Category: Reviews
Ebenezer Scrooge bestows Christmas joy at KC Rep
Bob EvansDec 02, 2019
A season-welcoming holiday classic, “A Christmas Carol” renews Kansas City’s love for Charles Dickens’ most riveting curmudgeon, Ebenezer Scrooge, who discovers...
‘Nuncrackers’ brings holiday smiles to Leawood
Bob EvansNov 19, 2019
In a time when everyone scrambles to find extra money, the priest and nuns in the Mount Saint Helen’s Convent also need money to support their parish and the work they...
Disturbing racial divide surfaces in ‘Blood Knot’
Bob EvansNov 19, 2019
“Clothes make the Man” catalyzes devastatingly angry conflict between two half-brothers in a gruesome look into South African Apartheid in Athol Fugard’s...
Movie adaptation brings ‘Victor/Victoria’ to stage
Bob EvansNov 17, 2019
By guest reviewer Rebecca Ralstin “Victoria/Victoria” could seem both timely and yet out of step with the moment; but, The Barn’s production of the musical,...
‘La Boheme’ enthralls at Lyric Opera
Lyric Opera Kansas City’s production of Giacomo Puccini’s classic love story “La Boheme” is either: An exquisite and beautiful presentation of a timeless classic...
Love challenges gender identity in twisted ‘Victor/Victoria’ comedy
Bob EvansNov 15, 2019
How’s this: A woman plays a man who plays a woman on stage? Confused? Throw in a man falling in love with the illusion of a woman playing a man, only to discover...
Spinning Tree brings ‘Caroline or Change’ to KC
Bob EvansNov 14, 2019
Change comes slowly as evidenced in the Tony-winning Broadway musical, “Caroline or Change,” currently playing at Spinning Tree Theatre in the Black Box theatre of...
Whimsical comedy opens for Whim Productions
Bob EvansNov 14, 2019
Whim Productions, an area voice for LGBT-theme productions continues its 2019 season with “Swimming in the Shallows” a surrealistic comedy that looks at...
Charlie Brown and friends usher Christmas to Coterie
Bob EvansNov 11, 2019
The Christmas season begins early at The Coterie Theatre because Charlie Brown and his gang of friends brighten the holiday by performing a live version of the animated...
‘Taffetas’ ignites audience with 1950’s music
Bob EvansNov 05, 2019
If you remember Patti Page, Jo Stafford, Connie Francis, Theresa Brewer and the music of the 1950s before Rock ‘N Roll took over, then “The Taffetas” gets your...
