Alan Lerner and Frederick Lowe's 1956 musical megahit 'My Fair Lady' opened last weekend at Musical Theater Heritage inside its three-venue Crown Center complex with a re-imagination by Kansas City's Heidi Van. This cast is multi-racial and sensitive to the modern relative roles of men and women in ... (more...)
"The Effect" award winning play by Lucy Prebble runs thru Sept. 20, 2018, on the Jerome Stage. Tickets at (816) 531-7529, at the Unicorn box office, or via www.unicorntheatre.org... (more...)
The Odd Couple by Neil Simon, directed by Bob Paisley now playing at the Warwick Theatre, home of the Metropolitan Theatre Ensemble, showing September 13-23, 2018 at the MET's recently acquired venue. The Warwick is at 3927 Main St, KCMO 64111. Tickets can be ordered online at metkc.org or over the... (more...)
The Spencer Theater, KC Rep audience roared its approval at the world-premiere, musical production of Steve Kruger's 1998 novel 'Last Days Of Summer.' In collaboration with Composer Jason Howland and Director Jeff Calhoun, Kruger's new play takes its first full scale step toward a hoped for long r... (more...)
Chicago at the Starlight Theatre in Kansas City has all that Jazz, and then some! One weekend only, Sept 14-16, 2018 Chicago reminds the audience why it has been one of the longest running musicals on Broadway.... (more...)
Two top reasons to see this show: an acting ensemble that delivers the goods, and amazingly perceptive dialogue as smooth as a hot knife slicing butter. Guaranteed to make you laugh and to make you think, this original new play is as current as the headlines from today's news. Blending the best of... (more...)
Spinning Tree Theatre's 'Daddy Long Legs' a theatrical triumph! With two stars that shine in a story filled with romance, wit, and goodness it is a 'must see' production. Samantha McHenry and John Cleary give absolutely stunning performances in the season opener for Spinning Tree Theatre Company. G... (more...)
"Love Never Dies" is absolutely worth seeing. It is lush. The voices are beyond exceptional. Sets, costumes, and effects are haunting. The direction by Australians Simon Phillips and choreography by Graeme Murphy AO completely envelop the space allowed. The traveling pit orchestra conducted by D... (more...)
Great theater requires a willing suspension of disbelief. 'The Producers' by Mel Brooks and Thomas Meehan requires a willing embrace of 1940's Catskill schlock and shtick. That said, MTH's 'The Producers' is so much inspired silliness, so well performed, and so meticulously put together, it is tou... (more...)
They may be serving up dry martini's in the show, but this production of Blithe Spirit is a fluid concoction of frenetic farce and frolicking fun. Blithe Spirit by Noel Coward at the Kansas City Actors Theatre in Union Station Kansas City Aug 8-25, 2018 starring Cinnamon Schultz, Margaret Shelby, ... (more...)
'The Wizard Of Oz' as produced by Kansas City's 'Theater League' in the cavernous outdoor concert venue now called Providence Hospital Amphitheater... (more...)
Audience on a Hairspray High this summer at the Starlight in Kansas City. Hang onto your sandals - this show's gonna knock your socks off. Hairspray is showing at the Starlight Kansas City July 27 through Aug. 2nd, 2018... (more...)
Donna Sheridan (Shanna Jones) was the lead singer in one of the early female power trios, 'Donna and the Dynamos,' back in the summers of love period in the late 1960s. She found the love of her life, Sam Carmichael (John Franklin), and lost him to a previous personal commitment while Donna and her ... (more...)
Johnson County's Community Theatre in the Park performs a top quality and charming version of Steven Sondheim's 1987 musical mashup of every fairy tale you have ever had told to you as a child. We've got Jack and the Beanstalk, Cinderella and her dysfunctional clan, Rapunzel in her tower, Little Re... (more...)
Two sold out audiences leaped to their feet in group appreciation of 'Disney's Newsies,' a co-production of the Jewish Community Center's White Theatre (in Overland Park) and The Coterie Theatre (normally operating out of Crown Center).... (more...)
Dazzlingly updated Cinderella sparkles on the Starlight Theatre stage. June 29 through July 1, 2018. Rediscover this ages old story as an enormously talented ensemble cast gives it a fresh spin.... (more...)
'South Pacific' at the huge 'Theatre In The Park' outdoor amphitheater is a super community theater rendition of the Rogers and Hammerstein 1949 ground-breaking classic. The scene is a tiny island on the stepping stone chain of Polynesian Islands being retaken by the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps fol... (more...)
The latest show at the Coterie Theatre is musically exciting and theatrically adventurous entertainment that is sure to give you goosebumps! The current show at the Coterie Theatre bounces along with the springy vitality of its energetic cast and a playfully exciting story. Everyone from age 4 to 10... (more...)
The 2018 edition of the 'Heart of America Shakespeare Festival' offers a very nice production of Shakespeare's 1599 comedy 'Much Ado About Nothing.' 'Much Ado' is a comedy/farce in many ways similar to other Shakespearian comedies 'Taming of the Shrew,' and 'The Merchant of Venice.' All three play... (more...)
The Unsinkable Molly Brown by Meredith Willson and Richard Morris Metropolitan Ensemble Theatre Kansas City Warwick Theatre June 14-24, 2018. The MET closes their season with a grand production that is a 'must see' for Kansas City musical theater lovers!... (more...)
'The King and I' at the Starlight Theatre, in Kansas City, this week only!
The ever popular Rodgers & Hammerstein's musical about the Anna and the King of Siam is now showing at the Starlight Theatre, June 12-17th, 2018.... (more...)
J. Kent Barnhart's Quality Hill Playhouse trots out another of his patented cabaret style revues, "Sinatra's Songwriter." This revue celebrates Sammy Cahn, the longtime lyricist and songwriter for legendary crooner Frank Sinatra. If the well loved music of the long Sammy Cahn-Frank Sinatra collabo... (more...)
Musical Theater Heritage presents a super re-imagination of Andrew Lloyd Weber's 1982 'Cats.' This show is a two magical hours that will be savored by its audiences. Director Tim Scott has built a team of designers, actors, dancers, and musicians who would be tough to match on any stage. 'Cats' i... (more...)
This week at Starlight Theatre; 'Dirty Dancing.' If you are a die-hard fan of the 1987 film "Dirty Dancing," the live-on-stage version of the film might be the "Time of Your Life." For others, not so much.... (more...)
BWW Review: MY FAIR LADY at Musical Theater Heritage
BWW Review: THE EFFECT at UNICORN THEATRE In Kansas City
BWW Review: THE ODD COUPLE at MET At The Warwick
BWW Review: LAST DAYS OF SUMMER at Kansas City Repertory Theatre
BWW Review: CHICAGO at STARLIGHT THEATRE Kansas City
BWW Review: 'ELEPHANT' at THE LIVINGROOM THEATRE A PRODUCTION OF RISING TIDE
BWW Review: DADDY LONG LEGS at Spinning Tree Theatre
BWW Review: LOVE NEVER DIES at Starlight Theatre
BWW Review: THE PRODUCERS at Musical Theater Heritage
BWW Review: BLITHE SPIRIT at Kansas City Actors Theatre
BWW Review: THE WIZARD OF OZ at Providence Hospital Amphitheater
BWW Review: HAIRSPRAY at Starlight Theatre Kansas City
BWW Review: THE ADDAMS FAMILY MUSICAL at Theatre In The Park, Shawnee Mission
BWW Review: MAMMA MIA at New Theatre Restaurant
BWW Review: INTO THE WOODS at Theatre In The Park
BWW Review: NEWSIES at White Theatre
BWW Review: CINDERELLA at STARLIGHT THEATRE Kansas City
BWW Review: SOUTH PACIFIC at Theatre In The Park
BWW Review: GOOSEBUMPS: PHANTOM OF THE AUDITORIUM - THE MUSICAL at The Coterie Theatre
BWW Review: MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING at Heart Of America Shakespeare Festival
BWW Review: THE UNSINKABLE MOLLY BROWN at Metropolitan Theatre Ensemble At The Warwick Theatre
BWW Review: THE KING & I at STARLIGHT THEATRE Kansas City
BWW Review: SINATRA'S SONGWRITER at Quality Hill Playhouse
BWW Review: CATS at Musical Theater Heritage
BWW Review: DIRTY DANCING at Starlight Theatre
