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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?…
Kansas City Actors Theatre presents Dial M for Murder, a psychological thriller directed by Katie Gilchrist and adapted by Jeffrey Hatcher from Frederick Knott's original...
This incredible 1938 Victorian thriller, famous for its Academy Award winning adaptation to the big screen, details the dark tale of a marriage based on...
Smart People is a great ride! (Deadline) Written by Lydia R. Diamond, winner of the Lorraine Hansberry Award Winner for Best Writing. Smart People is...
A thoroughly entertaining comedy-drama (The New York Times) From Tony Award Nominated playwright Colman Domingo. Dot chronicles a West Philadelphia family dealing with the matriarchs...
Sometimes we come across a piece of first-person writing that shocks us back into a restorative innocence vis--vis the human heart. (The New York Times)...
Newly translated and adapted by UMKC professor Dr. Felicia Londré as part of the city-wide celebration, “KC MOlière: 400 in 2022,” “The Pests” follows the...
Developed specifically as a world premiere in honor of the Auschwitz exhibit, this emotionally charged theatrical event draws on the diary entries from teenagers who...
Conor McPherson's booze-soaked tale of art, obsession, and the supernatural. Audience-favorite Victor Raider-Wexler (Mornings at Seven, And Then There Were None, The Gin Game) regales...
Jessie feels like a stranger in her own story, and shes ready to end it. Marsha Norman's Pulitzer Prize-winning drama is the story of a...
Athol Fugard's semi-autobiographical, Drama Desk Award-winning Master Harold and the Boys is often regarded as one of the esteemed South African playwrights best works. In...
Nora Helmer fights to save her family and herself from scandal in Henrik Ibsen's classic play that sparked controversy when it was first produced 140...
The four Gibbs sisters have reached their Golden Years, and life should be easy. But its never so when your neighbors are relatives, and with...
Ten suspicious and malicious souls are alone on an island when murder ensues in Agatha Christie's And Then There Were None. Considered by many to...
Kansas City Actors Theatre introduces Israel Horovitz, an acclaimed but neglected playwright, with this witty, wise and romantic play. When a failed American novelist inherits...
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NJT Presents Tony-winner "God of Carnage" June 11-28 J's Wool Studio Theatre (6/11-6/28) |
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Wicked Kansas City Music Hall (8/22-8/22) |
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Jefferson Starship Capital Region MU Health Care Amphitheater (9/27-9/27) |
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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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Wicked Kansas City Music Hall (8/12-8/30) |
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Like Six O'Clock Just Off Broadway Theatre (6/11-6/26) |
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Guns N’ Roses Busch Stadium (8/16-8/16) |
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The Phantom of the Opera Music Hall Kansas City (12/06-12/06) |
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Bryson Tiller Hollywood Casino Amphitheater (10/03-10/03) |
