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Metropolitan Ensemble Theatre

3927 Main Street
Kansas City 64111

Metropolitan Ensemble Theatre is a theatre in Kansas City.

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Review: BEETLEJUICE THE MUSICAL at Starlight Theatre

Review: BEETLEJUICE THE MUSICAL at Starlight Theatre

by Alan Portner · October 3, 2026

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

Review: THE HALLELUJAH GIRLS at New Theatre & Restaurant

by Alan Portner · September 23, 2026

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

Review: EUREKA DAY at City Stage

by Alan Portner · September 15, 2026

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

Review: DISNEY'S NEWSIES at Starlight Theater

by Alan Portner · September 9, 2026

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

Review: KC Rep's COME FROM AWAY at Spencer Theatre

by Alan Portner · September 8, 2026

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

Review: JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR at Music Theatre Heritage

by Andrew Burrill · August 30, 2026

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

Review: THE SHARK IS BROKEN at The Warwick Theatre

by Alan Portner · August 17, 2026

“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

Review: WICKED at Kansas City Music Hall

by Alan Portner · August 17, 2026

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

Review: INTIMATE APPAREL at Kansas City Actors' Theatre

by Alan Portner · August 9, 2026

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…

Review: SPAMALOT at Starlight Theatre

Review: SPAMALOT at Starlight Theatre

by Alan Portner · August 5, 2026

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?”…

Past Shows

43 total · showing 41–43

Vincent in Brixton

Vincent in Brixton

Oct 15 – Nov 1, 2015

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 while he was being groomed for a career as an art dealer in his family's business. This heralded play produced by Lincoln Center traces the transforming...

The Full Monty

The Full Monty

May 28 – Jun 14, 2015

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 number. While spying on their wives at a 'Girls' Night Out,' a group of unemployed steelworkers from Buffalo see...

Bill Clinton Hercules

Bill Clinton Hercules

May 6 – May 9, 2015

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 following a successful tour of Ireland under the auspices of Theatre Tours International.Bill Clinton Hercules takes a candid look at the...

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'The Who's Tommy' in Kansas City 'The Who's Tommy'
Midwest Trust Center at Johnson County Community College (10/14-10/14)
The Last 5 Years in Kansas City The Last 5 Years
Phoenix Arts KC (10/16-10/24)
Lizzie in Kansas City Lizzie
Theatre Lawrence (10/22-10/24)
'Treasure Island Reimagined: Jane Hawkins and the Pirate's Gold' in Kansas City 'Treasure Island Reimagined: Jane Hawkins and the Pirate's Gold'
Midwest Trust Center at Johnson County Community College (4/02-4/03)
Primary Trust in Kansas City Primary Trust
Unicorn Theartre (3/03-3/14)
Mutts Gone Nuts - Unleashed in Kansas City Mutts Gone Nuts - Unleashed
Midwest Trust Center at Johnson County Community College (5/08-5/08)
'Hold On To Your Butts' in Kansas City 'Hold On To Your Butts'
Midwest Trust Center at Johnson County Community College (3/12-3/13)
Owen/Cox Dance Group 'The Nutcracker and the Mouse King' in Kansas City Owen/Cox Dance Group 'The Nutcracker and the Mouse King'
Midwest Trust Center at Johnson County Community College (12/10-12/13)
Emilie: La Marquise Du Chatelet Defends Her Life Tonight in Kansas City Emilie: La Marquise Du Chatelet Defends Her Life Tonight
Olathe Civic Theatre Assn (OCTA) (2/05-2/21)
Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company in Kansas City Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company
Midwest Trust Center at Johnson County Community College (1/22-1/22)