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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…
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.…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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. �…
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…
What did our critic think of TROJAN WOMEN MCI at Unicorn Theatre?…
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,...
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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Guns N’ Roses Busch Stadium (8/16-8/16) |
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WICKED Kansas City Music Hall (8/12-8/30) |
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Wicked Music Hall Kansas City (8/12-8/30) |
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Beehive: The 60's Musical Tent Theatre (7/08-7/18) |
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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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Xanadu Music Theatre Kansas City (7/17-7/19) |
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Wicked Kansas City Music Hall (8/22-8/22) |
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Louis Tomlinson Cable Dahmer Arena (7/02-7/02) |
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Clint Black & Midland Ozarks Amphitheater (10/10-10/10) |
