J. Warren

Canadian Music Hall of Fame inducts hip hop icon Maestro Fresh Wes. Read about the prestigious honor and the impact of Maestro Fresh Wes on the Canadian music scene. The Canadian Music Hall of Fame was established in 1978 by the Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences to honour Canadian musicians for their lifetime achievements in music.

Stolen Shakespeare Guild will present Jane Austen’s “EMMA” written and adapted by Jon Jory. The production is scheduled to run December 1 – 17, 2023.

Lyric Stage will present The Great American Trailer Park Musical for a month-long run September 8- October 7, 2023. This will be Lyric Stage’s first ever production in their brand new Lyric Stage Studio space in the Design District.

Enter The Bourbon Room and join in on this journey back to the 80's with this smash hit musical that has taken every major city by storm, ROCK OF AGES, when it lands in KC on July 21st.

Lyric Stage will present Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella (Broadway Version) August 24-27, 2023 at the Majestic Theatre.

“Look Who’s Evil Now,” it’s the cast and crew of Padgett Productions EVIL DEAD THE MUSICAL, which opened Friday, June 2 at the Warwick Theatre in Kansas City, Missouri. The splatter zone was sold-out for the opening, and the raucous crowd only added to an exciting hilarious romp at the cabin in the woods, where you can be killed by a tree. Do not ask for whom the Weeping Willow cries, it cries for you.

What makes us human? Is it our outward appearance – our features, clothing or even language? Or is it something a bit deeper – a study of what’s in our hearts? In a nod to the nostalgia of the 90s, Lyric Stage explored those questions – and a few more – in its production of Disney’s Tarzan. c Stage?

The University of South Carolina dance program will present its spring Student Choreography Showcase, a concert of premiere original works by dance students, April 22-23 at Drayton Hall Theatre.

Lyric Stage will present Disney’s TARZAN May 18-21, 2023 at the historic Majestic Theatre.

Casa Mañana's first Children's Theatre production of 2023 is Charlotte's Web, presented by Happy State Bank and sponsored by Frank Kent Cadillac. The show runs February 4-19. Tickets are on sale now.

It’s astounding, time is fleeting, madness takes its toll. . .no it’s the opening weekend of Padgett Productions THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW. The cult musical, which has become a Kansas City favorite, has been ushering in the Halloween season for several years. I have been in the audience at least once (most years twice) each season and am glad to report it gets better every year. I don’t know if it is the witches and goblins of Halloween or the creative genius of Nick Padgett the Artistic Director that makes it unique each year, but it is the time of year for magic.

Stolen Shakespeare Guild, Fort Worth's classical theatre company, will present THE PRODUCERS, a Mel Brooks musical, with book by Mel Brooks and Thomas Meehan, music and lyrics by Mel Brooks, and based in the 1968 film.

Richard O'Brien's ROCKY HORROR SHOW, returns LIVE to Kansas City and Presented by Padgett Productions, who has been bringing the show to the stage every Halloween season since 2016, which officially makes it a Kansas City tradition...and now it's more than just a show, it's a full FALL EXPERIENCE!

Stolen Shakespeare Guild, Fort Worth’s classical theatre company, is happy to announced the cast for THE PRODUCERS, a Mel Brooks musical, with book by Mel Brooks and Thomas Meehan, music and lyrics by Mel Brooks, and based in the 1968 film.

Stolen Shakespeare Guild, Fort Worth’s classical theater company, will present Something Rotten with book by Karey Kirkpatrick and John O’ Farrell and music and lyrics by Karey Kirkpatrick and Wayne Kirkpatrick.

Stolen Shakespeare Guild, Fort Worth’s classical theater company, presents the Stolen Shakespeare Festival 2022 featuring HAMLET and THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR by William Shakespeare. The festival runs February 11, 2022 thru March 6, 2022 at the Fort Worth Community Arts Center in the Sanders Theater. 

The Stolen Shakespeare Guild will present Holiday Inn, with music and lyrics by Irving Berlin and book by Gordon Greenberg and Chad Hodge.

The Stolen Shakespeare Guild presents Holiday Inn, with music and lyrics by Irving Berlin and book by Gordon Greenberg and Chad Hodge. The Production runs Dec 3 – Dec 19 at the Fort Worth Community Arts Center in the Sander's Theater.

I saw an AMERICAN IDIOT in Kansas City, and I LIKED it. Produced by Padgett Productions, AMERICAN IDIOT explodes onto the stage at The Black Box in Kansas City, Missouri. With only a short run of four days, it begins to give hope to the theater-starved residents that maybe live theater is beginning to return to the metro area. The invigorating and at times moving punk rock musical opened on August 19 and runs through August 22.

The Grammy Award and two-time Tony Award-winning hit musical Green Day's AMERICAN IDIOT, based on the multi-platinum album, boldly takes the American musical where it's never gone before. This high-octane show includes every song from Green Day's album, American Idiot, as well as several songs from its follow-up release, 21st Century Breakdown.