The Coterie’s “Electric Poe” Brings an Authentic Chill to Union Cemetery
For the second year in a row, the Coterie Theatre is staging guitar-tinged adaptations of Edgar Allan Poe in a cemetery—and for the second year in a row, the result is worth seeing.
The Great War Meets Great Design in the KC Rep’s “Mary’s Wedding”
“Mary’s Wedding,” the Kansas City Repertory Theatre’s season opener (and artistic director Stuart Carden’s directorial debut), would be romantic in any setting.
KC Fringe Fest Returns: What to Stream (and Skip) at This Year’s Virtual Showcase
Throughout the pandemic, live theater has looked a little less...live. That pattern’s held for KC’s 17th annual Fringe Festival, which has gone virtual for the second summer in a row.
Music Becomes Common Ground in KC Black Rep’s “Texas in Paris”
The current virtual production from the Black Repertory Theatre of Kansas City is an affecting, micro-budget evocation of music’s power to bridge divides between cultures and people.
The Unicorn’s ‘RED BIKE’ Offers a Fine Performance and Creative Visuals
The Unicorn has found a way to make limited production budgets a strength by embracing visual presentations that are unlike anything you’ll see at other local theater companies.
At the Coterie, Audiences Can Choose Between Streaming Productions
Each year since 1992 the Coterie has teamed up with UMKC Theatre for a coproduction that pools resources and takes advantage of graduate and under-graduate students in the school’s theater program.
