250 stories from The Kansas City Star
Audacious.
In all of Shakespeare there are just two Jewish characters, both found in "The Merchant of Venice."
Faking spontaneity is a lot tougher than faking sincerity, but Blue Man Group has it down to an art form.
A three-day engagement of a touring production of "A Christmas Carol" at the Midland has been canceled.
Two very different one-actor plays inaugurated the "British Invasion 2011" at the Metropolitan Ensemble Theatre, bringing a most welcome touch of class and smarts to midtown.
Tonight a couple of visiting British actor/playwrights pitch their tents at the Metropolitan Ensemble Theatre for what is being billed as "British Invasion 2011."
Not all holiday shows are created equal, and to support that assertion I direct your attention to "A Spectacular Christmas in Concert" at the Off Center Theatre.
"Venice," the dystopian hip-hop musical that had its world premiere in 2010 at Kansas City Repertory Theatre, is to receive a second workshop at the Public Theater in New York, moving it a b…
What happens when the fortunes of a rock star begin to fade? The Unicorn Theatre production of "The Salvation of Iggy Scrooge," which runs through Dec. 24, explores that question. You could …
We can agree that the Kansas City Repertory Theatre's annual production of "A Christmas Carol" is hardly pushing a political agenda, but it is tempting to view Ebenezer Scrooge as a member o…
When Richard Carrothers decided to stage "Game Show," he knew he needed a cast that was nimble, adaptable and quick. Because "Game Show," which runs through Jan. 22 at the New Theatre Resta…
Since putting down her last cosmopolitan in the second "Sex and the City" movie, Kim Cattrall has politely been trying to shake off Samantha and remind people that she's also a veteran theat…
The Living Room and Lidia's have joined forces again to present a unique form of theater.
I'm not sure why we must rate everything and everyone in the world, from the best "American Idol" contestants to the worst NFL teams, but we do. Could be it's just a primitive human impulse …
Arthur Miller's 1947 drama "All My Sons" could be viewed as a warm-up to "Death of a Salesman," and in it you see a fairly young playwright trying a bit too hard to be poetic and meaningful.…
Arthur Miller's 1947 drama "All My Sons," his first Broadway success, could be viewed as a warm-up to "Death of a Salesman," and in it you see a fairly young playwright trying a bit too hard…
The Kansas City Repertory Theatre's annual production of "A Christmas Carol" has for most of its life been a production of moments -- funny moments, scary moments, sentimental moments. Audie…
Think of it as a show within a show. Or, to be precise, a TV show within a show.
In true community theater, nobody gets paid. But some theater groups in the Kansas City area dwell in a zone between amateur and professional, because although the actors aren't paid, someti…
James is back. Known for his musical comedy skills, the actor takes on a heavy role in an Arthur Miller play in a Metropolitan Ensemble Theatre production.
Harold Pinter's "Betrayal," arguably his most accessible play, can be read one of two ways: As a cleverly constructed dissection of a clandestine love affair and all the levels of betrayal t…
Interview/article on regional success of Roger Bean's Jukebox Musicals including THE MARVELOUS WONDERETTES.
Review of THE MARVELOUS WONDERETTES directed and choreographed by Jerry Jay Cranford (LES MISERABLES; Broadway and National Tour).
Of all the alternative performance spaces in Kansas City, only the Fishtank Performance Studio offers theatergoers something like an off-off-Broadway experience. Make that off-off-off-off B…
It's possible to get tired of some shows after only one viewing. But then there are others that never get old. And that's the case with the Coterie Theatre's "Seussical," which proves to be …
