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An employee at a big tech company has been placed on leave after becoming the subject of a viral video. She arrives in the office of a crisis therapist determined to be reinstated to the job that gives her life meaning. A psychological thriller, JOB examines what it means to be...
Steel Magnolias, running August 14-23 at the Arrow Rock Lyceum Theatre, is a celebration of friendship, resilience, and the strength of Southern women where laughter and tears intertwine. Carey Van Driest stars as M'lynn alongside Mary Mattison as Shelby. The production is...
Fade-In: The Orca and the making of the hoped-for blockbuster, JAWS. Lights! Camera! … Oops! THE SHARK IS BROKEN traps actors Robert Shaw, Richard Dreyfuss, and Roy Scheider on the Orca with nowhere to go. In a battle of egos, wit, and insecurity, what emerges is the hilarious...
Check your inhibitions at the door—things are about to get ridiculous.
Inside a struggling gypsy cab station serving its community, a group of working-class drivers confronts generational conflict, economic displacement, and the threat of urban renewal. As livelihoods hang in the balance, Jitney becomes a powerful testament to the dignity of work...
When a seaweed-covered creature washes ashore in the Cape Cod village of Barnacle Bay, the inhabitants fear the worst. Is it a sea monster in their midst? No, it's a baby as big as a house! The villagers adopt the giant baby, whom they name Stormalong or Stormy, for short...
When memory slips, who controls the truth? Lauren asks Luke to narrate her life—but as he speaks, her sense of self begins to fracture. As the story slips further from her grasp, one question lingers: why did she ask him to tell it at all? Provocative and deeply intimate, Red...
Book by James Goldman Directed by Kipp Simmons Sibling rivalry, adultery, and dungeons – The Lion in Winter , by James Goldman, is a modern-day classic. Comedic in tone, dramatic in action – the play tells the story of the Plantagenet family, who are locked in a free-for-all of...
Brilliant minds. Twisted plots. One colorful conspiracy. An as-yet-unknown Vincent van Gogh brings Sherlock Holmes a most unusual case. Joined by the ever-loyal Dr. Watson and the enigmatic Irene Adler, Holmes must unravel one of the Victorian era’s most audacious crimes—and...
Fandom is a contact sport. When a fifteen-year-old girl from Ohio tells you she knows how to order snakes online, what do you do? You sit down and you listen! This uproariously funny, sharp satire follows fourteen-year-old Cora as she takes aim a prominent music critic, who has...
Accountability has a price. Jane, an employee at a major tech company, has been placed on leave after becoming the subject of a viral video that she cannot escape. Arriving at the office of crisis therapist Loyd, the line between therapy, interrogation, and power struggle begins...
Written by Lauren Gunderson Directed by Jessica Franz-Martin 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, head or heart? In this highly theatrical...
Life on the rocks made sweet like a Mai Tai. Kenneth’s life is built on routine: a job at a local bookshop, quiet evenings, and mai tais at his favorite bar. When the shop closes, Kenneth must confront the fears, dreams, and unspoken grief that have kept him still for far too...
Set during the Harlem Renaissance on the eve of the Great Depression, Pearl Cleages timeless drama follows a circle of artists and dreamers determined to create beauty in uncertain times. As friendships are tested by love, politics, and survival, Blues for an Alabama Sky...
William Shakespeare's timeless romantic tragedy comes to life in this ballet choreographed by Devon Carney with music by Sergei Prokofiev, performed live by the Kansas City Symphony. Carney presents his powerful interpretation of the classic tale, featuring soaring choreography...
Confronting the role of the monarch in the balance between authority and chaos, King Lear reveals the beauty of selfless love, the heartache of betrayal, and the descent of civilization into brutishness when selfish greed has run amuck. Shakespeare’s powerful examination of...
“Treasure Island Reimagined: Jane Hawkins and the Pirate's Gold” is the newest show from Jason Neulander, the mind behind the smash hit “The Intergalactic Nemesis.” In this adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic, three performers provide all the voices, sound effects...
by Tom Dudzick Directed by Don Leonard The best laid plans go awry when the cast and crew of a Broadway-bound play resort to manipulation, diva-like behavior, and chaotic abandon to get what they want. Fledgling playwright Jerry Przpezniak and his fiancee are a couple of Buffalo...
“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…
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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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Anti-Hero: Revenge of the Swifties Unicorn Theartre (12/09-12/27) |
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Emilie: La Marquise Du Chatelet Defends Her Life Tonight Olathe Civic Theatre Assn (OCTA) (2/05-2/21) |
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Bryson Tiller Hollywood Casino Amphitheater (10/03-10/03) |
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Owen/Cox Dance Group 'The Nutcracker and the Mouse King' Midwest Trust Center at Johnson County Community College (12/10-12/13) |
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Job Unicorn Theartre (2/03-2/14) |
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Suffs Unicorn Theartre (6/02-6/20) |
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Pirates! The Penzance Musical Theatre Lawrence (9/11-9/20) |
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Yamato Midwest Trust Center at Johnson County Community College (3/27-3/27) |
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Red Like Fruit Unicorn Theatre (10/14-10/25) |
