Community Center closes out its eighteenth season with an excellent production of a story ripped from the scrolls of Genesis, chapters 37-50.
Review: GYPSY: A MUSICAL FABLE at Music Theater Heritage
Part of the fun of live theater is revisiting favorite materials and seeing how new directors and new actors re-interpret the material.
Review: MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS at Theatre In The Park
“Meet Me In St.
Review: EVIL DEAD THE MUSICAL at Warwick Theatre
“Look Who’s Evil Now,” it’s the cast and crew of Padgett Productions EVIL DEAD THE MUSICAL, which opened Friday, June 2 at the Warwick Theatre in Kansas City, Missouri.
Review: Cirque du Soleil's CORTEO At T-Mobile Center
If, by chance, you are still looking for something fun to do with your visitors this holiday weekend, I highly recommend Cirque du Soleil’s incredible “Corteo” now playing at the T-Mobile Center.
Review: TOOTSIE at Starlight Theatre
TOOTSIE (The Musical), is a fun opening evening for the seventy-first season of Starlight Theatre at Swope Park across from the Kansas City Zoo.
Review: EDDIE: THE FRIENDSHIP THAT CHANGED HISTORY At White Theatre
It is hard to imagine a tougher gig for any actor than a one-man show about an historical personage; especially in front of people who may have known that person in life or are related to him by blood.
Review: STEEL MAGNOLIAS at MTH Theatre
Padgett Productions, best known for ROCKY HORROR and EVIL DEAD THE MUSICAL, has stepped from its usual genres to inspire Kansas City audiences with the comedy-drama STEEL MAGNOLIAS, and Kansas City should be glad it has.
Review: IS HE DEAD at Olathe Civic Theatre Association
Anything with the name Mark Twain on it draws a crowd.
Review: SONDHEIM ON SONDHEIM at Kauffman Center For The Arts
WWe lost a giant of the arts on November 26, 2021.
Review: MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET at New Theatre & Restaurant
MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET has returned to New Theatre & Restaurant after a five-year absence.
Review: ANNIE at Kauffman Center
If a musical comedy could be served up as comfort food, that show would look a lot like “Annie.
Review: THE CRAFT: AN UNAUTHORIZED PARODY OPENS IN KANSAS CITY at The Westport Bowery
They put a spell on me, those crazy witches and their craft.
Review: FORBIDDEN BROADWAY at Starlight Indoors
“Forbidden Broadway” the musical parody performs on the actual indoor stage (not the Butterfield Stage) at Starlight Theatre in Swope Park in front of an audience of about 500 wildly amused patrons.
Review: CONDO-MONIUM at New Theatre & Restaurant
The North American Premiere engagement for CONDO-MONIUM opened last week at Overland Park’s New Theatre & Restaurant with a super cast and direction by Dennis D.
Review: MY FAIR LADY at Kauffman Center
The core notion behind Lerner and Lowe’s 1956 “My Fair Lady.
Review: FLOOD at KC Rep
This reviewer has always been a fan of absurdist theatre, so it was with considerable excitement that she attended the evening's performance, eager to see a premiere that has come a mere 3 years after its workshop reading in 2019 (thanks again, covid).
Review: KINKY BOOTS at The White Theatre
Live, local musical theater in Kansas City opens for 2023 with a delightful, surprising, unexpected production of 2013’s six-time Tony Award winner “Kinky Boots.
Review: HADESTOWN at Kansas City Music Hall
Blend two ancient Greek myths, add the climate change crisis, a screed on capitalism, fears surrounding immigration, sprinkle in delightful, original folk music, and stir.
Review: WHO'S HOLIDAY, A CHRISTMAS FAVORITE NOW PLAYING IN KANSAS CITY at Musical Theater Heritage
If you want to see a hilarious Christmas show, then it’s to WHO’S HOLIDAY you should go.
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Bryson Tiller Hollywood Casino Amphitheater (10/03-10/03) |
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The Phantom of the Opera Music Hall Kansas City (12/06-12/06) |
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Wicked Kansas City Music Hall (8/12-8/30) |
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Jefferson Starship Capital Region MU Health Care Amphitheater (9/27-9/27) |
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LIVIN' FAT Just Off Broadway Theatre (12/03-12/12) |
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BLUES FOR AN ALABAMA SKY Just Off Broadway Theatre (3/11-3/20) |
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Guns N’ Roses Busch Stadium (8/16-8/16) |
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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) |