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November 1, 2016

Tales from the Pit

For Ramona Pansegrau, music director of the Kansas City Ballet, there’s nothing like being in the orchestra pit conducting a Christmastime performance of The Nutcracker and being touched by the audience’s reaction. “One time, a little girl came down and started petting my hair in the middle of Nutcracker, Pansegrau drolly recollects.
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November 1, 2016

Art News: Melting Pot on the Boil

Some of our most honored institutions started humbly. Melting Pot Theater is one. Harvey Williams, a playwright and actor who has appeared in KC productions..
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November 1, 2016

Angelina Sansone: Grace and Fire

“Elegant,” “stunning,” “fluid” and “magnificent” are just some of the words critics have used to describe Kansas City Ballet dancer Angelina Sansone in performance. Last year, KC Metropolis reviewer Lee Hartman lauded her “magnetic stage presence” as Queen Anne in the Ballet’s production of The Three Musketeers.
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October 31, 2016

Kansas City Wind Symphony at Helzberg Hall, November 6th

The Kansas City Wind Symphony returns to Helzberg Hall for one concert only on Sunday, November 6th at 4:00 PM. They will be joined by..
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October 26, 2016

We’re Dreamers, Jazz Cats, Givers, Performers and So Much More!

Crescendo: Dream Within Reach | Nov. 4, 2016, 7 p.m. concert – Helzberg Hall | Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts… It’s fall and we’re..
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October 24, 2016

New York Christmas Magic Comes to Kansas City

Holiday music gets the big band treatment in jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra concert. Jazz vocalist Catherine Russell loves Christmas in New York. From the..
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October 24, 2016

Kansas City Wind Symphony – November 6 at Kauffman Center

In September 2011, the KCWS was selected to perform at the grand opening of the Kauffman Center. In 2013, they returned, presenting their 15th Anniversary..
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October 23, 2016

Neil LaBute Play at Unicorn is, Like, Whatever

I wish I could say how many times “whatever” is uttered in the meandering dialogue of The Way We Get By. But I wasn’t counting...
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October 22, 2016

Death and Money Collide Onstage at KC Rep

Ayad Akhtar’s The Invisible Hand is a brainy thriller balanced precariously between a melodrama and an international finance seminar. It’s fascinating, unique and even educational..
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