Shane Rowse News

Kansas City Actors Theatre kicks off its intimate 11th Season with D.L. Coburn's Pulitzer Prize-winning drama, The Gin Game, directed by Dennis Hennessy.

As spectacular as the lights of the Aurora Borealis, that is how Spinning Tree Theatre lit up the stage on opening night of Fiddler on the Roof at the Just Off Broadway Theatre. Jerry Bock wrote the music, Sheldon Harnick the lyrics, and Joseph Stein the book for Fiddler on the Roof, a musical based on Tevye and his Daughters (or Tevye the Dairyman) and others stories written by Sholem Aleichem.

A Night on the Town quickly turned into a fabulous night on the town as Kansas City crooner Molly Hammer took the stage. Tim Scott directed the new series from Musical Theatre Heritage, which is sold-out through the end of the production. A Night on the Town named to honor the "A Night on the Town" nationally syndicated radio series, with Executive Director George Harter that he founded in 1998 premiered Thursday night, February 12 at the Musical Theatre Heritage Theatre in Crown Center.

Kansas City Actors Theatre ends its exciting 10th Year with Beth Henley's Pulitzer Prize winning play, Crimes of the Heart. The company's plays this season all centered around the theme "The Art of the Family"...perhaps be_er known as "The Art of the Dysfunc8onal Family."

It amazes me how a musical performed with little or no scenery, props, or costumes, and on a small intimate stage can become one of the preeminent shows of the season. That is exactly what Oliver! accomplished on opening night Saturday December 6 at the Off Center Theatre in Kansas City. This achievement speaks volumes to the creative team of Musical Theater Heritage that labored to near perfection.

One of the best musical comedies to reach a Kansas City stage this season opened on Saturday July 12 at the White Theatre. Steven Eubank directs Monty Python's Spamalot, with book and lyrics by Eric Idle, music by John Du Prez and Eric Idle, and music direction by Pam Williamson. Eubank appears to be a comedic genius in his direction of campy stage plays. Working with an extremely talented cast, he puts together a hilarious production reminiscent of one of the funniest movies of all times, Airplane!.

American Heartland Theatre will present the award-winning musical LIFE COULD BE A DREAM! Written by ROGER BEAN (The Marvelous Wonderettes), the show is directed by STEVEN EUBANK, with musical direction by ANTHONY EDWARDS, and features a cast of both Kansas City stars (LAUREN BRATON, SETH GOLAY and NOAH WHITMORE) and New York City talent (EDDIE EGAN and DAVID SPADORA).

American Heartland Theatre will present the award-winning musical LIFE COULD BE A DREAM! Written by ROGER BEAN (The Marvelous Wonderettes), the show is directed by STEVEN EUBANK, with musical direction by ANTHONY EDWARDS, and features a cast of both Kansas City stars (LAUREN BRATON, SETH GOLAY and NOAH WHITMORE) and New York City talent (EDDIE EGAN and DAVID SPADORA).

American Heartland Theatre presents the Kansas City Premiere of The Hound of the Baskervilles, tonight, January 11, 2013 through February 24, 2013, written by adapted from Arthur Conan Doye's novel by Steven Canny & John Nicholson.

American Heartland Theatre presents the Kansas City Premiere of The Hound of the Baskervilles, January 11, 2013 through February 24, 2013, written by adapted from Arthur Conan Doye's novel by Steven Canny & John Nicholson.

American Heartland Theatre is set to start off 2012 with the World Premiere comedy Beer For Breakfast by Sean Grennan.

American Heartland Theatre, located in the Crown Center complex, is pleased to announce the addition of a performance to the production schedule of their current show, The Honky Tonk Angels.

No Way to Treat A Lady, running March 4th through April 17th at American Heartland Theatre is an uproarious, sexy musical that gives new meaning to the phrase 'knock em dead'!

No Way to Treat A Lady, running March 4th through April 17th at American Heartland Theatre is an uproarious, sexy musical that gives new meaning to the phrase 'knock em dead'!

No Way to Treat A Lady, running March 4th through April 17th at American Heartland Theatre is an uproarious, sexy musical that gives new meaning to the phrase 'knock em dead'!

American Heartland Theatre starts 2011 off right with an encore of the hit show Maybe Baby, It's You.

American Heartland Theatre starts 2011 off right with an encore of the hit show Maybe Baby, It's You.

American Heartland Theatre starts 2011 off right with an encore of the hit show Maybe Baby, It's You.

The holidays are a little brighter this season as the spotlight returns to The Plaids.

The holidays are a little brighter this season as the spotlight returns to The Plaids.