Performing – KC STUDIO

September 18, 2019

From Page to Stage

We chatted with Steven C. Kemp, the set designer for our first opera of the season, Mozart’s comedy The Abduction from the Seraglio. This new-to-Kansas City production comes to the Kauffman Center September 21-29 and was first seen at New Orleans Opera in April 2019.

September 18, 2019

Kansas City Jazz Orchestra – Cotton Club Revisited, October 11th at Helzberg Hall

Cab Calloway. Bessie Smith. Lena Horne. Duke Ellington. For a couple decades starting in the 1920s, these legendary performers put on some of their greatest..

September 17, 2019

Wylliams/Henry Contemporary Dance Company Presents “Southern Exposure”

This fall, Wylliams/Henry Contemporary Dance Company restages its 2010 work “Southern Exposure” with the help of a $10,000 Art Works grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. “With all of these things that have happened in the past few years...I thought it was time to revisit it again, in a slightly different perspective,” said Mary Pat Henry.

September 16, 2019

Arts News | Midwest Chamber Ensemble’s Third Album: A Francophile Delight

This summer, Midwest Chamber Ensemble released its third album: “Vieux Amis-Nouveaux Costumes” (Old Friends in New Clothes). It’s a Francophile delight. The album features works..

September 16, 2019

Fine Performances Elevate KC Rep’s Take on a Hot-House Classic

Well, now. Kansas City Repertory Theatre dishes up a gleaming Cadillac production of “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof,” deftly directed, elegantly designed and festooned..

September 15, 2019

KCAT Turns to a Modern Classic: Athol Fugard’s ‘Master Harold’

Kansas City Actors Theatre tackles Athol Fugard’s “‘Master Harold’. . . and the Boys,” a psychological pressure-cooker set in a provincial South African tea shop..

September 13, 2019

Arts News: Name Change Signals Big Changes Ahead for UMKC Conservatory

Effective July 1, 2019, the University of Missouri-Kansas City officially changed the name of its performing arts unit, formerly the Conservatory of Music and Dance,..

September 12, 2019

See Hear: As a New Season Arrives, There Are Many Ways to Catch the Spirit

It’s a given that much of what makes Kansas City great is the arts. The growth and energy of the city’s cultural institutions have been..

September 10, 2019

When it Comes to Music, Buy Local!

The Kansas City area has a rich music scene, capped by the Kansas City Symphony and its performances at the beautiful Kauffman Center for the..

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