Tanner Rose News

Music Theater Heritage, the professional theater in residence at Crown Center, has announced the cast and creative team for Stephen Schwartz’s GODSPELL. This is the first time a Stephen Schwartz musical has been presented in the theater’s 22 seasons.

Last night, November 21, 2023, a Kansas City tradition, the 42rd annual (almost) Kansas City Repertory Theatre production of Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol” opened at the Spencer Theater on the UMKC campus for an extended run through Christmas Eve. Except for the Covid year when the live production was replaced by a video version, audiences have gathered for “A Christmas Carol” since 1980. The house lights dim and a cast of Victorian holiday carolers appear complete with an onstage costumed orchestra. Our Storyteller (Nedra Dixon) also dressed in stunning early Victorian garb, welcomes us. Ms. Dixon is elegant and charming in this her first stint as the Storyteller.

Repertory Dance Theatre's RING AROUND THE ROSE season continues with Tanner Dance on November 11, 2023. Celebrating 75 years, this Utah dance staple will present an interactive show for all ages at both 11:00 a.m. and a special added show at 1:00 p.m.

Kansas City Repertory Theatre continues its 2023-24 season with the beloved holiday classic, Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol, adapted for the stage by Geoff Elliott and directed by Kansas City Repertory Theatre's Associate Artistic Director of KCRep/UMKC Partnership Jason Chanos.

“Grand Horizons” is the tongue-in–cheek moniker given the senior development to which the fifty-year, mostly amicable marriage of Bill and Nancy French has recently been downsized. “Buckle your seat belts… it is going to be a bumpy (and funny) ride.”

 KC-favorites Victor Raider-Wexler, Peggy Friesen, and Craig Benton star in the local premiere of the Tony Award® nominee for Best Play, Grand Horizons, from internationally acclaimed playwright and filmmaker Bess Wohl.

Repertory Dance Theatre's RING AROUND THE ROSE season continues with Tanner Dance on November 12, 2022. Celebrating the art of creative dance, this Utah dance staple will present an interactive show for all ages at both 11:00 am and a special added show at 1:00 pm.

Music Theater Heritage has released photos of its new production of CABARET today. The production is directed by MTH Artistic Director Tim Scott and features Christopher Barksdale as the iconic Emcee and Julie Pope as Sally Bowles.

Music Theater Heritage has announced the cast and creatives for its upcoming production of John Kander and Fred Ebb's Tony and Academy Award winning CABARET. The production is directed by MTH Artistic Director Tim Scott and will feature Christopher Barksdale as the iconic Emcee and Julie Pope as Sally Bowles. In a unique twist, the stage configuration will offer a limited number of patrons the opportunity to be seated at tables up against the stage, providing an almost immersive cabaret experience.

Repertory Dance Theatre's RING AROUND THE ROSE season continues with Tanner Dance on November 13, 2021. Celebrating the art of creative dance, this Utah dance staple will present an interactive show for all ages at both 11:00 am and a special added show at 1:00 pm.

RDT's Ring Around the Rose season continues this November with another unforgettable online experience with TANNER DANCE. Celebrating the art of dance, this Utah dance staple will present a performance and live-stream class with Ring Around the Rose audiences online.

Repertory Dance Theatre's RING AROUND THE ROSE season continues with Tanner Dance on November 9, 2019. Celebrating the art of creative dance, this Utah dance staple will present an interactive show for all ages at both 11:00 am and a special added show at 1:00 pm.

Repertory Dance Theatre's RING AROUND THE ROSE season continues with Tanner Dance on November 10, 2018. Celebrating the art of creative dance, this Utah dance staple will present an interactive show for all ages at both 11:00 am and a special added show at 1:00 pm.  

Music Theatre - Kansas City Pro opens its new auditorium integrated inside the B&B 18 screen multiplex on Midland Drive in Shawnee. The show is 'A Wonderful Life - The Musical' with book and lyrics by Sheldon Harnick. Ironically, this musical adaption of the classic 1946 Christmas film with James Stewart and Donna Reed is brought to us by the same mind that delivered 'Fiddler on the Roof.'

Music Theatre Kansas City (MTKC) is well known around town for offering steady, top-quality musicals performed by the city's best youth talent. Last year, MTKC introduced its first paid-professional production with The Last Five Years and the start of the longtime local theater company's expansion into professional-level performances. This spring, they presented a sell-out production of Avenue Q as the Kansas City professional premiere.

Repertory Dance Theatre's 20th anniversary season of 'Ring Around the Rose' continues with Tanner Dance on November 11, 2017.

Repertory Dance Theatre's 20th anniversary season of 'Ring Around the Rose' continues with Tanner Dance on November 11, 2017.

Bells Are Ringing has a book and lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green, and music by Jule Styne. It starred Judy Holliday was directed by Jerome Robbins and choreographed by Robbins and Bob Fosse. It opened in 1956 and ran for nearly three years. The 1960 movie starred Judy Holliday and Dean Martin.

Bells Are Ringing has a book and lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green, and music by Jule Styne. It starred Judy Holliday was directed by Jerome Robbins and choreographed by Robbins and Bob Fosse. It opened in 1956 and ran for nearly three years. The 1960 movie starred Judy Holliday and Dean Martin.

Repertory Dance Theatre's 'Ring Around the Rose' program presents Tanner Dance brought to the stage by Cyprus Credit Union on November 12, 2016 at 11:00 am. Celebrating the art of creative dance, this Utah dance staple will present an interactive show for all ages.