Performing – KC STUDIO

August 5, 2020

Pandemic Pushes KCRep to Cancel Planned Season

Kansas City Repertory Theatre has cancelled its previously announced 2020-21 season, yet another example of the COVID-19 pandemic’s disastrous effect on live theater and all performing arts. Artistic Director Stuart Carden and Executive Director Angela Gieras released a joint statement on Aug. 5 explaining the decision to pull the plug on what looked like a potentially exciting season.

August 3, 2020

A Tribute to Charlie Parker as KC Celebrates the Centennial of the Artist’s Birth

Charlie Parker is revered as a jazz genius — a bold and brilliant innovator largely responsible not only for revolutionizing the music’s sound, but for transforming its image from that of captivating entertainment to incontestable art.

July 28, 2020

Arts News: New Ensemble Caters to Marginalized Communities

Colectiva Huēhuecoyōtl is a new ensemble in the region, with a mission to combine music, education and social justice. The organization provides free-of-cost entertainment for nonprofit organizations that cater specifically to marginalized communities.

July 27, 2020

‘Adapt or Die’

Meghann Henry, Mesner Puppets’ new producing artistic director, realized in mid-March that her pre-pandemic plans to retool the venerable puppet theater might not be enough to save it from the unanticipated peril of COVID-19.

July 21, 2020

Sarah Tannehill Anderson: Music for All

If you’ve been paying attention to the Kansas City classical music scene during the last 20 years or so, you’ve heard her voice. Described as “sparkling,” “stand-out” and “soulful,” Sarah Tannehill Anderson is one of the most sought-after coloratura sopranos in the region.

July 20, 2020

Support Music Access for Children in the Urban Core with Harmony Project KC

Together, Kansas City is building an orchestra of diverse and deserving children in the urban core! It’s called Harmony Project KC. This orchestra, which is..

July 18, 2020

KC Fringe Artists Bring Exciting Variety to Online Festival

Nothing can replace live performances, but KC Fringe and its lineup of artists in 2020 did all they could to give its audience something as..

July 16, 2020

The Art of Adaptation

The Charlotte Street Foundation Rises to the Challenge as COVID-19 Complicates the Move to its New Headquarters This was not how Amy Kligman planned it...

July 15, 2020

KC Fringe Goes Digital with First Online Festival

KC Fringe has launched its first online festival this year in response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and audiences can tune in now through July..

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