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Hanukkah Holiday Project Needs Volunteers To Make Festival Bright 

Hanukkah Holiday Project Needs Volunteers To Make Festival Bright 

by BWW News Desk — December 3, 2019
Through Jewish Family Services' annual Hanukkah Holiday Project, more than 300 individuals will receive gifts and gift cards during the Festival of Lights.
Gift Cards Sought For 2019 Hanukkah Holiday Project

Gift Cards Sought For 2019 Hanukkah Holiday Project

by BWW News Desk — December 3, 2019
Help bring smiles to more than 300 families and individuals through Jewish Family Services' annual Hanukkah Holiday Project!
BWW Feature: INNOVATIVE VISION FUELS KC PROFESSIONAL THEATER COMPANY

BWW Feature: INNOVATIVE VISION FUELS KC PROFESSIONAL THEATER COMPANY

by Alan Portner — December 3, 2019
What is it that goes into the process of making art? That is the question that the five founding members of the Forge Repertory Theatre hope to answer with their re-invented approach to funding and transparency as a professional startup project here in Kansas City.
3 Christmas Shows Are Coming to Crown Center

3 Christmas Shows Are Coming to Crown Center

by BWW News Desk — December 2, 2019
Christmastime is here! Crown Center is such an amazing destination for the holidays.
December 2nd Update - Current Standings for the BWW Kansas City Awards!

December 2nd Update - Current Standings for the BWW Kansas City Awards!

by BWW — December 2, 2019
It's December! Voting is now underway for the 2019 BroadwayWorld Kansas City Awards, brought to you by TodayTix! Now you can vote to make sure your favorite local theatres and performers are recognized.
A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE Comes to the Johnson County Arts & Heritage Center

A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE Comes to the Johnson County Arts & Heritage Center

by BWW News Desk — December 1, 2019
Prior Productions, a professional company based in Johnson County, has announced its cast and crew for their upcoming production of A Streetcar Named Desire, the Pulitzer prize-winning play by Tennessee Williams.
BWW Review: A CHRISTMAS CAROL at the Spencer Theatre is A Wonderful Gift For the Whol

BWW Review: A CHRISTMAS CAROL at the Spencer Theatre is A Wonderful Gift For the Whole Family

by Steve Wilson — December 1, 2019
a?oePhenomenala?? is how one theatergoer, Elaine Jacobs, described the opening night of A CHRISTMAS CAROL, now a Kansas City tradition in its 39th year.
The Jewish Community Center Presents Rodgers And Hammerstein's A Grand Night For Sing

The Jewish Community Center Presents Rodgers And Hammerstein's A Grand Night For Singing

by BWW News Desk — November 30, 2019
Rodgers and Hammerstein made beautiful music together, often receiving credit for reinventing the American musical.
Jewish Family Services Announces Programs and Activities for December and January

Jewish Family Services Announces Programs and Activities for December and January

by BWW News Desk — November 29, 2019
Through Jewish Family Services' annual Hanukkah Holiday Project, more than 300 individuals will receive gifts and gift cards during the Festival of Lights.
Photo Flash: First Look At The Cast of ELF THE MUSICAL At Music Theatre Kansas City

Photo Flash: First Look At The Cast of ELF THE MUSICAL At Music Theatre Kansas City

by BWW News Desk — November 26, 2019
Music Theatre Kansas City (MTKC) is well known around town for offering steady, top-quality musicals performed by the city's best youth talent.
Dixie Longate Returns To Starlight Indoors!

Dixie Longate Returns To Starlight Indoors!

by BWW News Desk — November 25, 2019
Dixie's Tupperware Party, the hilarious and heartfelt show starring the fast- talking, gum-chewing, ginger-haired Alabama gal Dixie Longate, returns to Starlight Indoors by popular demand for the first time since 2016.
First Standings - Voting Opens for the BWW Kansas City Awards!

First Standings - Voting Opens for the BWW Kansas City Awards!

by BWW — November 25, 2019
Voting is NOW OPEN and the first votes are in for the 2019 BroadwayWorld Kansas City Awards, brought to you by TodayTix! The nominees are set, and now you can vote to make sure your favorite local theatres and performers are recognized!
Voting Now Open For The 2019 BroadwayWorld Kansas City Awards, Presented by TodayTix!

Voting Now Open For The 2019 BroadwayWorld Kansas City Awards, Presented by TodayTix!

by BWW News Desk — November 22, 2019
Voting is NOW OPEN for the 2019 BroadwayWorld Kansas City Awards, brought to you by TodayTix! The nominees are set, and now you can vote to make sure your favorite local theatres and performers are recognized!
THE BEST CHRISTMAS PAGEANT EVER Announced At Theatre For Young America

THE BEST CHRISTMAS PAGEANT EVER Announced At Theatre For Young America

by BWW News Desk — November 19, 2019
The Christmas season gets off to an uproarious start with Theatre for Young America's production of The Best Christmas Pageant Ever.
BWW Review: VICTOR/ VICTORIA at Barn Players

BWW Review: VICTOR/ VICTORIA at Barn Players

by Alan Portner — November 18, 2019
The Barn Players Community Theater, now located at the Arts Asylum, finishes up their 2019 main stage schedule with a good production of Blake Edwards'Victor/Victoria based on the 1982 smash hit film of the same name.
The Gatlin Brothers to Perform at the Kauffman Center

The Gatlin Brothers to Perform at the Kauffman Center

by Kaitlin Milligan — November 18, 2019
Today, the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts announced an additional performance in the 2019-2020 Kauffman Center Presents series a?" Larry, Steve & Rudy: The Gatlin Brothers.
Lyric Opera Of KC Announces 2020 Exploration Series

Lyric Opera Of KC Announces 2020 Exploration Series

by BWW News Desk — November 18, 2019
General Director and CEO Deborah Sandler today announced that an innovative new work celebrating the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment to the U.
The Barn Players Present the 6 X 10 Minute Play Fest

The Barn Players Present the 6 X 10 Minute Play Fest

by BWW News Desk — November 13, 2019
Exciting, provocative new work will soon be premiered at Kansas City's Community Theater! You have three convenient opportunities to attend THE BARN PLAYERS 12TH ANNUAL 6 X 10 MINUTE PLAY FESTIVAL, Friday, December 6th through Sunday, December 8th, 2019 at the Arts Asylum, 9th & Harrison, Kansas Cit
The Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts will Reveal Addition of 112 Children's Ha

The Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts will Reveal Addition of 112 Children's Handprints to Grow Up Great Gallery

by BWW News Desk — November 11, 2019
In a partnership with four local child development centers and the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts, PNC Bank will reveal the addition of 112 children's handprints to the PNC Grow Up Great Gallery, a visual installation at the Kauffman Center and a gift to the community.
WHO'S HOLIDAY Comes To Louis Curtiss Studio This Christmas

WHO'S HOLIDAY Comes To Louis Curtiss Studio This Christmas

by BWW News Desk — November 11, 2019
After a Sold Out KC debut last Holiday season, she's back! Cindy Lou Who returns in WHO'S HOLIDAY by Matthew Lombardo and is presented by Padgett Productions.
BWW Review: LA BOHÈME at KC Lyric Opera

BWW Review: LA BOHÈME at KC Lyric Opera

by Kelly Luck — November 10, 2019
KC Lyric's La Bohème revives the 2014 production with a lighter tone.
BWW Review: The Kansas City Premiere of CAROLINE, OR CHANGE Opens in Overland Park at

BWW Review: The Kansas City Premiere of CAROLINE, OR CHANGE Opens in Overland Park at Johnson County Arts And Heritage Center

by Steve Wilson — November 10, 2019
If your washer and dryer sing to you it may be a bad reaction to medication or you may be at the wonderfully humorous and thought-provoking musical production of CAROLINE, OR CHANGE, which opened Saturday night November 9 at the Johnson County Arts and Heritage Center in Overland Park.
BWW Review: A CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS Opens at the Coterie Theatre

BWW Review: A CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS Opens at the Coterie Theatre

by Steve Wilson — November 9, 2019
The only snow I want to see this year is the snow that transforms the stage at the Coterie Theatre into a winter wonderland at opening night of A CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS.
BWW Review: SPAMILTON at Starlight Theatre

BWW Review: SPAMILTON at Starlight Theatre

by Alan Portner — November 6, 2019
Need an evening that stretches your G-rated mind with a fun, supremely entertaining, ninety minute rib-tickling exercise? How about an evening free from national politics? Oddly, it is available in a show about the nation's founders and others.

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