The latest news on live theater in Kansas City from Broadway shows on tour to regional theater.
When the musical juggernaut titled “Hamilton” stormed into Kansas City’s gilded Music Hall this week, it arrives not as a relic of mid-2010s hype, but as a living, breathing re-invention of America’s founding fathers.
KC Melting Pot Theatre will present its upcoming Next Narrative Monologue Competition Kansas City Regional Finals, an exciting opportunity for local student performers to showcase their talent, creativity, and voice on a professional stage.
KC Melting Pot Theatre will present a High School Monologue Competition, aiming to spotlight emerging young artists.
They say that falling in love is wonderful.
Internationally acclaimed and award-winning Scottish comedian, Daniel Sloss, has announced North American theater tour dates for his brand-new show, Daniel Sloss: BITTER.
The North American tour of The Great Gatsby officially hit the road last week.
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Arturo O’Farrill and the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra will headline the Winterlude Jazz Festival at Johnson County Community College's Midwest Trust Center this March.
Now “playing” at Music Theatre Heritage inside Crown Center through February 22 is the latest iteration of the most produced modern musical play in history.
A digital lottery has been announced for HAMILTON during its upcoming Kansas City engagement.
Music Theater Heritage, the professional theater in residence at Crown Center, has released a first look at photos from its production of The Fantasticks.
Starlight Theatre has been allocated $3 million in Missouri tax credits by the Missouri Development Finance Board to support the final phase of its Uniquely KC capital campaign.
PNC Broadway in Kansas City has announced the 2026–27 season for Music Hall and the Kauffman Center.
A new production of Jonathan Larson’s 1996 Pulitzer Prize Winner RENT, itself a re-interpretation of Puccini’s “La Boheme,” arrives like a time capsule that refuses to stay shut as a first ever co-production of the White Theatre (inside the Jewish Community Center) and Kansas City’s vener
Today we are speaking to Tosin Morohunfola, the Playwright and Director of “The Drum Closet.
Casey and Diana, now running January 28 through February 15, 2026, is a luminous, heartbreaking, and deeply necessary work of theatre.
The Drum Closet is a deeply spiritual, urgent, and profoundly human coming-of-age story that resonates far beyond its Midwestern high school setting.
The Kansas City Chamber Orchestra will present 'MUSIC OF LOVE,' a romantic evening featuring a gourmet dinner and chamber music at the Kemper Museum on February 13.
The White Theatre at The J is presenting RENT through February 22, 2026, as part of its 21st season.
Meredith Willson's The Music Man will hit the road on a National Tour in 2026, helmed by director Matt Lenz.
Music Theater Heritage will present BRIGADOON starring Lauren Braton and Patrick Lewallen.
Kansas City Repertory Theatre has announced an updated cast for ONE OF THE GOOD ONES, with Gene Gabriel joining the production as Enrique.
Kansas City Ballet has announced a celebration of a quarter century of distinctive community engagement with the launch of the 2025-26 season's Reach Out And Dance Program (R.
Lyric Opera of Kansas City has received a grant from The Missouri Humanities Council to support their new touring program, LANGSTON HUGHES: A LYRICAL LIFE.
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Wicked Kansas City Music Hall (8/22-8/22) |
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Ryan & Ryan 'Kickin' the Clouds Away' Midwest Trust Center at Johnson County Community College (10/25-10/25) |
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Emilie: La Marquise Du Chatelet Defends Her Life Tonight Olathe Civic Theatre Assn (OCTA) (2/05-2/21) |
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Mutts Gone Nuts - Unleashed Midwest Trust Center at Johnson County Community College (5/08-5/08) |
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Gravity Midwest Trust Center at Johnson County Community College (1/30-1/30) |
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Don’t Talk To The Actors Olathe Civic Theatre Assn (OCTA) (4/09-4/25) |
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'Style Thief Fashion Show: Tools Not Rules Tour' Midwest Trust Center at Johnson County Community College (2/20-2/20) |
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The Shark is Broken Metropolitan Ensemble Theatre (8/13-8/23) |
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BLUES FOR AN ALABAMA SKY Just Off Broadway Theatre (3/11-3/20) |
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360 Allstars Midwest Trust Center at Johnson County Community College (11/12-11/12) |
