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.
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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.
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.
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.
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?
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.
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.
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New Dance Partners - The Ultimate Collaboration Midwest Trust Center at Johnson County Community College (9/18-9/19) |
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'Treasure Island Reimagined: Jane Hawkins and the Pirate's Gold' Midwest Trust Center at Johnson County Community College (4/02-4/03) |
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Owen/Cox Dance Group 'The Nutcracker and the Mouse King' Midwest Trust Center at Johnson County Community College (12/10-12/13) |
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BLUES FOR AN ALABAMA SKY Just Off Broadway Theatre (3/11-3/20) |
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Suffs Unicorn Theartre (6/02-6/20) |
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Bryson Tiller Hollywood Casino Amphitheater (10/03-10/03) |
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'What Do You Do With a Problem?' Midwest Trust Center at Johnson County Community College (11/06-11/07) |
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Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company Midwest Trust Center at Johnson County Community College (1/22-1/22) |
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'Burn the Floor presents Maks & Peta Live!' Midwest Trust Center at Johnson County Community College (4/03-4/03) |
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The Ritz Unicorn Theartre (8/12-8/30) |