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KCAT’s Gaslight is a tense thriller staged as a razor wire balancing act
Gaslight. // Photo by Brian Paulette In one of society’s highest compliments, the 1938 play Gaslight by Patrick Hamilton was elevated to such notoriety that, in the last decade, it achieved...
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Unicorn Theatre’s Poor Clare is a TikTok-styled modernization of a saint’s...
Photo by Cynthia Levin/Unicorn Theatre Set in Assisi, Italy in 1211, playwright Chiara Atik’s reimagining of the origins of an Italian saint. Inspired by the teachings of St. Francis, she founded the...
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Coterie Theatre appoints Khalia Davis as new Producing Artistic Director
Today, the the Board of Directors of The Coterie Theatre [2450 Grand Blvd] announced today the appointment of Khalia Davis as the new producing artistic director, effective Feb. 1, 2024. Davis...
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Nina Simone: Four Women opens Feb. 13 at the KCRep Theatre
Nina Simone: Four Women // Photo courtesy of KCRep Theatre The Kansas City Repertory Theatre celebrates its 60 year anniversary this year. The year of celebration will be kicked off with their first...
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Peter Pan returns as a whimsical dance interpretation at KC Ballet
Kansas City Ballet Dancers Taryn Pachciarz and Paul Zusi in Devon Carney’s Peter Pan. // Photography by Brett Pruitt & East Market Studios. Before stepping foot into the Kauffman Center for...
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Mamma Mia! touring production it true to its roots but is the lack of...
Photo by Joan Marcus Mamma Mia! is something you watch for the music. For those unaware, it features a collection of ABBA songs and is a “jukebox musical.” Watching it very much so gets across the...
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‘Broadway in Kansas City’ announces 2024-2025 season, including Funny Girl,...
Photo by Matthew Murphy and Evan Zimmerman The 2024 to 2025 year for Broadway in KC really does seem like hit after hit. In order of show-days, we have, Funny Girl, Chicago, Parade, Beetlejuice, Judy...
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Whodunnit Clue brings cast member Teddy Trice back to his hometown stage as...
Who doesn’t love a good drunken evening of murder, mayhem, and a candlestick in the conservatory? PNC Broadway in Kansas City brings bloody mystery-comedy Clue to the Kauffman Center stage for a quick...
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Trigger Warming: The Unicorn’s Backwards Forwards Back uses video game...
Backwards Forwards Back. // Photo by Cynthia Levin/Unicorn Theatre A few years back, I co-wrote a book about the tenuous connection between video games and violence. The basic through-line was that,...
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Lyric Opera of Kansas City’s world-premiere cast recording of The Shining has...
Photo by Ken Howard for Lyric Opera of Kansas City Last year, Kansas City got a chance to witness the spectacle and scale of a new opera, based on Stephen King’s novel The Shining. Sharing a title with...
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