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A Masterpiece Returns
Check out the PBS website and the MASTERPIECE page for Downton Abbey and visitors will find a countdown to the second season, which starts Jan. 8. “There really is that much excitement,” says Susanne Simpson, MASTERPIECE senior producer. “When we saw the initial cut of the first show from season one, a number of us were in awe.
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Connecting to Kids
A new venture between Starlight Theatre and Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts will provide an opportunity for Kansas City parents and educators to introduce young people to the magic of live musical theater in 2012. Starlight Children’s Theatre will debut Feb. 1 at the Kauffman Center.
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Playwright Passionate About Midwest Lands
Playwright and actor Sean Grennan has a sort of artistic love affair with the American Heartland Theatre. He acted in the role of Adam for the fall 2003 production of The Diaries of Adam and Eve. During the first two months of 2005, he found himself back in Kansas City and on the Heartland stage in Affluenza! He then took to the stage on The Love List during the fall of 2010.

