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Theatre Column for July
The Kansas City Fringe Festival is coming. Keep checking their website for details. There's some great outdoor theatre coming your way the next two weeks, or if you want to beat the heat catch a children's show at Theatre for Young America or a Shakespeare production at The Barn Players.
Kansas City Fringe Festival
July 19-26
Various locations around the metro area.
The Fringe Festival is a week of theatre all around the city in many different venues. It originated in Edinburgh, Scotland and is still held there every summer. So pick a show. Pick five! Stay tuned to their website www.kcfringe.org as July 19th nears for a schedule of shows and more information about tickets. Don't miss the most unique theatre experience of the year.
On Going
Coterie Theatre
U: BUG: ME
World Premier
Book, Music & Lyrics by Jeremiah Neal
Directed & Choreographed by Ernie Nolan
Runs June 23 - August 2, 2009
Crown Center, Lower Level
2450 Grand Blvd., Suite 144, Kansas City, MO
From their website: Life isn't so easy when you're an earwig or a fly! Pico the fly knows all about it! His best friend Esteban is a clever earwig who discovers a revolutionary way to harvest soil! With high hopes, the oddly-paired bugs enter the Queen Bee's annual contest with plans to revolutionize the world! (The bug world, that is...) When the bitter horse fly Packo steals their plans, Pico and Esteban need help to avoid a creepy-crawling catastrophe!
Live music from the 'Ant-Hill-Band' will rock U: Bug: Me with hilarious songs.
For tickets call 816-474-6552 or online www.coterietheatre.org
Read the KCMetropolis review here.
New Theatre Restaurant
The Sound of Music
By Rodgers & Hammerstein
Runs June 25 - Aug. 30, 2009
9229 Foster, Overland Park, KS
From their website: If you saw our production of The Scarlet Pimpernel then you are familiar with the incredible talents of husband and wife Broadway stars Ron Bohmer & Sandra Joseph. Sandra Joseph starred in Phantom of the Opera for four years on Broadway. Ron Bohmer starred on Broadway in The Scarlet Pimpernel and in the national tour of Phantom...Just wait until you hear them sing some of the most memorable songs ever preformed on the musical stage including "MY FAVORITE THINGS", "DO-RE-MI", "EDELWEISS", "CLIMB EVERY MOUNTAIN" and of course, "THE SOUND OF MUSIC."
For more information, call 913-649- SHOW, or online at www.newtheatre.com
Coterie Theatre at Night
The Breakfast Club
Directed by Ron McGee
Runs every Monday night until August 24th.
Westport Coffeehouse
4010 Pennsylvania, Kansas City, MO
A resurrection of the defining 1980's "Brat Pack" movie is being played out on stage as Ron McGee directs The Breakfast Club. More then a cult classic, this play - adapted from the original 1985 film - takes us on a retro-journey of five teenage strangers forced to live out a Saturday detention. Souls are revealed, love sparks, and reality sets in as this play not only reminds us of how times in America once were but how everything stays the same. It should be noted that this production is not suited for those under 16 or 17 years of age.
One More Thing: Stay after the play and hangout with the cast on stage, drink coffee, and listen to 80's music.
Another Thing: Visit www.youtube.com/user/anthonyalexanderpro to watch interviews of the cast and learn about their research of the characters they are portraying.
For tickets call 816-474-6552 or online www.coterietheatre.org
Read the KC Metropolis Review here.
Closing Soon
Unicorn Theatre
Speech & Debate
By Stephen Karam
Directed by Missy Koonce
Runs June 12 - July 12
3828 Main Street, Kansas City, MO
In their words: "Three misfit teens reluctantly join forces to combat local corruption, sex scandals and bad casting in the high school play by forming their school's first speech and debate team. They soon realize three voices are stronger that one and this could be their chance to finally be heard by the school and even the world. Their expose culminates in a time-traveling George Michael-inspired musical version of Miller's The Crucible."
For tickets call 816-531-7529 or online at www.unicorntheatre.org
Read the KCMetropolis Review here.
Shawnee Mission Theatre in the Park
High School Musical
Runs July 9, 10, 11, 12
Directed by Tammy Ruder
Renner Road and Mable Fitch Memorial Drive,
Shawnee Mission Park, Shawnee, KS 66217
Box office opens at 7:00 p.m.; seating area gates open at 7:30 p.m.; show begins at 8:30 p.m.
From their website: The Disney Channel's smash hit musical comes to life on stage! Disney's High School Musical is a high energy show featuring the Jocks, Brainiacs, Thespians and Skater Dudes of East High. When Troy, one of the jocks and Gabriella, one of the brainiacs, decide to audition for East High's musical, it turns their world and their school upside down. Referred to as a modern day Romeo & Juliet, this musical is based on the popular Disney film from 2006. The High School Musical soundtrack was the best-selling album that same year.
For more information call 913-312-8841 or online at www.theatreinthepark.org
Read the KCMetropolis Preview here
Opening Soon
The Chestnut Fine Arts Center
How to Eat Like a Child
Directed by Brad Zimmerman
Runs Thursday July 9 through Sunday August 2
(No shows on Monday, Tuesday, or Wednesday)
Chestnut Fine Arts Center,
234 North Chestnut, Olathe, KS
Call 913-764-2121 for reservations. Visit www.chestnutfinearts.com for more information.
American Heartland Theatre
Are We There Yet?- A Family Survival Guide
By James Hindman, Ray Rodrick and Cheryl Stern. Music by John Glaudini
A Kansas City Premiere
Runs July 10 - August 23
Call or visit the website for performance times.
Crown Center, 3rd Level
2450 Grand Blvd, Kansas City, MO
For tickets call 816-842-9999 or online at www.ahtkc.com.
Starlight Theatre
Anything Goes
Runs July 13- July 19 at 8:30 pm
4600 Starlight Rd
Kansas City, MO
From their website: The passengers sailing on the S.S. American from New York to England are an unusual lot. Among them are a gangster, an evangelist turned nightclub crooner, a society debutante, wealthy businessman and many more! The madcap antics of a love triangle at sea, a myriad of mistaken identities and a lively Cole Porter musical score, including "You're the Top," "I Get a Kick out of You" and "It's De-Lovely," make for a special night of energy and entertainment. Get ready to join in the fun as this cast of characters dances its way across the Atlantic - and onto the Starlight stage.
Anything Goes made its debut on Broadway in 1934, with the legendary Ethel Merman in the role of Reno Sweeney, the nightclub singer. A 1988 revival on Broadway, starring the acclaimed Patti LuPone, garnered 10 Tony Award nominations and three wins -- Best Revival, Best Choreographer and Best Featured Actor for Bill McCutcheon as the gangster Moonface Martin.
For more information, call (816) 363-STAR or online at www.kcstarlight.com
The Barn Players
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Runs July 17, 18, 19, 24, 25, 26, 31, August 1 & 2
Directed by Jeremy Riggs
6219 Martway, Mission, KS
One of William Shakespeare's oft-performed plays, A Midsummer Night's Dream appeals to a wide audience. From their website: Young lovers, in order to escape marital law, flee to the forest in order to marry on their own terms. With the interference of a visiting band of fairies and an unsuspecting troupe of actors, chaos and merriment ensue.
For more information, call 913-432-9100 or online at www.thebarnplayers.org
Shawnee Mission Theatre in the Park
The Wedding Singer
Runs July 17, 18, 19, 23, 24, 25 & 26
Directed by Greg Shaw
Renner Road and Mable Fitch Memorial Drive,
Shawnee Mission Park, Shawnee, KS
Box office opens at 7:00 p.m.; seating area gates open at 7:30 p.m.; show begins at 8:30 p.m.
From their website: In The Wedding Singer, it's 1985 and rock-star wannabe Robbie Heart is New Jersey's favorite wedding singer. He's the life of the party, until his own fiancee leaves him at the altar. Shot through the heart, Robbie makes every wedding as disastrous as his own.
Enter Julia, a winsome waitress who wins his affection. Only trouble is Julia is about to be married to a Wall Street shark, and unless Robbie can pull off the performance of a decade, the girl of his dreams will be gone forever. With a brand new score that pays loving homage to the pop songs of the 1980's, The Wedding Singer takes us back to a time when hair was big, greed was good, collars were up, and a wedding singer might just be the coolest guy in the room.
This show is rated PG-13 equivalent due to strong language and adult content.
For more information call 913-312-8841 or online at www.theatreinthepark.org
Read the KCMetropolis Preview here
Theatre for Young America
The Hobbit
July 31st at 2 p.m. and August 1st at 7 p.m.
Goppert Stage, Avila University Campus
11901 Wornall Road, Kansas City, MO
From their website: The Hobbit, is a co-production with Avila University and features students from Theatre for Young America's Summer Drama Camp. The Hobbit dramatizes J.R. R. Tolkien's story of Bilbo Baggin's quest to defeat a dragon and find a treasure. Trolls, Elves, a creature named Gollum, and a "precious" ring populate the famous tale.
Tickets for The Hobbit may only be purchased by calling Theatre for Young America at 816-460-2083.
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