Articles – KC STUDIO

January 12, 2017

A Tour de Force in One Long Take

“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.

January 12, 2017

Arts News: How Lyric Opera is Bridging the Classical/Pop Gap

Classical music concerts in the 21st century can seem intimidating. Tickets can be costly. Venues are usually in the center of the city, making parking..

January 11, 2017

Harmony on the Vine (Spill Paint Not Blood)

The myth of race has supported the horrors of slavery, apartheid, segregation, eugenics, and the Holocaust. It continues to support racism. We simply cannot ignore..

January 11, 2017

Connecting the Community Through Paint

When Cheptoo Kositany-Buckner, executive director of the American Jazz Museum, wanted to develop a community project that would provide a contrast to the racial tensions..

January 10, 2017

Artist to Watch: Calvin Arsenia

The KC-based singer, musician and composer is gaining recognition for his memorable sound.

January 9, 2017

“Dead Man Walking” – “A drama that will reach out and grab you”

Since “Dead Man Walking” premiered at the San Francisco Opera in 2000, there have been more than 40 stage productions worldwide. There are two commercial recordings, one featuring Kansas City native Joyce DiDonato as Sister Helen. For an opera that is only 16 years old, this is remarkable. “Dead Man Walking” is one of the most successful American operas in recent memory.

January 6, 2017

The Job: Alison Hanks, Wig and Makeup Designer, Lyric Opera of Kansas City

(photo by Jim Barcus) The life of a makeup artist is filled with unpredictable challenges: An eyelash falls into a principal’s mouth as she is..

January 6, 2017

C.W. Gusewelle: An Appreciation

“In the regrettable chronology of lives, devotion can be the prelude to sorrow.” Charles W. Gusewelle wrote that line in a 2015 column when his..

January 5, 2017

The Pluses and Pitfalls of Premieres

In “Ten Things Theaters Need to Do Right Now to Save Themselves,” Brendan Kiley of Seattle’s entertainment newspaper, “The Stranger,” urges theater companies to produce premieres — frequently. Directors must seek them out, he says, playwrights must hasten their submissions, critics must review them consistently and unions should allow equity actors to perform in them.

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