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. As livelihoods hang in the balance, Jitney becomes a powerful testament to the dignity of work...
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 create beauty in uncertain times. As friendships are tested by love, politics, and survival, Blues for an Alabama Sky...
A contemporary rock opera reimagines a familiar biblical story as a thrilling exploration of faith, fame, loyalty, doubt, and political power—proving this timeless tale still resonates with urgent relevance today.…
“The Shark Is Broken” is a fascinating invite into a hidden world that informs us how the sausage gets made when it comes to mega-hit films. This play snickers as three famous actors suffer “slings and arrows” while Bruce, a damned mechanical shark, turns turtle repeatedly during filming “…
Musical theater reviewers infrequently and pleasantly rediscover an old friend. “Wicked,” just opened at the venerable, 2400 seat Kansas City Music Hall with a recently refreshed cast, is an entertaining example.…
The year is 1905. The place is New York City. The play is Lynn Nottage’s intimate and surprisingly affective comedy/drama “Intimate Apparel.” “Intimate Apparel” tells a tale drawn from Nottage’s own passed down ancestry stories and perhaps a little imagined history. The inspiration i…
The current national tour of Monty Python's Spamalot opened at Starlight Theatre on Tuesday evening August 4, for a weeklong residency. This is my first exposure to this joyful send-up of all things musical theatre, motion pictures, vaudeville, and puppetry. Can you say” inspired silliness?”…
You will never see a production of “Legally Blond, the musical” better performed or sung or danced than what you can see currently running at New Theatre Restaurant in Overland Park. This is pure, show-biz entertainment as rendered by this cast and Director/ Choreographer Jerry Jay Cranford an…
This joint White Theatre and Coterie production succeeds with dazzling sets, super special effects, the best pit band I have heard in many years, and a cast who seems determined to wring every bit of value out of the playscript and the score that is there.What did our critic think of DISNEY'S FROZEN…
What happens when one of America's greatest songbooks meets Broadway? A BEAUTFIUFL NOISE delivers an emotional portrait of Neil Diamond, led by American Idol winner Nick Fradiani in a production that soars at Kansas City's Starlight Theatre.…
The show I saw last week on Wednesday, July 8, featured three warm-up acts and Ayrn performing under the stage name A.J. Chris. A.J. Chris was the feature comic of the evening. A.J., who has already had significant success in the UK, had warned me that she had come home to try out a new routine i…
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.…
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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, business grinds to a halt as Bennie, Claudette, and Roderick find themselves grappling with the chilling reality that they may have...
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 estranged sisters in spirit—Lois, Alisa, Janeen, and Renee—come together, only to find that the past still holds...
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 illusion of success, but his relentless pursuit has driven a wedge between him and his sons, Biff and Happy. As decades of...
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 connection. In this Pulitzer Prize-winning drama, Jessie, a woman struggling with deep despair, reveals to her...
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 of their dreams amidst the rhythms of the blues.
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 festival will run from June 2nd to June 10th at the Just Off Broadway Theatre located at 3051 Central St.
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 to buy some land down home, but he has to come up with the money right quick. He wants to sell an old piano that has been in his family for...
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 Black man, comes to live with their son, John, who reluctantly stages an intervention for his mothers drug...
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 Paris Crayton, Willy Bobo by Layon Gray, and Hairy & Sherri by Adrienne Dawe
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New Dance Partners - The Ultimate Collaboration Midwest Trust Center at Johnson County Community College (9/18-9/19) |
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