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April 25, 2022

With “Gabby for God,” the Arts Asylum Launches a New Play and a New Home

The Arts Asylum is welcoming audiences back, to a new space with a new play, appropriately enough, about reaching new common ground.
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April 23, 2022

The Coterie Brings “Pete the Cat” To Life In an Energetic Gem for Young Audiences

The Coterie's latest musical, “Pete the Cat,” skews younger than other recent shows but still has plenty for accompanying adults to enjoy.
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April 13, 2022

“Surviving Hitler” at the White Theatre Is a Harrowing but Ultimately Optimistic Story of Survival

The 2001 nonfiction novel "Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps,” has been adapted into a stage production at the White Theatre at the J.
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April 4, 2022

Intimate, sensitive “Skin”: Owen/Cox Dance Group and Helen Gillet collaboration

“Skin,” presented by the Owen/Cox Dance Group, was a thoughtful and intimate collaboration with singer/songwriter Helen Gillet.
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March 28, 2022

Kansas City Ballet Showcases All-Female Choreographers in “New Moves”

The tenth anniversary presentation of the Kansas City Ballet’s New Moves program was a thrilling return to live performance, not only for many in the audience, but for New Moves itself.
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March 21, 2022

“Vivian Wilson Bluett: Expressions of Blue,” Natasha Ria Art Gallery

Steadily making her trek from emerging artist to established artist, Vivian Wilson Bluett takes a big step in the right direction with her new exhibition, “Expressions of Blue,” at the Natasha Ria Art Gallery.
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March 20, 2022

“The Royale” at KCRep Is an Elegant Exploration of Physical, Emotional, and Social Violence

“The Royale” is a powerful, exquisitely produced piece of theater and (unfortunately never not timely) social commentary.
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March 15, 2022

At the Unicorn Theatre, “Tiny Beautiful Things” is a Welcome Exercise in Radical Empathy

What might it feel like to actually listen to each other? To hear another’s story of love or loss or confusion or fear, and respond not by looking away or closing off, but by opening up?
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