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'Hotel Elsinore'
'Hotel Elsinore'
10/16 - 10/17/2024


Be captivated as tragedy and humor blend in this new play about the challenges of family, forgiveness, and Shakespeare.

Merrily We Roll Along
Merrily We Roll Along
9/13 - 9/22/2024


“Merrily We Roll Along” follows the lives of three friends from their hopeful beginnings to the heights of their success!

If/Then
If/Then
10/4 - 10/13/2024


Summit Theatre Group is proud to present the Kansas City-area community theatre premier of the musical, If/Then!

New Dance Partners - The Ultimate Collaboration


MTC brings together four choreographers and four local dance companies for the ultimate festival of contemporary and modern dance. The collaborative partners are: The Kansas ...

Tree of Life
Tree of Life
9/14 - 9/22/2024


In this new play by Victor Wishna, sixty-something widower Ken clings to his proud but fading Jewish congregation in the tiny town of Wiconee, Iowa; ...

Tree of Life
9/14 - 9/22/2024


Tree of Life explores the intertwining stories of a small synagogue in Iowa and the Jewish communities both locally and abroad. The play reflects on ...

Malevo
Malevo
9/26


See the thrilling all-male group specializing in Malambo, a traditional Argentine folk dance of great virility and dexterity....

Greg & Dana Newkirk's 'Haunted Objects Live'


Uncover the chilling true stories behind the world’s most haunted objects! Join Greg and Dana Newkirk (Travel Channel’s “Kindred Spirits,” Amazon Prime’s “Hellier”) for an ...

'Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse' Live in Concert


Building on the success of the sold-out global shows of the first Oscar®-winning Spider-Man™ animated Spider-Verse film, comes the highly anticipated sequel: SPIDER-MAN™: ACROSS THE ...

Dial M for Murder
9/11 - 9/29/2024


Kansas City Actors Theatre presents Dial M for Murder, a psychological thriller directed by Katie Gilchrist and adapted by Jeffrey Hatcher from Frederick Knott's original ...

Mel Brooks' Young Frankenstein


It’s alive! Throw the switch and prepare for monstrous laughs in this high-energy adaptation of the Mel Brooks comedy classic. When the grandson of infamous ...

Million Dollar Quartet
Million Dollar Quartet
9/27 - 10/6/2024


Elvis Presley. Jerry Lee Lewis. Carl Perkins. Johnny Cash. Four legends. One unforgettable night. On December 4th, 1956, four extraordinary artists ran into each other ...

Disney's Aladdin Jr.
10/10 - 10/10/2024


Greasepaint Theatre for Youth presents Disney's Aladdin Jr. For tickets and information, visit the website....

Honky Tonk Angels
Honky Tonk Angels
10/4 - 10/13/2024


When three gutsy gals from different backgrounds take charge of their lives, they decide to follow their honky tonk dreams all the way to the ...

Monstersongs
Monstersongs
10/10 - 10/13/2024


Monstersongs immerses audiences in a synthesized world of graphic novels, rock musicals, live performances, and new technology. Following the journey of a child who opens ...

Suor Angelica
Suor Angelica
10/11 - 10/13/2024


Opera On Tap-Kansas City presents Puccini's magnificent tragedy of lost love, suffering and redemption, brought to vibrant operatic life.


The Kansas City Horror Play Festival returns to The Black Box, showcasing eight short horror plays that promise to scare and entertain. Created by Erika ...

Spooky Sh!t Show
10/30 - 11/1/2024


The Black Box will host the KC Horror Play Festival and Spooky Sh!t Show from October 29 to November 1, showcasing a blend of chilling ...

The Kansas City Horror Play Festival and Spooky Sh!t Show


KC Horror Play Festival and Spooky Sh!t Show are coming to haunt The Black Box! KC Horror Play Festival returns for 2024. This time, it’s ...

Hyprov: Improv Under Hypnosis


Your evening begins with world renowned hypnotist, Asad Mecci, welcoming volunteers on stage to be hypnotized. While hypnotized, they join Colin Mochrie (“Whose Line is ...

Paragon Ragtime Orchestra in Meet Me at the Fair!: Music from the Great World’s Fairs


Now enjoying its 38th season, the Paragon Ragtime Orchestra is the world's only year-round, professional ensemble specializing in recreating the sounds of early musical theater, ...


The Emmy® Award-winning Saturday morning educational cartoon series is now the basis for one of the most fun, energetic, and easily mounted musicals ever to ...

Funny Girl
Funny Girl
12/3 - 12/8/2024


This bittersweet comedy is the story of the indomitable Fanny Brice, a girl from the Lower East Side who dreamed of a life on the ...

'Christmas with the Celts'


It's a wonderful combination of timeless ancient Irish Christmas carols and lively Irish dance, along with modern contemporary songs with Irish instrumentation. New Christmas hits, ...

Owen/Cox Dance Group: The Nutcracker & the Mouse King


Revel in the return of Owen/Cox Dance Group’s raucous holiday classic, in collaboration with The People’s Liberation Big Band of Greater Kansas City....

A Christmas Carol
A Christmas Carol
12/13 - 12/22/2024


A Lyceum tradition, now celebrating its 10th anniversary! The Lyceum is pleased to bring to life the familiar story of a seemingly heartless miser given one last ...

Holiday Reflections
11/22 - 1/1/2025


Holiday Reflections returns to Union Station Kansas City for its fifth season, transforming Grand Plaza into a festive indoor holiday village spanning 27,000 sq. ft. ...


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Review: DIAL M FOR MURDER at City Stage At Union Station Photo
Review: DIAL M FOR MURDER at City Stage At Union Station


by Alan Portner - September 17, 2024

It is a quest to commit the perfect murder, and it almost works. “Dial M For Murder” is the twisted story of a failed novelist who has married an heiress and has decided to do her in to inherit her millions....

Review: TREE OF LIFE at White Theatre Photo
Review: TREE OF LIFE at White Theatre


by Alan Portner - September 17, 2024

Victor Wishna’s new play “Tree of Life” deserves an audience beyond its current World Premiere production ending on September 22.   It is a blessing (a bracha) to those fortunate enough to see the premiere engagement. This unusual and original new play is directed by Jonah Greene....

Review: TROUBLE IN MIND at Kansas City Actors Theatre Photo
Review: TROUBLE IN MIND at Kansas City Actors Theatre


by Alan Portner - August 14, 2024

It is funny. It is a slice of life. It is a literal peek behind the curtain. Kansas City Actors Theatre production of Alice Childress’s TROUBLE IN MIND allows audiences a long-delayed opportunity to vision America (and its theatrical community) as it appeared in 1955 from an African American point o...

Review: LA CAGE AUX FOLLES at Music Theater Heritage Photo
Review: LA CAGE AUX FOLLES at Music Theater Heritage


by Alan Portner - August 04, 2024

Looking for a little relief from the ongoing political season? If so, I should like to recommend the outrageous, belly-laugh of a show now playing in the Music Theatre Heritage Grand Theater on the fourth floor of Crown Center described by another audience member as “awesome.” It is the self-depreca...

Review: SISTER ACT THE MUSICAL At Theatre In The Park Photo
Review: SISTER ACT THE MUSICAL At Theatre In The Park


by Alan Portner - July 29, 2024

The final show of Theater In The Park’s 2024 outdoor season is a musical version of the 1992 film comedy “SISTER ACT.”  ...

Review: THE LITTLE MERMAID at White Theatre Photo
Review: THE LITTLE MERMAID at White Theatre


by Alan Portner - July 28, 2024

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Review: MOULIN ROUGE THE MUSICAL at American Theatre Guild Photo
Review: MOULIN ROUGE THE MUSICAL at American Theatre Guild


by Alan Portner - July 26, 2024

MOULIN ROUGE The Musical Is something entirely new to the wave of Juke Box musicals overwhelming the Great White Way.  It is big, bold, brassy, and projects an altogether sexy sumptuousness while maintaining a sense of humor about itself. The audience leaves the theater on a massive sugar high, full...

Review: DISNEY'S NEWSIES at New Theatre & Restaurant Photo
Review: DISNEY'S NEWSIES at New Theatre & Restaurant


by Alan Portner - July 16, 2024

This production of NEWSIES, directed and choreographed by Jerry Jay Cranford and assisted by Christina Burton, features a cast of twenty-two dancers and singers, plus constantly in motion LED backdrops, a bridge flown high off the stage floor, combined with three matching stair/tower units strategic...

Review: BIG TROUBLE AT LITTLE YALTA at Central Standard Theatre Photo
Review: BIG TROUBLE AT LITTLE YALTA at Central Standard Theatre


by Alan Portner - July 06, 2024

It is not often an audience gets the chance to participate in the developmental process of making significant art that also qualifies as fun. BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE YALTA by Neal Salvage may be that rare opportunity when parody, satire, and history can come together. ...

Review: ANASTASIA THE MUSICAL at Theatre In The Park Photo
Review: ANASTASIA THE MUSICAL at Theatre In The Park


by Alan Portner - June 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 ...



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