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Children of Eden
Children of Eden
7/19 - 7/28/2024


Don't miss out on this stunning performance that brings the Book of Genesis to life in a way you've never seen before!

Elf-the Musical Jr.
7/26 - 7/26/2024


A title known the world over, Elf The Musical JR. is a must-produce holiday musical that can easily become an annual tradition for any theatre. ...

All Shook Up
7/25 - 7/28/2024


Inspired by and featuring the songs of Elvis Presley. It's 1955, and into a square little town in a square little state rides a guitar-playing ...

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory


Willy Wonka’s world of pure imagination!  Five lucky young people find a golden ticket in their chocolate bars and win a tour of Willy Wonka’s ...

Curtains
7/26 - 7/28/2024


It’s the brassy, bright, and promising year of 1959. Boston’s Colonial Theatre is host to the opening night performance of a new musical. When the ...

Disney's The Little Mermaid


Based on one of Hans Christian Andersen's most beloved stories and the classic animated film, “Disney's The Little Mermaid” is a hauntingly beautiful love story ...

Disney's The Little Mermaid
Disney's The Little Mermaid
7/6 - 7/28/2024


Based on one of Hans Christian Andersen's most beloved stories and the classic animated film, “Disney's The Little Mermaid” is a hauntingly beautiful love story ...

Sister Act
7/16 - 8/3/2024


Theatre in the Park presents Sister Act, a lively musical comedy set in 1977 Philadelphia, where club singer Deloris Van Cartier, played by Brietta Goodman, ...

Sister Act
Sister Act
7/26 - 8/3/2024


Sister Act is the feel-good musical comedy smash based on the hit 1992 film that has audiences jumping to their feet! Featuring original music by Tony- and ...

Moulin Rouge!
Moulin Rouge!
7/23 - 8/4/2024


Baz Luhrmann's luscious film comes to life on stage in one of the most eye-popping shows to ever hit Broadway. Enter a world of splendor ...

Something Rotten
Something Rotten
8/2 - 8/4/2024


Come see this hilarious and high energy show produced by Gladstone Theatre in the Park - 8:30 pm Aug. 2-4 at Gladstone Amphitheatre at Oak ...

Fiddler On The Roof
7/26 - 8/11/2024


Rich with musical hits you know and love, including “Tradition,” “Sunrise, Sunset,” “If I Were A Rich Man,” “Matchmaker, Matchmaker” and “To Life (L’Chaim!),” FIDDLER ...

The Addams Family
5/23 - 8/11/2024


THE ADDAMS FAMILY, a comical feast that embraces the wackiness in every family, features an original story and it’s every father’s nightmare: Wednesday Addams, the ...

Tristan und Isolde


Passion. Desire. Betrayal. To gain what they most desire, they will risk everything.

Next To Normal
8/16 - 8/24/2024


Next to Normal delves into the raw and complex world of mental illness, specifically focusing on bipolar disorder. The story centers around Diana, a wife ...

KC SuperStar Finals


In its 15th year, KC SuperStar is an exhilarating “American Idol” style competition that awards a $10,000 scholarship to the most talented high school singer ...

Noises Off
Noises Off
8/17 - 8/25/2024


A high-energy, slapstick comedy that exposes the backstage shenanigans of a quirky theatre company. This play-within-a-play pulls back the curtain (literally!) and reveals the craziness ...

Ken Ludwig’s Moriarty: A New Sherlock Holmes Adventure


Tony®-winning playwright Ken Ludwig puts a comedic twist on your favorite Sherlock Holmes characters. Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson are back on the case! An ...

New Dance Partners - The Ultimate Collaboration


MTC brings together four choreographers and four local dance companies for the ultimate festival of contemporary and modern dance. The collaborative partners are: The Kansas ...

Malevo
Malevo
9/26


See the thrilling all-male group specializing in Malambo, a traditional Argentine folk dance of great virility and dexterity....

Greg & Dana Newkirk's 'Haunted Objects Live'


Uncover the chilling true stories behind the world’s most haunted objects! Join Greg and Dana Newkirk (Travel Channel’s “Kindred Spirits,” Amazon Prime’s “Hellier”) for an ...

'Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse' Live in Concert


Building on the success of the sold-out global shows of the first Oscar®-winning Spider-Man™ animated Spider-Verse film, comes the highly anticipated sequel: SPIDER-MAN™: ACROSS THE ...

Million Dollar Quartet
Million Dollar Quartet
9/27 - 10/6/2024


Elvis Presley. Jerry Lee Lewis. Carl Perkins. Johnny Cash. Four legends. One unforgettable night. On December 4th, 1956, four extraordinary artists ran into each other ...

Disney's Aladdin Jr.
10/10 - 10/10/2024


Greasepaint Theatre for Youth presents Disney's Aladdin Jr. For tickets and information, visit the website....

'Hotel Elsinore'
'Hotel Elsinore'
10/16 - 10/17/2024


Denmark. It’s 2 a.m. A hotel room. Three weary travelers, an unexpected will, and a production of “Hamlet” to rehearse before morning. Be captivated as ...


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Review: MOULIN ROUGE THE MUSICAL at American Theatre Guild


by Alan Portner - July 26, 2024

MOULIN ROUGE The Musical Is something entirely new to the wave of Juke Box musicals overwhelming the Great White Way.  It is big, bold, brassy, and projects an altogether sexy sumptuousness while maintaining a sense of humor about itself. The audience leaves the theater on a massive sugar high, full...

Review: DISNEY'S NEWSIES at New Theatre & Restaurant


by Alan Portner - July 16, 2024

This production of NEWSIES, directed and choreographed by Jerry Jay Cranford and assisted by Christina Burton, features a cast of twenty-two dancers and singers, plus constantly in motion LED backdrops, a bridge flown high off the stage floor, combined with three matching stair/tower units strategic...

Review: BIG TROUBLE AT LITTLE YALTA at Central Standard Theatre


by Alan Portner - July 06, 2024

It is not often an audience gets the chance to participate in the developmental process of making significant art that also qualifies as fun. BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE YALTA by Neal Salvage may be that rare opportunity when parody, satire, and history can come together. ...

Review: ANASTASIA THE MUSICAL at Theatre In The Park


by Alan Portner - June 18, 2024

Second show this spring at the Shawnee Mission Park Theatre In The Park, is ANASTASIA, a 2017 fairy tale based on a wished-for result concerning the Russian Grand Duchess Anatasia. This, in turn, was based on an earlier 1997 animated film and an even earlier imagining in a 1956 film. ANASTASIA the ...

Review: PORGY AND BESS at Music Theater Heritage


by Alan Portner - June 10, 2024

Now playing in the Grand Theater at Crown Center is Music Theater Heritage’s production of Gershwin’s “PORGY AND BESS.”  This is an example of MTH going “all in” on a very challenging show and producing an extremely credible final product. ...

Review: THE LEHMAN TRILOGY at Kansas City Actors Theatre


by Alan Portner - May 26, 2024

The Lehman Trilogy studies American Dream Mythology as seen through the eyes of Italian playwright and poet Stefano Massini. The English translation by Ben Power transfigures itself into an absorbing and poignant exercise in stellar storytelling as one might imagine it by three brothers around a met...

Review: HOT THE MUSICAL at Unicorn Theatre


by Alan Portner - May 17, 2024

In performance now through June 2 is HOT THE MUSICAL, an entertaining and original new take on the Greek Mythology surrounding Helen of Troy and the Trojan Wars. The show is staged at Unicorn Theatre on Main Street. This one is definitely worth your time....

Review: MJ THE MUSICAL at KC Music Hall


by Alan Portner - May 08, 2024

Michael is Roman Banks with a spot-on almost miraculous personification of the Ing of Pop.  The dancing, the voice, the persona.  They are all there.  Banks offers a remarkable performance.  ...

Review: SQUABBLES at New Theatre Restaurant


by Alan Portner - May 05, 2024

For those of you who feel the need for a light, fun evening of laugh out loud comedy and a delightful meal, let me recommend “SQUABBLES” a live comedy play that has Just opened at New Theatre Restaurant in Overland Park.  “SQUABBLES” is a light comedy with an unusually tight and experienced cast fea...

Review: ROCKY THE MUSICAL at MTKC Pro


by Alan Portner - April 15, 2024

The Music Theatre Kansas City – (Pro) KC Premiere production of the 2014’s Broadway version of “Rocky the Musical” is surprisingly worth your time.  It is hard to have avoided Sylvester Stallone’s “Rocky Franchise” beginning as a sleeper, low budget film hit in 1976.  So far there have been six “Roc...



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