In this vibrant new adaptation, The Pirates of Penzance heads to New Orleans for a fresh take on the beloved classic. When love and duty send a young pirate into hilariously complicated waters, the result is musical comedy gold. Playful, tuneful, and full of charm, this voyage...
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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based on the bestselling novelby Paula Hawkins and DreamWorks filmadapted by Rachel Wagstaff and Duncan AbelIn a heart thumping thriller, truth becomes slippery and trust uncertain. Dissatisfied with her job and reeling after a breakup, Rachels only escape is imagining the lives...
Songs by Matthew Sklar and Chad Beguelin |Book by Thomas Meehan and Bob MartinBased on the cherished film, this beloved holiday comedy tells the hilarious tale of Buddy the Elf, in his quest to find his true identity. The show will have us all spreading Christmas Cheer by...
A Global Event Celebrating Local TheatreJoin Theatre Lawrence as we gather with theatres from around the area and around the world for one weekend to perform this brand new musical revue. Songs and arrangements come from blockbuster Broadway musicals like Beauty and the Beast...
A John Brown Experience! Celebrate our communitys history with beautiful music and a reminder of the local events that led up to the Civil War.
A John Brown Experience! Celebrate our communitys history with beautiful music and a reminder of the local events that led up to the Civil War.
Gates open at 8:00pmPerformances start at 8:30pmLeaving Iowa is a postcard to anyone who remembers the family summer road trips! As grown-up Don searches for a resting place for his fathers ashes, he relives some of the tortuous and hilarious family vacations of his youth with...
Join Deja Brooks under the stars for an Extra Fabulous Outdoor Drag Show featuring Mulan, Luna Flare, Drag by Q and the Whore of 84, Genewa Stanwyck!Tickets can be purchased by visiting TheatreLawrence.com or by calling the Box Office at 785-843-SHOW (7469).Gates open at...
Pop the champagne and sip some bubbly as Theatre Lawrence kicks off its Summer Series on the outdoor stage, under the stars with "Some Enchanted Evening - The Songs of Rodgers and Hammerstein."Enjoy timeless music from Broadway icons. Come delight in music that has become an...
On a cold winter night in the mythical town of Almost, Maine, residents find themselves falling in and out of love in strange and unexpected ways during the course of this witty and charming show.In-Person Performances: March 19, 20, 21 and 26, 27, 28Online, Streamed...
The subject of this riveting and unusual drama is the infamous House Un-American Activities Committee hearings in the 1950s, in which figures from the world of show business were subpoenaed to testify as to their loyalty as Americans and asked to name any and all communists or...
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'Hold On To Your Butts' Midwest Trust Center at Johnson County Community College (3/12-3/13) |
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'Treasure Island Reimagined: Jane Hawkins and the Pirate's Gold' Midwest Trust Center at Johnson County Community College (4/02-4/03) |
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Mutts Gone Nuts - Unleashed Midwest Trust Center at Johnson County Community College (5/08-5/08) |
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NJT Presents the STL Premiere of "Job" August 6 – 23 J's Wool Studio Theatre (8/06-8/20) |
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'Burn the Floor presents Maks & Peta Live!' Midwest Trust Center at Johnson County Community College (4/03-4/03) |
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Gravity Midwest Trust Center at Johnson County Community College (1/30-1/30) |
