Some outstanding performances and a playwright’s audacious approach to history make the latest production at KC Melting Pot Theatre one that will linger in memory. Michelle Tyrene Johnson pursues an
Kansas City Ballet’s “Lady of the Camellias” is gorgeous. The costuming, the dancing, the sets and lighting evoke a shimmering dream world, enhanced by the romantic music of Frédéric Chopin.
The Kansas City Symphony journeyed to the past and into imaginary lands with its 1919-focused program in a bold performance Saturday in Helzberg Hall, conducted by music director Michael Stern.
Part musical and part history lesson, Paula Vogel’s “Indecent” illuminates what, for many theatergoers, is an obscure but fascinating event: In 1923 the Broadway cast and producer of a Yiddish
Kansas City Repertory Theatre continues its season with the emotionally-intimate Broadway sensation, INDECENT, by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Paula Vogel. Running January 18 to February 10 at Spencer Theatre, INDECENT is
Some outstanding performances and a playwright’s audacious approach to history make the latest production at KC Melting Pot Theatre one that will linger in memory. Michelle Tyrene Johnson pursues an ambitious goal with her newest play, “The Green Book Wine Club Train Trip.” Her aim is to tell a compelling story that contrasts the experiences […]
Kansas City Ballet’s “Lady of the Camellias” is gorgeous. The costuming, the dancing, the sets and lighting evoke a shimmering dream world, enhanced by the romantic music of Frédéric Chopin. Saturday’s performance at the Kauffman Center earned resounding praise from the audience. Choreographer Val Caniparoli used the popular and familiar (and semi-autobiographical) story by Alexander […]
KANSAS CITY CHAMBER ORCHESTRA Bridges of the Heart Wednesday, February 13, 2019 Folly Theater From the Maestro Chopin was one of the most gifted composers for the piano that ever lived. In his variations on a duet from Mozart’s opera “Don Giovanni”, Chopin opens with a free “fantasy” then follows with a set of variations […]
The Kansas City Symphony journeyed to the past and into imaginary lands with its 1919-focused program in a bold performance Saturday in Helzberg Hall, conducted by music director Michael Stern. In 1919, the Western world had gruesomely ground itself up for too many years, so it is little surprise that fantasy flitted to the far […]
Part musical and part history lesson, Paula Vogel’s “Indecent” illuminates what, for many theatergoers, is an obscure but fascinating event: In 1923 the Broadway cast and producer of a Yiddish drama were arrested for obscenity. The occasion was a performance of Sholem Asch’s “The God of Vengeance,” an English translation of a play that dared […]
Kansas City Repertory Theatre continues its season with the emotionally-intimate Broadway sensation, INDECENT, by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Paula Vogel. Running January 18 to February 10 at Spencer Theatre, INDECENT is a co-production with Arena Stage and Baltimore Center Stage, and is directed by former KCRep artistic director, Eric Rosen, with choreography by Erika Chong Shuch, […]
