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February 23, 2023

MTH’s Original “R&H: Unplugged” Offers Electrifying Variations on Musical Theatre Masters

Music Theater Heritage's exhilarating production aims not just to revive and celebrate the songs of Rodgers, Hart, and Hammerstein, but to give them new life.
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February 18, 2023

KC Melting Pot’s “Fairview” Subverts Structure and Expectations To Engage in Complex Questions About Race & Art

KC Melting Pot Theater continues to explore the ways in which race and class play out in the very acts of producing and consuming theatre.
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February 16, 2023

KCRep’s Captivatingly Absurd World Premiere “Flood” Explores the Dangers of Privilege & Complacency

Mashuq Mushtaq Deen’s new play Flood offers as good an argument as I can imagine in favor of a resurgence of the Theater of the Absurd.
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February 3, 2023

At the Unicorn Theatre, “Refuge” is a Moving, Musical, Magical Experience

Refuge, the new play about borders, barriers, and American dreams currently in a rolling world-premiere at the Unicorn Theatre, is a complex blend of narrative, music, puppetry, and magical realism—powerful and poignant.
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February 2, 2023

Honors: Leah Sproul

The Kansas City musician is enjoying a jam-packed schedule composing and performing an inventive repertoire from classical to country.
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January 31, 2023

The White Theatre’s “Kinky Boots” Balances Out a Few Stumbles With Heaps of Fun and Heart

Cyndi Lauper and Harvey Fierstein’s musical celebration of drag and gender expression in a battle against judgmental bigotry is as relevant as ever.
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January 26, 2023

At KCAT, ‘Smart People’ Is an Aimless Exploration of Human Contradictions

"Smart People" is about the myriad ways racism manifests—from the quotidian to the systemic to the neurological.
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January 23, 2023

Kansas City Ballet Performs Devon Carney’s ‘Cinderella’

With specially choreographer solos, the company's artistic director will highlight the talent of individual dancers in his new vision for an age-old story.
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January 20, 2023

The Underworld Comes To Kansas City With the North American Tour of “Hadestown”

If there’s one thing you can count on with a touring Broadway show it’s top-tier production value and Hadestown is no exception.
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