Tag: “The 1940s Radio Hour” review, Just Off Broadway Theatre, Kansas City Arts & Entertainment, Kansas City Performing Arts, Kansas City Theatre, MidLife Players
Radio format allows vibrant 1940s music to entertain
Bob EvansMar 22, 2019
Hat check girls, cigarette girls, shapely women walking through entertainment venues selling their latest tray of sinful snacks, cigarettes and candies brings back the...
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...
Fresh play enlightens to female fears
Bob EvansJan 21, 2019
By Bob Evans Spinning Tree Theatre offers a different look into the “Me Too” movement with their current production, “Emotional Creature” as it looks at...
Holiday story promotes modern situations
Bob EvansDec 03, 2018
By Bob Evans KC Melting Pot Theatre focuses on local talent in plays written by local playwrights, and Harvey Williams’ “On Shoulders Now” goes one step further by...
Actors excel in poignant play, ‘The Nance’
Bob EvansNov 05, 2018
By Bob Evans The Great Depression, prohibition, crime, prostitution, gambling, corruption and Mayor Fiorello La Guardia contributed to a decade of problems in New York...
Age of Aquarius re-dawns with Mid-Life Players
Bob EvansOct 26, 2018
By Bob Evans Who can believe that America’s first tribal rock musical, “Hair,” shocked audiences with a plethora of four letter words (yes, including multiple...
Story snares with heart-felt music, lyrics, performances
Bob EvansAug 21, 2018
By Bob Evans Who doesn’t love a timeless classic love story that features two seemingly different people, learning, growing and loving one another with only a few...
One-man show produces scores of laughs
Bob EvansJul 27, 2018
By Bob Evans Who doesn’t just absolutely love Shakespeare? Go ahead, raise your hand. Well, that was me years ago when I was so afraid of Shakespeare, but Scott...
Strong writing, acting, lighting elevate ‘Any Questions?’
Bob EvansJul 23, 2018
By Bob Evans For a great Fringe Festival show, do not miss Frank Higgins newest and best written play, “Any Questions?,” now playing at the Just Off Broadway...
American folk hero returns for third installment
Bob EvansJul 21, 2018
By Bob Evans For his third installment in Fringe Huckleberry Finn pieces, playwright Phil Kinen crafted his best piece with “Huck Finn and the Mystery of the Ominous...
