HTC's production of Spring Awakening, a folk-rock musical directed by Hersh Ellis, at the MTH Theater in Crown Center brings to life the gritty music of Duncan Sheik and the timeless lyrics and book of Steven Slater. Themes of injustice, homosexuality, teen pregnancy, masturbation, suicide, and conf... (more...)
KCAT's current production of Agatha Christie's 'And Then There Were None' grips the audience with a suspenseful quickly paced mystery. Ensemble shines in this timeless tale of accusation, guilt, judgement, and murder. The attention to detail from costumes, to set, to lighting provides a sensory exp... (more...)
If you want guaranteed show-stopping numbers create a musical with some of Whitney Houston's greatest hits. That's what Warner Brothers did when they released the movie THE BODYGUARD and what works the best in the touring production of the hit London show of the same name.... (more...)
Holding an audience on a stage by yourself for a whole hour is no small task, but it is one accomplished by Buffalo Grove Illinois' Tim Mooney in his remarkably cogent performance of 'Breakneck Julius Caesar' at the Unicorn Theatre's Jerome Stage as his contribution to the 2017 Fringe. Tim Mooney is... (more...)
As part of the 2017 KC Fringe, 'Yiddish With Dick And Jane' is worth seeing at the Arts Asylum close to downtown. Although just about anyone can enjoy this one, it says something about age when one realizes his own education falls after the McGuffey Reader period and smack in the middle of 'Reading ... (more...)
Dust off your willing suspension of disbelief. Starlight Theatre transforms into Elizabethan London in the year 1595. The play is 'Something Rotten.' William Shakespeare has not authored his 38 famous plays and 150 sonnets. By masquerading as patron to the struggling Bottom Brothers from Cornwall, t... (more...)
Imagine transitional rock superstars Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins, and Jerry Lee Lewis hanging out together for an impromptu recording session early in their musical careers. This is the unlikely, but mostly true tale told by the new production of the 2010 Broadway musical 'Million Dolla... (more...)
There are many musicals with the songs of George and Ira Gershwin intricately woven into them, but few have the grace and elegance of ballet like AN AMERICAN IN PARIS.... (more...)
Combining ABBA's greatest hits, including 'Dancing Queen,' 'S.O.S' 'Super Trouper,' 'Take a Chance on Me' and 'The Winner Takes It All,' with an enchanting tale of love, laughter and friendship Catherine Johnson has crafted a plot to expertly string together these more than 20 songs (written by Benn... (more...)
'Crazy For You,' now playing at the Theatre In The Park in Shawnee Mission Park, is the theatrical equivalent of the 'Little Engine That Could.' It represents the fifth generation of musical shows based on George and Ira Gershwin's 1930 'Girl Crazy' score. Even though the original version kicked off... (more...)
World class performance of 'Hamlet' now playing for free at Kansas City's Southmoreland Park next door to the Nelson-Adkins Museum. Featuring a stellar cast who breathe a fresh breath into Shakespeare's revenge tragedy.... (more...)
Several hours spent with Kent Barnhart and friends at Quality Hill Playhouse are never time wasted if you love the great American songbook. The current sold out program features two hours of music celebrating tunes music of Carole King, James Taylor, and a few others of similar genre from the 1960s ... (more...)
Unicorn Theatre's production of PRICILLA QUEEN OF THE DESERT: THE MUSICAL comes just in time for Pride Month and reminds everyone of the joys of being your authentic self with a 'journey to the heart of fabulous!'... (more...)
Now running at the City Theater of Independence is the 2013 Tony winning comedy 'Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike' by Christopher Durang. Based loosely on charcters and the works of Anton Checkhov, you don't have to be familiar with the Russian writer to get all the jokes. Well, you might need to... (more...)
BWW Review: SPRING AWAKENING at Musical Theater Heritage
BWW Review: AND THEN THERE WERE NONE at Kansas City Actors Theatre At Union Station
BWW Review: AN EVENING WITH GEORGE GERHSWIN at Musical Theater Heritage
BWW Review: THE BODYGUARD at Starlight Theatre
BWW Review: BREAKNECK JULIUS CAESAR at 2017 KC Fringe Festival
BWW Review: LIMINAL STATE at 2017 KC Fringe Festival
BWW Review: YIDDISH WITH DICK AND JANE at 2017 KC Fringe Festival
BWW Review: THE ART OF MAGIC at 2017 KC Fringe Festival
BWW Review: ALL STAR DETECTIVES at 2017 Fringe Festival
BWW Review: SOMETHING ROTTEN at Starlight Theatre
BWW Review: HUCK FINN - GUEST OF THE WINDING WIND at Just Off Broadway Theatre
BWW Review: BACK TO THE 80S at Theatre In The Park
BWW Review: THE CRUCIBLE at Barn Players
BWW Review: MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET at New Theatre Restaurant
BWW Review: AN AMERICAN IN PARIS at Starlight Theatre
BWW Review: JERSEY BOYS at Starlight Theatre
BWW Review: 'MAMMA MIA!' at Kansas City Starlight Theatre
BWW Review: CRAZY FOR YOU at Theatre In The Park
BWW Review: HAMLET in Kansas City at Southmoreland Park. Shakespeare's revenge tragedy a treasure for Kansas City theatergoers
BWW Review: YOU'VE GOT A FRIEND at Quality Hill Playhouse
BWW Review: GREASE at TTIP Indoors
BWW Review: TOMMY at MTH
BWW Review: PRICILLA QUEEN OF THE DESERT: THE MUSICAL at Unicorn Theatre
BWW Review: VANYA AND SONIA AND MASHA AND SPIKE. at City Theatre Of Independence
BWW Review: THE LITTLE MERMAID at Starlight Theatre
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