KC Composer Celebrated in Upcoming PBS Documentary
Walt Disney. Harry S Truman. Most Kansas Citians recognize these native sons. But Virgil Thomson? Blank stare. Actually, Virgil Thomson is the most important KC native most people have never heard of.
Putting on shows for children is a curious corner of the music business, and over the last two decades Kansas City has become something of a mecca for kid-centric entertainers.
“Someday” is a grab-you-by-the-throat short film about a man living several different lives all at once. According to the closing credits his name is Butler, and he is played by Wes Studi, the great Native American actor.
Local filmmaker Benjamin Meade (“Das Bus,” “Bazaar Bizarre,” “American Music: Off the Record”) rarely does anything halfway—including having a midlife crisis.
