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Wed, May 02, 2012
Welcoming performers from across the country and around the world, the 2nd Annual Kansas City Burlesque Festival enchanted and amused crowds for three days at the Uptown Theater—and crowned the latest king and queen of Kansas City Burlesque.
Tue, May 01, 2012
With modern twists, nuanced performances, and engaging stagecraft, UMKC Theatre revives Shakespeare's “The Winter’s Tale” in the most unlikely of places: Waco, Texas and New Orleans, Louisiana.
Tue, May 01, 2012
Kansas City Repertory Theatre caps off its season with a fun and all-but-flawless production of the cult musical favorite “Little Shop of Horrors.”
Tue, Apr 24, 2012
Quality Hill Playhouse presented a lively and versatile revue of the songs of John Kander and Fred Ebb, the songwriting duo behind many of Broadway’s most beloved classics.
Tue, Apr 24, 2012
The Metropolitan Ensemble Theatre stages a well-paced and accessible adaptation of Jane Austen’s “Pride and Prejudice” that should be enjoyed by diehard Austen fans and the unbiased alike.
Tue, Apr 24, 2012
At the White Theater, the Jewish Community Center presented strong first performances of a theatrical double feature—back-to-back productions of “The Laramie Project” and “The Laramie Project: Ten Years Later.”
Tue, Apr 24, 2012
The Metropolitan Ensemble Theatre stages a well-paced and accessible adaptation of Jane Austen’s “Pride and Prejudice” that should be enjoyed by diehard Austen fans and the unbiased alike.
Wed, Apr 18, 2012
A talented cast led by two devilish delights, Musical Theater Heritage’s concert-style production of "Sweeney Todd" whips up a delicious concoction full of comedy, revenge, horror, and tragedy.
Wed, Apr 18, 2012
Continuing its impeccable season, the Unicorn Theatre's "Time Stands Still" is a taut, socially relevant drama examining the perils and merit of hot-spot journalism on a personal and societal level.
Tue, Apr 17, 2012
Leawood Stage Company’s presentation of “Titanic: The Musical” provided a new interpretation of the infamous calamity whose 100-year anniversary passed this weekend.
Tue, Apr 17, 2012
A talented cast led by two devilish delights, Musical Theater Heritage’s concert-style production of "Sweeney Todd" whips up a delicious concoction full of comedy, revenge, horror, and tragedy.
Tue, Apr 17, 2012
With enjoyable performances and solid staging, the Coterie Theatre presents “James and the Giant Peach." Lauren Roark's costuming was a special treat that captured the bizarre whimsy of Roald Dahl's source material.
Tue, Apr 17, 2012
With an expansive cast and earnest effort, Jewell Theatre Company brings Francis Warner’s challenging play “Living Creation” to life. Based on Lorenzo de’ Medici, he finds himself in the middle of rising political tensions, a battle between Platonic Christianity and new fundamentalist theology, and a resurgence of the plague.
Wed, Apr 11, 2012
Starlight Children’s Theatre presented “Narnia: The Musical” at the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts this weekend, inviting Kansas City audiences on a fanciful adventure through that most magical of wardrobes.
Tue, Apr 10, 2012
UMKC’s new costume shop expands the Theatre Department's Master of Fine Art program’s creative scope and facilitate its status as a top graduate theatre training program.
Wed, Apr 04, 2012
A delightful and entertaining distraction from the daily grind, Musical Theater Heritage’s latest Musical Monday installment welcomed a host of gifted local performers to Off Center Theatre for an impromptu cabaret setting.
Tue, Mar 27, 2012
Fresh off the New York stage, Matthew Lopez's "The Whipping Man" arrives at Kansas City Repertory Theatre in a production directed by Eric Rosen. With a great premise and promise, the work is substantial and rewarding in the capable hands of players Josh Breckenridge, Michael Genet, and Kyle Hatley.
Tue, Mar 13, 2012
Westport Center for the Arts’ Live Readers’ Theatre production of "Darby O’Gill and the Little People" at Kansas City Public Library on the Plaza introduces wee ones to the cunning fairy creatures of Irish myth through vivid narration, authentic Scots-Irish music, and traditional dance.
Tue, Mar 13, 2012
Jan Chapman and Scott Cordes lead a capable cast in Metropolitan Ensemble Theatre’s powerful production of “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest.”
Tue, Mar 13, 2012
Playwright Lia Romeo returns to the Unicorn Theatre with the world premiere of “Hungry,” an edgy, comedic, contemporary fairytale.
Tue, Mar 13, 2012
Dreamy undead dudes and doo-wop rule in Egads! Theatre Company’s "Zombie Prom" at Off Center Theater this month. Would nightshade or hemlock make an appropriate corsage?
Wed, Mar 07, 2012
Officially founded in 2009, Egads! Theatre Company’s history stretches further back, starting with the directorial dream of a young Steven Eubank. Thanks to and in collaboration with supportive, enthusiastic family and friends, Eubank realized his dream and more with Egads, bringing eccentric, amusing, high-quality musical theatre to audiences in his hometown metro, Kansas City.
Tue, Mar 06, 2012
At MidAmerica Nazarene University, a talented young cast pays proper tribute to George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart's boisterous comedic classic, "You Can't Take It With You."
Tue, Mar 06, 2012
Making its world premiere at Kansas City Rep, "The Great Immensity" is an entertaining, educational, and agitating multimedia musical mystery/adventure about our endangered planet.
Thu, Mar 01, 2012
The Coterie Theatre's new show, Liza Evans’ "Freedom Sisters: Stamping, Shouting and Singing Home," set in the Deep South during the turbulent Civil Rights Movement, raises many questions for discussion: Who makes history? Who writes the books? What are civil liberties?
Wed, Feb 29, 2012
Egads! Theatre Company presented a concert-style tribute to the cult classic "Hedwig and the Angry Inch" last weekend at Off Center Theatre, welcoming back former Kansas City-based actor Justin Van Pelt in the title role.
Tue, Feb 28, 2012
Making its world premiere at Kansas City Rep, "The Great Immensity" is an entertaining, educational, and agitating multimedia musical mystery/adventure about our endangered planet.
Wed, Feb 22, 2012
In “Billy Bishop Goes to War,” impressively produced by Kansas City Actors Theatre and UMKC Theatre at the National WWI Memorial, the unlikely hero of the Great War tells his own story for another generation.
Mon, Feb 20, 2012
Henson Alternative’s brash, adults-only puppet show, “Stuffed and Unstrung,” brought the house down at Johnson County Community College.
Tue, Feb 14, 2012
With its well-staged and well-sung production of “The Who’s Tommy,” the White Theatre at the Jewish Community Center of Kansas City brings the beloved British band’s concept musical to life.
Tue, Feb 14, 2012
UMKC Theatre continues to raise the bar in the local theater scene with its spunky production of a contemporary play, Stephen Adly Guirgis’ “The Last Days of Judas Iscariot.”
Wed, Feb 08, 2012
With its polished production of Geoffrey Nauffts’ Tony-nominated play “Next Fall,” the Unicorn Theatre offers entertainment of the thought-provoking kind with a talented cast aided by crisp direction and technical panache.
Wed, Feb 08, 2012
At the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts, Starlight Children's Theatre offers a streamlined and enjoyable, if not unpredictable stage version of the animated Disney classic, "Aladdin."
Wed, Feb 08, 2012
Kansas City Repertory Theatre’s new staging of “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer” is a boisterous blend of veteran acting talent and ingenious stagecraft.
Tue, Feb 07, 2012
The Paul Mesner Puppets’ presentation of “Strega Nona” is 46 minutes of fun for the family, strings attached.
Wed, Feb 01, 2012
Kansas City Repertory Theatre’s new staging of “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer” is a boisterous blend of veteran acting talent and ingenious stagecraft.
Wed, Feb 01, 2012
The acclaimed children’s theatre takes on more mature subject matter with a restaging of the fast-paced, provocative teen-drama, “The Wrestling Season.”
Tue, Jan 31, 2012
The Paul Mesner Puppets’ presentation of “Strega Nona” is 46 minutes of fun for the family, strings attached.
Thu, Jan 26, 2012
Some very familiar love songs are the subject of Quality Hill Playhouse’s current cabaret offering, “My Romance: The Songs of Rodgers and Hart.”
Wed, Jan 25, 2012
Some very familiar love songs are the subject of Quality Hill Playhouse’s current cabaret offering, “My Romance: The Songs of Rodgers and Hart.”
Wed, Jan 25, 2012
Now in its 21st season, the Performing Arts Series at Johnson County Community College has built a reputation for high quality, diverse programming, with a schedule of visiting artists ranging from chamber ensembles and jazz quartets to international orchestras, and from one-person comedy showcases and avant-garde dance companies to grandly staged Broadway musicals. Since assuming the role of general manager in 2009, Emily Behrmann has endeavored to broaden the Series’ target audience and further expand its offerings on the stages of the JCCC’s Carlsen Center. This week, Behrmann sat down with Victor Wishna to discuss the state of the Performing Arts Series—its successes, challenges, and plans for the future—and what it means to be both “a Johnson County alternative” and an integral part of Kansas City’s growing and glowing performing-arts scene.
Tue, Jan 24, 2012
The Lied Center of Kansas brought "South Pacific" to Lawrence on Wednesday. The night’s performance assembled a cast of varied talents, impressive sets, and colorful costumes which brought the beloved Rodgers and Hammerstein musical to life.
Wed, Jan 18, 2012
With a fine presentation of Tom Stoppard’s adaption of Anton Chekhov’s “The Seagull,” the Metropolitan Ensemble Theatre brings a bit of Russian winter to Kansas City.
Wed, Jan 18, 2012
With a fine presentation of Tom Stoppard’s adaption of Anton Chekhov’s “The Seagull,” the Metropolitan Ensemble Theatre brings a bit of Russian winter to Kansas City.
Wed, Jan 11, 2012
EARTh’s (Equity Actors’ Readers’ Theatre) concert reading of Noël Coward’s "Hay Fever" shows you don’t always need a fully produced play to capture an audience—just gifted actors. Some of Kansas City’s best talent, directed by Doug Weaver, came together Monday evening at St. Teresa’s Academy to portray a convincingly self-involved family and its confused and jostled weekend guests.
Wed, Jan 11, 2012
A solid cast, anchored by John Preece, and simple-yet-effective design made all the humor and abject heartbreak of "Fiddler on the Roof" palpable in Troika Productions’ performance at on the Performing Arts Series at Johnson County Community College.
Wed, Jan 04, 2012
From fairy tales to complex social issues such as rumors, bullying, and the environment, Kansas City theatre companies offer a variety of productions for the community’s younger crowd and families.
Wed, Dec 28, 2011
And as January and February temperatures dip, the stages of area theatres—many in mid-season—are warming up. What follows are some highlights to look for this winter and spring from Kansas City’s adult professional companies and presenters—but come back often to KCMetropolis for more listings, previews, and reviews of the musical, family, community, and off-beat theatre our area has to offer.
Tue, Dec 27, 2011
From Narnia to the decks of the Titanic and the beaches of the South Pacific, the Kansas City area is full of musical theatre events during the spring of 2012.
Wed, Dec 21, 2011
Intricate schemes and messy love lives abound in the Theatre Gym’s regional premiere of Ken Ludwig’s "The Fox on the Fairway," a farce about life on the green.
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