RSS 2.0 FeedEarly August 2010, City Stage
Theatre Listings through August
Coterie Theatre's "Lucky Duck;" American Heartland Theatre's "The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee;" Kansas City Actors Theatre's "Sam Shepard's True West;" Starlight 2010 Broadway Series "Beauty and the Beast" & "The Producers;" Musical Theatre Heritage's "1776, The Musical"
For complete Theatre listings through 2010, click here to visit the KC Events calendar.
Coterie Theatre's Lab for New Family Musicals
TYA Premiere: Lucky Duck
Runs June 22 through August 8 at Coterie Theatre
For tickets call 816-474-6552 or online at www.coterietheatre.org
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A singing swan supermodel! It's The Ugly Duckling meets Project Runway, with music by the composer of Dreamgirls! Homely songbird Serena is viewed as an odd duck by her family, and escapes these fowl days of barnyard mockery to seek her special destiny-success as a supermodel swan.
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American Heartland Theatre
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
Runs July 9 through August 22 at American Heartland Theatre
For tickets call 816-842-9999 or online at www.ahtkc.com
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This adorable tale of six young people in the throes of puberty, overseen by grown-ups who barely managed to escape childhood themselves, will have audiences in stitches. The show's Tony Award-winning creative team has created the unlikeliest of hit musicals about the unlikeliest of heroes for whom a spelling bee is the one place they can stand out and fit in at the sames time.
This quirky yet charming group of misfits and outsiders learn that winning isn't everything and that losing doesn't necessarily make you a loser. Spelling Bee is a light-hearted, feel-good show that prompts such easy to spell adjectives as charming, sweet, endearing and quirky.
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Kansas City Actors Theatre
Sam Shepard's "True West"
Runs July 23 through August 15 at City Stage, Union Station
For tickets call 816-235-6222 or online at www.kcactors.org
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Over twenty years ago, KCAT favorites Jim Birdsall and Mark Robbins brought Lee and Austin to life on the Missouri Repertory Theatre stage. Now see them again as they reprise their roles in this classic Sam Shepard play about a screen writer and his renegade brother, their testosterone-driven rivalries and what happens when the success of one brother means the failure of the other.
“True West has arguably become Shepard’s signature piece, the leanest, most pointed of his full length works.” ~ David Krasner, A Companion to 20th-Century American Drama. Directed by Bob Elliott
Starlight 2010 Broadway Series
Beauty and the Beast
Runs 10 through August 15 at Starlight Theatre
For tickets call 816-363-7827 or online at www.kcstarlight.com
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A tale as old as time, true as it can be. The eye-popping musical spectacle of Disney's Beauty and the Beast has captured the hearts of more than 35 million people around the world. A smash hit on Broadway, this classic musical love story is filled with unforgettable characters, lavish sets and costumes, and dazzling production numbers including "Be Our Guest" and the beloved title song. Don't miss the romance and intrigue of Disney's Beauty and the Beast
The Producers
Runs 23 through August 29 at Starlight Theatre
For tickets call 816-363-7827 or online at www.kcstarlight.com
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Outrageous, hilarious and unexpected... debuting on Broadway in 2001, this Mel Brooks musical quickly racked up a record-breaking 12 Tony® Awards including Best Musical. The Producers follows the adventures and misadventures of Max Bialystock and Leo Bloom, who set out to produce a full-fledged flop - and fleece their investors in the process - but unwittingly wind up with a hit on their hands. These two schemers will sing and dance their way through the greatest show biz scam there ever was!
Rain - September 7-12
Musical Theatre Heritage
1776, The Musical
Runs August 12 - 29 at Off Center Theatre, Crown Center
For tickets call 816-842-9999 or online at http://www.musicaltheaterheritage.com
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Winner of 3 Tony Awards, including BEST MUSICAL, Musical Theatre Heritage breaks new
ground with 1776. Sometimes a new voice can bring new meanings to old stories. This story is about how much work and courage it took to get everyone off their "arses" to break it off with England. Sherman Edwards, developed lyrics and libretto for this insightful musical on the real struggle to write our Declaration of Independence. Directed by Sarah Crawford
Starring a "Revolutionary" all Female Cast
Deb Bluford, Karen Errington, Jessalyn Kincaid, Julie Shaw, Cheryl Weaver, Katie Karel, Sarah Kleeman Gulley, Vicky DeLaughder, Cathy Wood, Emily Harris, Megan McLain, Emily Shackelford,
Allison Moody, Chioma Anyanwu, Kati McCreary, Diane Bulan, Eleanor Hill, Devon Roberts, Christina Burton, Sarah Goeke, Kristen Janell Sullivan, Lena Andrews, Malena Marcase, and Nicole Rockstad!
For complete Theatre listings through 2010, click here to visit the KC Events calendar.
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