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Theatre through mid-January
“Plaid Tidings” at American Heartland Theatre; “A Christmas Carol” at Kansas City Repertory Theatre; “A Very Joan Crawford Christmas” at the Unicorn Theatre; “Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day – The Musical” at the Coterie Theatre. And coming in January—“Blues in the Night: The Lyrics of Johnny Mercer” at Quality Hill Playhouse; “Another American: Asking and Telling” at Kansas City Repertory Theatre.
For complete Theatre listings through 2011, click here to visit the KC Events calendar.
The Coterie Theatre
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day - The Musical
Runs November 2 through December 31
For tickets call 816-474-6552 or online at www.coterietheatre.org
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From the moment Alexander wakes up (with gum in his hair), everything that can go wrong seems to do just that- in one epic day. In our hilarious musical of Viorst's popular children's book, Alexander's best friend demotes him to third best friend, his mother forgets to pack dessert, and the dentist doesn't have good news. To boot, there are lima beans for dinner -and yuck!- kissing on TV. It’s enough to make anyone want to move to Australia. All kids experience this kind of day and will be glad to find out they are not alone!
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American Heartland Theatre
Plaid Tidings
Runs November 5 through December 25
For tickets call 816-842-9999 or online at www.ahtkc.com
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Dreaming of a Plaid Christmas? Great! Because the hilarious, harmonious quartet, The Plaids (Frankie, Sparky, Jinx and Smudge) are back with a swingin' holiday spectacular. After their sudden demise, the four young men return to Earth-under the order of a heavenly phone call from Rosemary Clooney-this time performing a touching, nostalgic holiday spectacle blending mirth, music and a bit of "The Ed Sullivan Show." This sequel to the record-breaking "Forever Plaid," mixes favorites from the holidays and sought-after tunes from the 1950s.
Kansas City Repertory Theatre
A Christmas Carol
Runs November 19 through December 26
For tickets call 816-235-2700 or online at www.kcrep.org/
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Kansas City's favorite holiday tradition is back, and we are celebrating the 30th Anniversary of the original production! Refreshed and refurbished the Rep's A Christmas Carol will have all your favorite iconic moments paired with some thrilling new surprises! Don't miss what is sure to be the most talked about show of the holiday season! Recommended for all ages.
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Quality Hill Playhouse
Christmas in Song
Runs November 19 through December 26
For tickets call 816-421-1700 or online at www.qualityhillplayhouse.com
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Join us for holiday cheer at "Kansas City's most consistently stirring Christmas show for 15 years" (The Pitch). The wonderful blend of sacred and secular, popular and traditional music has made this a sell-out, “must-see” event. This year's production will feature rousing piano music, soul-filled gospel, traditional carols and contemporary favorites that are sure to touch your heart and lift your spirit. Christmas in Song features Karen Errington, Lateesha McDonald Jackson, Cary Mock and pianist/emcee J. Kent Barnhart.
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Unicorn Theatre
A Very Joan Crawford Christmas
Runs December 8 through January 3
For tickets call 816-531-7529 x10 or online at www.unicorntheatre.org
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Kansas City’s own Joan Crawford returns for a holiday visit along with her loyal housekeeper, Mamacita. Settle in, listen up and learn: How to keep the sensitive male ego happy (“avoid moisturizer, it just smears all over your husband’s pajamas”). Host a dinner party with taste and texture (“put a hairdresser next to a professor of physics”). How to drink Pepsi with Vodka (“you’ll learn to love it, dammit”). And be sure to visit the craft room to decorate a wire hanger for the tree, but clean up that mess! Give Joan the respect she’s entitled to!
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Quality Hill Playhouse
Blues in the Night: The Lyrics of Johnny Mercer
Runs January 14 through February 13
For tickets call 816-421-1700 or online at www.qualityhillplayhouse.com
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One of our most popular shows of all time is back! Johnny Mercer wrote more than fifteen hundred songs, making him one of the best-known American lyricists. Join our jazzy singers and combo as they sizzle again on numbers like "One for My Baby," "Autumn Leaves," "Skylark" and "Dream."
Kansas City Repertory Theatre
Another American: Asking and Telling
Runs January 14 through February 6
For tickets call 816-235-2700 or online at www.kcrep.org/
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After interviewing over 150 people over a three-year period on both sides of the government’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy regarding the rights of gay men and women to serve in the military, playwright/actor Marc Wolf has created a powerful, provocative performance that brings you face-to-face with every point of view about this controversial issue. As compelling as it is entertaining, Wolf’s celebrated, Obie Award-winning play has been acclaimed across the nation – and now finds its most important home in the American heartland.
For complete Theatre listings through 2011, click here to visit the KC Events calendar.
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With photographer Ken Collins, he published In Their Company: Portraits of American Playwrights (Umbrage Editions, 2006), for which he conducted and edited interviews with 61 prominent stage writers including Edward Albee, August Wilson, Tony Kushner, Wendy Wasserstein, and many others. The book won a 2007 Independent Publisher Book Awards Silver Medal (www.intheircompany.com).
He has always maintained a love for theatre, as a writer, an audience member, and even an actor, appearing in several community and semi-professional productions. As an undergraduate, he studied acting and playwriting with Anna Deavere Smith, in addition to journalism and psychology (and not engineering or medicine).
After nearly 12 years in New York City, Victor recently returned to his hometown with his wife, Annie, also a K.C. native. When not writing for publication or pleasure, Victor is honing his stand-up routine, which he has performed at numerous clubs and special events around New York, the Midwest, and elsewhere. In June 2010, he was named New York’s second-funniest amateur Jewish comedian by The Jewish Week. Seriously.
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