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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...

Review: STRANGER SINGS, THE PARODY MUSICAL at The Black Box


by Steve Wilson - April 07, 2024

But on the upside, there is always Hawkins, Indiana, nothing strange ever happens there. Unless you are in the upside/down and Hawkins is inside The Black Box, for Padgett Productions' phenomenal Kansas City premiere of STRANGER SINGS, THE PARODY MUSICAL....

Review: CLUE at Kauffman Center


by Alan Portner - April 04, 2024

Three quarters of a century following its first North American game release, a top-quality touring play version of “Clue, A New Comedy” has appeared set in a mansion located in suburban Washington, D.C.   At the risk of sounding like a bad horror novel or even worse “B” movie, all the action takes p...

Review: GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE TO LOVE AND MURDER at White Theatre At The JCC


by Alan Portner - March 19, 2024

“A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder” is a very funny idea and the 2014 Tony winner for best new Musical.  It is currently playing at the White Theatre inside the Jewish Community Center in Overland Park through March 24....

Review: SHOUT! THE MOD MUSICAL at Black Box Theater


by Alan Portner - March 12, 2024

Shout! The Mod Musical” is more of a loose musical revue, than a musical play. It is costumed and set for London during the period I was emerging from my teenage cocoon years into young adulthood. I clearly remember the performers who introduced the music from this show into the canon....

Review: MAMMA MIA! at Kansas City Music Hall


by Alan Portner - March 06, 2024

Plain old feel-good musicals are rare. The “Dancing Queen” of this limited genre is “Mamma Mia!” The 25th Anniversary tour of this truly enjoyable evening out at the theatre plays through Sunday, March 10, 2024, at the Kansas City Music Hall in downtown Kansas City....

Review: ALOHA FROM VEGAS at New Theatre & Restaurant


by Alan Portner - February 17, 2024

Victor Trevino, Jr. as Elvis Presley is brilliant in New Theatre & Restaurant’s new Tribute Concert to the “King” called “Aloha from Vegas.”  To get much closer to Elvis, you need a time machine. ...

Past Shows

Rocky
Rocky
4/12 - 4/28/2024


Music Theatre Kansas City (MTKC)’s professional company, MTKC Pro, is presenting the regional premiere of Rocky: Live on Stage April 12-28. Based on the academy-award ...

Celebrate Broadway in Kansas City Featuring Betsy Wolfe


Music Theatre Kansas City (MTKC) is proud to present a concert celebration of Broadway in Kansas City, featuring special guest artist Betsy Wolfe on Sunday, ...

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Fiddler on the Roof in Kansas City Fiddler on the Roof
Theatre Lawrence (6/7 - 6/23)
Jimmy Buffett's Escape to Margaritaville in Kansas City Jimmy Buffett's Escape to Margaritaville
Arrow Rock Lyceum Theatre (6/28 - 7/7)
The SpongeBob Musical in Kansas City The SpongeBob Musical
First Act Theatre Arts (5/23 - 5/26)
The Search for Anno Domini in Kansas City The Search for Anno Domini
Just Off Broadway Theatre (5/30 - 6/2)
Tristan und Isolde in Kansas City Tristan und Isolde
Lutheran Church of the Resurrection (8/17 - 8/17)
Million Dollar Quartet in Kansas City Million Dollar Quartet
Arrow Rock Lyceum Theatre (9/27 - 10/6)
Ken Ludwig’s Moriarty: A New Sherlock Holmes Adventure in Kansas City Ken Ludwig’s Moriarty: A New Sherlock Holmes Adventure
Arrow Rock Lyceum Theatre (9/6 - 9/15)
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