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Theatre through mid-October
“Nobody Lonesome for Me” at American Heartland Theatre; “The Outsiders” at the Coterie Theatre; “August: Osage County” at Kansas City Rep; and “Noël and Gertie” at Quality Hill Playhouse; “A Steady Rain” at Central Standard Theatre; “Evil Dead: The Musical” at Egads Theatre Company; “The Year of Magical Thinking” at Spinning Tree Theatre/The Living Room; and more.
For complete Theatre listings through 2011, click here to visit the KC Events calendar.
American Heartland Theatre
Nobody Lonesome for Me
Runs September 9 through October 23
For tickets call 816-842-9999 or online at www.ahtkc.com
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It's New Year's Eve 1952, and country music legend Hank Williams is stranded in a gas station. During this fateful night Hank shares his wit, his stories and his music. Hank Williams created one of the most enduring musical legacies with classics like "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry", "Cold,Cold Heart", "Jambalaya", and "Your Cheatin' Heart." This revealing look at America's greatest troubadour celebrates his musical genius and exposes his darkest demons. Starring Matthew Brumlow, reprising his much-lauded role as Hank Williams.
The Coterie Theatre
The Outsiders
Runs September 13 through October 14
For tickets call 816-474-6552 or online at www.coterietheatre.org
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It's 1965 and Ponyboy Curtis belongs to a lower class group of Oklahoma youths who call themselves greasers. Walking home from a movie, Ponyboy is attacked by a group of Socs, short for Socials, and a rival ganga that threaten to cut him. So begins an impactful tale by S.E. Hinton, who wrote this landmark work as a teen in Tulsa.
Kansas City Repertory Theatre
August: Osage County
Spencer Theatre
Runs September 16 through October 9
For tickets call 816-235-2700 or online at www.kcrep.org
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The Rep's Eric Rosen directs this 2008 Pulitzer and Tony Award winner, which The New York Times hailed as "the most exciting new American play Broadway has seen in years." A raucous, dark comedy that enjoyed celebrated runs on Broadway and London's West End, August: Osage County will have you sitting on the edge of your seat, enthralled by a dysfunctional family reunited by tragedy. Contains strong language and adult situations.
Quality Hill Playhouse
Noël and Gertie
Runs September 23 through October 23
For tickets call 816-421-1700 or online at www.qualityhillplayhouse.com
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Today’s reality TV stars have become celebrities thanks to their ability to wear inappropriate clothes, make inappropriate comments and act … well … inappropriately. In the roaring 20s, celebrities were stars of the stage, gifted with style, comic timing and musical skill. Turn off the TV and turn back the clock to an era of style and elegance as we present Noël and Gertie, a witty and moving portrait of two of the early 20th Century’s greatest stage personalities.
Theatre Lawrence
Forbidden Broadway
Runs September 29 through October 9
For tickets call 785-843-SHOW or online at www.theatrelawrence.com
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In this long-running hit musical revue, Broadway’s greatest musical legends meet Broadway’s greatest satirist in a hilarious, loving, and endlessly entertaining tribute to some of the theatre’s greatest stars and songwriters. Experience favorite songs like Tomorrow and Tradition in a whole new way.
The Theatre Gym
Underneath the Lintel: An Impressive Presentation of Lovely Evidences
Runs October 5 through 23
For tickets call 816-235-6222 or online at www.theatregym.com
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A librarian unpacks his lovely evidences and gives a lecture about his travels. His obsession to collect the fine on a library book returned after 123 years turns into a blissfully ludicrous vision quest, outrageously funny, madly literate... The clues surface and mount, tease and taunt, and reveal a mystery that transcends the ages.
Central Standard Theatre
A Steady Rain
Runs October 6 through 23
For tickets call 816-516-3159 or online at www.cstkc.com
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Central Standard Theatre presents A Steady Rain by Keith Huff, a dark duologue filled with sharp storytelling and biting repartee. Directed by Bob Paisley, the play features Forrest Attaway and Scott Cordes and explores the complexities of a
lifelong bond tainted by domestic affairs, violence, and the rough streets of Chicago.
Egads Theatre Company
Evil Dead: The Musical
Runs October 7 through November 4
For tickets call 816-842-9999 or online at www.egadstheatre.com
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It’s back (by audience demand)—resurrected just in time for the 2011 Halloween season! Evil Dead: The Musical is an all-singing, all-dancing, gory extravaganza! You don't have to like zombies, horror movies or even musicals to love this show – you only need to like having a "bloody good time"! And you don't have to know Sam Raimi's cult classic horror film series to enjoy this hard-rocking musical comedy as it follows five friends 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 Williams (an unassuming S-Mart employee) wields a sawed-off shotgun and chainsaw to become a demon killing hero! Evil Dead: The Musical also features a “Splatter Zone” for people who want to truly engage in the real 3-D experience. Join us! For mature audiences only.
Spinning Tree Theatre and The Living Room
The Year of Magical Thinking
Runs October 12 through 23
For tickets call 816-569-5277 or online at www.thelivingroomkc.com
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Spinning Tree Theatre and The Living Room proudly present the Kansas City premiere of Joan Didion’s dramatic adaptation of her award-winning, bestselling memoir The Year of Magical Thinking. This intimate account of how a highly cerebral, articulate woman endures an inestimable loss confronts mortality head-on. In chronicling the year which begins with the sudden death of her husband and continues with the hope of survival for their only daughter, Didion chronicles her own evolution. The first theatrical production ofThe Year of Magical Thinking opened on Broadway in 2007 starring Vanessa Redgrave. Our production stars one of Kansas City's most celebrated actors, Peggy Friesen, in a tour de force, once-in-a-lifetime performance.
Calvary Bible College and Theological Seminary
Lost in Yonkers
Runs October 13 through 15
For tickets call 816-425-6180 and online at www.calvary.edu
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Funny, poignant, nostalgic, Lost in Yonkers is Neil Simon’s Pulitzer and Tony-award winning play and the soul-searching story of the antics that go on in the apartment above the Kurnitz family’s Kandy Store in Yonkers, New York, during the year 1942. Trapped in personal tragedies, they move from weakness to true strength, from fear to love in a journey you won’t want to miss.
One Night Only
Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts
Transitory Life: A Retrospective of Song and Stories
Sunday, October 9, at 7:00 p.m.
For tickets call 816-994-7222 or online at www.kauffmancenter.org
Laurie Anderson is one of America’s most renowned – and daring – creative pioneers. Known primarily for her multimedia presentations, she has cast herself in roles as varied as visual artist, composer, poet, photographer, filmmaker, electronics whiz, vocalist, and instrumentalist. Laurie Anderson presents Transitory Life: A Retrospective of Song and Stories – a collection that includes pieces from Anderson’s acclaimed solo shows The Speed of Darkness, Happiness, The End of the Moon, and Homeland.
For complete Theatre listings through 2011, click here to visit the KC Events calendar.
Senior Editor, Theatre; Theatre and Features Contributor
Victor Wishna is a writer, editor, and author, among other things. A graduate of Stanford University and the New School's creative writing MFA program, he has written for the Wall Street Journal, the Baltimore Sun, the Miami Herald, the Kansas City Star, Humanities, and other major magazines and newspapers. He contributes a weekly real estate feature to the New York Post and his column “Letter from New York” is syndicated nationally.
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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