BWW Review: MA RAINEY'S BLACK BOTTOM at Black Repertory Theatre
August Wilson's 'Bottom' packs an impactful and much-needed punch
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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.
BWW Review: BLAME IT ON THE BOOGIE at Musical Theater Heritage
I can’t think of a better way to welcome live theater back to Kansas City than to BLAME IT ON THE BOOGIE a production of Musical Theater Heritage and playing in the 4th-floor theater in Crown Center.
BWW Review: KC Ballet at the Starlight
In a not-quite-post-Covid world, the resilience of the performing arts is on display at the Starlight.
BWW Review: THE FIRST IN THEATER PRODUCTION HOW TO SNAG A SEA MONSTER at Coterie Theatre
The Coterie Theatre has opened its first in-theater production since the beginning of the pandemic as it presents the Mesner Puppet Theaters’ World Premiere of HOW TO SNAG A SEA MONSTER: A TERRICALLY TALL TELL.
BWW Review: DIXIE'S HAPPY HOUR at Starlight Theatre
Dixie Longate is back, at least virtually, at Starlight Theatre.
BWW Review: BRAINSTORM: THE INSIDE LIFE OF THE TEENAGE MIND NOW STREAMING AND ON DEMAND at Coterie Theatre
The Coterie Theatre and the University of Missouri at Kansas City have teamed together to offer the virtual co-production of BRAINSTORM: THE INSIDE LIFE OF THE TEENAGE MIND, which is streaming and on demand now through February 7.
BWW Review: THE MUSIC OF MOTOWN at MTH (Virtual)
“The Music of Motown” is the third original cabaret show in a series of video streamed entertainments from Musical Theater Heritage in the wake of the great Covid-19 pandemic.
BWW Review: THE SPECTACULAR CHRISTMAS SHOW at Musical Theater Heritage
A KC holiday treasures I always enjoy is the “The Spectacular Christmas Show” at Musical Theater Heritage.
BWW Review: THE SNOWY DAY AND OTHER STORIES BY EZRA JACK KEATS at The Coterie Theatre
The Covid 19 pandemic has halted live performances from Kansas City to Broadway, and all around the world.
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LIVIN' FAT Just Off Broadway Theatre (12/03-12/12) |
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Disney's Frozen The White Theatre at The J (7/08-7/26) |
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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) |
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TBC Truck, Trailer Repair & Diesel Performance TBC Truck, Trailer Repair & Diesel Performance (5/01-12/01) |
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BLUES FOR AN ALABAMA SKY Just Off Broadway Theatre (3/11-3/20) |
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Clint Black & Midland Ozarks Amphitheater (10/10-10/10) |
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JITNEY Just Off Broadway Theatre (9/17-9/26) |
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WICKED Kansas City Music Hall (8/12-8/30) |
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The Phantom of the Opera Music Hall Kansas City (12/06-12/06) |