Tag: “The Carpenters”, Chestnut Fine Arts Center, Kansas City Arts & Entertainment, Kansas City Performing Arts, Kansas City Theater
Carpenter’s magic hypnotizes at Chestnut
Bob EvansJul 15, 2018
By Bob Evans If you know the music of the 1970s you must know and remember the dynamic duo of Karen and Richard Carpenter and their string of hits before Karen’s...
‘West Side Story’ sizzels on stage and off
Bob EvansJul 14, 2018
By Bob Evans Thank God for the resilience of youth amid sweltering heat and humidity as the mostly teenage cast of Leawood Stage’s free summer production of “West...
Co-production beings energized performers to White Theatre
Bob EvansJul 12, 2018
By Bob Evans Co-production premiere runs July 7-29...
Characters go “Into the Woods” in Sondheim musical
Bob EvansJul 07, 2018
By Bob Evans Favorite fairy tale characters come to life in the Stephen Sondheim Broadway success, “Into the Woods” that opened July 6 for seven performances this...
Rodgers and Hammerstein elevate fairy tale to live extravaganza
Bob EvansJun 30, 2018
https://www.dropbox.com/s/0i9ucx03o7lxj1x/Cinderella_2016%20Montage_HD.mov?dl=0 By Bob Evans As the old song goes, “Fairy tales can come true. It can happen to you, if...
Pulitzer novel provides paradise-based musical
Bob EvansJun 24, 2018
By Bob Evans While Kansas City swelters, Theatre in the Park provided an evening respite during “The Little Mermaid,” but the heat and passion now graces the stage...
Biting comedic play displays playwright’s wit
Bob EvansJun 19, 2018
By Bob Evans “The Grave” sounds like a really dark bummer and downer, but when the playwright is Forrest Attaway, what you expect never equals what you see; and in...
Titanic hero claims victory at Metropolitan Ensemble Theatre
Bob EvansJun 18, 2018
By Bob Evans She ain’t down yet, folks, because audiences want to revisit the musical-comedy story of Molly Brown as she rises from he humble Hannibal, Missouri roots...
Faust explores conflicted sexuality with ‘Falsettos’
Bob EvansJun 16, 2018
By Bob Evans Relatively new theatre company, Faust Theatre continues to present relevant shows that feature local, young, fresh talent, in this case, “Falsettos,” a...
Quality Hill offers music of Frank Sinatra
Bob EvansJun 16, 2018
By Bob Evans Always expect great shows, fantastic musical talent, and signature background information about the music when attending a show at downtown’s Quality Hill...
Bob Evans
This one is almost ready to move forward. He needs to tweak a few lines maybe in Act II. ...
Nancy Lunsford Rawls
Forrest is my son. I enjoy reading about the stuff he has written, since I cannot be there...
Rob Hallifax
Great review! Sounds like a great Show with a lot of my friends performing! Might just nee...
Bob Evans
If you want to see The Lion King, look at single tickets. They are cheaper and there are ...
Ron Schaeffer
I saw SUPERIOR DONUTS Sat. night. Very good show. The performance of Evan Lovelace was ex...