JITNEY
Inside a struggling gypsy cab station serving its community, a group of working-class drivers confronts generational conflict, economic displacement, and the threat of urban renewal....
Just Off Broadway Theatre
3051 Central in Penn Valley ParkKansas City, MO 64108
Upcoming Shows
LIVIN' FAT
When two working-class friends suddenly acquire unexpected wealth, their world shifts overnight. Navigating love, ambition, and social perception, they discover that leveling up comes with...
BLUES FOR AN ALABAMA SKY
Set during the Harlem Renaissance on the eve of the Great Depression, Pearl Cleages timeless drama follows a circle of artists and dreamers determined to...
Review: DON'T TOUCH MY HAIR at Unicorn Theatre
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.…
BWW Review: THE WIZARD OF OZ at Kansas City Repertory Theatre
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…
BWW Review: OF MICE AND MEN at Kauffman Center For The Performing Arts
They keep people alive. They keep people moving. And sometimes, they keep people from realizing how impossible their lives have truly become. Lyric Opera of Kansas City’s production of OF MICE AND MEN does not treat John Steinbeck’s story as distant Americana or dusty literary nostalgia.…
Review: CACTUS FLOWER at New Theatre Restaurant
The air at New Theatre Restaurant in Overland Park is thick with the scent of high-end buffet favorites and the electric hum of a sold-out crowd. The curtain has risen on a revival of the 1960s Broadway classic Cactus Flower, and if the opening week's standing ovations are any indication, Kansas Ci…
Review: THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION at The Warwick Theater
A full auditorium of just over a hundred patrons filed into the newly renovated Warwick Theater for a re-imagination of Stephen King’s “The Shawshank Redemption.” This theatrical adaptation is written by Irish playwrights Owen O’Neill and Dave Johns, an unlikely yet inspired pairing. Both m…
Review: STEREOPHONIC at Kauffman Center
Think of the greatest songs you’ve never heard - the soaring melodies, the unexpected anthems, the driving beats, the lyrics that speak to a feeling you didn’t know could be expressed in words. Unlike most straight plays, this opus has its own musical score, and good one by Will Butler. And tha…
Review: MOBY DICK
MTH’s World Premiere production of “Moby Dick a sea shanty” should not be missed. This “Moby Dick” is a remarkable, boiled-down, reinterpretation of Herman Melville’s massive dark 1851 tome. MTH manages to somehow transform this dark mid-nineteenth century novel into an engaging and engr…
Review: THE GREAT GATSBY at Kansas City Music Hall
If Broadway’s Great Gatsby trades in spectacle, the first national North American Tour proves that its success on the road depends on something more grounded: a cast capable of sustaining the illusion night after night, city after city. This performance is pretty much flawless top to bottom. �…
Review: THE PLAY THAT WENT WRONG at The White Theatre
Producing The Play That Goes Wrong at a community-theater level is an act of courage. And the Silver Star with two oak leaf enhancements goes to the White Theatre inside the Jewish Community Center in Overland Park. Seldom before have I seen such an active sold-out crowd in this venue who eviden…
Review: TROJAN WOMEN MCI at Unicorn Theatre
What did our critic think of TROJAN WOMEN MCI at Unicorn Theatre?…
Past Shows
Like Six O'Clock
In a quiet tire shop owned by Bennie, the shock of a nearby factory shooting reverberates throughout the city. With the shooter still at large,...
Long Time Since Yesterday
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...
Death of a Salesman
The American Dream crumbles under the weight of truth in this reimagined take on Arthur Miller’s classic. Willy Loman, an aging salesman, clings to the...
'Night, Mother
The season opens with the Pulitzer Prize-winning drama ‘Night, Mother, a raw and intimate exploration of mental health, family dynamics, and the strength of human...
Sankofa Entertainment Showcase
Enjoy an intimate dress to impress night of live music, soulful songstresses, poets, dance, and conscious hip-hop artists.
Seven Guitars
Set in Pittsburgh’s Hill District in 1948, “Seven Guitars” follows the lives of seven African American characters as they navigate love, loss, and the pursuit...
Just Off Broadway Theatre's Summer Festival
Just Off Broadway Theatre is proud to announce its Summer Festival '23 featuring two plays, two play readings, and some of the finest local actors....
The Piano Lesson
It is 1936, and Boy Willie arrives in Pittsburg from the South in a battered truck loaded with watermelons to sell. He has an opportunity...
Mother/son
Mother/son engages the aftereffects of parent-child relationships in this compelling story about race, redemption, and recovery. Lydia, a white woman who is married to a...
KCMPT Black Playwright Festival
KC Melting Pot Theatre is proud to return for our third year of this playwright festival. Our finalists are: Welcome to the Blue Swan by...
Begetters
Begetters by Lewis Morrows focuses on the twilight years of a long married African American couple, Spicer and Norma, whose caustic relationship has begun to...
Barbecue
The OMallerys have gathered in their local park to share some barbecue and straight talk with their sister Barbara, whose spiral of drugs and recklessness...
Two Trains Running
August Wilsons classic Two Trains Running, the 7th play in his ten-part series, takes place in the 1960s against the backdrop of a rumbling Civil...
To Act Is To Do by Richard Alan Nichols
Join us at 4 p.m. on Sunday, March 18 at the Just Off Broadway Theatre for the release of To Act Is To Do by...
Into the Woods
The story follows a Baker and his wife who wish to have a child, Cinderella who wishes to attend the King's Festival, and Jack who...
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WICKED Kansas City Music Hall (8/12-8/30) |
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Bryson Tiller Hollywood Casino Amphitheater (10/03-10/03) |
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The Phantom of the Opera Music Hall Kansas City (12/06-12/06) |
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Wicked Kansas City Music Hall (8/12-8/30) |
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Beehive: The 60's Musical Tent Theatre (7/08-7/18) |
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SIX (Boleyn Tour) Kansas City Music Hall (1/26-1/31) |
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Xanadu Music Theatre Kansas City (7/17-7/19) |
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Clint Black & Midland Ozarks Amphitheater (10/10-10/10) |
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Disney's Frozen The White Theatre at The J (7/08-7/26) |
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Rainbow Kitten Surprise at Starlight Theatre Starlight Theatre (7/27-7/27) |