Category: Reviews
Children’s show teaches about inclusion
Bob EvansMar 19, 2019
Time is running out to see the most endearing children’s show with a subtle, but strong lesson on inclusion and acceptance; “Polkadots: The Cool Kids Musical,”...
All-you-can-eat Pancake Breakfast aids senior programs
Bob EvansMar 14, 2019
Saturday, Shepherd Center hosts an all-you-can-eat pancake breakfast featuring GREEN PANCAKES. Start your St. Patrick’s Day one day early with a hearty breakfast...
Unicorn presents laughter, horror, dysfunction in ‘The Human
Bob EvansMar 11, 2019
New production at Kansas City’s Unicorn Theatre brings a Thanksgiving story where a family gathering unveils funny, painful, and horrific revelations as the festive...
‘Beau Jest’ changes pace for Chestnut audiences
Bob EvansMar 11, 2019
For just a good, old-fashioned comedy, but set in modern time, do not miss “Beau Jest,” at Olathe’s Chestnut Fine Arts Center, playing through April 14. Directed...
‘Disaster’ mixes assorted movies into musical farce
Bob EvansMar 10, 2019
Remember Jaws, The Poseidon Adventure, The Towering Inferno, Earthquake, The Deep, and some of the light suspense films of the 1970s like Raiders of the Lost Arc, Ben,...
KC Rep presents light look at serious issues
Bob EvansMar 05, 2019
Personal identity comes into finer focus with the KC Rep production of “School Girls; or the African Mean Girls Play,” a different perspective of the American movie...
Coterie’s ‘Penguins’ mesmerizes audiences
Bob EvansMar 03, 2019
By use of toe-tapping music, fun choreography, snappy costumes, zany characters, and perfect casting, one of the most charming musicals created for young audiences,...
MET continues August Wilson series with ‘Seven Guitars’
Bob EvansFeb 26, 2019
August Wilson’s “Seven Guitars” continues his series of plays set in the Pittsburgh area as he again focuses on the everyday struggles of a poor group of friends...
Barn teases audience with naked fun
Bob EvansFeb 23, 2019
Gypsy Rose Lee and Sally Rand made stripping fashionable in the 1930s and1940s while elevating Burlesque to a more acceptable genre; but, it was Chippendale’s that...
Women’s issues evolve in new time-travel play
Bob EvansFeb 18, 2019
Climb aboard for a time-traveling train trip to Booneville, Missouri in 1946 and 2017. Yep, two different eras and one train ticket in local playwright Michelle Tyrene...
