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

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.
Kansas City Actors Theatre DIAL M FOR MURDER Starts Next Week At The City Stage

Kansas City Actors Theatre will present DIAL M FOR MURDER beginning next week at the City Stage.
TINY BEAUTIFUL THINGS Begins Rehearsal at the Unicorn Theatre

Rehearsals have begun at Unicorn Theatre for Tiny Beautiful Things, based on the book by Cheryl Strayed (Wild) and adapted for the stage by Nia Vardalos (My Big Fat Greek Wedding). Tiny Beautiful Things is directed by Sidonie Garrett and will feature a cast that includes Carla Noack, Darren Kennedy, Jackie Price, and Darrington Clark.
BWW Review: CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF at Kansas City Repertory Theatre

Kansas City Repertory Theatre opens its 2019-2020 season with an ambitious production of a difficult, intense, family drama by Tennessee Williams, one of the twentieth century's most renowned talents. a?oeCata?? won a Pulitzer Prize for drama in 1955 and is said to have been Williams' favorite.
CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF Comes to Spencer Theatre

Kansas City Repertory Theatre kicks off the season with a much-beloved classic; Tennessee Williams' Pulitzer Prize-winning masterpiece packs all the power today as when it premiered in 1955. The story of a?oeMaggie the Cat,a?? her tormented husband Brick, and their night at patriarch Big Daddy's birthday party remains a powerful study of character, conflict, and suspense.
BWW Review: BILOXI BLUES at New Theatre Restaurant

New Theatre and Restaurant's production of Neil Simon's 'Biloxi Blues' transports its 2019 audience back to Army boot camp during the closing days of World War II.   Simon has been mostly recognized for plays that depend on situations producing comedy and quick laughs. 'Biloxi Blues' is more serious. 
BWW Review: MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING at Heart Of America Shakespeare Festival

The 2018 edition of the 'Heart of America Shakespeare Festival' offers a very nice production of Shakespeare's 1599 comedy 'Much Ado About Nothing.' 'Much Ado' is a comedy/farce in many ways similar to other Shakespearian comedies 'Taming of the Shrew,' and 'The Merchant of Venice.' All three plays depend on misdirection and romances somehow gone way awry.
BWW Review: SEA MARKS AT KCAT at KCAT At Union Station

KCAT garners high marks for 'Sea Marks' an Irish romantic comedy now showing at the City Theatre in Union Station. Starring Cinnamon Schultz and Darren Kennedy as an unlikely romantic couple the show explores romance, personal acceptance, and the lure of the sea.
Photo Flash: First Look at Kansas City Actors Theatre's Production of at SEA MARKS

Kansas City Actors Theatre has completed casting for its production of Gardner McKay's Sea Marks, the fourth show of its thirteenth season, which will run from January 10th to the 28th at the H&R Block City Stage in Union Station. The production will be directed by Jan Rogge and will star Darren Kennedy and Cinnamon Schultz. The production team includes Gary Mosby (scenic designer), Elizabeth Sampley (properties designer), Sarah M. Oliver (costumer designer), Shane Rowse (lighting designer), Jonathan Robertson (sound designer), and Kyle Dyck (technical director). This will be Darren Kennedy's first appearance with Kansas City Actors Theatre and Jan Rogge's first time directing for the company.
Cast, Creatives Set for Gardner McKay's SEA MARKS at Kansas City Actors Theatre

Kansas City Actors Theatre has completed casting for its production of Gardner McKay's Sea Marks, the fourth show of its 13th season, which will run from January 10th to the 28th at the H&R Block City Stage in Union Station
Cast, Creatives Set for Gardner McKay's SEA MARKS at Kansas City Actors Theatre

Kansas City Actors Theatre has completed casting for its production of Gardner McKay's Sea Marks, the fourth show of its 13th season, which will run from January 10th to the 28th at the H&R Block City Stage in Union Station
Kansas City Actors Theatre Partners with New Letters on the Air for Special Event

Kansas City Actors Theatre is partnering with New Letters on the Air, the longest continuously-running broadcast of a national literary radio series, to present local author Alan Proctor in conversation before the January 18th performance of Gardner McKay's play, Sea Marks at the H&R Block City Stage in Union Station.
Cast, Creatives Set for Gardner McKay's SEA MARKS at Kansas City Actors Theatre

Kansas City Actors Theatre has completed casting for its production of Gardner McKay's Sea Marks, the fourth show of its 13th season, which will run from January 10th to the 28th at the H&R Block City Stage in Union Station
BWW Review: HAMLET in Kansas City at Southmoreland Park. Shakespeare's revenge tragedy a treasure for Kansas City theatergoers

World class performance of 'Hamlet' now playing for free at Kansas City's Southmoreland Park next door to the Nelson-Adkins Museum. Featuring a stellar cast who breathe a fresh breath into Shakespeare's revenge tragedy.
BWW Review: HOW TO STEAL A PICASSO at Unicorn Theatre

Playwright calls his work farcical reality
BWW Preview: HOW TO STEAL A PICASSO at Unicorn Theatre

World Premier of How to Steal a Picasso opens at Unicorn Theatre
BWW Reviews: WATER BY THE SPOONFUL Now Playing at the Unicorn Theatre

Water by the Spoonful a play by Quiara Alegria Hudes currently runs on the Jerome Stage at the Unicorn Theatre in Kansas City, Mo. The 2012 Pulitzer Prize winner for Drama is the story of an Iraqi war veteran who returns home to discover his mother is running a chat room for recovering addicts. Mark Robbins directs a dynamic cast in this Unicorn production. Robbins has previously directed Good People and God of Carnage co-productions with Kansas City Actors Theatre.
BWW Preview: WATER BY THE SPOONFUL Coming to the Unicorn Theatre, 4/23

The Unicorn Theatre in Kansas City, Mo. presents Water by the Spoonful, April 23 through May 18. The play written by Quiara Alergria Hudes and directed by Mark Robbins will run on the Jerome Stage at 3828 Main. Water by the Spoonful won the 2012 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and playwright Hudes won the 2008 Tony Award for Best Musical for In the Heights.
EARTh Presents Gogol's THE GOVERNMENT INSPECTOR, 2/21

Nikolai Gogol's The Government Inspector will be the third presentation of the Inaugural Series of EARTh (Equity Actors' Readers' Theatre). Featuring some of the finest professional actors in the Greater Kansas City area, this concert-style stage reading will be presented on Monday, February 21, at 7:30PM in the Music & Art Building on the campus of St. Teresa's Academy/KCYA.
EARTh Presents Gogol's THE GOVERNMENT INSPECTOR, 2/21

Nikolai Gogol's The Government Inspector will be the third presentation of the Inaugural Series of EARTh (Equity Actors' Readers' Theatre). Featuring some of the finest professional actors in the Greater Kansas City area, this concert-style stage reading will be presented on Monday, February 21, at 7:30PM in the Music & Art Building on the campus of St. Teresa's Academy/KCYA.

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