The latest news on live theater in Kansas City from Broadway shows on tour to regional theater.
Lyric Opera of Kansas City’s The Gershwins’ PORGY AND BESS is a vocally commanding and spiritually powerful production, led by standout performances from Eric Greene and Michelle Bradley under the legendary direction of Francesca Zambello.
BroadwayWorld has a first look at the North American Tour of The Outsiders.
Which film is really the Best Movie Musical of all time? Our editors have selected the options, and now BroadwayWorld invites YOU to join us and our readers in deciding which movie musical deserves the title of The Ultimate Best Movie Musical!
Kansas City Repertory Theatre has announced the 2026-2027 season.
The Kansas City Jazz Orchestra will present a special tribute concert, NEVER TOO MUCH, celebrating the music of Luther Vandross on March 20 at Helzberg Hall, Kauffman Center.
“Elvis and Elton Together” rates a big five stars.
Outback Presents has announced that comedian Greg Warren will launch The Impulse Comedy Tour in 2026, with the headlining run beginning April 10 at the Missouri Theatre in Columbia, Missouri.
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.
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The Lion in Winter Olathe Civic Theatre Assn (OCTA) (10/30-11/15) |
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JITNEY Just Off Broadway Theatre (9/17-9/26) |
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360 Allstars Midwest Trust Center at Johnson County Community College (11/12-11/12) |
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Suffs Unicorn Theartre (6/02-6/20) |
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NJT Presents the STL Premiere of "Job" August 6 – 23 J's Wool Studio Theatre (8/06-8/20) |
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Job Unicorn Theartre (2/03-2/14) |
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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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New Dance Partners - The Ultimate Collaboration Midwest Trust Center at Johnson County Community College (9/18-9/19) |
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The Ritz Unicorn Theartre (8/12-8/30) |
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Gravity Midwest Trust Center at Johnson County Community College (1/30-1/30) |
