“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 “…
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.…
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…
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?”…
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…
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…
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.…
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…
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.…
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…
Porgy and Bess, presented by the Lyric Opera of Kansas City, captures the essence of a Black community in Charleston, South Carolina, during the early 1920s. This landmark American opera features iconic songs, including "Summertime," and delves into themes of love, resilience...
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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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SIX (Boleyn Tour) Kansas City Music Hall (1/26-1/31) |
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Pirates! The Penzance Musical Theatre Lawrence (9/11-9/20) |
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'Style Thief Fashion Show: Tools Not Rules Tour' Midwest Trust Center at Johnson County Community College (2/20-2/20) |
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TBC Truck, Trailer Repair & Diesel Performance TBC Truck, Trailer Repair & Diesel Performance (5/01-12/01) |
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'Burn the Floor presents Maks & Peta Live!' Midwest Trust Center at Johnson County Community College (4/03-4/03) |
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Wicked Kansas City Music Hall (8/22-8/22) |
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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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Gravity Midwest Trust Center at Johnson County Community College (1/30-1/30) |
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'Outlander in Concert' Midwest Trust Center at Johnson County Community College (10/23-10/23) |
