by Andrew Burrill - May 06, 2026
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....
by Alan Portner - May 04, 2026
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...
by Alan Portner - April 27, 2026
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...
by Alan Portner - April 09, 2026
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...
by Alan Portner - March 30, 2026
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...
by Alan Portner - March 18, 2026
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. �...
by Alan Portner - March 16, 2026
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...
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....
Past Shows
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 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...
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...
Enjoy an intimate dress to impress night of live music, soulful songstresses, poets, dance, and conscious hip-hop artists.
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 is proud to announce its Summer Festival '23 featuring two plays, two play readings, and some of the finest local actors....
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 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...
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 by Lewis Morrows focuses on the twilight years of a long married African American couple, Spicer and Norma, whose caustic relationship has begun to...
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...
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...
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...
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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