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Next To Normal
8/16 - 8/24/2024


Next to Normal delves into the raw and complex world of mental illness, specifically focusing on bipolar disorder. The story centers around Diana, a wife ...

KC SuperStar Finals


In its 15th year, KC SuperStar is an exhilarating “American Idol” style competition that awards a $10,000 scholarship to the most talented high school singer ...

Noises Off
Noises Off
8/17 - 8/25/2024


A high-energy, slapstick comedy that exposes the backstage shenanigans of a quirky theatre company. This play-within-a-play pulls back the curtain (literally!) and reveals the craziness ...

A Raisin in the Sun
A Raisin in the Sun
8/21 - 9/15/2024


A RAISIN IN THE SUN August 21, 2024 - September 15, 2024 Written by Lorraine Hansberry Directed by Dexter J. Singleton Lorraine Hansberry's timeless masterpiece ...

A Raisin in the Sun
A Raisin in the Sun
8/21 - 9/15/2024


A RAISIN IN THE SUN August 21, 2024 - September 15, 2024 Written by Lorraine Hansberry Directed by Dexter J. Singleton Lorraine Hansberry's timeless masterpiece ...

Ken Ludwig’s Moriarty: A New Sherlock Holmes Adventure


Tony®-winning playwright Ken Ludwig puts a comedic twist on your favorite Sherlock Holmes characters. Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson are back on the case! An ...

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 ...

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


MTKC Pro and SharpWomen are bringing 2024 Tony Award Winner Merrily We Roll Along  to the B&B Live stage: September 13-22, 2024. “Merrily We Roll Along” ...

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 ...

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....

'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.

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, ...

Schoolhouse Rock Live! Jr
12/4 - 12/4/2024


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 ...

Hiplet Ballerinas


Making ballet accessible by pairing it with current songs familiar to audiences who don’t normally attend ballet performances. Incorporating the rhythms of African drums with ...


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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


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


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


by Alan Portner - July 28, 2024

What did our critic think of THE LITTLE MERMAID at White Theatre?...

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


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


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


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 ...

Review: PORGY AND BESS at Music Theater Heritage


by Alan Portner - June 10, 2024

Now playing in the Grand Theater at Crown Center is Music Theater Heritage’s production of Gershwin’s “PORGY AND BESS.”  This is an example of MTH going “all in” on a very challenging show and producing an extremely credible final product. ...

Review: THE LEHMAN TRILOGY at Kansas City Actors Theatre


by Alan Portner - May 26, 2024

The Lehman Trilogy studies American Dream Mythology as seen through the eyes of Italian playwright and poet Stefano Massini. The English translation by Ben Power transfigures itself into an absorbing and poignant exercise in stellar storytelling as one might imagine it by three brothers around a met...



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