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Roald Dahl's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory


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 ...

Native Gardens
Native Gardens
1/17 - 1/26/2025


Comedy/Drama. Sometimes fences make for the best neighbors. In this hilarious and thought-provoking play, young couple Pablo and Tania are living the American dream when ...


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Vote For The 2024 BroadwayWorld Kansas City Awards; LEGALLY BLONDE at Great Plains Theatre Leads Best Musical!


by BWW Awards - December 16, 2024

Voting continues for the 2024 BroadwayWorld Kansas City Awards! Voting ends on 12/31 at midnight. Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!...

Latest Standings Announced For The 2024 BWW Kansas City Awards


by BWW Awards - December 09, 2024

Don't miss your chance to vote for the 2024 BroadwayWorld Kansas City Awards! Voting ends on 12/31 at midnight. Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!...

Last Chance to Vote for the BWW Kansas City Awards; Voting Ends 12/31


by BWW Awards - December 26, 2023

It's the final week left to vote for the 2023 BroadwayWorld Kansas City Awards! Voting ends on 12/31 at midnight. Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!...

2 Weeks to Vote for the BWW Kansas City Awards; DREAMGIRLS, A RAISIN IN THE SUN, & More Lead!


by BWW Awards - December 18, 2023

There's just two weeks left to vote and we have the latest standings as of Monday, December 18th for the 2023 BroadwayWorld Kansas City Awards! Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!...

BroadwayWorld Kansas City Awards; DREAMGIRLS, A RAISIN IN THE SUN, & More Lead!


by BWW Awards - December 11, 2023

It's the final 3 weeks and we have the latest standings as of Monday, December 11th for the 2023 BroadwayWorld Kansas City Awards! Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!...

BroadwayWorld Kansas City Awards December 5th Standings; Leads Favorite Local Theatre!


by BWW Awards - December 05, 2023

It's December, and the first standings of the month have been announced as of Tuesday, December 5th for the 2023 BroadwayWorld Kansas City Awards! Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!...

Latest Standings Announced For The 2023 BroadwayWorld Kansas City Awards; Leads Favorite Local Theatre!


by BWW Awards - November 27, 2023

Happy Holidays! The latest wave of standings have been announced as of Monday, November 27th for the 2023 BroadwayWorld Kansas City Awards! Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!...

Winners Announced For The 2022 BroadwayWorld Kansas City Awards


by BWW Awards - January 26, 2023

The winners have been announced for the 2022 BroadwayWorld Kansas City Awards, honoring the best in regional productions, touring shows, and more which had their first performance between October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2022. ...

12 Days Left To Vote For The 2022 BroadwayWorld Kansas City Awards; Unicorn Theatre Leads Favorite Local Theatre!


by BWW - December 19, 2022

The latest standings as of Monday, December 19th, have been released for the 2022 BroadwayWorld Kansas City Awards! Nominations were reader-submitted and now our readers get to vote for their favorites....

Latest Stats Released For The 2022 BroadwayWorld Kansas City Awards; at MTKC Pro Leads Best Ensemble Performance!


by BWW - December 12, 2022

The latest standings as of Monday, December 12th, have been released for the 2022 BroadwayWorld Kansas City Awards! Nominations were reader-submitted and now our readers get to vote for their favorites....

Past Shows

Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
10/24 - 10/26/2024


A brilliantly innovative, genre-bending, fourth-wall-smashing rock musical sensation headlined by genderqueer and jilted rocker Hedwig as they recount their journey from East Germany to Kansas ...

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 ...

Fiddler on the Roof
Fiddler on the Roof
6/7 - 6/23/2024


A musical theatre tradition! This is a tale of Tevye and his family in a changing Russia. The plight of traditional values in the face ...

I Hate Hamlet
I Hate Hamlet
4/19 - 4/28/2024


A comedy by Paul Rudnick       A young and successful television actor relocates to New York where he is offered the opportunity to play ...

Agatha Christie's A Murder is Announced


An announcement in the local paper states the time and place of an imminent murder.  When an unknown visitor to Miss Blacklock’s Victorian home dies ...

Dead Man's Cell Phone
Dead Man's Cell Phone
1/19 - 1/28/2024


A dramatic comedy by Sarah Ruhl An incessantly ringing cell phone in a quiet café. A stranger at the next table who has had enough. ...

A Christmas Story (the musical)


Based on the Warner Brothers movie and the book by Jean Shepherd    The perennial Christmas favorite! Set in the 1940’s, the musical follows 9-year-old Ralphie ...

The Rocky Horror Show
The Rocky Horror Show
10/26 - 10/28/2023


Back by popular demand!  A sweet transvestite and his motley crew continue to do the time warp.  Complete with sass from the audience, this deliberately ...

Crowns
Crowns
9/22 - 10/1/2023


Adapted by Regina Taylor from a book of the same name A moving and celebratory musical play in which hats become a springboard for an ...

Carmen
Carmen
8/18 - 8/20/2023


Lawrence Opera Theatre is thrilled to share its fourteenth season with the Lawrence community! Opera is fundamentally a genre of emotional storytelling. It speaks to the ...

Everything Disney: A Musical Theater Cabaret


Lawrence Opera Theatre is thrilled to share its fourteenth season with the Lawrence community! Opera is fundamentally a genre of emotional storytelling. It speaks to the ...

Opera in Inglese: An Evening of Opera Scenes and Arias


Lawrence Opera Theatre is thrilled to share its fourteenth season with the Lawrence community! Opera is fundamentally a genre of emotional storytelling. It speaks to the ...

Something Rotten
Something Rotten
6/9 - 6/25/2023


Two brothers set out to write the world’s first musical in this hilarious mash-up of sixteenth-century Shakespeare and twenty-first-century Broadway. Welcome to the Renaissance and ...

Agatha Christie's Murder on the Orient Express


A Mystery by Agatha Christie | Adapted by Ken Ludwig Just after midnight, a snowdrift stops the Orient Express. By morning the luxurious train is ...

The Lifespan of a Fact
The Lifespan of a Fact
1/20 - 1/29/2023


A fresh-out-of-Harvard fact checker for a prominent, but sinking magazine, is assigned to check a transcendent essay about the suicide of a teenage boy—an essay ...

Cinderella
Cinderella
12/2 - 12/18/2022


The timeless enchantment of a magical fairy tale is reborn with the Rodgers & Hammerstein hallmarks of originality, charm and elegance. Studded with memorable music like ...

Priscilla, Queen of the Desert


Book, Stephan Elliott and Allan Scott Based on the Latent Image/Specific Films Motion PictureThis heartwarming, uplifting adventure in drag takes three friends to the Australian ...

Hello, Dolly!
Hello, Dolly!
6/10 - 6/26/2022


Book by Michael Stewart | Music and Lyrics by Jerry HermanThis blockbuster Broadway hit bursts with humor, romance, and some of the greatest songs in ...

The Girl on the Train
The Girl on the Train
4/22 - 5/1/2022


based on the bestselling novelby Paula Hawkins and DreamWorks filmadapted by Rachel Wagstaff and Duncan AbelIn a heart thumping thriller, truth becomes slippery and trust ...

And Then There Were None
And Then There Were None
3/4 - 3/13/2022


A Mystery by Agatha ChristieThe classic! Ten strangers are summoned to a remote island, all with wicked pasts they are unwilling to reveal and secrets ...

Collected Stories
Collected Stories
1/21 - 1/30/2022


Who owns your life story? An established author nurtures talent and friendship in a student until the students own writing publishes details about the authors ...

Elf: The Musical
Elf: The Musical
12/3 - 12/19/2021


Songs by Matthew Sklar and Chad Beguelin |Book by Thomas Meehan and Bob MartinBased on the cherished film, this beloved holiday comedy tells the hilarious ...

All Together Now
All Together Now
11/13 - 11/14/2021


A Global Event Celebrating Local TheatreJoin Theatre Lawrence as we gather with theatres from around the area and around the world for one weekend to ...

The Ballad of Black Jack
The Ballad of Black Jack
9/16 - 9/26/2021


A John Brown Experience! Celebrate our communitys history with beautiful music and a reminder of the local events that led up to the Civil War....

The Ballad of Black Jack
The Ballad of Black Jack
9/10 - 9/19/2021


A John Brown Experience! Celebrate our communitys history with beautiful music and a reminder of the local events that led up to the Civil War....

Leaving Iowa
Leaving Iowa
7/16 - 7/24/2021


Gates open at 8:00pmPerformances start at 8:30pmLeaving Iowa is a postcard to anyone who remembers the family summer road trips! As grown-up Don searches for ...

Deja's Extra Fabulous Outdoor Drag Show


Join Deja Brooks under the stars for an Extra Fabulous Outdoor Drag Show featuring Mulan, Luna Flare, Drag by Q and the Whore of 84, ...

Some Enchanted Evening - The Songs of Rodgers and Hammerstein


Pop the champagne and sip some bubbly as Theatre Lawrence kicks off its Summer Series on the outdoor stage, under the stars with "Some Enchanted ...

Almost, Maine
Almost, Maine
3/19 - 3/28/2021


On a cold winter night in the mythical town of Almost, Maine, residents find themselves falling in and out of love in strange and unexpected ...

Are You Now or Have You Ever Been?


The subject of this riveting and unusual drama is the infamous House Un-American Activities Committee hearings in the 1950s, in which figures from the world ...

Curbside Cabaret: Midsummer Jazz


Join us for an evening of live music on the outdoor stage for some hot jazz and cool tunes featuring the Patty Ahern Trio, comprised ...

Theatre Lawrence Drive-In: Charade (1963)


Charade (1963) - run time 115 minAudrey Hepburn and Cary Grant sparkle in this film, which has been called by some, 'the best Hitchcock film ...

Theatre Lawrence Drive-In: Pirates on the Kaw


Enjoy the thrilling adventures of a Band of Pirates who find themselves up the Kaw looking for treasure. Expect a kidnapping, mayhem, a plank, romance, ...

Theatre Lawrence Drive-In
Theatre Lawrence Drive-In
6/19 - 6/21/2020


Carnival of Souls (1962) - run time 84 minutesJoin us on the Summer So(u)lstice and celebrate Father's Day with a nostalgic return to the drive-in ...

Theatre Lawrence Drive-In
Theatre Lawrence Drive-In
6/12 - 6/14/2020


Teenagers From Outer Space (1959) run time 86 minutesWith Live On-Stage Comedic Commentary featuring Local Comedians:Ric Averill, Will Averill, Larry Keezer, and Kitty SteffensA young ...

Silent Sky
Silent Sky
4/17 - 4/26/2020


In the early 1900s, women working at the Harvard Observatory werent allowed to touch a telescope, and projects were calculated in girl hours. This beautiful ...

Videos


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B&B Live (12/13 - 12/22)

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'The Addams Family' in Kansas City 'The Addams Family'
Midwest Trust Center at Johnson County Community College (2/21 - 2/21)
R.E.S.P.E.C.T. in Kansas City R.E.S.P.E.C.T.
Midwest Trust Center at Johnson County Community College (3/16 - 3/16)
Hairspray in Kansas City Hairspray
The White Theatre at The J (2/1 - 2/23)
'Maya and the Magic Ring' in Kansas City 'Maya and the Magic Ring'
Midwest Trust Center at Johnson County Community College (3/27 - 3/30)
Native Gardens in Kansas City Native Gardens
Theatre Lawrence (1/17 - 1/26)
The Dreidel Players Present ... Best Hanukkah Show Ever! in Kansas City The Dreidel Players Present ... Best Hanukkah Show Ever!
The White Theatre at The J (12/28 - 12/29)
Hiplet Ballerinas in Kansas City Hiplet Ballerinas
Midwest Trust Center at Johnson County Community College (1/24 - 1/24)
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