Weekend To-Do List: July 4-6
Have a star-spangled weekend with this sizzling list of area entertainment from Brian McTavish! Big Bang: Jackson County’s Fourth of July Celebration5...» E-Mail This
View ArticleCreativity Over Time: How Age Affects Artistic Careers
On Tuesday's Central Standard, we invited a variety of artists to discuss how their practice has evolved as they have moved from one stage of life to...» E-Mail This
View ArticleKC Fringe Encourages Writers To Present New Work
The KC Fringe Festival, an annual event featuring actors, dancers, poets, storytellers, filmmakers, and visual artists, turns 10 this year. The festival...» E-Mail This
View ArticleKyle Hatley Looks Back On Eight Years In Kansas City's Theater Scene
Kyle Hatley arrived in Kansas City to serve as Assistant Artistic Director for the Kansas City Repertory Theatre in April 2008. He drove into town in...» E-Mail This
View ArticleDirector's Cuts: David Cromer On 'Our Town'
Our Town, the Thornton Wilder play about small town life in Grover's Corners, has been a staple of high school theater for so long, one would think its...» E-Mail This
View ArticleWhy Alvin Ailey Matters
Alvin Ailey was a choreographer who was born in Texas in 1931. He spent his pioneering dance career in New York City, touring internationally and...» E-Mail This
View ArticleFor Kansas City Veteran And Singer, 'God Bless America' Stirs Up Pride In...
Richard Gibson, 33, enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps just after high school and was stationed in Iraq. When his service ended in 2003, and he returned...» E-Mail This
View ArticleDecades Of Bah Humbug: Kansas City Actor Reflects On Years Of Playing Scrooge
Gary Neal Johnson has been performing in the Kansas City Repertory Theatre’s production of A Christmas Carol since 1982. And he’s played Ebeneezer...» E-Mail This
View ArticleDirector's Cuts: Ric Averill On 'The Nervous Set'
This year marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of writer William S. Burroughs, an icon of the Beat movement. Burroughs lived in Lawrence, Kan., from...
View ArticleDirector's Cuts: Sidonie Garrett On 'I'll Eat You Last'
Hollywood super agent Sue Mengers was never a household name. But, in the 1970s, she was considered the most powerful woman in show business. The play,...
View ArticleDirector's Cuts: Natalie Liccardello On 'Eurydice'
The Greek myth about the short-lived marriage of Orpheus and Eurydice is traditionally relayed from his point of view. Playwright Sarah Ruhl's version...
View ArticleDirector's Cuts: Gene Mackey On 'Starring Abe Lincoln'
Theatre for Young America honors President's Day with the play Starring Abe Lincoln, written and directed by the company's co-founder Gene Mackey. The...
View ArticleActor Kyle Hatley Takes A Heroic Journey In 'An Iliad'
"This is the story of two great fighters: Achilles and Hector," says the Poet, a storyteller played by Kyle Hatley in the Kansas City Repertory Theatre...
View Article'Angels In America' Actor Mark Robbins Reveals The Joy In Playing 'Venal' Roy...
Angels in America is Tony Kushner’s two-part epic now playing at the Kansas City Repertory Theatre. Set in New York in the 1980s, it’s a commentary on...
View ArticleKansas City's Drill Teams Have Deep Roots And Strong Social Ties
On a Monday night at the Lee A. Tolbert gymnasium in Kansas City, 80 dancers ages 6-25 gather for one of two weekly practices of The Marching Cobras. In...
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