Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts
1601 BroadwayKansas City, MO MO 64108
Upcoming Shows
My Hero Academia In Concert
My Hero Academia In Concert comes to the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts on October 6, 2026. The event brings the beloved anime series to life through a live orchestral performance, combining the iconic music of the series with visuals from the show. This concert...
The Wizard of Oz
Septime Webre's dazzling journey to the Emerald City follows Dorothy and Toto as they join three unexpected friends on a magical adventure to meet the Wizard, outwit a Wicked Witch, and find their way home. The production features music by Matthew Pierce performed live by the...
The Nutcracker
A cherished Kansas City holiday tradition, choreographed by Devon Carney with music by Peter I. Tchaikovsky performed live by the Kansas City Symphony. Based on E.T.A. Hoffmann's timeless tale, it follows Clara, the Nutcracker Prince, Dr. Drosselmeier, and the Sugar Plum Fairy...
Romeo & Juliet
William Shakespeare's timeless romantic tragedy comes to life in this ballet choreographed by Devon Carney with music by Sergei Prokofiev, performed live by the Kansas City Symphony. Carney presents his powerful interpretation of the classic tale, featuring soaring choreography...
PULSE
A bold triple bill curated by Artistic Director Devon Carney, tracing ballet's past, present, and future with music performed live by the Kansas City Symphony. George Balanchine's The Four Temperaments explores human nature through striking modernist choreography set to Paul...
Review: JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR at Music Theatre Heritage
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.…
Review: THE SHARK IS BROKEN at The Warwick Theatre
“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 “…
Review: WICKED at Kansas City Music Hall
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.…
Review: INTIMATE APPAREL at Kansas City Actors' Theatre
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…
Review: SPAMALOT at Starlight Theatre
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?”…
Review: LEGALLY BLOND, THE MUSICAL at New Theatre Restauant
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…
Review: DISNEY'S FROZEN at White Theatre
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…
Review: A BEAUTIFUL NOISE Brings the Heart of Neil Diamond to Life at KC's Starlight Theatre
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.…
Review: A.J. CHRIS COMEDY at Clint's Comedy Club
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…
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.…
Past Shows
59 total · showing 1–10
MRS. DOUBTFIRE
Everyone’s favorite Scottish nanny is headed to Kansas City in this internationally acclaimed hit musical critics call “wonderful, heart-warming, and laugh-out-loud funny” (Manchester Evening News) and “a feel-good, family-friendly comedy that delivers” (The Hollywood Reporter)...
Frans Lanting, Photographer and Christine Eckstrom, Science Writer: Bay of Life: From Wind to Whales
Frans Lanting, a renowned photographer, and Christine Eckstrom, an accomplished science writer, will present Bay of Life: From Wind to Whales at the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts. Their discussion focuses on the transformation of California's Monterey Bay, once on the...
Trailblazing Talks: Bay of Life: From Wind to Whales
Trailblazing Talks presents Bay of Life: From Wind to Whales, featuring photographer Frans Lanting and science writer Christine Eckstrom. The event is part of the Kauffman Center Presents series.
Mattias Klum, Photographer: The Planet in Our Hands
Mattias Klum will present The Planet in Our Hands during the 2026 Trailblazing Talks series at the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts. Known for his compelling visual storytelling, Klum will share experiences from his adventures, including encounters with Asiatic lions and...
STEREOPHONIC
The most Tony Award-winning Show of the year. The most Tony Award-nominated Play of all time. STEREOPHONIC mines theagony andtheecstasy ofcreation asit zoomsin onamusicstudio in1976. Here,anup-and-comingrockband recording anewalbum finds itself suddenly onthecusp of...
Albert Lin, Explorer: In Search of Lost Cities
Albert Lin is a professional explorer who merges human insight with technological innovation on a quest to uncover lost cities and cultural narratives. Following a life-altering accident in 2016, Lin's journey has taken him across the globe, from the expanses of Mongolia to the...
Conor Knighton, CBS Sunday Morning Correspondent: Leave Only Footprints: My Journey Through Every National Park
Conor Knighton, CBS Sunday Morning correspondent, presents a personal narrative about his year-long journey through every national park in the United States in Leave Only Footprints: My Journey Through Every National Park. After experiencing a difficult breakup, Knighton...
Louise Leakey, Paleoanthropologist: Digging for Humanity’s Origins
Louise Leakey, a distinguished paleoanthropologist and member of the renowned Leakey family, will explore the origins of humanity in her talk, focusing on why Homo sapiens remain the sole survivors of the genus Homo. This presentation is part of the Kauffman Center for the...
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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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Job Unicorn Theartre (2/03-2/14) |
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'What Do You Do With a Problem?' Midwest Trust Center at Johnson County Community College (11/06-11/07) |
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What iF Puppets presents 'How to Snag a Sea Monster' Midwest Trust Center at Johnson County Community College (10/07-10/10) |
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Red Like Fruit Unicorn Theatre (10/14-10/25) |
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360 Allstars Midwest Trust Center at Johnson County Community College (11/12-11/12) |
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'Hold On To Your Butts' Midwest Trust Center at Johnson County Community College (3/12-3/13) |
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American Psycho Olathe Civic Theatre Assn (OCTA) (9/04-9/20) |
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Sherlock Holmes and the Adventure of the Elusive Ear Unicorn Theartre (11/11-11/29) |
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The Phantom of the Opera Music Hall Kansas City (12/06-12/06) |