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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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Our annual family-friendly hit holiday musical comedy is back! Macey Maid-a-Milking seems to be the only person in all of Christmastown to sense that something...
Our annual 24-hour playwriting festival is BACK!No Sleep November has been a KC theatre tradition since 2013! On Sunday night, six teams of playwrights, actors,...
Amanda, a hospital volunteer with a guardian-angel complex, meets her newest assignment, Bud, a terminally ill patient with very little patience. Shes a single mom...
This staged reading is a part of The Living Rooms Writers Den Series.Doors open 7:00pm, reading begins at 7:30pmPay what you can at the door...
The hit musical comedy returns to The Living Room for a four week run! This audience favorite has been expanded and revamped with new scenes,...
The family-friendly hit musical comedy returns to The Living Room stage this holiday season, bigger and better than ever! Written by Ben Auxier, Brian Huther,...
**THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED DUE TO UNSAFE ROAD CONDITIONS** If you've already purchased tickets, they will be refunded shortly. If you have any difficulties...
Two ex-wives meet at the fresh grave of their mutual husband; but they’ll soon find out that his secret dying wish will make for a...
The Mascot: The hit comedy that CRITICS APPLAUD and AUDIENCES CHEER! This fast-paced comedy tells the age-old story of a father and son at odds,...
This holiday season, Christmas will be anything but a Drag with the uplifting new rock musical that celebrates the love, romance and magic people search...
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