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New Theatre Restaurant
Becky's New Car
By Steven Dietz
Starring John Davidson
Runs April 15 through June 20 at New Theatre Restaurant
For tickets call 913-649-SHOW (7469) or online at www.newtheatre.com/home.html
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To call John Davidson "a man of many talents" is to utter the understatement of the year. He has made a very successful career out of excelling in just about every form of entertainment there is. From Broadway to TV to movies and a dozen or so solo albums. John's talents prove him to be much more than just an incredibly nice, handsome man. And in BECKY'S NEW CAR, he's also very funny!

Becky Foster has a pretty good job, a pretty good husband and a pretty good life so when a charming, bumbling billionaire starts flirting with her, Becky is surprised that she allows him to believe that she is widowed.

Read the KCMetropolis review here

 
American Heartland Theatre
Dixie Swim Club
Runs May 7 through June 27 at Crown Center
For tickets call 816-842-9999 or online at www.ahtkc.com
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American Heartland Theatre presents the Kansas City Premiere of The Dixie Swim Club, May 7^th through June 27^th, 2010. Five Southern women, who were teammates in college swimming, reunite each year at the same beach cottage in North Carolina.  Free from men, children, and jobs, they laugh, catch-up, and meddle in each other's lives. As their lives unfold and the years pass, these women increasingly rely on one another, through advice and raucous repartee, to get through the challenges (men, sex, marriage, parenting, divorce, and aging) that life flings at them.  

The Dixie Swim Club is the newest "girl-friend" show to sweep the nation, playing in more than 45 theatres this spring alone.  "This play is easily the hottest show in the country right now," proclaims the Danville News.

American Heartland Theatre brings this hilarious and touching comedy, about friendships that last forever, to life with five great women of Kansas City theatre: Starring Cathy Barnett, Debra Bluford, Missy Koonce Jennifer Mays and Cheryl Weaver.

Read the KCMetropolis.org review here.


Egads Theatre Company
Eating Raoul: The Musical
Book by Paul Bartel
Lyrics by Boyd Graham
Music by Jed Feuer
Runs June 4 through July 3 at Off Center Theatre
For tickets call 816-842-9999 or online at www.egadstheatre.com
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Meet the Blands. She's Mary. He's Paul. They're a perfectly platonic couple hopin' to open a restaurant far away from the undesirables of 1960s L.A. To achieve their dream, they'll need money. To make money, they'll need to kill and rob as many sex perverts as possible. To kill, Paul will use a frying pan to "bop" victims to death. Meet Raoul. He's their superintendant, and he wants in on the deal (and into Mary's pants). Unable to resist the advances of this sexy Mexican, Mary must ultimately choose between her Latin lover and her roly-poly faithful foodie hubby. Well, who would you "bop"?
Directed by Steven Eubank. Music Direction by Daniel Doss. Choreography by Tiffany Powell


Padgett Productions
RENT Live at Union Station
Runs June 10-21 at Union Station
For tickets call 816-460-4020 or online at www.unionstation.org/rent.html
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RENT is one of the most popular musicals in theatre history. With a twelve-year run on Broadway, the show is an update of the Puccini's LA BOHEME, but takes place in late 20th century New York. The gritty subject material and powerful songs of Jonathon Larson combines to make the show a new icon of modern musical theater. Larson set out to transform the tragic opera into a modern day New York setting, complete with rock music. Adding to the legend of the show is the tragic death of Larson at age 35 the day before the show's New York opening.

In 1996, the Broadway community would award Rent four Tony Awards, for Best Musical, Best Book of a Musical, Best Original Score, and Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical. RENT also received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, only the seventh musical to do so.

The musical was so successful in its life onstage, that it was made into a movie in 2005 and was an instant hit all over again!

Quality Hill Playhouse
Souvenir
Runs June 11 though July 11 at Quality Hill Playhouse
For tickets call 816-421-1700 or online at www.qualityhillplayhouse.com
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Florence Foster Jenkins wanted so much to make it to Broadway, and she finally did- by renting out Carnegie Hall and giving recitals that became legendary for her over-the-top (and under-the-pitch) performances. This show takes a humorous look at the true meaning of music and the art of performing.



Starlight Theatre
Little House on the Prairie The Musical
Runs June 22 through June 27 at Starlight Theatre
For tickets call 816-363-7827 or online at www.kcstarlight.com
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The beloved literary series LITTLE HOUSE ON THE PRAIRIE takes on a new frontier in this uplifting new musical that stars Melissa Gilbert (who we embraced as "Laura" in the much-loved television series) as "Ma." Recommended for the entire family, LITTLE HOUSE ON THE PRAIRIE, THE MUSICAL explores the joys and sorrows of pioneer families during the settlement of America's prairie.



Coterie Theatre's Lab for New Family Musicals
TYA Premiere: Lucky Duckz
Runs June 22 through August 8 at Coterie TheatreLocation:
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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