Roald Dahl's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
12/6 - 12/22/2024
Come with us and step into a world of pure imagination this holiday season! The mysterious Willy Wonka is opening the gates to his factory ...
Sugarplum: An Original Nutcracker Musical
12/13 - 12/22/2024
In this world premiere musical adventure, we meet Sugarplum, a charismatic and enterprising girl boss who is suddenly transported on an adventure to a snowy ...
'The Addams Family'
2/21
A comical feast that embraces the wackiness in every family. Featuring an original story and every father’s nightmare....
Hairspray
2/1 - 2/23/2025
Saturdays | Feb. 1, 8, 15, 22 at 7:30 p.m. Sundays | Feb. 2, 9, 16, 23 at 2 p.m. Wednesday | Feb. 5, 12 at ...
'The Pa'akai We Bring'
4/25 - 4/26/2025
The play follows a family with multiple generations of salt farmers on Kauai, mixing in ancient stories, hula, live music, original songs, and plenty of ...
West Side Story
7/5 - 7/27/2025
Saturdays | July 5, 12, 19, 26 at 7:30 p.m. Sundays | July 6, 13, 20, 27 at 2 p.m. Wednesdays | July 9, 16, ...
Stuff of Dreams
9/13 - 9/21/2025
Saturdays | Sept. 13 & 20 at 7:30 p.m. Sundays | Sept. 14 & 21 at 2 p.m. Wednesday | Sept. 17 at 7:30 p.m. ...
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Review: CIRQUE DU SOLEIL: TWAS THE NIGHT BEFORE... at KANSAS CITY MUSIC HALL
by Alan Portner - November 25, 2024
Cirque Du Soleil’s excellent new Christmas Show, TWAS THE NIGHT BEFORE… opens at the Kansas City Music Hall for eight performances beginning THE NIGHT BEFORE…Thanksgiving Day and continues through Sunday, December 1....
Review: BUBBLE BOY, A MUSICAL ABOUT BURSTING OUT at Johnson County Arts & Heritage Center
by Steve Wilson - November 01, 2024
What did our critic think of BUBBLE BOY, A MUSICAL ABOUT BURSTING OUT at Johnson County Arts & Heritage Center?...
Review: THE MUSIC MAN at White Theatre
by Alan Portner - October 28, 2024
Meredith Willson’s THE MUSIC MAN opened this week at The White Theatre to an almost full house standing ovation. THE MUSIC MAN is a tribute to small town America around the turn of the twentieth century. The location is River City, Iowa on the Iowa/Illinois border in 1912....
Review: 'Dammit, Janet' THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW is Live in Kansas City at The Grand Theatre
by Steve Wilson - October 12, 2024
Forty-nine years after Richard O’Brien wrote the book, lyrics, and music for THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW it remains a cult classic, and it has risen to a new level as Padgett Productions opens THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW LIVE in the Grand Theatre at Crown Center in Kansas City. The show opened to a raucous audi...
Review: AN OLD-FASHIONED FAMILY MURDER at New Theatre & Restaurant
by Alan Portner - September 23, 2024
Imagine a very funny stage comedy hidden behind a locked door, puzzler of a 1940s mystery movie and you’ve got AN OLD-FASHIONED FAMILY MURDER now playing at New Theatre and Restaurant. It is a World Premiere production.
Double Tony-winning playwright Joe DiPietro has cleverly developed a recipe for ...
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
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
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.” ...
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Owen/Cox Dance Group: The Nutcracker & the Mouse King
Midwest Trust Center at Johnson County Community College (12/13 - 12/15) | |
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Funny Girl
Kansas City Music Hall (12/3 - 12/8) | |
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Back to the Future: The Musical
Kansas City Music Hall (4/1 - 4/6) | |
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Uptown
Midwest Trust Center at Johnson County Community College (4/19 - 4/19) | |
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The Cher Show (Non-Equity)
Lied Center of Kansas (4/23 - 4/23) | |
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'Christmas with the Celts'
Midwest Trust Center at Johnson County Community College (12/10 - 12/10) | |
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Kinnor Philharmonic New Year's Day Concert
The White Theatre at The J (1/1 - 1/1) | |
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Rhythm India: Bollywood and Beyond
Midwest Trust Center at Johnson County Community College (3/8 - 3/8) | |
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