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KC Studio covers the performing, visual, cinematic and literary arts, and the artists, organizations and patrons that make Kansas City a vibrant center for arts and culture.

Editor’s Weekend Calendar Picks, August 16 – 19

Time for weekend calendar picks from KC Studio editor Alice Thorson! This weekend only, see the spellbinding sequel to the classic musical Phantom of the Opera at Starlight Theatre. Opening tomorrow, see Spinning Tree Theatre‘s production of the 2015 musical adaptation of Daddy Long Legs, running through September 2nd. Saturday night, Northeast Arts KC presents […]

Editor’s Weekend Calendar Picks, August 9 – 12

Time once again for weekend calendar picks from KC Studio editor Alice Thorson! This week, productions of two classic plays premiere and run through August: Kansas City Actors Theatre‘s take on Noel Coward’s “Blithe Spirit” and Musical Theater Heritage’s “The Producers.”  This evening, the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art hosts a town hall discussion on […]

Editor’s Weekend Calendar Picks, July 26 – 29

Time for weekend calendar picks from KC Studio editor Alice Thorson to finish off July. Tonight, join the Truman Library in commemorating the desegregation of armed forces in 1947. Also tonight, listen to KC’s premier Salsa & Latin Jazz ensemble t the Blue Room. Opening tomorrow night, Starlight Theatre presents the musical Hairspray, with shows […]

Studio Space Available at The Hanger

Art Open Late at The Hanger is a community studio space attached to a beautiful art gallery in the heart of the Crossroads Art District in Kansas City, Missouri. STUDIO OPTIONS AVAILABLE: REGULAR STUDIO | 108 sq ft | $350/mo LARGE STUDIOS | 150 sq ft | $425/mo ¾ STUDIO | 80 sq ft | […]

Deconstructing the KC Fringe Festival

It all started in 1947 in Edinburgh, Scotland, as an alternative festival that played concurrently with the Edinburgh International Festival. Though not invited to participate, groups of actors, musicians, and the like performed at various venues on the fringe of the EIF. In 1948, Robert Kemp, a local journalist, gave it the name Fringe.