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“Apprentice” lights up the Coterie
Tue, Apr 12, 2011
With dynamic lighting effects, a compelling story, and fine performances, “Ben Franklin’s Apprentice” is another impressive success for the award-winning children’s theatre.
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Countdown to Kauffman: The Lyric’s last hurrah
Mon, Apr 11, 2011
The Lyric Opera of Kansas City says goodbye to the Lyric Theatre and closes its season with Mozart's perennial favorite, "Le nozze di Figaro." Don't expect period staging, costumes, or settings, this adaptation is thoroughly modern and offers a fictional glimpse behind the scenes of the Lyric.
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Russian feast for the ears and eyes
Wed, Apr 13, 2011
Last Friday night’s Harriman-Jewell Series presentation of Canada’s premiere string chamber orchestra I Musici de Montréal to a two-thirds full audience at the Folly Theater was just as described in the concert’s tagline: “Paintings for the ears and music for the eyes!”
Sweet, breezy "Enchanted April"
Wed, Apr 13, 2011
The Metropolitan Ensemble Theatre's little comedy of manners, "Enchanted April" tells the story of a post-WWI ladies' holiday to Italy.
FILM REVIEW: A "Win Win" in any situation
Tue, Apr 12, 2011
"Win Win." It sounds like a film about the erratic life of Charlie Sheen, but thankfully it’s far from it as Paul Giamatti, Amy Ryan, and newcomer Alex Shaffer deliver solid performances.
An American “Misanthrope”
Mon, Apr 11, 2011
A few standout performances spice up William Jewell College’s updated—and transplanted—take on Molière’s 17th-century French classic.
"Lady"'s lively acts of murder
Tue, Apr 05, 2011
Whip-fast and devilishly clever, American Heartland Theatre's production of Douglas J. Cohen's "No Way to Treat a Lady" is a turn-off-and-enjoy musical theatre rollick.
Articles : Local Arts News
Zhou Long wins Pulitzer Prize in Music
Wed, Apr 20, 2011
Zhou Long, Research Professor of Music Composition at the UMKC Conservatory of Music and Dance, has won the Pulitzer Prize in Music for his opera "Madame White Snake."
Fountain City Brass Band places second
Mon, Apr 11, 2011
Four-time champion at the North American Brass Band Association, the Fountain City Brass Band was defeated by a resurgent Atlantic Brass Band to earn a second place finish. FCBB members also claimed 1/3 of all prizes in solo and ensemble competition.
Performing Arts Series at JCCC announces 2011–12 season
Mon, Apr 11, 2011
Now in its 21st season, the Performing Arts Series at Johnson County Community College brings the world to KC’s door. Literally, the planet Earth takes center stage in Bella Gaia, and world-class entertainers from St. Petersburg, Moscow, Dublin and Soweto perform. The season also includes plenty of made-in-the-USA icons from jazz artists to Groucho Marx.
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KC Events this week and beyond
Sat, Sep 22, 2012
Looking for something to do this weekend? Click here for the KC Events calendar of theatre, classical music, dance and jazz events through 2011. Highlights of this week's classical music and dance offerings are in Don Dagenais' "City Classics." For current Theatre listings visit Victor Wishna's "City Stage." Enjoy!
Columns : City Classics
Music and Dance through late April
Wed, Apr 13, 2011
Opera fans take note: The Lyric Opera finishes its final performances of the season with "The Marriage of Figaro," bidding farewell the Lyric Theatre (next year it moves to the new Kauffman Center) as we open the last half of April. Also, the KC Metro Opera produces a rarely-done Gilbert & Sullivan work, "The Gondoliers," and the University of Kansas Music Department performs Humperdinck’s timeless "Hansel and Gretel." Meanwhile, fans of the dance will enjoy the Russian National Theatre in Tchaikovsky’s "Romeo and Juliet" (Harriman-Jewell Series). The 940 Dance Company of Lawrence performs in what is billed as the company’s final production, "Red," while the Owen/Cox Dance Group embarks upon an intriguing collaboration with newEar, "Contemporary Collaborations," at the end of the month. Also, the spring dance concerts at both the UMKC Conservatory of Music and Dance and the Kansas University Department of Dance are on tap. Two of the greatest choral works of the repertory, Mozart’s Requiem (Musica Sacra) and Poulenc’s Gloria (UMKC Conservatory Orchestra and Choirs) can be heard within days of each other, while the Northland Community Choir tackles another choral classic, the Duruflé Requiem. The Kansas City Symphony features stories of the creation (appropriate, perhaps, at this religious season of the year) with selections from Haydn’s great oratorio as well as French composer Darius Milhaud’s very different view of the subject, and a contemporary setting by Avner Dorman of visions from Earth’s ancient past. The Youth Symphony offers music of Rossini, Dvořák, Holst, and Saint-Saëns.
Columns : City Stage
Theatre through April
Tue, Apr 12, 2011
“No Way To Treat A Lady” at American Heartland Theatre; “Ben Franklin’s Apprentice” at the Coterie Theatre; “Enchanted April” at Metropolitan Ensemble Theatre; “Ruined” at the Unicorn Theatre. And coming later this month—“Peer Gynt” at Kansas City Rep; “Let’s Do It: The Lyrics of Cole Porter” at Quality Hill Playhouse; “A Moon for the Misbegotten” at William Jewell College.
Columns : Auditions
Upcoming Auditions
Wed, Apr 06, 2011
American Heartland Theatre 2011–12 season auditions (April 17–20); Coterie Theatre and Unicorn Theatre (May 7–9); William Baker Festival Singers (All sections); Summer Singers of Kansas City (All sections);