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Great Expectations


The Acting Company reinvigorates Charles Dickens’ “Great Expectations” with an effervescent stage adaptation brimming with unexpected hilarity and romantic heart. Akin to a bingeable dramedy ...

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A rapturous, fresh take on one of William Shakespeare’s most popular and widely performed plays, The Acting Company’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” is a captivating, ...

A Midsummer Night's Dream
A Midsummer Night's Dream
2/15 - 2/17/2026


In this fast-paced, crowd-pleasing comedy, a mischievous fairy creates chaos for four young lovers and a troupe of amateur actors in an enchanted forest at ...

The Secrets of Space


Suni and Mae are dreamers. As young girls, they dreamt about journeying far beyond our solar system, singing among the stars, and discovering all that ...

Casey and Diana
Casey and Diana
1/28 - 2/15/2026


In 1991, the residents of Casey House, Canada’s first AIDS hospice, learned Princess Diana would visit. Casey and Diana tells a powerful true story of ...

The Great American Trailer Park Musical


Summit Theatre Group is pleased to present the first show in our 2026 season! The Great American Trailer Park Musical is a country-rock and blues musical ...

Lipstick
Lipstick
2/12 - 2/22/2026


Lipstick by Lane Michael Stanley Buckle up for a wacky, breakneck farce with a rotating door of queer characters and seemingly endless sex toys. Balancing ...

Rent
Rent
1/31 - 2/22/2026


2025-2026 Theatre Series Co-produced with KC Melting Pot Theatre Set in the East Village of New York City, "Rent" is about falling in love, finding your voice, ...

Rent
2/5 - 2/22/2026


The White Theatre at The J presents the renowned rock musical Rent, running from February 5 to February 22, 2026. Set against the backdrop of ...

The Fantasticks
The Fantasticks
2/5 - 2/22/2026


Bursting with charm, wit, and unforgettable music, The Fantasticks is a magical celebration of love and adventure.

A Night on Broadway


Lawrence Opera Theatre invites you to an unforgettable evening of music, glamour, and community at our annual fundraising gala! Step into the spotlight and enjoy ...

HAMILTON
HAMILTON
2/18 - 3/1/2026


A revolutionary story of passion, unstoppable ambition, and the dawn of a new nation. HAMILTON is the epic saga that follows the rise of Founding ...

Hamilton (Angelica Company)
Hamilton (Angelica Company)
2/17 - 3/1/2026


HAMILTON is the story of America's Founding Father Alexander Hamilton, an immigrant from the West Indies who became George Washington's right-hand man during the Revolutionary ...

Lost Boys: : The Unauthorized, Pre-Broadway, Not Broadway, Regional Premiere, Presumably Professional, Jukebox Parody, Musical Performance


Mike and Sam just moved to town and they’re already sick of all the damn vampires. So sick that they must enlist the help of ...

Outside Mullingar
Outside Mullingar
2/27 - 3/8/2026


OUTSIDE MULLINGAR By John Patrick Shanley From the Academy Award-winning writer of  Moonstruck  and  Doubt  comes  Outside Mullingar , a charming and funny romantic comedy set in ...

Outside Mullingar
Outside Mullingar
2/27 - 3/8/2026


OUTSIDE MULLINGAR By John Patrick Shanley From the Academy Award-winning writer of  Moonstruck  and  Doubt  comes  Outside Mullingar , a charming and funny romantic comedy set in ...

Silent Sky
2/27 - 3/8/2026


Silent Sky tells the true story of Henrietta Leavitt, an astronomer ahead of her time. It is 1900, and Henrietta has the opportunity to work ...


Porgy and Bess, presented by the Lyric Opera of Kansas City, captures the essence of a Black community in Charleston, South Carolina, during the early ...


Albert Lin is a professional explorer who merges human insight with technological innovation on a quest to uncover lost cities and cultural narratives. Following a ...

Long Time Since Yesterday
Long Time Since Yesterday
3/12 - 3/21/2026


When a group of old friends reunite for the funeral of their brilliant but troubled friend, Janet, grief unearths long-buried truths. Ex-lovers, former rivals, and ...

The Sleeping Beauty: International Ballet Stars in Columbia, MO! On March 21, 2026


Believe in magic again. Follow the journey of Princess Aurora – from her christening and the wicked curse of Carabosse to a century-long slumber and ...

THE GREAT GATSBY
THE GREAT GATSBY
3/17 - 3/22/2026


THE PARTY’S ROARING IN KANSAS CITY!  THE GREAT GATSBY is a “Broadway extravaganza that explodes with life and energy” (Entertainment Weekly). Based on the classic ...

Swan Lake: International Ballet Stars in Springfield, MO! On March 24, 2026


Timeless. Majestic. Unforgettable. This production features all-new, hand-painted sets and over 200 custom-designed scenery elements, transforming the stage into a dreamlike landscape. With world-renown ballet ...

The Sleeping Beauty: International Ballet Stars in Kansas City, MO!


Believe in magic again. Follow the journey of Princess Aurora – from her christening and the wicked curse of Carabosse to a century-long slumber and ...

The Play That Goes Wrong
The Play That Goes Wrong
3/14 - 3/29/2026


2025-2026 Theatre Series This Olivier Award-winning comedy is a hilarious hybrid of Monty Python and Sherlock Holmes. Welcome to opening night of The Murder at Haversham ...

Trojan Women MCI
Trojan Women MCI
3/11 - 3/29/2026


Not far from here, four women are held captive, forced to work with no escape. Among them, Cassandra silently waits, painting her nails and plotting ...

The Ugly Duckling


Lightwire Theater brings a classic tale to the modern stage in an unforgettable theatrical experience. Lined with electroluminescent wire, the beloved story of “The Ugly ...

Stereophonic
4/7 - 4/12/2026


David Adjmi’s Stereophonic zooms in on a music studio in the mid-1970s, where an up-and-coming rock band recording a new album finds itself suddenly on ...


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Latest Kansas City Reviews


Review: THE FANTASTICKS at Music Theater Heritage


by Alan Portner - February 08, 2026

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. It is called “The Fantasticks.” If “Fantasticks” is new to you, you are past due for a treat. If you are one of the thousands of performers wh...

Review: RENT at White Theatre At The J


by Alan Portner - February 03, 2026

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 venerable Meltin...

BWW Review: THE DRUM CLOSET at The Coterie Theatre


by Andrew Burrill - February 03, 2026

The Drum Closet is a deeply spiritual, urgent, and profoundly human coming-of-age story that resonates far beyond its Midwestern high school setting....

BWW Review: CASEY AND DIANA at Unicorn Theatre


by Andrew Burrill - February 03, 2026

Casey and Diana, now running January 28 through February 15, 2026, is a luminous, heartbreaking, and deeply necessary work of theatre. Written by Nick Green and originally commissioned by the Stratford Festival of Canada, the play was developed to honor the real-life visit of Diana, Princess of Wale...

Review: KIMBERLY AKIMBO at Kauffman Center


by Alan Portner - January 22, 2026

“Kimberly Akimbo” is a tiny, idiosyncratic musical with a cast of only nine actors that somehow manages to share the full Broadway experience with its opening night audience at Kansas City’s Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts.  ...



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