Disney's Newsies is a Tony Award-winning musical based on the hit movie, featuring a cast of Kansas City performers alongside national talent. The production is presented by Starlight in Kansas City, Missouri, with rehearsals beginning in August 2026.
Starlight's 39th Annual Gala is a fundraising celebration event hosted at Starlight Theatre in Kansas City. Two-time Tony Award winner Sutton Foster will headline the evening.
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…
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.…
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…
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Its gonna be a spectacular night as Rainbow Kitten Surprise delivers their Bones North America Tour to the Starlight Theater in Kansas City, MO, on Monday, July 27th, 2026. The Nashville based alternative rock band will be joined by Aussie indie outfit Spacey Jane. Releasing in...
A Beautiful Noise: The Neil Diamond Musical marks its Kansas City premiere as part of a multi-year North American Tour following a run on Broadway. The musical was created in collaboration with Neil Diamond himself. American Idol winner Nick Fradiani leads the cast.
A Bob Dylan concert on July 4 will be followed by a complimentary fireworks show commemorating the holiday. Patrons who attend the concert are invited to stay after the performance for the fireworks display.
Hadestown is a Tony Award-winning Best Musical playing as part of Starlight's 75th Broadway Season. The production runs as part of the 2026 AdventHealth Broadway Series in Kansas City.
Starlight Theatre will present Disney's Frozen from August 5 to August 10 as part of the 2025 AdventHealth Broadway Series. The production features a collaboration with Pittsburgh CLO and the Lied Center in Nebraska, showcasing young Kansas City actresses in the roles of Young...
A classic love story is brought up-to-date in one of the most stunning theatrical spectacles of all time. In Miss Saigon, Puccini's Madame Butterfly is brought to the modern world. This powerful pop opera is an emotional tale about forbidden love, the tragedies of war and the...
Sisters Ann and Nancy Wilson first showed the world that women can rock when their band, Heart, stormed the charts in the ‘70’s with hits like “Crazy on You,” “Magic Man,” “Barracuda,” “Straight On,” and so many more. Not only did the Wilson sisters lead the band, they wrote the...
In a magical kingdom beneath the sea, the beautiful young mermaid Ariel longs to leave her ocean home to live in the world above. Based on one of Hans Christian Anderson’s most beloved stories, The Little Mermaid is a hauntingly beautiful love story for the ages. The score...
Multi-platinum band Train has made its mark on music history with the Grammy Award-winning song “Drops of Jupiter (Tell Me)” and chart-topping singles “Meet Virginia” and “Calling All Angels.” In early 2011, Train earned their third Grammy for worldwide smash “Hey Soul Sister”...
Flashdance – The Musical, the pop culture phenomenon and runaway international success, is now live on stage! It all started with a dream. To be bigger. To burn brighter. To dance harder.
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Come From Away Olathe Civic Theatre Assn (OCTA) (6/04-6/20) |
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Red Like Fruit Unicorn Theatre (10/14-10/25) |
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SIX (Boleyn Tour) Kansas City Music Hall (1/26-1/31) |
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Guns N’ Roses Busch Stadium (8/16-8/16) |
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Wicked Kansas City Music Hall (8/22-8/22) |
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'The Billy Joel Legacy' Midwest Trust Center at Johnson County Community College (10/11-10/11) |
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Clint Black & Midland Ozarks Amphitheater (10/10-10/10) |
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'What Do You Do With a Problem?' Midwest Trust Center at Johnson County Community College (11/06-11/07) |
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JOB New Jewish Theatre (NJT) (8/06-8/23) |
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Yamato Midwest Trust Center at Johnson County Community College (3/27-3/27) |
