Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts
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: EUREKA DAY at City Stage
It had taken me a day or two to absorb Jonathan Spector’s Eureka Day both well-acted and well-produced by Kansas City Actor’s Theatre in the City Theatre space of Union Station. Cleverly cloaked in comedy, this 2025 Tony Award Winner strikes a deeply held cultural belief from playwright Jonath…
Review: DISNEY'S NEWSIES at Starlight Theater
Disney’s Newsies does not merely seize the day. It dances on it, vaults over it and occasionally executes a backflip before the day knows what struck it. It takes an 1899 historical event as a jumping off place and imagines the history as it might have been retold in a 1930’s Busby Berkeley movi…
Review: KC Rep's COME FROM AWAY at Spencer Theatre
Kansas City Repertory Theater’s new production of “Come From Away” is top notch in every possible way. “Come From Away” is about how one remote Canadian town rallied in the aftermath of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on America to embrace neighbors they could not have imagined th…
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…
Past Shows
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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...
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'The Who's Tommy' Midwest Trust Center at Johnson County Community College (10/14-10/14) |
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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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Bryson Tiller Hollywood Casino Amphitheater (10/03-10/03) |
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The Lion in Winter Olathe Civic Theatre Assn (OCTA) (10/30-11/15) |
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Actors From The London Stage 'King Lear' Midwest Trust Center at Johnson County Community College (3/25-3/26) |
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Clint Black & Midland Ozarks Amphitheater (10/10-10/10) |
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The Last 5 Years Phoenix Arts KC (10/16-10/24) |
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360 Allstars Midwest Trust Center at Johnson County Community College (11/12-11/12) |
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Jefferson Starship Capital Region MU Health Care Amphitheater (9/27-9/27) |
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'Outlander in Concert' Midwest Trust Center at Johnson County Community College (10/23-10/23) |
