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 21–30
Die Fledermaus
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 stops by Prince Orlofsky’s ball as a last-minute diversion. Eisenstein and his friends are confounded by...
Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet, with Rodrigo’s Royal Guitar
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 influential composers. It is described as capturing “the fragrance of magnolias, the singing of birds, and the gushing...
Oh, What A Night!
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 men. It’s an evening of sweet surrender with toe-tapping tunes from the Jersey Boys era, including music by The Four Seasons...
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...
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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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Suffs Unicorn Theartre (6/02-6/20) |
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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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Pirates! The Penzance Musical Theatre Lawrence (9/11-9/20) |
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SIX (Boleyn Tour) Kansas City Music Hall (1/26-1/31) |
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'Outlander in Concert' Midwest Trust Center at Johnson County Community College (10/23-10/23) |
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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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Mutts Gone Nuts - Unleashed Midwest Trust Center at Johnson County Community College (5/08-5/08) |
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Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company Midwest Trust Center at Johnson County Community College (1/22-1/22) |
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JITNEY Just Off Broadway Theatre (9/17-9/26) |