BWW Review: DRIVING MISS DAISY at New Theatre Restaurant
by Alan Portner - October 06, 2017
A delightful evening of theater at New Theatre
by Alan Portner - October 06, 2017
A delightful evening of theater at New Theatre
Prepare Ye for GODSPELL Inside at Theatre in the Park
by BWW News Desk - October 06, 2017
Prepare Ye-for the way of the musical! GODSPELL, the energetic musical re-telling of the Gospel according to St. Matthew, will be presented by Theatre in the Park INDOOR beginning a three-week run today evening, Oct. 6.
by BWW News Desk - October 06, 2017
Prepare Ye-for the way of the musical! GODSPELL, the energetic musical re-telling of the Gospel according to St. Matthew, will be presented by Theatre in the Park INDOOR beginning a three-week run today evening, Oct. 6.
MTH Theater at Crown Center Announces Casting Details for INTO THE WOODS
by BWW News Desk - October 05, 2017
The MTH Theater at Crown Center is pleased to announce casting for Stephen Sondheim's masterpiece, Into The Woods. The fifteen person ensemble will be led by Broadway veteran Val Fagan (The Addams Family, Forbidden Broadway) in the role of the Witch. Artistic Director Sarah Crawford will direct the production and the remainder of the ensemble includes Chelcie Abercrombie, Samantha Barboza, Patrick Beasley, John Cleary, Cara Hampton, Robert Hingula, Lindsay James, Tom Lancaster, Korrie Murphy, Andrew Schmidt, Emily Vargo, Morgan Walker, and Kayla Wilkins. Jeremy Watson will co music direct alongside Crawford.
by BWW News Desk - October 05, 2017
The MTH Theater at Crown Center is pleased to announce casting for Stephen Sondheim's masterpiece, Into The Woods. The fifteen person ensemble will be led by Broadway veteran Val Fagan (The Addams Family, Forbidden Broadway) in the role of the Witch. Artistic Director Sarah Crawford will direct the production and the remainder of the ensemble includes Chelcie Abercrombie, Samantha Barboza, Patrick Beasley, John Cleary, Cara Hampton, Robert Hingula, Lindsay James, Tom Lancaster, Korrie Murphy, Andrew Schmidt, Emily Vargo, Morgan Walker, and Kayla Wilkins. Jeremy Watson will co music direct alongside Crawford.
BWW Review: I'VE GOT A CRUSH ON YOU at Quality Hill Playhouse
by Alan Portner - October 03, 2017
If you are a lover of the 'Great America Songbook,' Kent Barnhart's latest amalgamation of familiar tunes, 'I've Got A Crush On You,' with their origins in the musical theater of the last century is for you. Barnhart, with his trademark, droll sense of humor, leads a devoted audience at Quality Hill Playhouse through a century of music that has long outlived the shows that first gave them birth.
by Alan Portner - October 03, 2017
If you are a lover of the 'Great America Songbook,' Kent Barnhart's latest amalgamation of familiar tunes, 'I've Got A Crush On You,' with their origins in the musical theater of the last century is for you. Barnhart, with his trademark, droll sense of humor, leads a devoted audience at Quality Hill Playhouse through a century of music that has long outlived the shows that first gave them birth.
BWW Review: KINKY BOOTS at Starlight Theatre
by Paul Bolton - October 02, 2017
Kinky Boots, by Lauper and Fierstein, runs through Oct. 1st at The Starlight Theatre in Kansas City. A dazzling cast that will sing, dance, act, strut, and fight their way into your heart is the highlight of yet another great Starlight season.
by Paul Bolton - October 02, 2017
Kinky Boots, by Lauper and Fierstein, runs through Oct. 1st at The Starlight Theatre in Kansas City. A dazzling cast that will sing, dance, act, strut, and fight their way into your heart is the highlight of yet another great Starlight season.
Nominations Now Open for the 2017 BroadwayWorld Kansas City Awards!
by BWW News Desk - October 02, 2017
Nominations are NOW OPEN for the 2017 BroadwayWorld Regional Awards! Regional productions, touring shows, community theatre and more are all included, honoring productions which opened between October 1, 2016 through September 30, 2017. Our local editors have set the categories and now YOU get to nominate and vote for your favorites! Nominations are reader-submitted and will be open through October 31.
by BWW News Desk - October 02, 2017
Nominations are NOW OPEN for the 2017 BroadwayWorld Regional Awards! Regional productions, touring shows, community theatre and more are all included, honoring productions which opened between October 1, 2016 through September 30, 2017. Our local editors have set the categories and now YOU get to nominate and vote for your favorites! Nominations are reader-submitted and will be open through October 31.
RIGHT BETWEEN THE EARS to Present Final Show Next Month
by BWW News Desk - October 02, 2017
It's over and out for Right Between the Ears. After 30+ years of live shows, the award-winning sketch comedy series will present its last-ever show on Saturday, November 18 at 8:00pm at Liberty Hall in Lawrence, KS.
by BWW News Desk - October 02, 2017
It's over and out for Right Between the Ears. After 30+ years of live shows, the award-winning sketch comedy series will present its last-ever show on Saturday, November 18 at 8:00pm at Liberty Hall in Lawrence, KS.
MTH Theater Announces Cast for Musical Monday and Tuesday Series
by BWW News Desk - September 30, 2017
The MTH Theater at Crown Center has announced casting for the October installment of its critically acclaimed Musical Monday & Tuesday series. The show is scheduled for Monday October 2 and Tuesday October 3 and will be headlined and hosted by Julie Shaw, fresh off her performance in Kansas City Repertory Theatre's world premiere musical, BETWEEN THE LINES.
by BWW News Desk - September 30, 2017
The MTH Theater at Crown Center has announced casting for the October installment of its critically acclaimed Musical Monday & Tuesday series. The show is scheduled for Monday October 2 and Tuesday October 3 and will be headlined and hosted by Julie Shaw, fresh off her performance in Kansas City Repertory Theatre's world premiere musical, BETWEEN THE LINES.
The Barn Players to Host GREY GARDENS Talkback with Documentary Cast Member
by BWW News Desk - September 30, 2017
On the evening of Today, September 30th, The Barn Players will be welcoming Jerry Torre, an actual cast member from the Grey Gardens documentary. Audience members may stay to participate in a post-show talkback with Mr. Torre, whose memory is also reimagined as a character in the award-winning musical.
by BWW News Desk - September 30, 2017
On the evening of Today, September 30th, The Barn Players will be welcoming Jerry Torre, an actual cast member from the Grey Gardens documentary. Audience members may stay to participate in a post-show talkback with Mr. Torre, whose memory is also reimagined as a character in the award-winning musical.
Quality Hill Playhouse presents I'VE GOT A CRUSH ON YOU
by BWW News Desk - September 29, 2017
To kick off its season exploring what catapults a piece of music from being merely a song to being a standard in the hallowed pantheon known as the Great American Songbook, Quality Hill Playhouse explores Broadway tunes that became part of American popular culture with its latest production, I've Got a Crush on You, opening September 29.
by BWW News Desk - September 29, 2017
To kick off its season exploring what catapults a piece of music from being merely a song to being a standard in the hallowed pantheon known as the Great American Songbook, Quality Hill Playhouse explores Broadway tunes that became part of American popular culture with its latest production, I've Got a Crush on You, opening September 29.
Photo Flash: New Line's Four-Woman Rock Opera LIZZIE, Opening Tonight
by BWW News Desk - September 29, 2017
New Line Theatre, the bad boy of musical theatre, opens its 27th season of adult, alternative musical theatre, with the St. Louis premiere of the four-woman rock opera LIZZIE, a very different take on the Lizzie Borden legend, running Sept. 28-Oct. 21, 2017, at the Marcelle Theater in the Grand Center Arts District.
by BWW News Desk - September 29, 2017
New Line Theatre, the bad boy of musical theatre, opens its 27th season of adult, alternative musical theatre, with the St. Louis premiere of the four-woman rock opera LIZZIE, a very different take on the Lizzie Borden legend, running Sept. 28-Oct. 21, 2017, at the Marcelle Theater in the Grand Center Arts District.
Ayad Akhtar's DISGRACED to Play Unicorn Theatre This Fall
by BWW News Desk - September 29, 2017
Pulitzer Prize-winning DISGRACED by Ayad Akhtar, directed by Sidonie Garrett, is coming to the Unicorn Theatre this fall.
by BWW News Desk - September 29, 2017
Pulitzer Prize-winning DISGRACED by Ayad Akhtar, directed by Sidonie Garrett, is coming to the Unicorn Theatre this fall.
Prepare Ye for GODSPELL Inside at Theatre in the Park
by BWW News Desk - September 29, 2017
Prepare Ye-for the way of the musical! GODSPELL, the energetic musical re-telling of the Gospel according to St. Matthew, will be presented by Theatre in the Park INDOOR beginning a three-week run on Friday evening, Oct. 6.
by BWW News Desk - September 29, 2017
Prepare Ye-for the way of the musical! GODSPELL, the energetic musical re-telling of the Gospel according to St. Matthew, will be presented by Theatre in the Park INDOOR beginning a three-week run on Friday evening, Oct. 6.
KCFF 2017 Winner DIFFERENT FLOWERS is Now Showing at AMC Theaters
by BWW News Desk - September 29, 2017
The KC FilmFest 2017 Best Heartland Feature Narrative Winner, DIFFERENT FLOWERS directed by Kansas City native Morgan Dameron, is opening this weekend at a theater near you!
by BWW News Desk - September 29, 2017
The KC FilmFest 2017 Best Heartland Feature Narrative Winner, DIFFERENT FLOWERS directed by Kansas City native Morgan Dameron, is opening this weekend at a theater near you!
Theatre in the Park INDOOR Opens 3-Week Run of GODSPELL Next Month
by BWW News Desk - September 29, 2017
GODSPELL, the energetic musical re-telling of the Gospel according to St. Matthew, will be presented by Theatre in the Park INDOOR beginning a three-week run on Friday evening, Oct. 6. Performances continue at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 7, 12, 13, 14, 20 and 21.
by BWW News Desk - September 29, 2017
GODSPELL, the energetic musical re-telling of the Gospel according to St. Matthew, will be presented by Theatre in the Park INDOOR beginning a three-week run on Friday evening, Oct. 6. Performances continue at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 7, 12, 13, 14, 20 and 21.
The MTH Theater at Crown Center Announces Casting for Musical Monday & Tuesday
by BWW News Desk - September 27, 2017
The MTH Theater at Crown Center has announced casting for the October installment of its critically acclaimed Musical Monday & Tuesday series. The show is scheduled for Monday October 2 and Tuesday October 3 and will be headlined and hosted by Julie Shaw, fresh off her performance in Kansas City Repertory Theatre's world premiere musical, BETWEEN THE LINES.
by BWW News Desk - September 27, 2017
The MTH Theater at Crown Center has announced casting for the October installment of its critically acclaimed Musical Monday & Tuesday series. The show is scheduled for Monday October 2 and Tuesday October 3 and will be headlined and hosted by Julie Shaw, fresh off her performance in Kansas City Repertory Theatre's world premiere musical, BETWEEN THE LINES.
Lyric Opera of Kansas City Continues Exploration Series with The Bernstein Songbook
by BWW News Desk - September 27, 2017
General Director and CEO Deborah Sandler today announced Arias and Barcarolles The Bernstein Songbook will continue the 2017-2018 Explorations Series, Sat., Oct. 14 at 7:30 at the Grace and Holy Trinity Cathedral (415 W. 13th St., Kansas City, MO 64105).
by BWW News Desk - September 27, 2017
General Director and CEO Deborah Sandler today announced Arias and Barcarolles The Bernstein Songbook will continue the 2017-2018 Explorations Series, Sat., Oct. 14 at 7:30 at the Grace and Holy Trinity Cathedral (415 W. 13th St., Kansas City, MO 64105).
Union Station to Host U.S. Army Chorus for a Free Public Performance this Friday
by BWW News Desk - September 27, 2017
Direct from Washington, D.C., the U.S. Army Chorus, the vocal counterpart of the U.S. Army Band Pershing's Own ; Union Station officials; members of military community, media and public.
by BWW News Desk - September 27, 2017
Direct from Washington, D.C., the U.S. Army Chorus, the vocal counterpart of the U.S. Army Band Pershing's Own ; Union Station officials; members of military community, media and public.
BWW Review: WE SHALL NOT BE MOVED - THE STUDENT SIT-INS OF 1960 at The Coterie Theatre, Kansas City MO
by Paul Bolton - September 25, 2017
We Shall Not be Moved, new play at the Coterie Theatre in Kansas City, MO From seamless production to well-honed acting, this is a story that relates to audiences from tweenagers to older adults with clear resonance. Telling such a story, of how the failure to embrace differences affects all of society, is a potent tale of humanity in both its ugly and more beautiful moments.
by Paul Bolton - September 25, 2017
We Shall Not be Moved, new play at the Coterie Theatre in Kansas City, MO From seamless production to well-honed acting, this is a story that relates to audiences from tweenagers to older adults with clear resonance. Telling such a story, of how the failure to embrace differences affects all of society, is a potent tale of humanity in both its ugly and more beautiful moments.
KINKY BOOTS Kicks Into Starlight Theatre
by BWW News Desk - September 22, 2017
The 2017 Broadway season at Starlight Theatre will conclude on a high-heeled note later this month with the huge-hearted hit musical Kinky Boots. The national tour of Broadway's 2013 Tony Award-winning Best Musical takes the Starlight stage for three nights only the weekend of Sept. 29-Oct. 1.
by BWW News Desk - September 22, 2017
The 2017 Broadway season at Starlight Theatre will conclude on a high-heeled note later this month with the huge-hearted hit musical Kinky Boots. The national tour of Broadway's 2013 Tony Award-winning Best Musical takes the Starlight stage for three nights only the weekend of Sept. 29-Oct. 1.
BWW Review: MEN ON BOATS at Unicorn Theatre
by Alan Portner - September 22, 2017
Kicking off the Unicorn Theatre's 44th season is 'Men on Boats' by Jaclyn Bauhaus (in cooperation with the UMKC advanced MFA program). 'Men on Boats' is an interesting and mostly accurate exploration of John Wesley Powell's 1869 exploration of the Colorado River north of and into the Grand Canyon.
by Alan Portner - September 22, 2017
Kicking off the Unicorn Theatre's 44th season is 'Men on Boats' by Jaclyn Bauhaus (in cooperation with the UMKC advanced MFA program). 'Men on Boats' is an interesting and mostly accurate exploration of John Wesley Powell's 1869 exploration of the Colorado River north of and into the Grand Canyon.
Spinning Tree Theatre produces Kansas City Premiere of Harvey Fierstein's CASA VALENTINA
by BWW News Desk - September 21, 2017
Spinning Tree Theatre proudly produces the Kansas City premiere of Harvey Fierstein's CASA VALENTINA October 27 November 12. Four-time Tony Award winner Fierstein (Kinky Boots, Newsies, La Cage aux Folles, Torch Song Trilogy) based his 2014 play on actual events.
by BWW News Desk - September 21, 2017
Spinning Tree Theatre proudly produces the Kansas City premiere of Harvey Fierstein's CASA VALENTINA October 27 November 12. Four-time Tony Award winner Fierstein (Kinky Boots, Newsies, La Cage aux Folles, Torch Song Trilogy) based his 2014 play on actual events.
Metropolitan Ensemble Theatre to Bring NOT ABOUT HEROES to Little Rock
by BWW News Desk - September 21, 2017
Metropolitan Ensemble Theatre has announced that their production of Not About Heroes has been selected to perform at the ACANSA Arts Festival in Little Rock, AR, September 21 and 22, 2017.
by BWW News Desk - September 21, 2017
Metropolitan Ensemble Theatre has announced that their production of Not About Heroes has been selected to perform at the ACANSA Arts Festival in Little Rock, AR, September 21 and 22, 2017.
MTH Theater at Crown Center Releases Details on Upcoming Gala, A GRAND NIGHT
by BWW News Desk - September 20, 2017
The event begins with a 90 minute promenade-style cocktail hour in which all three venues at MTH will be used to highlight 3 different entertainment acts. Kansas City's very popular Motown and funk band 2 PROUD 2 BEG will be perfroming in MTH's newly renovated Studio Theater, while the 12 piece PEOPLE'S LIBERATION BIG BAND (fresh off their inspiring turn in MTH's recent production of 'An Evening with George Gershwin') will be perfroming in MTH's 133 seat Stage 2, and finally Ensemble Iberica's internationally acclaimed guitar virtuoso, Beau Bledsoe will be performing in MTH's Main stage venue.
by BWW News Desk - September 20, 2017
The event begins with a 90 minute promenade-style cocktail hour in which all three venues at MTH will be used to highlight 3 different entertainment acts. Kansas City's very popular Motown and funk band 2 PROUD 2 BEG will be perfroming in MTH's newly renovated Studio Theater, while the 12 piece PEOPLE'S LIBERATION BIG BAND (fresh off their inspiring turn in MTH's recent production of 'An Evening with George Gershwin') will be perfroming in MTH's 133 seat Stage 2, and finally Ensemble Iberica's internationally acclaimed guitar virtuoso, Beau Bledsoe will be performing in MTH's Main stage venue.
Review Roundup: BETWEEN THE LINES at Kansas City Rep
by BWW News Desk - September 20, 2017
Based on the young adult novel by Jodi Picoult and Samantha Van Leer, BETWEEN THE LINES follows seventeen year old Delilah as she struggles through her junior year of high school. The show runs through October 1 at Kansas City Rep Theatre, and the critics are weighing in!
by BWW News Desk - September 20, 2017
Based on the young adult novel by Jodi Picoult and Samantha Van Leer, BETWEEN THE LINES follows seventeen year old Delilah as she struggles through her junior year of high school. The show runs through October 1 at Kansas City Rep Theatre, and the critics are weighing in!
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