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December 19, 2023

Faust Theatre and Arts Asylum Host a Cozy and Cautionary “Cabaret”

In Faust Theatre and Arts Asylum's new production of the Kander and Ebb classic "Cabaret," the show’s delicate, ominous themes take center stage.
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December 15, 2023

MTH’s “It’s a Wonderful Life: Live Radio Play” Delivers the Story We Love in Clever New Packaging

"It’s a Wonderful Life: Live Radio Play" tells the same story as Capra’s film from a refreshingly distinctive perspective.
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December 15, 2023

The Unicorn Hunts for Magic in a Fantastical, if Thin, ‘Journey to the Poles of Inaccessibility’

A new play having its premiere at the Unicorn explores the idea of a world rooted in real magic, accessible to those willing to risk everything to find it.
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November 16, 2023

At Arts Asylum, “The Grapes of Wrath” Is as Timely as Ever

The production of "The Grapes of Wrath" currently onstage at Arts Asylum keeps things simple and uses a bare-bones aesthetic to its advantage.
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November 9, 2023

The White Theatre Mounts a Moving “Into the Woods”

Pretty much any Sondheim musical is massively complicated undertaking and Into the Woods is no exception.
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November 3, 2023

The Political is Personal in KC Rep’s Excellent “What the Constitution Means to Me”

Jennifer Westfeldt and TJ Lancaster in “What the Constitution Means to Me.” (Don Ipock) When she was 15 years old, Heidi Schreck embarked on a..
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October 31, 2023

At the Unicorn, a Group of ‘macbitches’ Set a Wicked Stage

It’s extremely clear from the start that "macbitches" has been crafted by and for those who would self-identify as Theatre People.
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October 10, 2023

Courtroom Meets Classroom in the Coterie’s Honorable “Justice at War”

One of our greatest national shames has a number—9066, the executive order that President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed in February 1942.
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