Upcoming Shows
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...
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....
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...
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...
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)...
by Andrew Burrill - March 01, 2026
Lyric Opera of Kansas City’s The Gershwins’ PORGY AND BESS is a vocally commanding and spiritually powerful production, led by standout performances from Eric Greene and Michelle Bradley under the legendary direction of Francesca Zambello....
by Alan Portner - February 22, 2026
“Elvis and Elton Together” rates a big five stars. Victor Trevino Jr. as Elvis is back and is as good as ever. Sean McGibbben becomes the incredible Elton John. Victor and Sean wisely introduce themselves as tribute artists rather than impersonators....
by Alan Portner - February 20, 2026
When the musical juggernaut titled “Hamilton” stormed into Kansas City’s gilded Music Hall this week, it arrives not as a relic of mid-2010s hype, but as a living, breathing re-invention of America’s founding fathers. A decade after its Broadway debut, the touring production proves that the ...
by Alan Portner - February 08, 2026
Now “playing” at Music Theatre Heritage inside Crown Center through February 22 is the latest iteration of the most produced modern musical play in history. It is called “The Fantasticks.”
If “Fantasticks” is new to you, you are past due for a treat. If you are one of the thousands of p...
by Alan Portner - February 03, 2026
A new production of Jonathan Larson’s 1996 Pulitzer Prize Winner RENT, itself a re-interpretation of Puccini’s “La Boheme,” arrives like a time capsule that refuses to stay shut as a first ever co-production of the White Theatre (inside the Jewish Community Center) and Kansas City’s vener...
by Andrew Burrill - February 03, 2026
The Drum Closet is a deeply spiritual, urgent, and profoundly human coming-of-age story that resonates far beyond its Midwestern high school setting....
by Andrew Burrill - February 03, 2026
Casey and Diana, now running January 28 through February 15, 2026, is a luminous, heartbreaking, and deeply necessary work of theatre. Written by Nick Green and originally commissioned by the Stratford Festival of Canada, the play was developed to honor the real-life visit of Diana, Princess of Wale...
by Alan Portner - January 22, 2026
“Kimberly Akimbo” is a tiny, idiosyncratic musical with a cast of only nine actors that somehow manages to share the full Broadway experience with its opening night audience at Kansas City’s Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts.
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Past Shows
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...
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...
A new musical about growing up and growing old (in no particular order), KIMBERLY AKIMBO is the winner of 5 Tony Awards including BEST MUSICAL. ...
The Future Stages Festival will take place on June 15, 2025, at the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts, showcasing Kansas City's diverse youth talent...
Zack Mayos got smarts and a body built for US Navy pilot boot camp, but he also has too much swagger until he meets a...
Featuring award-winning music by Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyrics by Tim Rice, JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR is set against the backdrop of an extraordinary series of...
STOMP is explosive, provocative, sophisticated, sexy, utterly unique and appeals to audiences of all ages. The return of the percussive hit also brings some new...
Winner of eight 2012 Tony Awards® including Best Musical, ONCE is a truly original Broadway experience. Featuring an impressive ensemble of actor/musicians who play their...
PETER AND THE STARCATCHER, the most magical evening of madcap fun, is now on tour! Hailed by The New York Times as “THE MOST EXHILARATING...
CHICAGO is a musical tale of “murder, greed, corruption, violence, exploitation, adultery and treachery—all those things we hold near and dear to our hearts.” Paint...
A sensation in her previous Symphony performances, dynamic young pianist Yuja Wang thrills audiences with playing that leaps from the stage. Shostakovich felt the chilling...
Let yourself be captivated by a masterpiece – the passion and drama fit for an opera house in the sonically spectacular Helzberg Hall. Verdi’s amazing...
Johann Strauss’ effervescent operetta satirizes the decadent society of his time. Before serving a short jail sentence for offending the tax collector, Gabriel von Eisenstein...
Prize-winning young phenom guitarist Jiyeon Kim, from the Curtis Institute, joins the orchestra to perform the most popular work by Rodrigo, one of Spain’s most...
You’ll be dancing in your seat with this energetic dose of Billboard® hits from the late 50’s and 60’s, starring three of Broadway’s hottest leading...
Perhaps the most beloved opera of all time, La bohème follows the adventures of a quartet of irrepressible and impoverished young Parisians. When the seamstress...
What do you get when you cross an insurance salesman with a church organist? One of America’s most remarkable composers. Charles Ives’ Third Symphony is...
Project Trio — Greg Pattillo (flute), Eric Stephenson (cello) and Peter Seymour (double bass) — is not your everyday young, classically trained chamber trio. One...
In another rich and diverse program, legendary pianist Leon Fleisher, representing the gold standard of musicianship, imparts his artistry on the stage of Helzberg Hall....
Following his sensational KCS debut in 2011, Austrian multi-percussionist Martin Grubinger returns for his Helzberg Hall debut in two exhilarating works for percussion and orchestra....
No composer brings more beauty, humanity, and power to a symphony than Gustav Mahler. Being the last complete symphony he wrote, this music is a...
The ensemble Really Inventive Stuff joins your Symphony for two delightful storytelling classics. Dr. Seuss’ Green Eggs and Ham," set to music by composer Rob...
Grammy® Award-winning saxophonist Kenny G is the biggest selling instrumental musician of our time. His easy style and smooth sounds will take you to Havana...
Michael Stern returns to invigorate both orchestra and audience alike in a vibrant program filled with Beethoven’s most energetic works. As a teaser to the...
Kansas City's grandest holiday concert returns for six performances. The Symphony and Symphony Chorus present stunning musical arrangements of cherished Christmas carols and songs of...
Hailed by the BBC for his “incredibly moving” and “daring and creative” performances, pianist Andrew Tyson makes his KCS debut with his interpretation of Chopin....
Escape the fall chill and settle into the beautiful Helzberg Hall for this soul-warming program. Sample French Baroque opera in Rameau’s engaging Suite from Dardanus,...
Mozart’s genius is supremely evident in his last opera, The Magic Flute. The deceptively simple fairytale story is matched with some of the most stunningly...
This program is a melting pot of rich, emotion-evoking music. Rediscover the beauty of Saint-Saëns’ Second Piano Concerto with the electrifying Behzod Abduraimov, compared by...
Discover Tchaikovsky’s lesser-known classical gem as Alon Goldstein, one of the most original and sensitive artists of his generation, performs the brilliant Piano Concerto No....
Celebrate opening weekend of another fantastic season at the Kauffman Center with a fast-paced program, all in the impeccable acoustics of Helzberg Hall. Captivating, young...
The theme of forbidden love is, indeed, timeless, and Verona's doomed lovers have inspired plays, novels and movies, as well as ballets and operas, for...
Beethoven Lives Upstairs features a lively exchange of letters between young Christoph and his uncle. Their subject is Beethoven, who has moved into the upstairs...
Revisit the era of power ballads, synth pop and really big hair with “Star Search” grand champion Sam Harris and Grammy®-winning pop princess Sheena Easton....
Jethro Tull’s Ian Anderson will be performing both his composition THICK AS A BRICK in its entirety for the first time since 1972 and the...
The Kansas City Symphony and Youth Symphony of Kansas City will present a free side-by-side performance in Helzberg Hall on Tuesday, June 11 at 7...
The season closes with two genuine masterpieces – Mozart’s sprightly Symphony No. 40 in G minor, a work deeply admired by Richard Strauss, and Strauss’...
The great violinist Gil Shaham returns to the stage to perform Alban Berg’s haunting Violin Concerto, dedicated “to the memory of an angel.” In keeping...
Organist and composer Chelsea Chen (b. 1983) is internationally renowned and is one of the most promising organists of her generation. Chelsea Chen has electrified...
Conductor and pianist Asher Fisch presents a buffet of works by three composers with Viennese connections. Gustav Mahler’s Blumine, the gorgeous “extra” movement for his...
The first incarnation of the group Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlán began in 1898 as a quartet, and over the decades (and into the 21st century)...
An engineer at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and an inspiring advocate for space exploration, Kobie Boykins helped design the solar panels that powered the Mars...
Groundbreaking African-American choreographer Donald McKayle presents Hey-Hay, Going to Kansas City. A celebration of the golden age of jazz, the ballet pays tribute to the...
The melodic country band of the 80’s and 90’s returns to Kansas City, to debut their all-new symphony tour! Having charted 26 country and light...
The sensuous rhythms of Latin dance and jazz fill this light and lively chamber orchestra program. Your evening begins with a curious and playful tone...
To showcase the grand Julia Irene Kauffman Casavant Organ in Helzberg Hall, the Kansas City Symphony presents four organ recitals hosted by Michael Barone, host...
Join Robert Olson as he conducts the UMKC Conservatory Orchestra in another scintillating performance in the grandeur of Helzberg Hall. The orchestra will perform Beethoven's...
Imagine watching scenes from classics films on a huge screen in Helzberg Hall, while your Kansas City Symphony performs the timeless soundtrack. That’s the unforgettable...
Imagine watching scenes from classics films on a huge screen in Helzberg Hall, while your Kansas City Symphony performs the timeless soundtrack. That’s the unforgettable...
One of the world's most beloved vocal ensembles, The Four Freshman continue to tour the world. The legendary sound that began in 1948 continues on...
The perfect after-work way to unwind! The Kansas City Symphony is pleased to announce the new Free Happy Hour Chamber Music Series. Stop by Helzberg...
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