Category: Theater Reviews

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November 16, 2023

At Arts Asylum, “The Grapes of Wrath” Is as Timely as Ever

The production of "The Grapes of Wrath" currently onstage at Arts Asylum keeps things simple and uses a bare-bones aesthetic to its advantage.
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November 9, 2023

The White Theatre Mounts a Moving “Into the Woods”

Pretty much any Sondheim musical is massively complicated undertaking and Into the Woods is no exception.
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November 3, 2023

The Political is Personal in KC Rep’s Excellent “What the Constitution Means to Me”

Jennifer Westfeldt and TJ Lancaster in “What the Constitution Means to Me.” (Don Ipock) When she was 15 years old, Heidi Schreck embarked on a..
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October 31, 2023

At the Unicorn, a Group of ‘macbitches’ Set a Wicked Stage

It’s extremely clear from the start that "macbitches" has been crafted by and for those who would self-identify as Theatre People.
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October 10, 2023

Courtroom Meets Classroom in the Coterie’s Honorable “Justice at War”

One of our greatest national shames has a number—9066, the executive order that President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed in February 1942.
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September 20, 2023

“Is God Is” at KC Melting Pot Is a Dazzling Dark Fable

'Is God Is' is a brilliant show worth seeing on its own; it’s also likely to be many theatergoers’ first introduction to one of the most exciting playwrights of a generation.
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September 14, 2023

KC Rep Mounts an Exciting New Adaptation of “Cyrano de Bergerac”

Martin Crimp has created an adaptation that celebrates and in many ways even enhances the original source material while not feeling beholden to it.
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August 30, 2023

KCAT’s “Grand Horizons” Shines Thanks To a Stellar Cast

Wohl’s script is fairly thin and the play largely rests on the charisma and chemistry of the cast performing it.
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August 19, 2023

MTH’s “A Chorus Line” is Dazzlingly Alive and Kicking

Music Theater Heritage's new production captures the full force of the musical phenomenon, yet also feels remarkably intimate.
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