Performing – KC STUDIO

November 16, 2018

TubaChristmas 2018 Aims for Guinness Book of World Records

Kansas City Symphony Executive Director Frank Byrne has been around tubas most of his life, including his early music career playing the big daddy of the brass family for the United States Marine Band. Byrne joined the band with the goal of being a full-time tuba player and wound up a full-time administrator.

November 10, 2018

Much Rejoicing: Soweto Gospel Choir Honors Nelson Mandela in Kansas

With the spontaneity of a spirit moved, the Soweto Gospel Choir honored the centenary of Nelson Mandela with songs of hope and resistance, songs born..

November 5, 2018

“Show Boat” in Context: Timeless Music and Tough History

MTH Theater at Crown Center offers up lively entertainment packaged around a history lesson in a spirited, scaled-down production of “Show Boat,” the 1927 classic..

November 4, 2018

Lyric Opera of Kansas City’s Traditional “Madama Butterfly” Transforms as Opera of Our Time

It’s been six years since Lyric Opera of Kansas City last staged Giacomo Puccini’s “Madama Butterfly,” its 10th production of the 1904 opera in the..

November 4, 2018

Sad and Raunchy – Spinning Tree’s “The Nance” Showcases Strong Performances

Strong performances elevate the Spinning Tree production of “The Nance,” Douglas Carter Beane’s 2013 comic drama that offers a sobering look at what it meant..

November 2, 2018

Arts News: Preserving “The Folly Experience”

The doors have reopened on the renovated, historic Folly Theater. The first-floor lobby and shareholders lounge display revitalized finishes, furniture and lighting. A new curved..

November 1, 2018

Prince Gets the Late Night Treatment

And so it is that Late Night Theatre again brings its caustic sensibility to the late musical pop icon known as Prince.

October 31, 2018

Concert to Come: Friends of Chamber Music Presents Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

Orpheus Chamber Orchestra returns to Kansas City with an ambitious program featuring not one but two soloists from beyond the classical tradition: Israeli mandolinist Avi Avital and Polish accordionist Ksenija Sidorova. Presented by Friends of Chamber Music, the ensemble performs a program titled “Stars Align,” featuring concert work from prolific film composers from both the golden age of Hollywood and today.

October 30, 2018

Arts News – In Memoriam: Marilyn Strauss (1927-2018)

Marilyn Strauss, the founder of the Heart of America Shakespeare Festival, who passed away in September at the age of 91, was a force to..

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