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Well, I have to say I really miss the turntable.
One of the axioms of the theater is that comedy is more difficult to do than drama. If so, then the cast of "Inspecting Carol" at the Unicorn Theatre has achieved the comic equivalent of hig…
One of the axioms of the theater is that comedy is more difficult to do than drama. If so, then the cast of "Inspecting Carol" at the Unicorn Theatre has achieved the comic equivalent of hig…
Each year J. Kent Barnhart, executive director and resident raconteur at Quality Playhouse, puts together an eclectic mix of songs drawn from diverse sources for the company's annual holiday…
The Unicorn Theatre is preparing to celebrate the holidays in its own subversive way.
Kansas City Repertory Theatre's annual production of "A Christmas Carol" runs like a reliable machine, delivering laughs, chills and lumps in the throat precisely when we expect them. "We" r…
Any entertainment based on Batman, the caped crime-fighter who first appeared in Detective Comics in 1939, can be expected to adhere to tradition in certain basic ways. And most basic of all…
Technical expertise in the theater arts is always welcome.
The New Theatre production of Ken Ludwig's "The Game's Afoot" is nicely done - witty, broadly comic and dressed up with an impressive scenic design and sumptuous 1930s-era costumes.
The Coterie is doing it again.
Plays that are equally grim and inspiring make up a wide swath of American drama, but few offer viewing experiences as unique as Robert Schenkkan's "The Kentucky Cycle," playing through Dec.…
On election day, the cast of "The Kentucky Cycle" was busy rehearsing Part 2 of Robert Schenkkan's six-hour Pulitzer Prize-winning historical epic.
"Nuncrackers," now playing at the American Heartland Theatre, is one of eight sequels to "Nunsense." This one has a holiday theme, but they all basically follow the same template: The Little…
Few playwrights capture male narcissism as accurately or as unsparingly as Neil LaBute.
Not that we need additional evidence, but anyone who doubts the quality of musical-theater talent in Kansas City should check out "Shrek the Musical" at the Coterie.
Marilyn Maye's a trip. The veteran club singer, now in her 80s, produced 90 minutes of music and banter for an enthusiastic audience Thursday night at Quality Hill Playhouse. She had the cro…
I'd waited a long time - much too long, really - for a Kansas City theater company to stage Robert Schenkkan's tragic historical epic, "The Kentucky Cycle."
There are moments in Kansas City Repertory's delightfully absurd production of "The Mystery of Irma Vep" when you may decide you're watching a duel of titans.
Starlight Theatre's 2013 will include two touring productions and four shows produced or co-produced by Starlight.
Metropolitan Ensemble Theatre, a midtown theater company that's made a difference despite limited resources, is undertaking its most ambitious production to date: "The Kentucky Cycle," Rober…
Give the creators of "Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson" credit for coming up with the most audacious idea for a musical to come down the pike in years.
Give the creators of "Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson" credit for coming up with the most audacious idea for a musical to come down the pike in years. A rock musical? About Old Hickory? What we…
I tried. I really did.
Vigthor Zophoniasson is back.
The Unicorn Theatre seems to be sending a reverberating message this fall that could be summed up this way:
