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Theatre In The Park To Present Mel Brooks’ YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN This October
by A.A. Cristi - Sep 25, 2025

Theatre in the Park will head indoors this fall with Mel Brooks’ Young Frankenstein, running October 3–19, 2025, at the Johnson County Arts & Heritage Center. Based on the 1974 cult-classic film written by Brooks and Gene Wilder.

Last Chance To Vote for the 2024 BroadwayWorld Kansas City Awards; LEGALLY BLONDE at Great Plains Theatre Leads Best Musical!
by BWW Awards - Dec 27, 2024

This is the last chance to vote for the 2024 BroadwayWorld Kansas City Awards! Voting ends on 12/31 at midnight. Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!

Final Week To Vote for the 2024 BroadwayWorld Kansas City Awards; Great Plains Theatre Leads Favorite Local Theatre!
by BWW Awards - Dec 23, 2024

This is the final week to vote for the 2024 BroadwayWorld Kansas City Awards! Voting ends on 12/31 at midnight. Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!

Vote For The 2024 BroadwayWorld Kansas City Awards; LEGALLY BLONDE at Great Plains Theatre Leads Best Musical!
by BWW Awards - Dec 16, 2024

Voting continues for the 2024 BroadwayWorld Kansas City Awards! Voting ends on 12/31 at midnight. Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!

Latest Standings Announced For The 2024 BWW Kansas City Awards
by BWW Awards - Dec 9, 2024

Don't miss your chance to vote for the 2024 BroadwayWorld Kansas City Awards! Voting ends on 12/31 at midnight. Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!

Review: ANASTASIA THE MUSICAL at Theatre In The Park
by Alan Portner - Jun 18, 2024

Second show this spring at the Shawnee Mission Park Theatre In The Park, is ANASTASIA, a 2017 fairy tale based on a wished-for result concerning the Russian Grand Duchess Anatasia. This, in turn, was based on an earlier 1997 animated film and an even earlier imagining in a 1956 film. ANASTASIA the Musical is fortunate to have found some super voices for all its lead roles.

A GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE TO LOVE & MURDER Announced At The Lewis & Shirley White Theatre
by A.A. Cristi - Mar 13, 2024

Actor Reed Uthe takes on the challenge of portraying nine characters in the Tony Award-winning musical comedy, A GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE TO LOVE & MURDER. The show opens at The Lewis & Shirley White Theatre at The J on March 9.

Review: STEEL MAGNOLIAS at MTH Theatre
by Steve Wilson - May 15, 2023

Padgett Productions, best known for ROCKY HORROR and EVIL DEAD THE MUSICAL, has stepped from its usual genres to inspire Kansas City audiences with the comedy-drama STEEL MAGNOLIAS, and Kansas City should be glad it has. What a fantastic show to bring to the main stage of MTH Theatre at Crown Center. STEEL MAGNOLIAS is a limited run through May 21.

STEEL MAGNOLIAS Opens This Week In Kansas City
by Stephi Wild - May 8, 2023

For the first time in over 10 years, STEEL MAGNOLIAS returns LIVE to Kansas City, featuring an All-Star Kansas City cast of favorites and just in time for Mother's Day weekend!

STEEL MAGNOLIAS Comes to Kansas City in May
by Stephi Wild - Apr 24, 2023

For the first time in over 10 years, STEEL MAGNOLIAS returns LIVE to Kansas City, featuring an All-Star Kansas City cast of favorites and just in time for Mother's Day weekend!

The Barn Players Present 2019 Barney Awards
by Stephi Wild - Jan 27, 2020

Kansas City's Community Theater, The Barn Players, played to a packed house at their annual Barney Awards celebration, Saturday evening, January 25th at their Arts Asylum stage. This free yearly gathering celebrates both the volunteerism and artistic achievements of those who contribute to the Barn's ongoing success.

BWW Review: VICTOR/ VICTORIA at Barn Players
by Alan Portner - Nov 18, 2019

The Barn Players Community Theater, now located at the Arts Asylum, finishes up their 2019 main stage schedule with a good production of Blake Edwards'Victor/Victoria based on the 1982 smash hit film of the same name. Victoria complains that she is disadvantaged as a performer because she is a woman. This amuses Toddy and hatches the germ of an idea. Instead of presenting Victoria as pretty young soprano of excellent ability, he will present her as Victor, a Polish nobleman and the world's greatest female impersonator. The ruse succeeds and Victor becomes a star with Toddy as her producer.

The Barn Players Present VICTOR / VICTORIA
by Julie Musbach - Oct 3, 2019

The Barn Players present the Kansas City Community Theater premiere of VICTOR / VICTORIA, November 14th through 24th, 2019 at the Arts Asylum, 9th & Harrison, Kansas City, MO 64106.

Photo Flash: First Look At OVERTURE THE MUSICAL At NYMF
by Stephi Wild - Jul 25, 2019

The New York Musical Festival (NYMF) and Sharp Women, LLC present Overture the Musical, a new story celebrating the extraordinary grass-roots efforts to save the Kansas City Philharmonic, with music and lyrics by Krista Eyler, book by Krista Eyler and Barbara Nichols. Ms. Nichols directs a cast of twelve, including Krista Eyler, Joel Morrison, Kay Noonan and Kipp Simmons with Whitney Armstrong, Erica Baruth, Jennifer Cannady, Stasha Case, JC Dresslaer, John Edmonds, Mark Murphy, and Rob Reeder. Five performances will be staged at The Alice Griffin Jewel Box Theatre at The Pershing Square Signature Center, 480 West 42nd Street in New York City, from July 24-28, 2019.

The New York Musical Festival and Sharp Women, LLC Presents OVERTURE THE MUSICAL
by Sarah Hookey - Jun 13, 2019

 The New York Musical Festival (NYMF) and Sharp Women, LLC present Overture the Musical, a new story celebrating the extraordinary grass-roots efforts to save the Kansas City Philharmonic, with music and lyrics by Krista Eyler, book by Krista Eyler and Barbara Nichols. 

BWW Review: GRAND HOTEL at Barn Players
by Kelly Luck - Apr 30, 2019

The Barn Players present the Tony Award-winning musical at the Arts Asylum

Photo Flash: First Look at the Barn Players' Regional Premiere of GRAND HOTEL
by Julie Musbach - Apr 25, 2019

The Doctor. The Baron. The Ballerina. The Bookkeeper. The Mobster. The Mistress. The Concierge, the Bellboys, and even the Lady's room attendant… You'll meet them all and more in the Barn Players upcoming regional and local premiere production of the award winning musical, GRAND HOTEL, running April 25th through May 5th, 2019, at The Arts Asylum: 1000 East 9th Street, (between Troost and Harrison Street), Kansas City, MO 64106.

GRAND HOTEL Announced At The Barn Players
by A.A. Cristi - Mar 26, 2019

The Doctor. The Baron. The Ballerina. The Bookkeeper. The Mobster. The Mistress. The Concierge, the Bellboys, and even the Lady's room attendant… You'll meet them all and more in the Barn Players upcoming regional and local premiere production of the award winning musical, GRAND HOTEL, running April 25th through May 5th, 2019, at The Arts Asylum: 1000 East 9th Street, (between Troost and Harrison Street), Kansas City, MO 64106.

NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT to Dazzle KC at The Barn Players
by BWW News Desk - Nov 4, 2016

The Barn Players will present the Kansas City community theatre premiere of the Broadway musical hit 'Nice Work If You Can Get It,' playing Today, November 4th through Sunday, November 20th, 2016.

NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT to Dazzle KC at The Barn Players
by BWW News Desk - Oct 18, 2016

The Barn Players will present the Kansas City community theatre premiere of the Broadway musical hit 'Nice Work If You Can Get It,' playing Friday, November 4th through Sunday, November 20th, 2016.