“The Shark Is Broken” is a fascinating invite into a hidden world that informs us how the sausage gets made when it comes to mega-hit films. This play snickers as three famous actors suffer “slings and arrows” while Bruce, a damned mechanical shark, turns turtle repeatedly during filming “…
Musical theater reviewers infrequently and pleasantly rediscover an old friend. “Wicked,” just opened at the venerable, 2400 seat Kansas City Music Hall with a recently refreshed cast, is an entertaining example.…
The year is 1905. The place is New York City. The play is Lynn Nottage’s intimate and surprisingly affective comedy/drama “Intimate Apparel.” “Intimate Apparel” tells a tale drawn from Nottage’s own passed down ancestry stories and perhaps a little imagined history. The inspiration i…
The current national tour of Monty Python's Spamalot opened at Starlight Theatre on Tuesday evening August 4, for a weeklong residency. This is my first exposure to this joyful send-up of all things musical theatre, motion pictures, vaudeville, and puppetry. Can you say” inspired silliness?”…
You will never see a production of “Legally Blond, the musical” better performed or sung or danced than what you can see currently running at New Theatre Restaurant in Overland Park. This is pure, show-biz entertainment as rendered by this cast and Director/ Choreographer Jerry Jay Cranford an…
This joint White Theatre and Coterie production succeeds with dazzling sets, super special effects, the best pit band I have heard in many years, and a cast who seems determined to wring every bit of value out of the playscript and the score that is there.What did our critic think of DISNEY'S FROZEN…
What happens when one of America's greatest songbooks meets Broadway? A BEAUTFIUFL NOISE delivers an emotional portrait of Neil Diamond, led by American Idol winner Nick Fradiani in a production that soars at Kansas City's Starlight Theatre.…
The show I saw last week on Wednesday, July 8, featured three warm-up acts and Ayrn performing under the stage name A.J. Chris. A.J. Chris was the feature comic of the evening. A.J., who has already had significant success in the UK, had warned me that she had come home to try out a new routine i…
It is not often that Kansas City audiences get the chance to see the “World Premiere” engagement of a new comedy from an award-winning Broadway performer and playwright. This month Unicorn Theatre presents “Don’t Touch My Hair,” by Douglas Lyons.…
Kansas City Repertory Theatre’s THE WIZARD OF OZ does not attempt to recreate nostalgia in its simplest form. Instead, this production interrogates why the story has endured for generations and reframes it through a distinctly theatrical lens rooted in American folk tradition, musical intimacy, an…
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Into the Woods runs July 17–26, 2026 at Arrow Rock Lyceum Theatre as part of the theater's 65th anniversary season. Broadway veteran Will Blum (Torch Song, School of Rock, The Book of Mormon, Grease) stars as the Baker in Stephen Sondheim's beloved musical. The production is...
A Lyceum tradition, now celebrating its 10th anniversary! The Lyceum is pleased to bring to life the familiar story of a seemingly heartless miser given one last chance at redemption by four visiting ghosts. On Christmas Eve, Ebenezer Scrooge undergoes an incredible...
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 while visiting producer Sam Phillips’ Sun Records studio in Memphis. They began playing together, melding their...
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 investigation into the Bohemian king’s stolen letters cascades into an international mystery filled with spies...
Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson embark on a new adventure in Ken Ludwig's Moriarty: A New Sherlock Holmes Adventure, where they dive into a caper involving stolen letters and an international mystery. With world peace at risk, the duo teams up with actress Irene Adler to confront...
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 behind the scenes of an eccentric British theatre troupe at three points during their tour...
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 mysterious chocolate factory. Charlie Bucket, an imaginative boy from a poor family; gluttonous Augustus Gloop; spoiled Veruca Salt...
It’s the beach party of the summer -- perfect for Parrotheads and Jimmy Buffett novices alike! Tully is a smooth-talking, guitar-strumming beach bum who loves his carefree, island life: playing in the house band at the run-down Margaritaville Hotel. Rachel is a hardworking...
A love letter to Broadway, a tap dance tour de force, and a romantic comedy all rolled into one! At the height of the Great Depression, starry-eyed Peggy Sawyer arrives in New York City and lands her first big job in the chorus of a glitzy, new Broadway show. But when the...
A CHRISTMAS CAROL Adapted for the stage by Quin Gresham From the book by Charles Dickens A Lyceum Tradition! Enjoy the return of a holiday tradition in Arrow Rock, now in its ninth year! The Lyceum is pleased to bring to life the familiar story of a seemingly heartless miser...
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New Dance Partners - The Ultimate Collaboration Midwest Trust Center at Johnson County Community College (9/18-9/19) |
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American Psycho Olathe Civic Theatre Assn (OCTA) (9/04-9/20) |
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Come From Away Olathe Civic Theatre Assn (OCTA) (6/04-6/20) |
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'The Billy Joel Legacy' Midwest Trust Center at Johnson County Community College (10/11-10/11) |
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Wicked Music Hall Kansas City (8/12-8/30) |
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Owen/Cox Dance Group 'The Nutcracker and the Mouse King' Midwest Trust Center at Johnson County Community College (12/10-12/13) |
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Wicked Kansas City Music Hall (8/22-8/22) |
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Blind Boys of Alabama Midwest Trust Center at Johnson County Community College (11/14-11/14) |
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JITNEY Just Off Broadway Theatre (9/17-9/26) |
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Job Unicorn Theartre (2/03-2/14) |
