Category: Reviews
‘Bernhardt/Hamlet’ Establishes Groundbreaking Conception
Bob EvansDec 09, 2019
Legendary French actress Sarah Bernhardt, probably the superstar of her era, faces a tough challenge as she no longer plays the ingenue parts, yet is too young for the...
New theatre company tackles KC premiere of ‘On the Verge’
Bob EvansDec 09, 2019
By Rebecca Ralstin, guest reviewer The Forge Repertory Theatre debuts its first season taking on Eric Overmyer’s “On the Verge or the Geography of...
Women explore future in Forge Repertory Theatre’s initial play
Bob EvansDec 08, 2019
Forge Repertory Theatre debuted their premiere season with a time-travel fantasy about three advenuturesome women exploring an unknown mass they call “terra...
Ballet plus aerial combine for ‘Cracked!’
Bob EvansDec 07, 2019
By Rebecca Ralstin, guest reviewer VidaDance Company and Kansas City Aerial Arts presents “Cracked! A Reimagined Kansas City Nutcracker” at the City Stage in Union...
Milking Christmas returns to Living Room Theatre
Bob EvansDec 05, 2019
By guest reviewer Rebecca Ralstin The Living Room Theatre of Kansas City delivers again with its energetic and infectiously funny production of the...
‘Christmas Pageant’ surpasses other remounts of classic
Bob EvansDec 03, 2019
Forget any previous version of the children’s classic, “The Best Christmas Pageant Ever,” and rush to secure seats for the new Theatre for Young America’s...
Scott Cox’s “And God Did Shake The Pear…” greatly entertains
What do you get when you cross a reading from a local phone book with excerpts from Shakespeare, sprinkled with various real-life prison anecdotes? A hilarious and...
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...
