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May 11, 2019

Dark/Bright/Light: Kansas City Ballet season ends with energetic, eclectic works, including David Parsons world premiere.

“Human movement is the basis of all art,” wrote Twyla Tharp. Kansas City Ballet displayed this philosophy with the textural, painterly season closer THARP /..
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May 6, 2019

“Roger Shimomura: American Muse,” Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art

With more than 100 paintings, and subject matter that unabashedly juxtaposes politics and pop culture with the personal, Roger Shimomura blows the roof off Sherry..
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May 6, 2019

An Actress, an Artist and a Mystical Quest: ‘Frida’ at KC Rep

Vanessa Severo has assigned herself a next-to-impossible task in the one-woman show, “Frida . . . A Self Portrait” — to tell a compressed version..
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April 28, 2019

Man and Dog: ‘Bond’ at the Unicorn is Heartfelt and Moving

Actor/playwright Logan Black’s “Bond” is, among other things, a tale of service, bravery, fear and endurance in a time of war.  But beyond that, this..
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April 28, 2019

Lyric Opera of Kansas City’s luminous “The Pearl Fishers” resonates with modern imagination.

Lyric Opera of Kansas City presented Georges Bizet’s “The Pearl Fishers” (Les pêcheurs de perles) with passionate performances, athletic dancing and dazzling visual display in..
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April 13, 2019

Dalí Quartet and pianist Olga Kern redefine expectations, and move beyond, in Carlsen Center concert.

When I first heard of the Dalí Quartet, I originally anticipated a surreal experience, but here they delivered a straightforward concert.
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April 8, 2019

Strong Performances Boost “Shawshank Redemption” at the MET

Metropolitan Ensemble Theatre continues its season with the North American premiere of “The Shawshank Redemption,” taken from the same source material on which writer/director Frank..
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March 29, 2019

Good Fortune Follows McAdams, Kansas City Symphony and Chorus, and Soloists in an Exciting “Carmina Burana.”

Who knew that the ancient cycles of life and death, grief and hope, dawn and dark could be so much fun? The Kansas City Symphony..
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March 25, 2019

“Lineage and Impact: KCAI Faculty Past and Present,” Haw Contemporary Stockyards

Haw Contemporary and the Kansas City Art Institute have collaborated on an ambitious exhibition, “Lineage and Impact: KCAI Faculty Past and Present,” on view at..
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