Category: Reviews
Brother John continues string of Fringe dynamics
Bob EvansJul 14, 2020
For his 16th entry in the Kansas City Fringe Festival, Br. John Anderson calls up a mix of memorable performers–Bob Marley, Cab Calloway, Sam Cooke, Marvin Gaye, and...
Get your FRINGE on! KC FRINGE FESTIVAL begins at Midnight
Bob EvansJul 11, 2020
Well, The 2020 KC Fringe Festival begins tonight at 12:01 a.m. This year the Festival is all digital, so you can watch 24/7 from the comfort of your easy chair. Never...
Black Lives Matter to KC Applauds
Bob EvansJun 05, 2020
KC Applauds believes Black Lives Matter The current situation of unrest and racial divide causes me to break my silence and step into the arena for Black Lives Matter....
KC Public Theatre plans 10-minute play evenings
Bob EvansApr 29, 2020
Posted by Bob Evans We are excited to announce that we received so many submissions, that the Online 10-Minute Play Project is extended to 2 nights! A talented cast of...
Please be careful and safe
Bob EvansApr 08, 2020
To my readers and their families: his is Holy Week with Easter and Passover approaching, and I know many will be wanting to celebrate their traditions. With no ill-will...
Quality Hill delivers fantastic performances
Bob EvansMar 20, 2020
Just before the COVID-19 spread impacted the nation, Quality Hill Playhouse opened a beautiful production of their Broadway series “Broadway Through the Decades,”...
‘Spring Awakening’ brings teenage Angst to Arts Asylum
Bob EvansMar 14, 2020
By Dennis Maddux-Phillips, guest reviewer Traditional teenage sexual longing on Broadway used to sound like “We love you Conrad, on yes we do”, but say bye...
Chestnut propels beloved music of faith with super-talented cast
Bob EvansMar 12, 2020
Nine highly powerful voices combined in a Chestnut Fine Arts Center production, “Down by the Riverside,” to bring the production to crowd-pleasing highs. The show...
‘American Son’ puts focus on racial divides
Bob EvansMar 09, 2020
‘ What could be worse than a mother’s anguish and concern when her 18-year=old son does not return at night, and her motherly instinct sounds her intrinsic alarm for...
Magic flourishes at Coterie’s new show, ‘Puffs’
Bob EvansMar 03, 2020
By Phil Kinen, guest reviewer Fifty points awarded to the Coterie! The current production, “Puffs, or Seven Increasingly Eventful Years at a Certain School of Magic...
