Category: Performing
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A Very Squeaky and Time-Consuming Process
“Nobody can be uncheered with a balloon.” So said “Winnie the Pooh” and thanks to Molly Balloons, Kansas City is experiencing the truth of that observation. The multi-talented balloon artist, formerly known as Molly Munyan, has long been making people smile — working kid and adult parties, fashioning wild headgear and objects, and decorating events.
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Artist to Watch: Lewis J. Morrow
Once upon a time, there weren’t many hyphenated theater artists in Kansas City. You could be an actor. Or you could be a director. Or you could be a playwright. For the most part, artists stayed in their lanes. That’s not really the case anymore. Actors direct, directors write plays and sometimes you can see somebody direct and act in a play he or she wrote.
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Hidden Talents: A Singer, A Critic and an Artist Reveal Their Creative Alter Egos
For 33 years with the Lyric Opera of Kansas City, chorister Mary Lou Pagano has thrived on the transcendental potential of two-way communication. “When you’re performing, you’re communicating with an audience, and that audience is communicating back with their laughter and clapping,” Pagano says.