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"Pump Boys and Dinettes"
Dates: Jan. 25-Apr. 1 | Location: Not Specified | Venue: New Theatre Restaurant, 9229 Foster St., Overland Park, KS 66212
Part musical, part concert, part revue, part theatre, and 100% amazing. The actors perform music live on stage with guitars, piano, bass and even kitchen utensils. They bring you their musical tribute to "life by the roadside." Featuring Gregory Har...
Admission: $36-$49.
Type: Theatre
Disney's "Aladdin"
Dates: Feb. 3-4 | Location: Not Specified | Venue: Kauffman Center, 1601 Broadway Blvd., Kansas City, MO 64108
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Starlight Children's Theatre is joining with Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts to offer Kansas City a brand new family entertainment experience. The big debut of Starlight Children's Theatre is just a...
Admission: Tickets as low as $15
Type: Theatre
The Mystery Train presents "Quay to a Crime"
Dates: Feb. 18, 25; Mar. 2-3, 16-17, 23-24, 30-31 | Location: Not Specified | Venue: The Golden Ox, 1600 Genessee, Kansas City, MO 64102
Interactive murder mystery comedy--The River Quay is going through a face-lift in 1976 to attract the family business. But, it's more like a face-off when a killing happens on the train and the Family is called to defend their honor....
Admission: $64 each
Type: Theatre
"Next Fall"
Dates: Jan. 28 - Feb. 12 | Location: Country Club Plaza Area | Venue: Unicorn Theatre, 3828 Main St., Kansas City, MO 64111

The play is about two gay men in a committed relationship with a twist, with one being devoutly religious and the other a militant atheist. The play revolves around their five-year relationship and how they make it work despite their differences. Ho...
Admission: $32.50
Type: Theatre
"Hungry"
Dates: Mar. 3 - 18 | Location: Country Club Plaza Area | Venue: Unicorn Theatre, 3828 Main St., Kansas City, MO 64111

High school misfit Amy struggles to fit in at home and at school, dealing with weight gain, boy problems, and her parents' troubled marriage. But when a minotaur mysteriously appears in her backyard one afternoon, Amy finds help and support from a ...
Admission: $32.50
Type: Theatre
"The Adventures of Tom Sawyer"
Dates: Jan. 20 - Feb 12 | Location: Country Club Plaza Area | Venue: Kansas City Repertory Theatre, 4949 Cherry St., Kansas City, MO 64110

Labeled “Sassy, ingeniously staged and deeply affecting” by the New York Times this is a new adaptation of Mark Twain's American literary narrative The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by acclaimed playwright Laura Eason and veteran director Jeremy Cohen. T...
Admission: $15-$50
Type: Theatre
"The Great Immensity"
Dates: Feb. 17 - Mar. 18 | Location: Country Club Plaza Area | Venue: Kansas City Repertory Theatre, 4949 Cherry St., Kansas City, MO 64110

Obie Award-winning theatre innovators The Civilians are celebrated for their endlessly inventive and entertaining spin on the most pressing issues of our time. They now bring their provocative and ground-breaking approach to storytelling to the Rep...
Admission: $15-$50
Type: Theatre
The Mystery Train presents "Quay to a Crime"
Dates: Feb. 17, 24; Mar. 9-10; | Location: Country Club Plaza Area | Venue: Californos Westport, 4124 Pennsylvania, Kansas City, MO 64111
Interactive murder mystery dinner theatre--The River Quay is going through a face-lift in 1976 to attract the family business. But, it's more like a face-off when a killing happens on the train, and the Family is called to defend their honor....
Admission: $64 each
Type: Theatre
"Beer for Breakfast"
Dates: Jan. 6-Feb. 19 | Location: Crown Center Area | Venue: American Heartland Theatre, 2450 Grand Blvd., Kansas City, MO 64108

Four middle aged buddies reunite for a "guy's weekend" complete with old music, cheap beer and enough cholesterol to stop Superman's heart. These guys are out to prove they've still got it, so they are going to party like it's 1978! It's all going w...
Admission: $15.50-$37.50
Type: Theatre
"The Importance of Being Earnest"
Dates: Mar. 2-Apr. 15 | Location: Crown Center Area | Venue: American Heartland Theatre, 2450 Grand Blvd., Kansas City, MO 64108

Currently a smash hit on Broadway, AHT is delighted to bring Oscar Wilde's famous farce back to Kansas City. The Importance of Being Earnest is a glorious comedy of mistaken identities, which ridicules codes of propriety and etiquette. Dashing men ...
Admission: $15.50-$37.50
Type: Theatre
"The Wrestling Season"
Dates: Jan 24-Feb. 19 | Location: Crown Center Area | Venue: Coterie Theatre, 2450 Grand Blvd., Kansas City, MO 64108

Written by Laurie Brooks it is one of the most important plays in the Coterie's history, and more significant today than ever. With only a wrestling mat and a referee, eight teenagers struggle with how others see them and the destructive power of ru...
Admission: $15 adults, $10 children, students, seniors; $9 Season Ticket Holders; $10 for youth under 18, full-time students, and seniors age 60 and older; Group Tickets available; Target Saturdays: 1 free ticket (see web for details)
Type: Theatre
"Freedom Sisters: Stamping, Shouting & Singing Home"
Dates: Feb. 22-Mar. 4 | Location: Crown Center Area | Venue: Coterie Theatre, 2450 Grand Blvd., Kansas City, MO 64108

It is 1950s America, the Deep South; a world on the verge of change but still tainted by everyday injustices and the remnants of slavery. "In my family there's dead people hopping in and out of the conversation all the time." One of those dead peopl...
Admission: $15 adults, $10 children, students, seniors; $9 Season Ticket Holders; $10 for youth under 18, full-time students, and seniors age 60 and older; Group Tickets available; Target Saturdays: 1 free ticket (see web for details)
Type: Theatre
Strega Nona
Dates: Jan. 25-Feb. 19 | Location: Crown Center Area | Venue: Paul Mesner Studio, 1006 Linwood Blvd., Kansas City, MO 64109

In this hilarious Italian folk tale, Big Anthony is left alone with Strega Nona's magic bubbling pasta pot. He is warned not to touch it, but he can't resist. But before you can say "Fetuccini Alfredo," pasta is pouring out of the pot into the entir...
Admission: $7children, $9 adults
Type: Theatre
Broadway Across America presents "Riverdance"
Dates: Feb. 24-26 | Location: Downtown Area | Venue: Music Hall, 301 W 13th St., Kansas City, MO 64105

Few shows have touched audiences like RIVERDANCE. A celebration of Irish music, song and dance, the show focuses on the evolution of Irish dance and its similarities with, and influences on, other cultures. The phenomenon of RIVERDANCE draws on Iris...
Admission: $40.00 - $60.00
Type: Theatre,Top Events
"My Romance: The Songs of Rodgers and Hart"
Dates: Jan. 20-Feb. 19 | Location: Downtown Area | Venue: Quality Hill Playhouse, 303 W 10th St,, Kansas City, MO 64105

One of the American Songbook's greatest songwriting partnerships gave us timeless classics like "Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered," "Blue Moon" and "Isn't it Romantic?"...
Admission: $29- adults, $26- seniors/students
Type: Theatre
"Make Someone Happy: The Songs of Comden and Green"
Dates: Mar. 2-Apr. 1 | Location: Downtown Area | Venue: Quality Hill Playhouse, 303 W 10th St,, Kansas City, MO 64105

Betty Comden and Adolf Green made lots of someones happy with their scores (Bells Are Ringing, Wonderful Town) and screenplays (Singin'in the Rain, On the Town)....
Admission: $29-adults; $26-seniors/students
Type: Theatre
The Mystery Train presents "Quay to a Crime"
Dates: Feb. 10-11 | Location: Downtown Area | Venue: The Golden Ox, 1600 Genessee, Kansas City, MO 64102
Interactive murder mystery dinner theatre--The River Quay is going through a face-lift in 1976, in an effort to attract the family business. But it's more like a face-off when a killing happens on the train and the Family has to defend its honor. ...
Admission: $64 each
Type: Theatre
"Little Red Riding Hood"
Dates: Sat., Feb. 18 | Location: East | Venue: Puppetry Arts Institute, 11025 E Winner Rd., Independence, MO 64052

This all-marionette show is the classic tale of the girl with the red hood, but with characters that will keep audiences laughing. The show is approximately 30 minutes long, and is based on a Tasha Tudor book. This show is performed by Emma McLean w...
Admission: All ages $5 per person
Type: Theatre
"Stuffed and Unstrung" - Henson Alternative
Dates: Sat., Feb. 18 | Location: Southwest | Venue: Johnson County Community College, 12345 College Blvd, Overland Park KS, 66210

100% improv - 100% uncensored. This is no ordinary puppet show. Share the magic of expert puppeteers as Brian Henson and his world-class, hilarious gang do their thing right before your eyes. Audience suggestions become sketches on the fly.
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Admission: $35, $45, $80
Type: Theatre
"How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying"
Dates: Feb. 24-Mar. 11 | Location: Southwest | Venue: The Barn Players Community Theatre, 6219 Martway, Mission, KS 66202

How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying is a story about the triumph of the common man. The hero is a window washer named J. Pierrepont Finch. After Finch happens upon a book entitled 'How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying', he d...
Admission: Regular: $15, Seniors (65+): $12, Groups (10 or more, ea.): $10
Students (w/student ID): $7, For Barn Jr. Productions and the 6 x 10 Play Festival, Adults $10, Students $7, (For Barn Jr. Productions, children age 4 and under Free)
Type: Theatre