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Review: A CHRISTMAS CAROL at Kansas City Repertory Theatre


by Alan Portner - November 22, 2023

Last night, November 21, 2023, a Kansas City tradition, the 42rd annual (almost) Kansas City Repertory Theatre production of Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol” opened at the Spencer Theater on the UMKC campus for an extended run through Christmas Eve. Except for the Covid year when the live produc...

Interview: Jason Chanos of A CHRISTMAS CAROL at Kansas City Repertory Theatre


by Alan Portner - November 14, 2023

The Kansas City holiday season officially begins on November 21st with the forty-second annual iteration of the Kansas City Repertory Theatre Production of Charles Dickens’ 1843 novella “A Christmas Carol.  Director Jason Chanos is excited about this new mounting of the annual classic. Chanos is bot...

Photos: THE ADDAMS FAMILY At The Arrow Rock Lyceum Theatre


by A.A. Cristi - June 13, 2023

They’re creepy and they’re kooky, mysterious, and spooky. The Addams Family Musical brings the iconic family to life at the Arrow Rock Lyceum Theatre, now playing through June 18. See photos from the production!...

Carlos Lopez, Stacey Harris & More to Star in THE ADDAMS FAMILY at The Arrow Rock Lyceum


by Chloe Rabinowitz - June 01, 2023

They're creepy and they're kooky, mysterious, and spooky. The Addams Family brings the iconic family musically to life at the Arrow Rock Lyceum Theatre, June 9-18. ...

Kansas City Premiere of Richard Gustin's BEING SEEN Comes to the Black Box Theatre


by Stephi Wild - March 04, 2022

Playwright and director Richard Gustin today announced the casting for his tour de force world premiere comedy, Being Seen. Veteran Kansas City premiere actors Mark Robbins and Ashley Pankow will star in the exclusive Kansas City three-week engagement August 24 – September 11 at the Black Box Theatr...

Kansas City Theatres Reopen With Health Precautions


by Alan Portner - October 21, 2021

Kansas City live theater companies have mostly reopened after enduring eighteen months of dark stages and empty auditoriums. Curtains first rang down in New York and shortly here beginning March 12, 2020. As of today, October 21, 2021, more than 732,000 Americans have died as a result of one of sev...

Past Shows

A Little More Alive
A Little More Alive
4/11 - 5/11/2014


In this touching new musical, two brothers are reunited at their mother's funeral. The unexpected discovery of a box of letters to and from their ...

The Foreigner
3/14 - 4/6/2014


Charlie Baker needs to get away, and his friend Froggy knows just the place - his favorite fishing lodge in rural Georgia. To give Charlie ...

When I Come to Die
2/14 - 3/16/2014


Damon Robinson, a death-row inmate, struggles to find faith and understanding about why his life has been spared after he survives a lethal injection. Befriending ...

Romeo and Juliet
1/17 - 2/9/2014


Passion. Romance. Violence. Vengeance. Despair. Death. Love, Romeo and Juliet transcends all centuries. A tale of dangerous rivalries and star-crossed lovers, Shakespeare’s most thrilling and ...

A Christmas Carol
11/22 - 12/26/2013


Kansas City’s favorite holiday tradition returns for a 33rd Season!...

The Santaland Diaries
11/29 - 12/22/2013


America’s favorite irreverent elf Crumpet arrives in Kansas City! David Sedaris’ hysterical tale of elfin’ woe is a hilarious one-man send-up of his brief, misguided ...


As an internationally-renowned vocalist and star of stage and screen, Paul Robeson was one of the best known African American artists in the world in ...

Little Shop of Horrors
Little Shop of Horrors
4/20 - 5/20/2012


Long before Bill Gates made nerds trendy, there was Seymour Krelborn, a hapless florist searching for love, aided by a bizarre plant with an insatiable ...

The Whipping Man
The Whipping Man
3/16 - 4/8/2012


Fresh from its extended New York debut comes an extraordinary new work that is rooted in the largely unknown but true history of Jewish slaveholders ...

The Great Immensity
The Great Immensity
2/17 - 3/18/2012


Acclaimed theatre innovators The Civilians are celebrated for their endlessly inventive and entertaining spin on the most pressing issues of our time. They now bring ...

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
1/20 - 2/12/2012


Singled out by The New York Times as “Sassy, ingeniously staged and deeply affecting,” this new adaptation of Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, ...

A Christmas Carol
A Christmas Carol
11/19 - 12/26/2011


In honor of last year’s 30th anniversary of A Christmas Carol, our venerable holiday production received a “make over.” While staying true to the original ...

The History of Kisses
The History of Kisses
10/21 - 11/27/2011


Obie Award-winner David Cale’s Palomino was a critical and audience hit in 2009. He now returns to the Rep with his newest work, The History ...

August: Osage County
August: Osage County
9/19 - 10/9/2011


The Rep's Eric Rosen directs this 2008 Pulitzer and Tony Award winner, which The New York Times hailed as "the most exciting new American play ...

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Million Dollar Quartet in Kansas City Million Dollar Quartet
Arrow Rock Lyceum Theatre (9/27 - 10/6)
Noises Off in Kansas City Noises Off
Arrow Rock Lyceum Theatre (8/17 - 8/25)
A Christmas Carol in Kansas City A Christmas Carol
Arrow Rock Lyceum Theatre (12/13 - 12/22)
Moulin Rouge! in Kansas City Moulin Rouge!
Kansas City Music Hall (7/23 - 8/4)
42nd Street in Kansas City 42nd Street
Arrow Rock Lyceum Theatre (6/7 - 6/16)
Jimmy Buffett's Escape to Margaritaville in Kansas City Jimmy Buffett's Escape to Margaritaville
Arrow Rock Lyceum Theatre (6/28 - 7/7)
MJ in Kansas City MJ
Kansas City Music Hall (5/7 - 5/12)
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