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Theatre through November
“The History of Kisses” at Kansas City Rep; “Seussical” at the Coterier Theatre; “Go, Dog, Go” at Paul Mesner Puppets; “The Marvelous Wonderettes” at American Heartland Theatre; “Avenue Q” at The White Theatre at the Jewish Community Center; “Almost, Maine” at UCM; “All My Sons” at Metropolitan Ensemble Theatre; "Burlesque Classique" at the Uptown; and more.
For complete Theatre listings through 2011, click here to visit the KC Events calendar.
Kansas City Repertory Theatre
The History of Kisses
Copaken Stage
Runs October 21 through November 27
For tickets call 816-235-2700 or online at www.kcrep.org
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Obie Award-winner David Cale’s Palomino was a critical and audience hit in 2009. He now returns to the Rep with his newest work,The History of Kisses. A writer who sequesters himself in an oceanfront motel to finish his collection of seaside stories is drawn into the romantic and sexual goings-on around him. From the tender confessions of lost lovers, to an obsessed sea-shanty singer, to the surprising encounters that define modern love, The History of Kisses is a passionate and hilarious exploration of what it means to fall in love by the sea.
The Coterie Theatre
Seussical
Runs November 1 through December 31
For tickets call 816-474-6552 or online at www.coterietheatre.org
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The plot of Horton Hears a Who and Horton Hatches the Egg are tunefully interwoven in this widely celebrated and critically acclaimed celebration of Dr. Seuss. The Coterie was credited in the New York Times for originating this version "for all ages"... a true family classic!
Paul Mesner Puppets
Go, Dog, Go
Runs November 2 through November 27
For tickets call 816-235-6222 or online at www.paulmesnerpuppets.org
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Big dogs, little dogs, yellow dogs, blue dogs. Dogs at work, dogs at play, dogs in hats, dogs in cars! It’s an all out dog party in this colorful hilarious adaption of P.D. Eastman’s beloved book. Come and unleash your inner dog.
American Heartland Theatre
The Marvelous Wonderettes
Runs November 4 through December 24
For tickets call 816-842-9999 or online at www.ahtkc.com
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Everyone wants the perfect prom night, but when the Crooning Crab Cakes from the Glee Club fail to show up to the 1958 Springfield High Prom, it's up to The Wonderettes to save the night! Betty Jean, Cindy Lou, Missy and Suzy, four girls with hopes and dreams as big as their crinoline skirts and voices to match! You've never had so much fun at the prom as you're treated to classic 50's and 60's songs as "Lollipop", "Dream Lover", "Stupid Cupid", "Lipstick on Your Collar," "Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me", "It's My Party," "It's In His Kiss (The Shoop Shoop Song)" and so many more!
The White Theatre at the Jewish Community Center
Avenue Q
Runs November 5 through November 20
For tickets call 913-327-8054 or online at www.jcckc.org
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Avenue Q is a laugh-out-loud musical that tells the timeless story of a recent college grad named Princeton who moves into a shabby New York apartment all the way out on Avenue Q. There, he meets Kate (the girl next door), Rod (the Republican), Trekkie (the internet sexpert), Lucy the Slut (need we say more?), and other colorful types who help Princeton finally discover his purpose in life! Don't miss out on the chance to see the Kansas City premiere of this Broadway hit!
Johnson County Community College Music and Theatre Department
Anatomy of Gray
Runs November 11 through November 20
For more information, vist http://www.jccc.edu/theatre/theatre-current-season.html
The Music and Theatre Department at Johnson County Community College will present Anatomy of Gray from Nov. 11-13 and Nov. 18-20. The academic production is free and open to the public. It will be held in the Polsky Theatre in the Carlsen Center; seating is first-come, first-served. The performance will take place at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 11-12 and Nov. 18-19. It will begin at 2 p.m. on Nov. 12-13 and Nov. 19-20. The story, set in Indiana during the late 1800s, deals with death, loss, love and healing. When June's father dies, she prays for a healer to come to the small town of Gray so no one will ever suffer again. The next thing she knows, there's a tornado and a man in a balloon blows into town claiming to be a doctor. At first, the doctor cures anything and everything but soon the town's preacher takes ill with a mysterious plague. And then the plague spreads.
University of Central Missouri Department of Theatre and Dance
Almost, Maine
Runs November 15 through November 19
For tickets call 660-543-8811 or online at www.ucmo.edu/theatre
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On a cold, clear, moonless night in the middle of winter, all is not quite what it seems in the remote, mythical town of Almost, Maine. As the northern lights hover in the star-filled sky above, Almost's residents find themselves falling in and out of love in unexpected and often hilarious ways. Knees are bruised. Hearts are broken. But the bruises heal, and the hearts mend-almost-in this delightful midwinter night's dream.
Metropolitan Ensemble Theatre
All My Sons
Runs November 16 through December 4 at MET Space
For tickets call 816-569-3226 or online at www.metkc.org
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This quintessential American family drama by one of America’s greatest playwrights, Arthur Miller, tells the story of Joe Keller,a man who loves his family above all else, and has sacrificed everything, including his honor, in his struggle to make the family prosperous. He is now sixty-one. He has lost one son in the war, and is keen to see his remaining son, Chris, marry. Chris wishes to marry Ann, the former fiancée of his brother, Larry. Their mother, Kate, believes Larry still to be alive. It is this belief which has enabled her, for three and a half years, to support Joe by concealing her knowledge of a dreadful crime he has committed. Directed by Karen Paisley, the cast includes James, Wright, Licia Watson, Taylor St.John, Natalie Liccardello, Doogin Brown, Matt Griggs, Courney Stephens, and Angel Reese.
Martin City Melodrama & Vaudeville Co.
Mother Goose’s Christmas Crimes!
Runs November 19 through January 1
For tickets call 913-642-7576 or online at www.martincitymelodrama.org
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Set to the rousing melodies of some of the best know classical—and not so classical composers, Mother Goose’s Christmas Crimes! Unravel for yourself the crime of the century in this outrageous, offbeat opera. Features the perennial audience favorite, the Water Glass Symphony, Charlie the Wonder Dog, along with other seasonal silliness to get you in the holiday spirit.
Kansas City Repertory Theatre
A Christmas Carol
Spencer Theatre
Runs November 19 through December 26
For tickets call 816-235-2700 or online at www.kcrep.org
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In honor of last year’s 30th anniversary of A Christmas Carol, our venerable holiday production received a “make over.” While staying true to the original Rep show we all love, the set was rebuilt to include a revolving stage and other theatre magic that surprised and delighted audiences. For more than three decades the Rep’s enchanting holiday show has captured the true meaning of Christmas for many Kansas City families, who year after year are inspired by its strong family values and message of hope and redemption.
One Night Only
Kansas City Actors Theatre
3rd Annual Holiday Brouhaha
Saturday, November 19, at 6:30 p.m., at City Stage, Union Station
For tickets, call 816-235-6222 or online at www.kcactors.org
An evening of theatre fun and festivities with hors d'oeuvres, cocktails, silent auction and a special staged reading of Yasmina Reza's hit comedy "Art." Kick off the holiday season with the original cast from the sold out 2000 production of "Art." Join Dan Barnett, David Fritts and John Rensenhouse as they reprise their roles in this smartly funny play about friendships and the age-old question “what constitutes art?” Event benefits the Kansas City Actors Theatre with special support for the Paseo Academy of Fine and Performing Arts.
One Night Only
Burlesque Downtown Underground
Burlesque Classique
Saturday, November 19, at 8:00 p.m. and 10:30 p.m., at the Uptown Theater
For tickets call 816-753-8665 or online at www.kcburlesque.com/bdu.html
Join Burlesque Downtown Underground for their last performances of 2011 in the Conspiracy Room at the Uptown Theater! "Burlesque Classique" features the 2011 Queen of the Kansas City Burlesque Festival, Ilsa the Wolf from Tulsa, Oklahoma and the Luscious Ladies of BDU. This performance is sculpted for an authentic 1950s-style burlesque show, recreating the glamorous nightclub element that was found in Kansas City's Red Light District years ago. "Burlesque Classique conjurers up sexy, glamorous, and risque performances along with elegance, flair, and wit. Don't miss this show with two performances, 8:00pm and 10:30pm!
One Night Only
The Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts
Lily Tomlin
Sunday, November 20, at 7:00 p.m., at the Muriel Kauffman Theatre
For tickets call 816-994-7222 or online at kauffmancenter.org
Lily Tomlin, one of America's foremost comediennes, continues to venture across an ever-widening range of media, starring in television, theater, motion pictures, animation and video. Audiences remember her from beloved films like 9 to 5 starring alongside Dolly Parton and Jane Fonda, I Heart Huckabees and A Prairie Home Companion. Throughout her extraordinary career, Tomlin has received numerous awards including six Emmys and two Tonys. Lily's popularity boomed when she joined the cast of the top-rated television show, Laugh In, and immediately rose to national prominence with her characterizations of Ernestine, the irascible telephone operator, and Edith Ann, the devilish six year old.
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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