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Mon, Mar 14, 2011
The Quality Hill Playhouse season of salutes to lyricists continued this month with “Look to the Rainbow: The Lyrics of E. Y. 'Yip' Harburg". Known to one and all as the composer of “Over the Rainbow,” Harburg could join the ranks of Great American Lyricists on that fact alone, but in this program he articulated a range of thoughts and emotions of the American people in the twentieth century.
Sat, Mar 12, 2011
The Kansas City Ballet recreates another audience favorite in Adolphe Adam's "Giselle." With striking performances by the two solo dancers, they captured the joys of love and despair of heartbreak.
Wed, Mar 16, 2011
Classical Recording Foundation’s Young Artist of the Year, pianist Natasha Paremski graced the Folly Theater courtesy of the Harriman-Jewell Discovery Series with delightful works from Chopin, Prokofiev, and Kahane.
Tue, Mar 15, 2011
Egads! Theatre Company’s revival of William Finn’s “In Trousers” shows signs of life, but a talented cast struggles to make the overworked show a good fit for the audience.
Tue, Mar 15, 2011
Of Kansas City’s myriad choirs, Kantorei is certainly one to follow. Their small but captive audience at Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Church last Sunday witnessed a truly special choral concert: traditional and modern settings of the songs of Solomon and romantic twenty-first century treasures.
Tue, Mar 15, 2011
If it is possible to elevate the music of Bach, Telemann, and Handel to an even higher pedestal, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin managed to do just that while infusing the concert with amenable nuance and adroit playing.
Tue, Mar 08, 2011
A secret family history, mysterious deaths, the lure of the railroad, and beautiful music created a dense mythology in the Metropolitan Ensemble Theatre production of August Wilson’s "The Piano Lesson."
Tue, Mar 15, 2011
UMKC piano alumni, Nick Phillips and Kristín Jónína Taylor, have recently released two CDs. Featuring the works of living composers Ethan Wickman and Þorkell Sigurbjörnsson, these releases are garnering much deserved attention.
Tue, Mar 15, 2011
The Kansas Arts Commission needs your help! Reorganization Order #39 is scheduled for a full Senate vote on Wednesday, March 16, at 2:30 pm, in the Senate Chamber of the Kansas Statehouse.
Wed, Mar 09, 2011
Park University student pianist Behzod Abduraimov, grand prize winner at the 2009 London International Piano Competition from Tashkent, Uzbekistan, has signed a recording contract with Decca Classics, London.
Wed, Mar 09, 2011
Nine individuals and three groups were inducted into the Kansas Music Hall of Fame held on March 5, 2011 at Liberty Hall in Lawrence, KS.
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!
Wed, Mar 16, 2011
Richard Bruening, president of the Lyric Opera of Kansas City, announced today that Evan Luskin, the Company’s general director since 1998, will be retiring on June 30, 2012. Mr. Luskin’s retirement will come at the conclusion of the Lyric’s first year of residence in the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts, which will open this fall.
Mon, Mar 14, 2011
Strong performance by lead actress Isabelle Huppert cannot save French war drama "White Material."
Mon, Mar 14, 2011
In the Unicorn Theatre's "Two Jews Walk into a War," playwright Seth Rozin finds comic inspiration in a dismal situation, with plenty of punch lines and even a poignant moment or two.
Tue, Mar 15, 2011
Vocal music highlights dominate the last two weeks of March on Kansas City’s classical music scene. The Friends of Chamber Music presents Trio Mediaeval, a group of a cappella women singers in ancient masterworks, the combined University of Kansas forces present Mendelssohn’s giant oratorio Elijah, and the UMKC Conservatory of Music and Dance performs Mozart’s Don Giovanni for its spring opera. Also, you have an unusual chance to hear excerpts from Handel’s Radamisto at William Jewell College. On a lighter note, the Heartland Men’s Chorus sings jazz works with guest artist Marilyn Maye. On the instrumental side, the Kansas City Symphony performs two concerts, one featuring Latin American themes with guest violist Roberto Diaz, and the other including Romantic favorites by Berlioz, Ravel, and Elgar under the baton of guest conductor Larry Rachleff. One of today’s most extraordinary pianists, Garrick Ohlsson, performs Chopin and Granados for The Friends of Chamber Music and Kanako Ito and Martin Storey return to town to play with Quartet Accorda at Park University. It will be great to hear these returning artists again.
Wed, Mar 16, 2011
“Circle Mirror Transformation” at Kansas City Rep; “Two Jews Walk into a War…” at the Unicorn Theatre; “Look to the Rainbow: The Lyrics of Yip Harburg” at Quality Hill Playhouse; “In Trousers” by Egads! Theatre Company at Off Center Theatre. And coming later this month—“Cabaret” at Kansas City Rep; “Musical Monday” at Musical Theatre Heritage.
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