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For complete Theatre listings through 2011, click here to visit the KC Events calendar.

New Theatre Restaurant
The Sunshine Boys
Runs September 1 through November 7 at New Theatre Restaurant
For tickets call 913 649 7469 or online at www.newtheatre.com
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For over 40 years the comedy team of Lewis & Clark topped the bill at the biggest theatres on the vaudeville circuit. Now they aren't even speaking. When CBS requests them for a "History of Comedy" retrospective, a grudging reunion brings the two back together, along with a flood of memories, miseries and laugh after laugh after laugh.
Starring Howard Hesseman (Dr.Johnny Fever of WKRP in Cincinnati)

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Egads Theatre Company
Evil Dead: The Musical
Runs October 8 through November 6 at Off Center Theatre, Crown Center
For tickets call 816-842-9999 or online at www.egadstheatre.com
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This hard-rocking farce follows five college students to an old abandoned cabin in the woods where they unwittingly unleash an ancient evil force hell-bent on converting them to Candarian demon zombies.  That is, until Ash (an unassuming S-Mart employee) wields a trusty chainsaw to become a demon-killing-hero.  Evil Dead: The Musical also features a “splatter zone” for people who want to get wet.  Join us!  Blood will spray, chainsaws will roar, limbs and bad jokes will fly!  For mature audiences only.

Evil Dead: The Musical is directed by camp and kitsch aficionado Steven Eubank .  The cast features: Chioma Anyanwu as Cheryl; Olivia Marsh  as Shelly/Annie; Ethan Miller as Ed/Moose; Dana Nicholson as Jake; Aurelie Roque as Linda; Noah Whitmore as Scott; Sam Wright as Ash.  Kevin Bogan is Music Director, Derek Ferguson is Choreographer, Ashley Otis is Assistant Choreographer, Mara Franke is Stage Manager.  Sets designed by Alex Perry, Jeff Eubank and Ryan Riggs; costumes by Courtney Perry; props by Jon “Piggy” Cupit and Marlin Deen; lights by Alex Perry; and sound by David Kiehl.

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Kansas City Repertory Theatre
Harriet Jacobs
Written by Lydia R. Diamond
Directed by Jessica Thebus
Inspired by Jacobs’ Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl

Runs October 22 through November 21 at the Copaken Stage, H&R Block Building
For tickets call 816-235-2700 or online at www.kcrep.org/
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Harriet Jacobs is adapted from Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, one of the most important books in the history of the Abolitionist Movement. After nearly seven years hiding in a tiny garret above her grandmother’s home, Harriet Ann Jacobs secretly boarded a boat and escaped to New York and, eventually, freedom. The young slave woman’s remarkable story of triumph over the most bitter oppression will be the most inspirational show of the season!

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Unicorn Theatre and Kansas City Actors Theatre
The Seafarer
Runs October 23 through November 7 at the Unicorn Theatre
For tickets call 816-531-7529 or online at www.unicorntheatre.org
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It’s Christmas Eve, and Sharky has returned to Dublin to look after his quick-tempered, aging and recently blind brother. Old drinking buddies Ian and Nicky are holed up at the house too, hoping to play cards, when a mysterious, charming stranger raises the stakes even higher. Sharky may be playing for his very soul in this darkly funny and chilling new play about Ireland, the sea and the power of myth.

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Quality Hill Playhouse
Marilyn Maye
Runs October 29 – November 7
For ticket call 816-421-1700 or online at www.qualityhillplayhouse.com
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Kansas City jazz legend Marilyn Maye returns to Kansas City following recent New York engagements where The Times raved, "Her warm, rich voice is as strong and supple as it was during the years she appeared on Johnny Carson's 'Tonight Show.'

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Chestnut Fine Arts Center 
Sentimental Journey
Runs November 4 through December 12
For tickets call 913-764-2121 or online at www.chestnutfinearts.com
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Sentimental Journey opens Nov. 4 at the Chestnut Fine Arts Center in Olathe, Kan.  This show is the perfect recipe of musical hits from an era gone by, but not forgotten. Sentimental Journey is a salute to the 1940's and your favorite holiday music!  Memories will flow with songs like Puttin’ on the Ritz, Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy, Mack the Knife, White Christmas, Chatanooga Choo Choo and more.

Sentimental Journey stars Jon Daugharthy, Colleen Grate, Natalie Weaver and Licia Watson. This show is directed by Brad Zimmerman and choreographed by Annie Paglusch. This performance is rated “G”.

Barn Players
"RENT"
Runs November 5 through 21
For tickets call 913-432-9100 or online at www.thebarnplayers.org
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The story of musicians and artists in NYC and their trials with life.  Read the Feature on the Barn Players here


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.

Two Nights Only
Padgett Productions
Cloris Leachman Starring in Cloris! I’m Eighty F*ing Four and Still Going Strong
Sunday, November 7 at 3 p.m. and Monday, November 8 at 8 p.m.
For tickets call 816-460-2020 or online at www.unionstation.org/cloris.html

Padgett Productions is bringing the legendary Cloris Leachman to Kansas City in her rarely performed one woman show, CLORIS! I'M EIGHTY F*ING FOUR & STILL GOING STRONG! This will be the kick-off to Padgett Productions 5th Anniversary (2010-2011) Season at Union Station. Tickets for this event are $125 and your ticket includes admission into the show, a copy of her autobiography that she will sign in the lobby after the show, and as if that is not enough, your ticket also gets you into a special post-show reception with heavy hors d'oeuvres where you will get yet another rare opportunity, and that is to "hang out" with Cloris.

One Night Only
The Lied Center of Kansas
The Real Dr. Strangelove: Edward Teller and the Battle for the H-Bomb
Friday, November 12 at 7:30 p.m.
For tickets call 785-864-2787 or online at www.lied.ku.edu

Based on Peter Goodchild’s docudrama, The Real Dr. Strangelove is a gripping, historical tale of nuclear origins. This captivating story examines the lives and convictions of famous scientists Edward Teller and Robert Oppenheimer as they face impossible disagreements over further development of nuclear weaponry in post World War II America. Presented by L.A. Theatre Works as live radio theatre, The Real Dr. Strangelove creates a one-of-a-kind theatre experience.


Metropolitan Ensemble Theatre
Awake and Sing at Metropolitan Ensemble Theatre
Runs November 16 through December 5 at MET Space
For tickets call 816-569-3226 or online at www.metkc.org
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The MET presents “Awake and Sing,” a captivating and powerful American Masterwork by Clifford Odets.  Dreams and disappointments meet in this turbulent comedy-drama of a Jewish family struggling to stay afloat in the 1930s.  Generational conflicts arise as they strive for the American Dream.  Directed by Karen Paisley with Jeanne Averill, Robby Gibby Brand and Richard Alan Nichols

 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.

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.

Unicorn Theatre and UMKC Theatre
Distracted
Runs November 27 through December 12
For tickets call 816-531-7529 x10 or online at www.unicorntheatre.org
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Are we so tuned in to our info-rich world that we’ve tuned out the things that really matter? Jesse is eight and easily distracted, but so are his parents, neighbors—even the doctors. Is Jesse’s Attention Deficit Disorder caused by over-stimulation, bad parenting, chemicals in food, or is he just a kid in an ADD world? It’s a fast-paced, comic look at parenting in the Internet Age.

For complete Theatre listings through 2011, click here to visit the KC Events calendar.