Grace Suh

October 28, 2024

Daughters of Hart-Celler on “The Heart Sellers” at the Unicorn Theatre

Almost sixty years after the signing of the Hart-Celler Act, a group of local Asian women attended opening night of the Unicorn Theatre's “The Heart Sellers.”

June 18, 2024

Parker: The quest to change a name

Film documents the generational legacy of slavery.

June 11, 2024

Sharon Liese: Community stories

The Kansas City filmmaker is racking up the recognition for her her soul-baring documentaries, including her first Emmy.

March 14, 2024

The Lyric Opera’s Dazzling “Roméo et Juliette” is a Night Divine

How do you stage the most famous balcony scene of all time? The most tragic love story? A line as iconic as “a rose by any other name”? You make them bigger to life. The Lyric Opera has done just that with Gounod's “Roméo et Juliette,” in a stunning production that is not to be missed.

November 29, 2023

‘Cyrano’ with an Asian face at KC Rep

Nelson T. Eusebio III's groundbreaking production unearths truths about 'what it means to be an Asian American in this country'.

November 22, 2023

The Mark Morris Dance Group’s “Look of Love” Takes Our Breath Away

In a genius bit of theatre, Mark Morris opens “The Look of Love,” his delightful new program of dance set to the music of Burt Bacharach, with solo piano, down in the pit.

November 15, 2023

Room at the inn for Störling Dance Theater’s ‘Child of Hope’

A lively and meaningful celebration of the reason, for so many, for the season.

May 19, 2023

KC Ballet Follows Its “Bliss Point”

The three disparate dances that comprise "Bliss Point" have in common a fresh and lighthearted unconventionality.

April 4, 2023

Alvin Ailey’s Enduring “Revelations”

The last weekend in March marked the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater’s tenth performance in the Harriman-Jewell Series, an association that goes back to 1968.

Author: Grace Suh