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KC MELTING POT THEATRE

Just Off Broadway Theatre, 3051 Central in Penn Valley Park
Kansas City, MO 64108



Review: DON'T TOUCH MY HAIR at Unicorn Theatre


by Alan Portner - May 11, 2026

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....

BWW Review: THE WIZARD OF OZ at Kansas City Repertory Theatre


by Andrew Burrill - May 11, 2026

Kansas City Repertory Theatre’s THE WIZARD OF OZ does not attempt to recreate nostalgia in its simplest form. Instead, this production interrogates why the story has endured for generations and reframes it through a distinctly theatrical lens rooted in American folk tradition, musical intimacy, an...

BWW Review: OF MICE AND MEN at Kauffman Center For The Performing Arts


by Andrew Burrill - May 06, 2026

They keep people alive. They keep people moving. And sometimes, they keep people from realizing how impossible their lives have truly become. Lyric Opera of Kansas City’s production of OF MICE AND MEN does not treat John Steinbeck’s story as distant Americana or dusty literary nostalgia....

Review: CACTUS FLOWER at New Theatre Restaurant


by Alan Portner - May 04, 2026

The air at New Theatre Restaurant in Overland Park is thick with the scent of high-end buffet favorites and the electric hum of a sold-out crowd. The curtain has risen on a revival of the 1960s Broadway classic Cactus Flower, and if the opening week's standing ovations are any indication, Kansas Ci...

Review: THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION at The Warwick Theater


by Alan Portner - April 27, 2026

A full auditorium of just over a hundred patrons filed into the newly renovated Warwick Theater for a re-imagination of Stephen King’s “The Shawshank Redemption.” This theatrical adaptation is written by Irish playwrights Owen O’Neill and Dave Johns, an unlikely yet inspired pairing. Both m...

Review: STEREOPHONIC at Kauffman Center


by Alan Portner - April 09, 2026

Think of the greatest songs you’ve never heard - the soaring melodies, the unexpected anthems, the driving beats, the lyrics that speak to a feeling you didn’t know could be expressed in words. Unlike most straight plays, this opus has its own musical score, and good one by Will Butler. And tha...

Review: MOBY DICK


by Alan Portner - March 30, 2026

MTH’s World Premiere production of “Moby Dick a sea shanty” should not be missed. This “Moby Dick” is a remarkable, boiled-down, reinterpretation of Herman Melville’s massive dark 1851 tome. MTH manages to somehow transform this dark mid-nineteenth century novel into an engaging and engr...

Review: THE GREAT GATSBY at Kansas City Music Hall


by Alan Portner - March 18, 2026

If Broadway’s Great Gatsby trades in spectacle, the first national North American Tour proves that its success on the road depends on something more grounded: a cast capable of sustaining the illusion night after night, city after city.  This performance is pretty much flawless top to bottom.  �...

Review: THE PLAY THAT WENT WRONG at The White Theatre


by Alan Portner - March 16, 2026

Producing The Play That Goes Wrong at a community-theater level is an act of courage.  And the Silver Star with two oak leaf enhancements goes to the White Theatre inside the Jewish Community Center in Overland Park.  Seldom before have I seen such an active sold-out crowd in this venue who eviden...

Review: TROJAN WOMEN MCI at Unicorn Theatre


by Andrew Burrill - March 15, 2026

What did our critic think of TROJAN WOMEN MCI at Unicorn Theatre?...

Past Shows

A Raisin in the Sun
A Raisin in the Sun
Feb 14 – Feb 29, 2020

A Raisin in the Sun is, according to The New York Times, the play that changed American theater forever. First produced in 1959, A Raisin...

For Colored Girls who have Considered Suicide when the Rainbow is Enuf
For Colored Girls who have Considered Suicide when the Rainbow is Enuf
Dec 5 – Dec 15, 2019

Ntozake Shanges groundbreaking choreopoem, For Colored Girls who have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf, is the playwrights first and most widely produced theatrical...

King Hedley II 👑
King Hedley II 👑
Sep 20 – Oct 5, 2019

Set in the year 1985 in Pittsburghs Hill District, King Hedley II explores the ways that urban communities survive the trauma of violence, unemployment and...

Funnyhouse of a Negro
Funnyhouse of a Negro
May 3 – May 18, 2019

KCMPT presents a revival of Adrienne Kennedys 1964 Obie Award-winning play Funnyhouse of a Negro at Just Off Broadway Theater May 3rd - May 18th....

The Green Book Wine Club Train Trip
The Green Book Wine Club Train Trip
Feb 15 – Mar 2, 2019

Five Black Women from Missouri. Friendship, Wine, Laughter, Tears, and Secrets. What happens when unexpected time travel takes them back to a 1940's boarding house...

Single Black Female
Single Black Female
Feb 23 – Mar 10, 2018

SINGLE BLACK FEMALE by Lisa B. Thompson (Samuel French, 2012) is a hilarious two-woman show that deftly uses comic sketches à la Saturday Night Live...

2121
2121
Sep 29 – Oct 14, 2017

2121, a new play from KC Melting Pot Artistic Director, Harvey Williams captures the rhythm of a city still struggling with the aftershocks of the...

Videos


SHREK The Musical in Kansas City SHREK The Musical
Theatre in the Park (5/22-5/30)
Jesus Christ Superstar in Kansas City Jesus Christ Superstar
Music Theater Heritage (8/20-9/13)
Twelfth Night in Kansas City Twelfth Night
Olathe Civic Theatre Assn (OCTA) (5/29-6/14)
Jefferson Starship in Kansas City Jefferson Starship
Capital Region MU Health Care Amphitheater (9/27-9/27)
2026 Show-Me Jazz Festival in Kansas City 2026 Show-Me Jazz Festival
Clara Eitmann Messmer Amphitheater (6/13-6/13)
The Addams Family in Kansas City The Addams Family
Theatre Lawrence (6/05-6/21)
The Wiz in Kansas City The Wiz
Music Theater Heritage (6/11-7/05)
Guns N’ Roses in Kansas City Guns N’ Roses
Busch Stadium (8/16-8/16)
Wicked in Kansas City Wicked
Kansas City Music Hall (8/22-8/22)
Danielle Nicole Band in Kansas City Danielle Nicole Band
Saloon Stage At Knuckleheads Saloon (6/20-6/20)