250 stories from The Kansas City Star
To quote Fats Waller: "One never knows, do one?"
The Unicorn Theatre, which a few weeks ago announced some of the shows on its 2012-13 season, now has a complete lineup. It's an eclectic group of plays and musicals, mixing humor, drama and…
He's sticking around. He's sticking around. At least for a while. That's the word from Eric Rosen, Kansas City Repertory Theatre's 41-year-old artistic director, who plans to remain at the h…
For years the Coterie Theatre has pushed the boundaries of acceptability when it comes to what a children's theater can and can't do.
"Everyday Rapture" is a curiosity -- a fictionalized autobiography of the actress who co-wrote it and performed it in all of its New York incarnations.
Sherie Rene Scott was on the phone reflecting on the difference between facts and truth.
The opening night performance of "The Fantasticks" at the Off Center Theatre in Crown Center was cut short after actor Vightor Zophoniasson suffered a torn Achilles tendon in the first act.
It was right after Damon Gupton's electrifying performance in "Othello" for the Heart of America Shakespeare Festival that he packed his bags and moved to New York.
What's 25 years, really?
Committed performances, a slick scenic design, a crack band and an interesting (if mishandled) storyline are the chief virtues of "Jersey Boys," the hit musical based on the career of the Fo…
He has become a regular presence on the Quality Hill stage, almost as ubiquitous as the company's executive director and ingratiating emcee, J. Kent Barnhart.
Kansas City Repertory Theatre closes its season with a gleaming Cadillac of a show: a shimmering production of "Little Shop of Horrors" memorable for its high level of craftsmanship.
In putting together "Life is a Cabaret: The Songs of John Kander and Fred Ebb," J. Kent Barnhart has given us not only an informative overview of the team's work for stage, film and televisi…
Someone whose opinion I respect recently commented that Jane Austen novels translate well to the screen, but not so much to the stage.
Evan Luskin was flat on his back.
The Metropolitan Ensemble Theatre season continues with a production of "Pride and Prejudice," an adaptation by Jon Jory of the classic Jane Austen novel. Performances begin Thursday at the …
The first thing you need to understand about Kyle Hatley is that he isn't well. No, Kansas City Repertory Theatre's associate artistic director is an obsessive young theater artist, given to…
The Unicorn Theatre scores with a well-executed production of "Time Stands Still," an absorbing drama by Donald Margulies that takes a hard look at fundamental questions about the nature of …
"The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee" is a nice show. A cute show. A funny show. And it's a show that really doesn't bear up under repeated viewings, let alone analysis.
Musical Theater Heritage has invited actor Don Richard back to Kansas City for its concert production of Stephen Sondheim's "Sweeney Todd." Richard, who by all accounts is one of the nicest …
When Eric Rosen took over the artistic leadership of Kansas City Repertory Theatre in 2008, he had two broad goals: Elevate the theater company's national profile and build bridges to the Ka…
Tongue-in-cheek post-modernism gets a thorough workout in the Living Room production of "A Bucket of Blood," a show in which the performers on stage appear to having at least as much fun as …
John Rensenhouse and Kim Martin-Cotten entertained audiences last year as an ambitious medieval lord and his lady who schemed and murdered their way to the throne of Scotland in the Heart of…
We live in the age of the remix. Deal with it. Now it's happening in theater. More and more artists are revisiting stage material that might have meant one thing when it was new but speaks …
"The Whipping Man" is an exceptional play, and Kansas City Repertory Theatre gives it an exceptional production.
