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September 5, 2024

Live! Onstage in September and October

The Disney movie about the Newsboys’ Strike of 1899 became a popular Broadway musical, thanks to a talented creative team including Tony® Award-winning composer Alan Menken and playwright Harvey Fierstein.
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September 3, 2024

KC Theater: The 2024-25 Season | Relevant, entertaining and provocative

The 2024-25 Kansas City theater season is relevant, entertaining and provocative.
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July 15, 2024

Tim Scott: ‘A unique mix of theatrical talent and business savvy’

The actor/singer and now chief executive and artistic director of Music Theater Heritage is celebrating 20 years with the organization.
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July 2, 2024

Live! Onstage in July and August

Starlight hosts a full schedule, the KC Fringe Fest gets underway and more great theater rolls off KC stages as the first days of school approach.
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March 8, 2024

For “The Glass Menagerie” MTH Sets an American Classic to a Soulful Live Jazz Score

"In memory, everything seems to happen to music,” says Tennessee Williams. That's the foundation of "The Glass Menagerie" at MTH.
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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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May 8, 2023

Live! Onstage in May and June

As the weather warms up, outdoor theater joins the roster of Kansas City stages. Check out these productions, ushering in (no pun intended) Summer in our City.
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February 23, 2023

MTH’s Original “R&H: Unplugged” Offers Electrifying Variations on Musical Theatre Masters

Music Theater Heritage's exhilarating production aims not just to revive and celebrate the songs of Rodgers, Hart, and Hammerstein, but to give them new life.
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August 30, 2022

Upcoming Theater Season is Challenging, Diverse and Socially Relevant

Productions include "Hamilton," "The Color Purple," Lydia R. Diamond's "Toni Stone," August Wilson's "The Piano Lesson" and the first full production of "Flood," by Mashuq Mushtag Deen.
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