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
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Tom Trenney, Organist in Recital
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 of American Public Media’s popular radio program, Pipedreams. Tom Trenney, organist at First Plymouth Congregational...
Beethoven's Ninth
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 Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, one of the most widely recognized choral symphonies in the Western canon...
Rodgers & Hammerstein: Screenland at the Symphony
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 experience of Symphony at the Movies. See stunning re-mastered clips from the legendary movie musicals of...
HitchC*CK! Screenland at the Symphony
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 experience of Symphony at the Movies. Alfred Hitchcock's films feature some of the most mesmerizing movie...
Jazz Orch w/The Four Freshman
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 in the 21st century. The current version of the youthful quartet has been performing together since 2001. The quartet's unmistakable...
Happy Hour Chamber Music
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 Hall at the Kauffman Center for a drink (cash bar) prior to the 6 pm FREE chamber music concert featuring Symphony musicians.
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The Last 5 Years Phoenix Arts KC (10/16-10/24) |
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Gravity Midwest Trust Center at Johnson County Community College (1/30-1/30) |
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Suffs Unicorn Theartre (6/02-6/20) |
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Owen/Cox Dance Group 'The Nutcracker and the Mouse King' Midwest Trust Center at Johnson County Community College (12/10-12/13) |
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Red Like Fruit Unicorn Theatre (10/14-10/25) |
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Take3 'Where Bach Meets Rock' Midwest Trust Center at Johnson County Community College (11/21-11/21) |
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All Is Calm: The Christmas Truce of 1914 National WWI Museum (12/05-12/13) |
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Mutts Gone Nuts - Unleashed Midwest Trust Center at Johnson County Community College (5/08-5/08) |
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Sherlock Holmes and the Adventure of the Elusive Ear Unicorn Theartre (11/11-11/29) |
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'Treasure Island Reimagined: Jane Hawkins and the Pirate's Gold' Midwest Trust Center at Johnson County Community College (4/02-4/03) |
