Ted Swetz

BWW Review: MR. BURNS, A POST-ELECTRIC PLAY at Unicorn Theatre

Tomorrow as it might be with Homer, Marge, and Bart Simpson

BWW Preview: MR. BURNS, A POST-ELECTRIC PLAY at Unicorn Theater

Mr. Burns at the Unicorn muses on what might be through the lens of The Simpsons

UMKC Theatre 2012-13 Season Closes With BURNT BY THE SUN, Opening 5/3

UMKC Theatre completes its 2012-2013 season with a Chekhov masterpiece, "Burnt by the Sun." Directed by Tom Mardikes, "Burnt by the Sun" will preview May 3 - 7, open May 8, and run selected dates through May 12 at Studio 116, James C. Olson Performing Arts Center, on the UMKC campus. This production opens like the familiar work of Chekhov and then turns into a stunning production hit by violence so sudden and so shocking it echoes the wars in Iraq or Afghanistan. The Russian/French movie, which won an Oscar for Best Foreign Film, is brilliantly adapted for the stage by Peter Flannery.