Upcoming Shows
Don't miss the most mind blowing country and folk showcase of this spring! Ruth Moody Band is tearing up this 2026 by gearing up for...
by Andrew Burrill - March 15, 2026
What did our critic think of TROJAN WOMEN MCI at Unicorn Theatre?...
by Alan Portner - March 09, 2026
The new Kansas City Actors Theater production of “Everybody” is a sly meditation on the human condition. It is a riff on the oldest known surviving play in English called “Everyman.”...
by Andrew Burrill - March 01, 2026
Lyric Opera of Kansas City’s The Gershwins’ PORGY AND BESS is a vocally commanding and spiritually powerful production, led by standout performances from Eric Greene and Michelle Bradley under the legendary direction of Francesca Zambello....
by Alan Portner - February 22, 2026
“Elvis and Elton Together” rates a big five stars. Victor Trevino Jr. as Elvis is back and is as good as ever. Sean McGibbben becomes the incredible Elton John. Victor and Sean wisely introduce themselves as tribute artists rather than impersonators....
by Alan Portner - February 20, 2026
When the musical juggernaut titled “Hamilton” stormed into Kansas City’s gilded Music Hall this week, it arrives not as a relic of mid-2010s hype, but as a living, breathing re-invention of America’s founding fathers. A decade after its Broadway debut, the touring production proves that the ...
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 p...
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 vener...
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....
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...
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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Past Shows
A Hilarious, Heartfelt Family Adventure!Based on the worldwide bestselling hit series by Dav Pilkey, Dog Man: The Musical is a hilarious and heartwarming production following...
Return to an era when father knew best, Cadillacs had tail fins, and hula hoops were all the rage. You’ll rock around the clock to...
This Discovery Concert is free to the public. "Print at home" online tickets will become available starting two months before the event. American violinist Elena...
With this unique, imaginative storytelling, Gene Mackey weaves the stories of Mozart, age 11, in Salzburg,Germany, and Alice, a 13-year-old in modern-day London. This play...
Critically-acclaimed guitarist & singer John Pizzarelli, first appearing at the Folly in February 2003, brings his quartet back for a swinging encore performance! Pizzarelli is...
Oliver Button is a Sissy, a children's book written and illustrated by Tomie dePaola, is the story of a boy who stands up to bullies,...
We are very proud, and excited, to be presenting 16 of New York City's finest (jazz musicians that is!), the legendary Vanguard Jazz Orchestra. This...
This year's Folly Jazz Spotlight is sharpely focused on the sensational 19 year old saxophonist, singer,composer and arranger, Grace Kelly, who will be performing with...
To tell the stories, creators Corbin Popp and Ian Carney have developed an array of larger than life puppet creations and characters, using flexible electroluminescent...
To tell the stories, creators Corbin Popp and Ian Carney have developed an array of larger than life puppet creations and characters, using flexible electroluminescent...
Six-time GRAMMY® Award-nominee Nnenna Freelon is hailed as the "international voice of Jazz." A standing ovation from 20,000 in her star-making a cappella appearance on...
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