Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts
1601 Broadway Blvd
Kansas City, MO 64108
Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts is a theatre in Kansas City.
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Review: JOHN PROCTOR IS A VILLAIN at Kansas City Repertory Theatre
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — It is fitting that a play about questioning the stories we inherit has a story of its own worth revisiting. Kimberly Belflower’s John Proctor Is the Villain, now being presented by Kansas City Repertory Theatre at the downtown Copaken Stage, has so far traveled a remarkable…
Review: BEETLEJUICE THE MUSICAL at Starlight Theatre
How appropriate is it that the musical version of “Beetlejuice” should materialize at Starlight Theatre on the cusp of the Halloween and just before of the Mexican “Day of the Dead?” Our Starlight audience loved it! Beetlejuice is a show that screams for “Dad” jokes or other …
Review: THE HALLELUJAH GIRLS at New Theatre & Restaurant
If laughter is truly the best medicine, the women of Eden Falls, Georgia, have opened exactly the right kind of health spa. “The Hallelujah Girls,” is a fast-moving Southern comedy by Jessie Jones, Nicholas Hope and Jamie Wooten. The play is an affectionate, fast-moving celebration of friends…
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…
Past Shows
56 total · showing 21–30
La bohème
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 Mimì and the poet Rodolfo fall in love, the fragile nature of life and love follow the course of the changing seasons...
Joshua Bell, Plus Bartók’s Concerto for Orchestra
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 based on hymns he learned while working as an organist in New York City before his highly successful career in business...
PROJECT Trio: Classical Beats
Project Trio — Greg Pattillo (flute), Eric Stephenson (cello) and Peter Seymour (double bass) — is not your everyday young, classically trained chamber trio. One of the least likely trio combinations of all time, together with your Kansas City Symphony, explore some of your...
Scheherazade! And, Leon Fleisher Plays Ravel
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. From the horror of war came a work of beauty and grace – Ravel’s Concerto for the Left Hand, composed for...
Beethoven’s Fifth, Plus Percussionist Martin Grubinger
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. The New York Times said “Mr. Grubinger…is a master of the high-speed chase. He can also go from...
Mahler’s Symphonic Farewell: Symphony No. 9
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 stunning affirmation of life coupled with Mahler’s resignation of his own mortality. It is both paralyzing and profound. Michael Stern...
Dr. Suess' Green Eggs & Ham, Plus Mozart's Toy Symphony
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 Kapilow, follows the unstoppable Sam-I-Am and the Grouch, who won’t try a plate of unusual food. Then, Mozart's Toy...
Kenny G
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 and beyond. Hear Songbird, Forever in Love, Heart and Soul, Silhouette and My Heart Will Go On. Kenny G will captivate and...
Beethoven’s Violin Concerto and Seventh Symphony
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 second half, Corigliano’s Fantasia on an Ostinato is a relentless meditation based on an almost minimalistic passage from...
Christmas Festival
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 the season, and welcome exciting guest singers and musicians for a healthy dose of Christmas...
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The Last 5 Years Phoenix Arts KC (10/16-10/24) |
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Beyond Pink: A Morning of Exercise, Education & Wellness – October 25, 10am-1pm The J, Creve Coeur, Staenberg Family Complex (10/25-10/25) |
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The Last Five Years Music Theatre Kansas City (11/07-11/09) |
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Blind Boys of Alabama Midwest Trust Center (11/14-11/14) |
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Come From Away Music Theatre Kansas City (4/09-4/18) |
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Actors From The London Stage 'King Lear' Midwest Trust Center (3/25-3/26) |
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Mutts Gone Nuts - Unleashed Midwest Trust Center (5/08-5/08) |
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Gravity Midwest Trust Center (1/30-1/30) |
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'Outlander in Concert' Midwest Trust Center (10/23-10/23) |
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Chucky's Play Westport Bowery (10/22-10/24) |
