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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: 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....

Feature: TREE OF LIFE at White Theatre

by Alan Portner - September 12, 2024

The White Theatre presents a world premiere production of “Tree of Life,” a new two-act play, by Kansas City career writer and playwright Victor Wishna. “Tree of Life” documents the journey of a sacred “Torah” that has rested in the arc of a small-town Iowa synagogue over more than a century....

TREE OF LIFE World Premiere Opens At The White Theatre This September

by A.A. Cristi - August 30, 2024

Victor Wishna's play 'Tree of Life' explores Jewish continuity through the story of a small synagogue in Ottumwa, Iowa, and its Torah scroll's journey to a new congregation in South America....

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?...

Disney's THE LITTLE MERMAID Comes To The White Theatre This Month

by Stephi Wild - July 01, 2024

'Disney's The Little Mermaid' will come to The Lewis & Shirley White Theatre at The J (Jewish Community Center) on Saturday, July 6, where it will run for 14 performances on Wednesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays, and Sundays through July 28. ...

Review: GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE TO LOVE AND MURDER at White Theatre At The JCC

by Alan Portner - March 19, 2024

“A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder” is a very funny idea and the 2014 Tony winner for best new Musical. It is currently playing at the White Theatre inside the Jewish Community Center in Overland Park through March 24....

A GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE TO LOVE & MURDER Announced At The Lewis & Shirley White Theatre

by A.A. Cristi - March 12, 2024

Actor Reed Uthe takes on the challenge of portraying nine characters in the Tony Award-winning musical comedy, A GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE TO LOVE & MURDER. The show opens at The Lewis & Shirley White Theatre at The J on March 9....

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KANSAS CITY SHOWS


		Golda's Balcony, Starring Iris Bahr The White Theatre at The J (4/26 - 4/27)
		Seussical The Musical Theatre in the Park INDOOR (12/6 - 12/23)
		'Our Planet Live – A Netflix Documentary Series' with Dan Tapster Midwest Trust Center at Johnson County Community College (5/1 - 5/2)
		Trailblazing Women of Country: From Patsy to Loretta to Dolly Midwest Trust Center at Johnson County Community College (3/29 - 3/29)
		West Side Story The White Theatre at The J (7/5 - 7/27)
		Heartland Men's Chorus The White Theatre at The J (4/5 - 1/20)
		'Dirty Dancing in Concert' Midwest Trust Center at Johnson County Community College (3/9 - 3/9)
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