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Tue, Oct 13, 2009
The Cypress String Quartet opened the UMKC Signature Series with an ambitious program that featured mature works of Mozart, Bartók and Beethoven to a nearly full house last Saturday night at White Recital Hall.
Tue, Oct 13, 2009
Nostalgia was a theme in all three works on Saturday night's performance: Kodály's "Dances of Galánta," Dvorák's "Cello Concerto in B Minor" and Rachmaninoff's "Symphonic Dances."
Mon, Oct 12, 2009
Much has been written about Dame Evelyn Glennie. Articles abound reminding us that she is deaf, that she is a woman and that she is a percussionist. Without those qualifiers she is an artist, like any other, making her living playing on the stages of the most famous performance halls in the world. Focus, instead, on the music.
Mon, Oct 12, 2009
Rarely does an opening scene involve a smiling father driving his SUV along a public beach with his laughing six-year-old sitting precariously on the hood. Despite this Britney Spears-like parenting moment, "The Boys Are Back" soon becomes a wonderful drama with enough emotional punch to make your eyes water and your face smile.
Mon, Sep 28, 2009
Walking into the Unicorn Theatre, the set was lit with lamps and candles. A large bed was stage center with cushioned benches on either side, along with a few random bits of furniture. Each would be used in many different ways for many different stories. The mood was set. Runs through 10/18.
Tue, Sep 22, 2009
Award-winning playwright, Peter Colley's, "I'll Be Back Before Midnight," currently running at the American Heartland Theatre, kept audience members on the edge of their seats and guessing right up until the end. Somewhere between an Agatha Christie mystery and an Alfred Hitchcock thriller, this fast-paced comedy thriller doesn't disappoint. Runs through 10/25.
Tue, Sep 22, 2009
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Wed, Feb 01, 2012
Looking for something to do this weekend? Click here for the KC Events calendar of theatre, classical music, dance and jazz events through 2011. Highlights of this week's classical music and dance offerings are in Don Dagenais' "City Classics." For current Theatre listings visit Victor Wishna's "City Stage." Enjoy!
Tue, Oct 13, 2009
Theatre this week ‘Goodnight Moon’ and ‘Altar Boyz’ begin, ‘I’ll be Home Before Midnight’ and ‘Curtain Up’ continues, ‘My First Time’ ends. Dance brings the KC Ballet’s Carmen. Chorale offerings include the KC Chorale, Musica Sacra, the Fall Chorale Concert at UMKC. The Civic Opera, KC Chamber Orchestra and Owen/Cox Dance Group present ‘The Fairy Queen.’ Jazz concerts at JCCC and UMKC… and much, much more. Check it out!
Tue, Oct 13, 2009
Quality Hill Playhouse is celebrating Phase 1 and 2 of a major renovation this season with a well deserved sigh of relief. After years of cramped, inadequate quarters the cast and staff can stretch out, and audiences will be able hear and see better engineered performances.
Tue, Oct 13, 2009
Concertmistress of the Kansas City Symphony Kanako Ito is one of those hometown girls who didn't originally come from here. She is a native of Japan, but she chose Kansas City. And now this is home.
Tue, Oct 06, 2009
Known for its offbeat programming and for featuring young singers in major roles, the Civic Opera of Kansas City has done unusual pieces before. But why would they delve into the Baroque era to produce an opera by one of the most ancient, yet revered, composers of opera, Henry Purcell?
Tue, Oct 13, 2009
Kansas City’s arts organizations are in full gear now, and the next two weekends offer an overabundance of excellent performances. The 200th Mendelssohn anniversary brings us Symphony concert master Kanako Ito in the master’s Violin Concerto, and The Friends of Chamber Music presents the always entrancing group Anonymous 4, and the Harriman Jewell Series features British organist David Goode. And several community orchestras take the stage for ambitious programs of their own. Whew! Don’t complain about lack of choices, Kansas City!
Tue, Oct 06, 2009
A short list of local talent 'giggin' around the metropolis through most of October.
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