BWW Review: JOHNNY & JUNE at New Theatre Restaurant
New Theatre Restaurant in Overland Park has opened an original and very enjoyable, new production, entitled “Johnny & June.
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BWW Review: SOMETHING ROTTEN! THE MUSICAL OPENS IN OVERLAND PARK, KS at The White Theatre
This is the first time I can remember something rotten being so enjoyable.
BWW Review: COMPANY at Musical Theater Heritage
Now through November 21, Musical Theater Heritage offers a super production of “Company,” Stephen Sondheim’s breakthrough 1970 musical.
BWW Review: THE SPONGEBOB MUSICAL FOR YOUNG AUDIENCES OPENS IN KANSAS CITY AT THE COTERIE THEATRE
The Coterie Theatre made a big splash with the opening of its world premiere of THE SPONGEBOB MUSICAL FOR YOUNG AUDIENCES on November 4th at The Coterie Theatre located in Crown Center in Kansas City, MO.
BWW Review: PIPELINE at Unicorn
Unicorn's production of PIPELINE an unflinching look at race, education, and privilege
BWW Review: CELTS at KC Ballet
The KC Ballet's return to the Kauffman center is a high-energy trio of performances
BWW Review: THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW BURSTS ONTO THE STAGE IN KANSAS CITY at The Black Box
Halloween is my favorite time of year, with its ghosts, goblins, haunted houses, and Rocky.
BWW Review: FOUR CHILDREN at Kansas City Actors' Theatre
The World Premiere production of “Four Children” has been brought to life by the Kansas City Actors Theatre on the City Stage inside Union Station as a minimalist, sadly shocking view of war against children and on a number of levels.
BWW Review: MA RAINEY'S BLACK BOTTOM at Black Repertory Theatre
August Wilson's 'Bottom' packs an impactful and much-needed punch
BWW Review: GHOST LIGHT at KCRep
The KCRep brings back Ghost Light for the second year, with more spooky songs and stories from a variety of KC-area voices
BWW Review: ESCAPE TO MARGARITAVILLE at Starlight Theatre
The final, outdoor, Broadway style show for the 2021 season at Starlight Theatre is Jimmy Buffet’s 2018 juke box musical “Escape to Margaritaville.
BWW Review: MENOPAUSE THE MUSICAL at New Theatre Restaurant
“Menopause The Musical” has opened with an expected “Hot Flash” for an eight week run at Overland Park’s New Theatre Restaurant.
BWW Review: THE COTERIE THEATRE PRESENTS ELECTRIC POE 2021 IN THE BACKDROP OF UNION CEMETERY
An early start to the year's creepiest season, Halloween, began on Friday night with the return of The Coterie Theatre’s presentation of ELECTRIC POE 2021.
BWW Review: THE BOMB-ITTY OF ERRORS at Fishtank
Fishtank Theatre gives a light take on Shakespeare at the Black Box
BWW Review: COMPANY OPENS AT THE BARN PLAYERS IN KANSAS CITY
The Barn Players make a triumphant return to the performing arts scene in Kansas City with their presentation of Stephen Sondheim’s Tony Award-winning musical, COMPANY.
BWW Review: AN EVENING WITH SIERRA BOGGESS at Musical Theater Heritage
“An evening with Sierra Boggess” at Musical Theater Heritage’s Quixotic Theater is a delightful way to spend any evening.
BWW Review: LIFESPAN OF A FACT at Unicorn Theatre
Unicorn Theatre Artistic Director Cynthia Levin enthusiastically welcomed a properly vaccinated, masked, and socially distanced audience to the Levin Theater for the first Covid delayed Unicorn production in eighteen months.
BWW Review: MOTHER OF THE MAID at Metropolitan Ensemble Theatre
Metropolitan Ensemble Theater (MET) has reopened in an improved, more comfortable, and certainly more serviceable Warwick Theater.
BWW Review: ON YOUR FEET at Starlight Kansas City
It’s exuberant! It’s tuneful! It will make you want to dance! It is “On Your Feet,” the life story of Gloria and Emilio Estefan and their Miami Sound Machine.
BWW Review: MARY'S WEDDING at Kansas City Repertory Theatre
It was their special place; a run-down barn somewhere in a Canadian prairie province.
BWW Review: AMERICAN IDIOT Opens at the Black Box
I saw an AMERICAN IDIOT in Kansas City, and I LIKED it.
BWW Review: HAIR: THEN AND NOW at Musical Theater Heritage
Live, Indoor, Actor’s Equity sanctioned, precaution observed, musical theater has returned to Crown Center.
BWW Review: DEAD RINGER at Musical Theater Heritage
Live Theater has returned to Musical Theater Heritage with the World Premiere production of “Dead Ringer.
BWW Review: THE KING IN CONCERT Returns Live Performances to the New Theatre Restaurant
Ladies and gentlemen Elvis has returned to the building! The New Theatre and Restaurant in Overland Park presents THE KING IN CONCERT, starring two-time World Champion Elvis tribute artist, Victor Trevino, Jr.
BWW Review: DRAGONS LOVE TACOS RUNS THROUGH AUGUST 8 AT Coterie Theatre
What happens when you give a dragon a taco with spicy jalapeno sauce? This sounds like the beginning of a bad joke, but instead, it is the marvelous DRAGONS LOVE TACOS now playing at the Coterie Theatre at Crown Center through August 8.
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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) |