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Slimmed down production loses no impact and becomes even more intimate.

Laugh at the way blind dates always go

recollects the early section of an unbelievable catalog of work.

offers a revealing look into two troubled individuals.

Shipwrecked has a lengthy moniker and excellent actors

Discovery depended on work of female scientist

Family drama surprises

Attend Playwright Slam with short original script

Twenty year old show demonstrates the percussion potential of ordinary household items.

Excellent performer do unusual musical selections proud

See how KC Rep has enhanced this holiday favorite.

Lavish settings and sumptuous music frame classic story

Scrooge saves Crachit family and Christmas for 143rd straight year.

Santa's elf speaks out on elf kingdom

Starlight Theatre continues its indoor season with the return of 'Sister' for a new Catechism lesson based about half on the Holy Nativity and half on CSI - The Holy Land. 'Sister' (played to the hilt by Mary Zentmyer) arrives back at Starlight after a successful run last year with her 'Late Night Catechism Class.'

'Nine' makes its audiences work to achieve full understanding

Now at Musical Theater Heritage, a show that grabs its audience by the throat and holds on viscerally through the final fade to black. The era is the early 1930s. The city is Berlin Germany. The setting is the grungy and erotic Kit Kat Club. The liberal Weimar Republic turns inward on itself and cedes control to some of the darkest forces in recorded history. This is a suburb production of John Kander and Fred Ebb's 1966 classic masterpiece 'Cabaret.'

Amadeo Fusca shares the challenges in his own marriage in a relatable show that leaves audiences laughing.

suggests universal situation - reflects middle eastern war.

'Deathtrap' shocks and delights