Performing – KC STUDIO

December 2, 2017

The Liability of Love: ‘Sunset Baby’ at Melting Pot

Playwright Dominique Morriseau’s “Sunset Baby” achieved high visibility with productions in New York, Chicago and Los Angeles. Now the extended one-act about a former black..

December 1, 2017

Spotlight – Metropolitan Ensemble Theatre: “It’s a Wonderful Life”

Ask anyone to name his/her favorite Christmas movie and very likely “It’s a Wonderful Life” will be at the top of the list. The holidays..

December 1, 2017

The Job: April Berry

“Dance came from the people and should always be brought back to the people.” This quote, attributed to Alvin Ailey, is one that Community Engagement and Education Manager for the Kansas City Ballet, April Berry, takes to heart. Berry began her performing career as a ballerina in Switzerland and was principal dance artist with the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater for 11 years.

November 30, 2017

The Best Holiday Jazz: A Roundup of Recordings by the Greats

If you’re into jazz, you know that it’s capable of reshaping any kind of music to its improvisational ends — and that includes holiday music...

November 29, 2017

Ring in the Season with the Real Saint Nicolas December 5

Ring in the holidays with the Kansas City Chamber Orchestra and Musica Vocale for Benjamin Britten’s glorious retelling of the legend of Saint Nicolas at..

November 27, 2017

Arts News – The Wires: Making Music a Meditative Exploration

The winter solstice is a time of mystery and a moment of hope in the darkened chill of December. The Wires, an alternative string duo,..

November 26, 2017

Christmas Carol: 150 Years of Love and Politics

Everyone gets indigestion after a massive Thanksgiving dinner, but for theater critics the discomfort may be particularly acute. They know that soon they will sit..

November 21, 2017

Kansas City Ballet in the National Spotlight

A fantastic and magical engagement from curtain up to curtain down, the Kansas City Ballet’s reimagined production of “The Nutcracker” is in the national spotlight this holiday season. Each year the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., selects an elite dance company to perform “The Nutcracker” in the nation’s capital the week of Thanksgiving. This year, the invitation was extended to the Kansas City Ballet.

November 17, 2017

The MET Tackles Shakespeare’s ‘Cymbeline’

Let’s give credit where credit is due: Karen Paisley, co-founder and artistic director of the Metropolitan Ensemble Theatre, long ago embraced audacity as an aesthetic..

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