The latest news on live theater in Kansas City from Broadway shows on tour to regional theater.
Winners have been announced for the 2025 BroadwayWorld Kansas City Awards! The 2025 Regional Awards honor regional productions, touring shows, and more which had their first performance between October 1, 2024 through September 30, 2025.
ENext up in PNC Bank’s Broadway in Kansas City series is the 2023 winner of the Tony Award for Best Musical, Kimberly Akimbo.
Music Theater Heritage has announced the cast and creative team for The Fantasticks, starring internationally awarded classical guitarist Nilko Andreas in the role of El Gallo.
This winter, the Midwest Trust Center will host performances by THE BARRICADE BOYS and THE ACTING COMPANY, offering audiences a blend of musical theatre and dramatic productions.
The 2026 Lyric Opera Ball: A Modern Masquerade will take place at the Kansas City Marriott Downtown in spring 2026.
Full casting has been announced for the North American Tour of THE GREAT GATSBY, a new musical.
Midwest Trust Center will present two performances of Jungle Book on January 17 and 18 at the Polsky Theatre.
Enter to win two tickets to opening night on Sunday, April 12, 2026, dinner, and a merch pack from Titanique on Broadway! The prize includes opening night tickets, dinner for two, and a merch prize pack.
The touring Broadway musical Kimberly Akimbo is scheduled to open in Kansas City in mid-January 2026 at the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts, marking one of the first major performing arts events in the city’s new year.
A nationwide look at regional theater marketing and community engagement, with lessons from Knoxville, Durham, Fayetteville, Nashville, Atlanta, and Branson on building awareness, loyalty, and support.
Earlier this week, BroadwayWorld's Next On Stage, Broadway's biggest national competition for high school and college students, returned to reveal the Top 3 performers in both age groups.
Tonight's the night! Who will be the finalists of BroadwayWorld's Next On Stage? You'lll have to tune in tonight, December 19 (High School: 7pm ET, College: 9pm ET), to find out! This season is presented by AMDA & Atlantic Acting School and sponsored by MTI, 54 Below, and Westin New York at Times Sq
Voting is now open for BroadwayWorld's Next On Stage, Broadway's biggest national competition for high school and college students.
BroadwayWorld's Next On Stage, Broadway's biggest national competition for high school and college students, returned to reveal the Top 5 performers in both age groups.
Who’s ready to party? It’s The Great Gatsby week, so every song comes straight from the hit Broadway musical that has audiences cheering every night at the Broadway Theatre! Now starring Jeremy Jordan, it’s the biggest party on Broadway.
PNC Broadway in Kansas City has announced that single tickets to the smash hit Broadway musical and global sensation THE GREAT GATSBY, based on the beloved novel by F.
BroadwayWorld announced today that the My Shows platform has officially launched My Shows Curtain Call, a personalized year-end feature designed to celebrate each user's year in theatre.
Voting is now open for BroadwayWorld's Next On Stage, Broadway's biggest national competition for high school and college students.
Earlier this week, BroadwayWorld's Next On Stage, Broadway's biggest national competition for high school and college students, returned to reveal the Top 10 performers in both age groups.
Who will make the Top 10 of BroadwayWorld's Next On Stage? You'lll have to tune in tonight, December 5 (High School: 7pm ET, College: 9pm ET), to find out! This season is presented by AMDA & Atlantic Acting School and sponsored by MTI, 54 Below, and Westin New York at Times Square.
The North American Tour of THE GREAT GATSBY will star stage veterans Jake David Smith as Jay Gatsby and Senzel Ahmady as Daisy Buchanan.
BroadwayWorld is sharing our Giving Tuesday Regional Theatre Database, a resource to connect theater lovers with nonprofit theaters nationwide, for the second year in a row.
Overland Park, KS — The New Theatre & Restaurant has built its reputation on polished, crowd-pleasing comedies, and its latest production of Nobody’s Perfect keeps that tradition humming along with bright energy and old-fashioned farce.
Voting is now open for BroadwayWorld's Next On Stage, Broadway's biggest national competition for high school and college students.
What did our critic think of A CHRISTMAS CAROL AT KANSAS CITY REPERTORY THEATRE at Kansas City Repertory Theatre – Spencer Theatre, UMKC Campus?
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Jefferson Starship Capital Region MU Health Care Amphitheater (9/27-9/27) |
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Blind Boys of Alabama Midwest Trust Center at Johnson County Community College (11/14-11/14) |
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JITNEY Just Off Broadway Theatre (9/17-9/26) |
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Actors From The London Stage 'King Lear' Midwest Trust Center at Johnson County Community College (3/25-3/26) |
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Annie The Showboat Theatre (7/24-8/02) PHOTOS |
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Wicked Kansas City Music Hall (8/22-8/22) |
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American Psycho Olathe Civic Theatre Assn (OCTA) (9/04-9/20) |
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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 Billy Joel Legacy' Midwest Trust Center at Johnson County Community College (10/11-10/11) |
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The Lion in Winter Olathe Civic Theatre Assn (OCTA) (10/30-11/15) |
