Kansas City Theatre Newsroom

MOULIN ROUGE The Musical Is something entirely new to the wave of Juke Box musicals overwhelming the Great White Way.  It is big, bold, brassy, and projects an altogether sexy sumptuousness while maintaining a sense of humor about itself. The audience leaves the theater on a massive sugar high, fully entertained. The dancing, vocals, lighting, sets, and orchestrations are all “par excellence.”   It may not be challenging  theater, but MOULIN ROUGE is great entertainment. 

Experience the disco-infused musical comedy SISTER ACT at Theatre in the Park. Learn how to purchase tickets.

This production of NEWSIES, directed and choreographed by Jerry Jay Cranford and assisted by Christina Burton, features a cast of twenty-two dancers and singers, plus constantly in motion LED backdrops, a bridge flown high off the stage floor, combined with three matching stair/tower units strategically moving about the stage, and an eleven-piece orchestra. 

Theatre Atchison PRO will present an immersive, faith-based dinner theatre production of JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT at the Atchison Event Center. Learn how to purchase tickets.

Kansas City Actors Theatre will continue their 2024/2025 20th Anniversary Season with Trouble in Mind by Alice Childress. Over 65 years after it was written, Trouble in Mind finally made its Broadway debut in late-2021, and comes to the City Stage this August!

Arrow Rock Lyceum Theatre presents CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY from July 19-28, featuring music from HAIRSPRAY songwriters and classic film hits. Join Charlie and friends on a magical adventure.

After nine years as Executive/Artistic Director at Charlotte Street, Amy Kligman publicly shared her plans to exit the organization at the end of 2024.

“Hello, Dolly!” opens Friday, July 12 and runs through Sunday, July 14 and returns for a second week from Wednesday, July 17 through Saturday, July 20.

Music Theater Heritage, the professional theater located in Crown Center, has announced the cast and creative team for its upcoming production of La Cage aux Folles.

Music Theater Heritage has announced the cast and creative team for its upcoming production of La Cage aux Folles. Directed by Daisy Buckët and Artistic Director Tim Scott, this production brings the critically-acclaimed, Tony Award winning musical to Kansas City for the first time in over a decade.

It is not often an audience gets the chance to participate in the developmental process of making significant art that also qualifies as fun. BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE YALTA by Neal Salvage may be that rare opportunity when parody, satire, and history can come together.

 Unicorn Theatre has announced that Ernie Nolan has been  chosen as its next Artistic Director. With a distinguished career spanning over two decades, Nolan brings  a wealth of experience, creativity, and a profound passion for innovative and inclusive storytelling to  Kansas City

BIG TROUBLE AT LITTLE YALTA is a comedic take by Neil Salvage on a not very well remembered, but extremely important meeting of world leaders during the waning days of the World War II in Europe.  Almost all of what you see in our play is fiction, but a little understanding of what really transpired may help you understand and appreciate the comedy playing out in front of you.

'Disney's The Little Mermaid' will come to The Lewis & Shirley White Theatre at The J (Jewish Community Center) on Saturday, July 6, where it will run for 14 performances on Wednesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays, and Sundays through July 28.

Recently, I watched and chuckled at an early rehearsal of a show called BIG TROUBLE AT LITTLE YALTA.  Bob Paisley's Central Standard Theatre presents the World Premiere of YALTA scheduled for July 3 through July 7 at the Just Off-Broadway Theatre at 3051 Central in Kansas City.

Explore the untold stories of women connected to President John F. Kennedy in THAT WOMAN - THE MONOLOGUE SHOW, featuring historical narratives of courage and resilience, debuting at the KC Fringe Festival.

Theatre in the Park will present Cole Porter's musical comedy ANYTHING GOES from June 28 to July 6.

The Arrow Rock Lyceum Theatre debut of Jimmy Buffett's Escape to Margaritaville opens this month. Show dates are June 28-July 7.

Second show this spring at the Shawnee Mission Park Theatre In The Park, is ANASTASIA, a 2017 fairy tale based on a wished-for result concerning the Russian Grand Duchess Anatasia. This, in turn, was based on an earlier 1997 animated film and an even earlier imagining in a 1956 film. ANASTASIA the Musical is fortunate to have found some super voices for all its lead roles.

The Midwest Trust Center has announced the addition of Christmas with the Celts for their 2024-2025 season.

Theatre in the Park has announced the premiere of 'Anastasia: The Musical' from the Tony Award-winning creators Terrence McNally, Stephen Flaherty, and Lynn Ahrens.

The June installment of Charlotte Street's In(SITE) series will feature the upcoming one-night-only showcase titled Give the Drummer Some. Friday, June 28th 7PM at Charlotte Street’s Stern Theater promises to be a spectacular event, featuring twenty-five of Kansas City’s most talented and diverse drummers.

Now playing in the Grand Theater at Crown Center is Music Theater Heritage’s production of Gershwin’s “PORGY AND BESS.”  This is an example of MTH going “all in” on a very challenging show and producing an extremely credible final product. 

Music Theater Heritage, the professional theater in residence at Crown Center, has released first look photos from its production of The Gershwin's PORGY and BESS, the third production in MTH's 2024 Season.

Every year theatre lovers of all ages and walks of life patiently await the Tony Awards. If other events and awards can have fun watch parties, why not theatre? I have come up with various ways to ensure you and your friends can have an “award-winning” party.