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Photo Flash: Kansas City Actors Theatre Presents Noel Coward's BLITHE SPIRIT
by BWW News Desk - August 10, 2018
Kansas City Actors Theatre has completed casting for its production of Noel Coward's "Blithe Spirit," the first show of its fourteenth season, which will run from August 8th to the 26th at the City Stage in Union Station. The production will be directed by Doug Weaver and will star Cinnamon Schultz, Coleman Crenshaw, Vanessa Severo, Jan Rogge, Matt Rapport, Cheryl Weaver, and Margaret Shelby. The production team includes Kelli Harrod (Scenic Designer), Bill Christie (Properties Designer), Sarah M. Oliver (Costume Designer), Kylor Greene (Lighting Designer), Shelbi Arndt (Co-Lighting Designer), Jonathan Robertson (Sound Designer), Matthew Schorr (Co-Sound Designer), Alex Murphy (Stage Manager), and Kyle Dyck (Technical Director).
Photo Flash: THE PRODUCERS Comes to MTH Theatre!
by BWW News Desk - August 10, 2018
The MTH Theater at Crown Center presents Mel Brooks' mega-hit musical comedy THE PRODUCERS.
Successful Teen Mental Health Program To Enter Second Year, More Schools
by BWW News Desk - August 10, 2018
School is starting, and with it often comes anxiety. Today's teens face incredible pressures - from peers and parents, teachers and employers. Social media often inflates the stressors. One local program continues to shift the focus to the positive, with teens driving the messages.
KC Wall Of Respect Opens At Jewish Community Center Today
by BWW News Desk - August 09, 2018
The Wall of Respect was a mural created in 1967 by Chicago artists representing the Organization of Black American Culture. It fostered Black pride, revitalized the neighborhood and gave birth to a national community mural movement. Some 49 years later, the Wall no longer exists having burnt with the building it was painted on. However, historic photos of the iconic wall were powerful enough to inspire a project in Kansas City that has engaged more than 150 people of all ages and ethnicities from every area of the metro area.
VIDEO: Kansas City Actors Theatre Presents BLITHE SPIRIT
by BWW News Desk - August 07, 2018
When a successful novelist hires a psychic as research for his new book, he ends up encountering the unexpected - the ghost of his first wife! Now he must balance his new (and very-much alive) wife with an increasingly incensed ghost in this classic witty comedy of manners from Noel Coward.
Andrew Lloyd Webber's LOVE NEVER DIES Will Play Kansas City's Starlight Theatre
by BWW News Desk - August 03, 2018
Starlight Theatre is pleased to announce that Love Never Dies, the spellbinding sequel to The Phantom of the Opera, will make its Kansas City premiere Aug. 14-19 as part of the 2018 Shawnee Mission Health Broadway Series.
Casting Announced For The Lyceum Premiere Of SOUVENIR – A FANTASIA ON THE LIFE OF FLORENCE FOSTER JENKINS
by BWW News Desk - August 03, 2018
Casting is now complete for the Lyceum premiere of the charming and hilarious comedy Souvenir, playing from August 18 - August 26. Souvenir will be directed by BRUCE LONGWORTH (At the Lyceum: The Immigrant, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, The Miracle Worker, Arsenic and Old Lace and The Importance of Being Earnest). The production features APRIL WOODALL as Florence Foster Jenkins, and PAUL HELM as her hapless accompanist, Cosme McMoon.
BWW Review: THE WIZARD OF OZ at Providence Hospital Amphitheater
by Alan Portner - August 02, 2018
'The Wizard Of Oz' as produced by Kansas City's 'Theater League' in the cavernous outdoor concert venue now called Providence Hospital Amphitheater
Kauffman Center For The Performing Arts Announces The 2019 National Geographic Live Speaker Series
by BWW News Desk - August 02, 2018
The 2019 National Geographic Live season at the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts will feature five speakers, including photographers, a rock climber and an Egyptologist.
KCRep Kicks Off Season with World Premiere Musical
by BWW News Desk - August 01, 2018
Kansas City Repertory Theatre launches its 2018/2019 season with the World Premiere musical, LAST DAYS OF SUMMER, September 7 - 30, 2018.  LAST DAYS is based on the book by author Steve Kluger, who also wrote the book and lyrics for this production. LAST DAYS OF SUMMER features music by Grammy winner Jason Howland, is directed and choreographed by Tony nominee Jeff Calhoun (Broadway's NEWSIES, KCRep's BETWEEN THE LINES), and is produced by special arrangement with Daryl Roth (Broadway's KINKY BOOTS and INDECENT, KCRep's BETWEEN THE LINES).  
Living The Great War Event, Program On Harry Truman & Documentary Screenings Highlight August Events At National WWI Museum And Memorial
by BWW News Desk - July 31, 2018
The free weekend event Living the Great War featuring living historians, educational programs, World War I-era vehicles and replica WWI aircraft, a program focused on Harry Truman's military career and a pair of documentary screenings about John J. Pershing and The Hello Girls highlight August events at the National WWI Museum and Memorial.
Theatre In The Park Opens HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL This Friday
by BWW News Desk - July 30, 2018
Audiences are in for an extra fun evening with Theatre in the Park's final production of its summer OUTDOOR season, with Disney's HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL 1 & 2 (one act versions) that opens Friday, Aug. 3 Additional performances continue through Sunday, Aug. 5, and again Wednesday, Aug. 8 through Saturday, Aug. 11. Showtime for all productions is 8:30 p.m. with gates opening at 7 p.m. This production is rated PG.
KC Wall Of Respect Opens At Jewish Community Center 8/9
by BWW News Desk - July 30, 2018
The Wall of Respect was a mural created in 1967 by Chicago artists representing the Organization of Black American Culture. It fostered Black pride, revitalized the neighborhood and gave birth to a national community mural movement. Some 49 years later, the Wall no longer exists having burnt with the building it was painted on. However, historic photos of the iconic wall were powerful enough to inspire a project in Kansas City that has engaged more than 150 people of all ages and ethnicities from every area of the metro area.
BWW Review: HAIRSPRAY at Starlight Theatre Kansas City
by Paul Bolton - July 28, 2018
Audience on a Hairspray High this summer at the Starlight in Kansas City. Hang onto your sandals - this show's gonna knock your socks off. Hairspray is showing at the Starlight Kansas City July 27 through Aug. 2nd, 2018
Mind Reader Mark Toland To Appear At Kansas City Fringe
by BWW News Desk - July 28, 2018
Performer Mark Toland will be presenting his award-winning mind reading show at the 2018 Kansas City Fringe Festival. Over the course of an hour Toland engages audience members with psychological illusions and mysteries of the mind.
Award-Winning Solo Play YOU'RE IN DANGER! To Return At Kanas City Fringe Festival
by BWW News Desk - July 28, 2018
Princess Grace award-winning actor Lucius Robinson will present his psychological thriller-comedy about the sinister boy next door.
AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY DANCED, A One-Woman Show, to Play Fringe Festival KC
by BWW News Desk - July 28, 2018
Beginning in the womb, movement and expression tell the story of a joyous character confronted with regrets, depression, and dying dreams. In this autobiography danced, the main character asks herself 'what do you love most' as she moves through her narrative of closure and renewal. Inner Reformation: An Autobiography Danced began in 2016 after an intense health crisis. The dancer, Tessa Priem, sought to share her life story with her children and determined to do so through movement. Come see this production that reveals the life of another human as she shares with you her happiness, heartache and healing!
The Barn Players to Stage THE BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY
by BWW News Desk - July 26, 2018
In a local community theater premiere, The Barn Players will bring the Tony Award winning musical THE BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY to their stage, August 23rd through September 2nd at The Arts Asylum: 1000 East 9th Street, (off Harrison Street), Kansas City, MO 64106.
BWW Review: THE ADDAMS FAMILY MUSICAL at Theatre In The Park, Shawnee Mission
by Paul Bolton - July 22, 2018
The Addams Family musical Theatre in the Park Shawnee Mission July 20-28, 2018
Mind Reader Mark Toland To Appear At Kansas City Fringe
by BWW News Desk - July 21, 2018
Performer Mark Toland will be presenting his award-winning mind reading show at the 2018 Kansas City Fringe Festival. Over the course of an hour Toland engages audience members with psychological illusions and mysteries of the mind.
Award-Winning Solo Play YOU'RE IN DANGER! To Return At Kanas City Fringe Festival
by BWW News Desk - July 21, 2018
Princess Grace award-winning actor Lucius Robinson will present his psychological thriller-comedy about the sinister boy next door.
AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY DANCED, A One-Woman Show, to Play Fringe Festival KC
by BWW News Desk - July 21, 2018
Beginning in the womb, movement and expression tell the story of a joyous character confronted with regrets, depression, and dying dreams. In this autobiography danced, the main character asks herself 'what do you love most' as she moves through her narrative of closure and renewal. Inner Reformation: An Autobiography Danced began in 2016 after an intense health crisis. The dancer, Tessa Priem, sought to share her life story with her children and determined to do so through movement. Come see this production that reveals the life of another human as she shares with you her happiness, heartache and healing!
BWW Review: MAMMA MIA at New Theatre Restaurant
by Alan Portner - July 20, 2018
Donna Sheridan (Shanna Jones) was the lead singer in one of the early female power trios, 'Donna and the Dynamos,' back in the summers of love period in the late 1960s. She found the love of her life, Sam Carmichael (John Franklin), and lost him to a previous personal commitment while Donna and her crew performed among the Greek Islands in the Mediterranean Sea. That summer Donna had two rebound relationships with other men. All three relationships were documented in her diary. Donna became pregnant by whom Donna is not sure.
The Theatre in the Park Presents the Creepy, Kooky Musical THE ADDAMS FAMILY
by BWW News Desk - July 20, 2018
It isn't your typical family - a bit creepy and eccentric yet fun-loving. And annually they summon their ancestors back from the dead and dance on their graves!
Casting Announced For The Lyceum Premiere Of A Hitchcock Masterpiece THE 39 STEPS
by BWW News Desk - July 19, 2018
Casting is now complete for the Lyceum premiere of the intriguing and riotous comedy The 39 Steps. This fast-paced whodunit, playing from August 4 - August 12, will be directed by MICHAEL EVAN HANEY (Guess Who's Coming To Dinner, 2017 - Caine Mutiny Court-Martial, 2016 - Driving Miss Daisy, 2015). The production features DANIEL HARRAY as Richard Hannay, MALLORY HAWKS as Annabella Schmidt and several others, BEN ROSEBERRY as Clown 1, and QUIN GRESHAM as Clown 2.

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