Grace Suh

Music and Dance Reviews

September 21, 2026

Rhapsody at the Lyric with Puccini’s “La Bohème”

The Lyric Opera of Kansas City launches the season (its last under the exceptional 15-year leadership of General Director Deborah Sandler Kemper) with one of the world’s most popular and most-produced operas, “La Bohème.”

July 23, 2026

Honors: Heehyun Choi

An accomplished filmmaker, the 2026 Charlotte Street Visual Artist Award Winner moves into sculpture and image-making.

May 18, 2026

‘Street Nihonga: The Art of Jimmy Tsutomu Mirikitani’

Exhibit at the Spencer Museum of Art traces the Japanese American street artist's extraordinary journey.

May 2, 2026

Of Mice and Men and Puppies at the Lyric

The Lyric's season concludes with "Of Mice and Men," adapted by Carlisle Floyd from John Steinbeck's classic tale of migrant farm workers in rural California.

March 21, 2026

Kansas City Ballet’s All-American “Stars and Stripes” Celebrates All Americans

On the sesquicentennial anniversary of the United States of America, the Kansas City Ballet is mounting a dazzling sparkler of a celebration.

March 4, 2026

The Lyric’s “Porgy and Bess” Rises Up Singing

For the first time its history, the Lyric Opera of Kansas City presents the quintessential American opera, George Gershwin's “Porgy and Bess.”

January 30, 2026

New Year, “New Moves“ at Kansas City Ballet

As many of us resolve to do after the indulgences of the holiday season, KC Ballet begins each new year with a lean, clean approach.

January 21, 2026

Arts News: A new artist community grows at Third Pine Collective

Third Pine Collective states its mission as “amplifying the voices of Asian American, Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander and Asian diaspora voices in and beyond KC.”

December 2, 2025

A Gleaming Anniversary for KC Ballet’s Nutcracker

Ten years ago, then-recently-arrived Artistic Director Devon Carney undertook to refresh the Kansas City Ballet's Nutcracker from top to bottom.

Author: Grace Suh