Upcoming Shows
Based on the novella by Stephen King, The Shawshank Redemption follows the story of Andy Dufresne, a successful banker sentenced to two consecutive life terms...
by Alan Portner - March 09, 2026
The new Kansas City Actors Theater production of “Everybody” is a sly meditation on the human condition. It is a riff on the oldest known surviving play in English called “Everyman.”...
by Andrew Burrill - March 01, 2026
Lyric Opera of Kansas City’s The Gershwins’ PORGY AND BESS is a vocally commanding and spiritually powerful production, led by standout performances from Eric Greene and Michelle Bradley under the legendary direction of Francesca Zambello....
by Alan Portner - February 22, 2026
“Elvis and Elton Together” rates a big five stars. Victor Trevino Jr. as Elvis is back and is as good as ever. Sean McGibbben becomes the incredible Elton John. Victor and Sean wisely introduce themselves as tribute artists rather than impersonators....
by Alan Portner - February 20, 2026
When the musical juggernaut titled “Hamilton” stormed into Kansas City’s gilded Music Hall this week, it arrives not as a relic of mid-2010s hype, but as a living, breathing re-invention of America’s founding fathers. A decade after its Broadway debut, the touring production proves that the ...
by Alan Portner - February 08, 2026
Now “playing” at Music Theatre Heritage inside Crown Center through February 22 is the latest iteration of the most produced modern musical play in history. It is called “The Fantasticks.”
If “Fantasticks” is new to you, you are past due for a treat. If you are one of the thousands of p...
by Alan Portner - February 03, 2026
A new production of Jonathan Larson’s 1996 Pulitzer Prize Winner RENT, itself a re-interpretation of Puccini’s “La Boheme,” arrives like a time capsule that refuses to stay shut as a first ever co-production of the White Theatre (inside the Jewish Community Center) and Kansas City’s vener...
by Andrew Burrill - February 03, 2026
The Drum Closet is a deeply spiritual, urgent, and profoundly human coming-of-age story that resonates far beyond its Midwestern high school setting....
by Andrew Burrill - February 03, 2026
Casey and Diana, now running January 28 through February 15, 2026, is a luminous, heartbreaking, and deeply necessary work of theatre. Written by Nick Green and originally commissioned by the Stratford Festival of Canada, the play was developed to honor the real-life visit of Diana, Princess of Wale...
by Alan Portner - January 22, 2026
“Kimberly Akimbo” is a tiny, idiosyncratic musical with a cast of only nine actors that somehow manages to share the full Broadway experience with its opening night audience at Kansas City’s Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts.
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Past Shows
Silent Sky tells the true story of Henrietta Leavitt, an astronomer ahead of her time. It is 1900, and Henrietta has the opportunity to work...
How do you tell truth to power when a king wants you to say that something happened that didn’t really happen, and requires you to swear...
It’s not easy telling truth to power, even in the 1500’s. It’s not easy telling truth to power, even in the 1500’s. A Man for...
A literary lover’s holiday delight! AMERICAN HOLIDAY STORIES comprises three tales of memory and joy that bring together masters Truman Capote, Thornton Wilder, and a third...
A performance of two Great American Christmas classics ~ Act 1: In one continuous scene, Thornton Wilder chronicles six generations of a pioneering and enterprising...
A performance of two Great American Christmas classics ~ Act 1: In one continuous scene, Thornton Wilder chronicles six generations of a pioneering and enterprising...
This stunning third part to Kate Hennig’s powerful Queenmaker Series, England’s first queen finds herself fighting xenophobia, religious nationalism, and strained familial bonds in the...
Don't miss out on your opportunity to see the real story of an unexpected hero, intern Daniel Hernandez, who is thrown into the spotlight after saving...
Winner of the 1963 Tony Award for Best Original Score & 1968 Academy Award for Best PictureA child gets lost in the inner city and...
Movie star Caroline has it all: looks, fame, and a clear shot at superstardom. With pregnancy, though, her carefully crafted life gets torn apart as...
Isabella is a sensible, hard-working, God-fearing peasant woman whose faith is upended as she deals with the baffling journey of her odd and extraordinary daughter,...
An intimate and touching show, featuring music by Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick (Fiddler on the Roof) and book by Joe Masteroff (Cabaret), She Loves...
Winner of the 2001 Pulitzer Prize for Drama Winner 2001 Tony Award for Best PlayCatherine has spent years caring for her brilliant but unstable mathematician...
Scott Cox is BACK at the Warwick Theatre for THREE SHOWS ONLY with his one-man show, AND GOD DID SHAKE THE PEAR: SHAKESPEARE FOR EVERYDAY...
Join us for a night of Irish ghost stories staged in the Warwick Lobby! Seating is limited, so get your tickets today! Call 816-569-3226 or...
Publicly accused of sodomy, renowned writer Oscar Wilde comes under legal scrutiny as a perpetrator of the love that dare not speak its name. Drawing...
Based on the novella by Stephen King, this adaptation of The Shawshank Redemption hearkens to the 1994 critically acclaimed film, bringing audiences to the edge...
The Metropolitan Ensemble Theatre presents one of August Wilsons rarely produced masterpieces, Seven Guitars, the 1940s installment of his Pittsburgh Cycle, February 21-March 10 at...
The Metropolitan Ensemble Theatre presents Tom Stoppards translation of Anton Chekhovs theatrical masterpiece The Cherry Orchard at the Warwick Theatre January 17-27. Chekhovs classic focuses...
The Metropolitan Ensemble Theatre presents Joe Landry’s retelling of the motion picture and holiday classic It’s a Wonderful Life (IAWL) December 6-16 at the Warwick...
This legendary American original rises above her impoverished beginnings and proves that you can't keep a good woman down! Metropolitan Ensemble Theatre closes its 13th...
Anna in the Tropics, by Nilo Cruz will open the space on April 12th. The 2003 Pulitzer Prize winning play tells the story of Cuban...
Metropolitan Ensemble Theatre kicks off the new year with DEFYING GRAVITY, a clever and uplifting fantasy written by Jane Anderson, with ear catching musings about...
It’s Christmas Eve 1945, and only a few of KCMET Radio’s actors have braved the blizzard to perform that evening’s broadcast of It’s a Wonderful...
Imagine all the greatest hits from plays by William Shakespeare -- star-crossed lovers, heroic soldiers , raging royalty, evil drug dealing dukes, twisted villains, banished...
9 to 5 The Musical, with music and lyrics by Dolly Parton and book by Patricia Resnick, is based on the seminal 1980 hit movie....
It’s just another rainy night at a 24-hour truck stop in East Tennessee when a stranger staggers in with a shocking tale of a murder...
The play is set in 1904 at 1839 Wylie Avenue in Pittsburgh's Hill District. Aunt Ester, the drama's 285-year-old fiery matriarch, welcomes into her home...
Photograph 51 is a moving portrait of RosalindFranklin, one of the great female scientists of the twentieth centruy, and her drive to unravel the mysteries...
A humorous and moving portrait of Rosalind Franklin, one of the great female scientists of the twentieth century, and her fervid drive to map the...
This beloved American holiday classic comes to captivating life as a live 1940s radio broadcast. With the help of an ensemble that brings a few...
This beloved American holiday classic comes to captivating life as a live 1940s radio broadcast. With the help of an ensemble that brings a few...
Comfortably ensconced in his charming Connecticut home, Sidney Bruhl, a successful writer of Broadway thrillers, is struggling to overcome a dry spell. A break in...
Parade by Alfred Uhry and Jason Robert Brown Directed by Karen Paisley Parade tells the heart-wrenching, true story of Leo Frank: a Brooklyn-raised Jewish man...
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof is the story of a Southern family in crisis, especially husband Brick and wife Maggie. They gather at Brick's...
The tiny hamlet of Poor Prairie doesn’t see a lot of folks coming into town, least of all men – they’ve all left to find...
THE SKIN OF OUR TEETH By Thornton Wilder Winner 1943 Pulitzer Prize for Drama Directed by Bob Paisley Meet George and Maggie Antrobus of Excelsior,...
Passionate. Brilliant. Defiant. Tonight, 18th century scientific genius Emilie du Châtelet is back and determined to answer the question she died with: love or philosophy,...
THE NIGHT THOREAU SPENT IN JAIL By Robert E. Lee and Jerome Lawrence Directed by Karen Paisley Produced around the country under the American Playwrights...
By Nicholas Wright Directed by Karen Paisley In 1873, at the age of 20, Vincent Van Gogh rented a room in a suburb of London...
Based on the cult hit film, THE FULL MONTY a 10-time Tony Award-nominee, is filled with honest affection, engaging melodies and the most highly-anticipated closing...
This unique one man show by Rachel Mariner with direction by Guy Masterson stars Bob Paisley as Bill Clinton. The show arrives in Kansas City...
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