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Three days of play readings, workshops, social events, and an interview with Honoree Playwright Qui Nguyen take place in this celebration of the art of...
The New Play Lab is part of the 43rd William Inge Theatre Festival, held April 23-25 in Independence, Kansas, featuring 13 playwrights whose scripts are...
Spire Chamber Ensemble celebrates its 16th season with Voices InSpire, the ensemble's inaugural gala, hosted at Mission Hills Country Club. The evening features a cocktail...
Emmy Award–winning writer, filmmaker, and playwright Qui Nguyen has been selected as the 2026 Playwright Honoree at the 43rd William Inge Theatre Festival in Independence,...
Agrekulture, the performing artist name of Charlotte Street Studio Resident Austin Glasco, performs at Charlotte Street's annual Open Studios event on April 25, 2026. The...
Anna Boehm performs a dance and movement piece in the Stern Theater as part of Charlotte Street's annual Open Studios event on April 25, 2026....
Arianna Hughlett performs a dance and movement piece in the Stern Theater as part of Charlotte Street's annual Open Studios event, a free one-day program...
Charlotte Street's annual Open Studios returns on April 25, 2026, from 3:00–10:00 PM at the Charlotte Street Campus, showcasing the work of 31 visual artists,...
Christina Silvius performs a music set in the Studio Residency Garden as part of Charlotte Street's annual Open Studios event on April 25, 2026. The...
Conversation with Qui Nguyen is a free public event held on April 25 at Independence Community College as part of the 43rd William Inge Theatre...
Henry Scamurra performs a music set in the lobby of Charlotte Street's Campus as part of Open Studios 2026, Charlotte Street's annual one-day community event....
Isaiah Petrie performs as part of Charlotte Street's annual Open Studios event, a free one-day community program highlighting the work of 31 visual artists, writers,...
Kadesh Flow (Ryan Davis) performs a music set in the lobby of Charlotte Street's Campus as part of Open Studios 2026, Charlotte Street's annual one-day...
Katie Brennan performs a dance/movement piece in the Stern Theater as part of Charlotte Street's annual Open Studios event on April 25, 2026. The free,...
Living Dead in Denmark is a production by Independence Community College, presented as part of the 43rd William Inge Theatre Festival in Independence, Kansas. The...
Paris Williams performs at Charlotte Street's annual Open Studios, a free one-day community event taking place on April 25, 2026, from 3:00–10:00 PM at Charlotte...
Sam McReynolds performs a dance/movement piece at 6:00 PM in the Stern Theater as part of Charlotte Street's annual Open Studios event on April 25,...
Tara Leigh Burgat performs a dance and movement piece in the Stern Theater as part of Charlotte Street's annual Open Studios event on April 25,...
The American Songbook, A 250th Celebration is Spire Chamber Ensemble's spring concert, honoring the nation's 250th anniversary through a musical journey across American history. Under...
The 43rd William Inge Theatre Festival takes place April 23-25 at Independence Community College in Independence, Kansas, honoring playwright Qui Nguyen, who joins a distinguished...
Writing Residents Readings is part of Charlotte Street's annual Open Studios event, a free one-day program on April 25, 2026, from 3:00–10:00 PM at Charlotte...
Based on a true story. Forty years before the abolition of slavery, William Henry Brown, a free Black American, organizes a production of Shakespeare’s Richard III under his...
Shadowy, stylish, and steeped in suspense, Dial M for Murder is a noir-inspired twist on the classic thriller that sparked Hitchcock’s legendary film. When charming but cold-blooded...
Shadowy, stylish, and steeped in suspense, Dial M for Murder is a noir-inspired twist on the classic thriller that sparked Hitchcock’s legendary film. When charming but cold-blooded...
The American Songbook, A 250th Celebration is Spire Chamber Ensemble's spring concert, performed as part of the ensemble's 16th season. Under the direction of Founder...
Spring Enchantment caps off the Kansas City Chamber Orchestra's 39th season with a program at Grace and Holy Cathedral that reflects nearly four decades of...
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by Alan Portner - April 09, 2026
Think of the greatest songs you’ve never heard - the soaring melodies, the unexpected anthems, the driving beats, the lyrics that speak to a feeling you didn’t know could be expressed in words. Unlike most straight plays, this opus has its own musical score, and good one by Will Butler.
And tha...
by Alan Portner - March 30, 2026
MTH’s World Premiere production of “Moby Dick a sea shanty” should not be missed. This “Moby Dick” is a remarkable, boiled-down, reinterpretation of Herman Melville’s massive dark 1851 tome. MTH manages to somehow transform this dark mid-nineteenth century novel into an engaging and engr...
by Alan Portner - March 18, 2026
If Broadway’s Great Gatsby trades in spectacle, the first national North American Tour proves that its success on the road depends on something more grounded: a cast capable of sustaining the illusion night after night, city after city. This performance is pretty much flawless top to bottom. �...
by Alan Portner - March 16, 2026
Producing The Play That Goes Wrong at a community-theater level is an act of courage. And the Silver Star with two oak leaf enhancements goes to the White Theatre inside the Jewish Community Center in Overland Park. Seldom before have I seen such an active sold-out crowd in this venue who eviden...
by Andrew Burrill - March 15, 2026
What did our critic think of TROJAN WOMEN MCI at Unicorn Theatre?...
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...
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