Upcoming Shows
Be enchanted this summer with WICKED At Music Hall Kansas City! That’s exactly right! On Saturday 22nd August 2026, the spectacular Wicked experience can be...
Winner of over 50 major awards including the Grammy Award and three Tony Awards, WICKED is the untold story of the witches of Oz. Long...
THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA is widely considered one of the world’s most beautiful and spectacular musicals. Since 1986, it has played to over 160...
Divorced, beheaded, died, divorced, beheaded, survived. From Tudor Queens to Pop Princesses, in SIX the wives of Henry VIII take the mic to reclaim their...
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....
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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. �...
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...
by Andrew Burrill - March 15, 2026
What did our critic think of TROJAN WOMEN MCI at Unicorn Theatre?...
Past Shows
Believe in magic again.Follow the journey of Princess Aurora – from her christening and the wicked curse of Carabosse to a century-long slumber and her...
HAMILTON is the story of America's Founding Father Alexander Hamilton, an immigrant from the West Indies who became George Washington's right-hand man during the Revolutionary...
A holiday tradition – reinvented.This dazzling production features all-new, hand-painted sets and over 200 exquisite costumes. Tchaikovsky’s beloved score is performed alongside iconic choreography –...
Featuring a score that blends hip-hop, jazz, blues, rap, R&B, and Broadway, HAMILTON is the story of America then, as told by America now.HAMILTON is...
12-time Tony Award nominee and the winner of the 2019 Tony Award for Best Choreography, AIN'T TOO PROUD is the electrifying new musical that follows...
The original production won 10 Tony Awards, including a special Tony Award for becoming the longest-running Broadway musical of all time. Youll be there when...
Direct from Broadway, MEAN GIRLS is the hilarious hit musical from book writer Tina Fey (30 Rock), composer Jeff Richmond (Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt), lyricist Nell...
WICKED, the Broadway sensation, looks at what happened in the Land of Ozbut from a different angle. Long before Dorothy arrives, there is another young...
Its far and away the funniest musical of the season (Daily News). Its the most uproarious new show in years (The Hollywood Reporter). Its the...
Videos
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SHREK The Musical Theatre in the Park (5/22-5/30) |
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WICKED Music Hall (8/12-8/30) |
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Disney's Frozen The White Theatre at The J (7/08-7/26) |
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Danielle Nicole Band Saloon Stage At Knuckleheads Saloon (6/20-6/20) |
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Guns N’ Roses Busch Stadium (8/16-8/16) |
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The Phantom of the Opera Music Hall Kansas City (12/06-12/06) |
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Xanadu Music Theatre Kansas City (7/17-7/19) |
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Twelfth Night Olathe Civic Theatre Assn (OCTA) (5/29-6/14) |
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Wicked Kansas City Music Hall (8/22-8/22) |
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SIX (Boleyn Tour) Kansas City Music Hall (1/26-1/31) |
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