Kansas City Theater News
KCRep Continues Season with Treasured Work of American Theatre FOR COLORED GIRLS WHO HAVE CONSIDERED SUICIDE / WHEN THE RAINBOW IS ENUF October 18 – November 10 at Copaken Stage
Kansas City Repertory Theatre continues its season with FOR COLORED GIRLS WHO HAVE CONSIDERED SUICIDE / WHEN THE RAINBOW IS ENUF by Ntozake Shange. Only the second show by an African American woman to be produced on Broadway, FOR COLORED GIRLS was nominated for the...
Johnson County Community College’s Carlsen Center PresentsA Night with Janis Joplin
The 2019 - 2020 season of the Carlsen Center Presents Series continues with the unmistakable voice of A Night with Janis Joplin on Saturday, October 12 with two performances 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. in Yardley Hall. High res photos with IDs can be found here. Broll of the...
TONY AWARD WINNING ‘RAGTIME’ COMES TO CROWN CENTER
MTH Theater at Crown Center has announced the cast and creative team for its upcoming production of Ragtime. Based on the 1975 novel by E. L. Doctorow, Ragtime is the Tony Award-winning musical with music by Stephen Flaherty, lyrics by Lynn Ahrens, and book by...
Auditions for Coterie-White Theatre Production of Musical Billy Elliot; Scholarships Offered
Wanted: a teen or pre-teen boy who can sing and dance to “star” in The White Theatre/Coterie Theatre co-production of the musical “BILLY ELLIOT”! The Jewish Community Center’s White Theatre is holding general auditions for the role of “Billy” on Sunday, Sept. 22, for...
KC Melting Pot Theatre launches 2019-2020 season with August Wilson’s “King Hedley II”
KC Melting Pot Theatre launches its 2019-2020 season with August Wilson’sKing Hedley II. Wilson’s “exhilarating” (The New York Times) drama, is directed by KC Melting Pot founder Harvey Williams who also brought sold-out performances of Wilson’s Radio Golf to Kansas...
New Artistic Director of KCRep Named After a Comprehensive, Nationwide Search
Scott Hall, Chair of the Board of Directors of Kansas City Repertory Theatre (KCRep); and Barbara Bichelmeyer, Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor of the University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC); announce that Stuart Carden has been selected as the next Artistic...
KCRep Launches 2019/2020 Readings in Popular Monday Night Playwright Series
Kansas City Repertory Theatre (KCRep), announced the full schedule for this season’s popular Monday Night Playwright Series, which opened with BURIED ROOTS, its first play of the series, on Monday. The series features a line-up of new and returning playwrights...
Kansas City Chamber Orchestra Announces Its “Magnificent, Mesmerizing, Magical” 2019-2020 Season
The Kansas City Chamber Orchestra is pleased to announce their 33rd Season will kick off on Thursday, September 26th at Grace and Holy Trinity in downtown Kansas City. The historic downtown cathedral will be the perfect atmosphere for the season-opening program...
Carlsen Center Presents New Dance Partners Sept 27 & 28 @ Yardley Hall
Johnson County Community College’s Carlsen Center Presents New Dance Partners Sixth annual innovative festival of dance features four WORLD PREMIERES Sept. 27 and 28 at Yardley Hall Emily Behrmann, General Manager for the Carlsen Center Presents Series, today...
Heartland Men’s Chorus Announces 2019-2020 Season
Heartland Men’s Chorus’ 34th Season Celebrates Kansas City’s FABULOUS Holiday Season, Includes a British Invasion, and Premieres New Music from the Composer of “The Addams Family.” Rick Fisher, Executive Director of Heartland Men’s Chorus (HMC), announced Monday...
Lyric Opera of Kansas City Kicks Off 2019-2020 Season with Mozart’s The Abduction from the Seraglio
Lyric Opera of Kansas City opens its 2019-2020 season with a risqué screwball comedy, The Abduction from the Seraglio. This production transplants Mozart’s glorious melodies to the golden age of Hollywood, evocative of the films It Happened One Night and Road to...
Forge Repertory Theatre – A New Theatre Company Dedicated To Creating and Revitalizing Work Through Collaborative Storytelling
Kansas City theatrical artists Elaine Clifford, Coleman Crenshaw, Ryan Fortney, Todd Lanker, and Bailey Rose are excited to announce the formation of Forge Repertory Theatre a new theatre company dedicated to creating and revitalizing work through collaborative...
