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SOUL OF DANCE: Choreographer draws upon wide stylistic range to create unique, at times startling, dance

LIKE NO ONE IS WATCHING: Quality Hill explores dance’s contribution to musicals

BE STILL, MY HEART: Harriman presents KC’s favorite singer in bellicose new project

JOLLY HOLIDAY, AND MERRY: A season for music, dance and theater

IN REVIEW: Lyric Opera delivers a ‘Figaro’ of polished sophistication

LOVELY LUDWIG, LIVE: Pianist brings immediacy to old music by playing it as if it were new

FIDELITY, MUTUAL: Lyric Opera’s new ‘Figaro’ brings world-class team to joint commission

WHAT’S IN A VERSION? Chorale tackles unconventional Brahms project

THOU ART TRANSLATED: KC Ballet presents full-length adaptation of Shakespeare comedy

WHO TO CRY FOR? KC Rep ‘scales down’ Broadway hit, to considerable effect

TO THINE OWN SELF BE TRUE: Lyric Opera fills fairy-tale classic with clowns, Hollywood idols, gingerbread

MAGIC, PLEASE: KC Actors Theatre offers fresh, modern take on American classic

WELCOME TO THE (DIVERSE) FUTURE: Harriman series presents pioneering classical ensemble

STOP CLOWNING: Lyric’s season opener retells Grimm tale with wit and a tad of darkness

IF YOU BUILD IT, WILL THEY COME? New choir amazed by local interest

DECISIONS THAT STICK: Starlight production features local actress who made it big

TALK TO ME: Summerfest fosters great music, ‘face time,’ innovations

ALL THAT JAZZ: New Theatre Restaurant brings top talent for Kander & Ebb classic

RESTRAINT IN THE FACE OF TRAGEDY: KC Symphony introduces significant new Leshnoff work

FROM FRIENDSHIP FORGED: KC’s top contemporary dance company celebrates 25 years of American choreography

WHAT’S A SUMMER WITHOUT A SHOW? KC jumps to life from now through Labor Day

IN REVIEW: Lyric ‘Carmen’ keeps us intrigued, introduces stunning mezzo-soprano

WOLFIE, IS THAT YOU? Spinning Tree closes season with ambitious Shaffer play

CARMEN UNBOUND: Lyric Opera ends season with Bizet’s subversive tale of love and death

CHARMED, I’M SURE: Chorale and HASF collaborate as part of worldwide celebration

JOYCE AND ALL THAT JAZZ: Harriman season takes us from gospel to Gershwin, Fleming to floods

IN THE SERVICE OF MYTH: Donizetti favorite can’t be taken too seriously

BIG BANG: New concerto expresses composer’s devotion to his bride, who is also its soloist

NEXT STOP, FOUNTAIN CITY: Lyric Opera takes on sly, good-natured updating of Donizetti classic

TWO HEARTS THAT BEAT AS ONE: KC Ballet presents its first full-length ‘Swan Lake’

PONDERING THE UNIMAGINABLE, IN A VERY PUBLIC PLACE: KC Rep stages ‘The Diary of Anne Frank’

FEEDING BODY AND SOUL: Homegrown TV celebrity hosts unique Coterie-Harvesters collaboration

FREEDOM CHALLENGED: Coterie Theatre production tackles slave laws of antebellum America

WELLSPRING OF DANCE: KC Ballet artistic director draws from many sources for new ‘Nutcracker’

HOLY NIGHT, INDEED: Quality Hill Playhouse keeps holiday show alive with subtlety and sophistication

IN A WORLD: Unicorn stages dystopian comedy of ideas and pop culture

WATER EVERYWHERE: Lyric stages cautionary tale set to lush music

OCTOBER THE BEGUILING: Harriman Series challenges concertgoers with a busy month

CAN’T FIGHT THIS FEELING: Lyric Opera ‘Giovanni’ exploits visual, emotional contrasts

ART, LIFE: KC Rep production evokes deep thoughts about art, which is perhaps the point

SING YE UNFETTERED: Symphony Chorus given a chance to shine in program of Italian opera favorites

DEEP, DARK LOVE: Lyric uses classic cinema to cast light on Mozart anti-hero

MADE GLORIOUS SUMMER: Fine performances have graced the city’s summer months

MOVE ON: KC Rep and Nelson-Atkins Museum team up for essential Sondheim classic

TALK AMONGST YOURSELVES: KCAT opens season with intimate dramas, spare means

THE ART OF BEING A KID: Performing-arts groups offer creative ways to expand your child’s purview

PRINCE SCHMINCE: Starlight hosts tour of Broadway ‘Cinderella’ that humanizes leads

‘SPRING’ IN JULY: Summerfest silver jubilee features big classics, favorites from 25 years

ARE WE THERE YET? Men’s choir takes on new challenges in a rapidly changing world

SING IT, GIRLFRIEND: QHP program highlights vocalism of three great American women

SENSE OF HUMORS: Ballet brings top stager to set ground-breaking Balanchine classic

HIGHER: Harriman continues stellar 50th with Bell, Denk, promises more for 2015-16

BEL CANTO, OR CAN BELT-O? Met tenor will bring freshness, classic vocal style to Harriman-Jewell Series

SCHIFF DIGS IN, DANIELPOUR ‘SINGS’: Two events show that classical is still alive and reinventing itself

DECEPTION THAT KILLS: Ballet brings classic tale of love, betrayal and apotheosis to Kauffman Center

ART TRUMPS POLITICS (AGAIN): With wars and revolutions behind, pianist continues spinning poetry

A HISTORY STILL BEING TOLD: KC Rep’s ‘Angels’ lifts us from our smug seats and slaps us in the face

JUST NORTH OF HERE: Chorale’s program of music by Canadians draws attention to America’s ‘other’ border

JOYOUS MOMENT: KC Lyric tackles bold new opera asking ‘big questions’ about war

SHE DIES, HE LIVES, THE END: KC Ballet seeks inner core of problematic classic

REALMS OF GLORY: KC Rep takes on ‘Angels’ with preeminent storyteller at the helm

LAST LAUGH: Performance suggests that a composer’s final thoughts are his best—or are they?

THAT’S ECLECTICISM! Playhouse shines wide-ranging spotlight on classic film musicals

I YAM WHO I YAM: In KC Symphony premiere, Previn proves that knowing thyself has no shelf life

LYRIC NIGHT: Prize-winning World War I opera, soon to make KC premiere, strikes at the heart of human conflict

COME, THOU FOUNT: Choreographer and star team create dazzling new vision of Handel

MUSIC PAST, MUSIC PRESENT: Choral composition honors Harriman’s life and the Series he founded

ADIEU, ‘MR. B’: KC Ballet presents Bolender ‘Nutcracker’ one last time with help of Todd protégé

NO HAREM APPARENT: Lyric production brings out musical treasures in zany Rossini comedy

PRESCIENCE AND POETRY: Harriman series celebrates golden anniversary with returning pianist

WONDERING ABOUT ‘ALICE’: KC Ballet’s production is colorful, entertaining, and just plain strange

IT’S ABOUT THE ART: KC Friends of Alvin Ailey, celebrating 30 years of community-building, presents the full AAADT in schools and at the Kauffman Center

PASSION WITH A FLICKER OF FIRE: Lyric brings attractive production, fresh voices, to Verdi classic

WACKY WONDERLAND: KC Ballet opens season with an explosion of color, design and dance

FALLING HARD: Lyric’s production of Verdi staple features stellar cast, lush production

NO LETTING UP: After passing 40-year mark, Unicorn forges ahead with all pistons firing

MUSIC THAT UNITES WHERE DOCTRINE CAN’T: Local Cathedrals see eye-to-eye on concert series

SING YE OF SOLIDITY: Chorale’s new season continues on a road toward fiscal and artistic success

CAN’T SCHMAN’T: Actor-comedian recounts his own obstacles and triumphs in Fringe Fest show

THE MUSIC’S THE THING: Shakespeare Festival incorporates live music, to brilliant effect

MEET AND GREET: Passion for friendly classical environment drives summer chamber season

MADE GLORIOUS SUMMER: KC performing arts groups vying for ever-growing summer audiences

HERE TO STAY: Quality Hill Playhouse offers generous array of Gershwin’s amazing talents

UNDER PRESSURE NO MORE (FOR NOW): Dance group founded by Kansan makes KC part of its final tour

DANCE TO THE MUSIC: KC Ballet’s Cinderella highlights fine dancing and a deathless musical score

CHEERIO, NOT GOOD-BYE: Wichita native shifts focus of world-renowned dance/art collective

BATS IN THE BELFRY: Lyric’s Fledermaus offers fine singing, excellent scenic design, firm direction

IF THE SLIPPER FITS: Ballet’s ‘Cinderella’ also features local premiere of essential Prokofiev score

TOMER AT THE BAT: Lyric Opera’s ‘Fledermaus’ director talks about opera, comedy and a life in the theater

RUSSIA, GERMANY, BRITAIN AND BEYOND: Harriman series brings pianistic giant for a second visit

CLIBURN TRIBUTE CONCERT: Program Notes Now Available Online at the Park University website

HIGH AND LOW MEET ON BROADWAY: MTH’s tribute honors one of America’s great polymaths

CLIBURN AT THE KAUFFMAN: Park University’s music program hosts tribute to pianistic icon

SURPRISED BY HER OWN VOICE: Five Questions for Soprano Katie Van Kooten

MIMÌ AND THE STAGES OF LIFE: Lyric explores why Puccini’s classic gets us all where we live

GOLDEN, DELICIOUS: Harriman-Jewell Series unveils impressive 50th anniversary season

‘NINE,’ MEIN HERR: Classical giants dish out Germans, Austrians and a buffet of others

HUMBLE BEFORE BACH: Violinist brings daring solo program to Harriman-Jewell Series

WHAT WOULD WILLIE SAY? KC Rep’s production of well-worn tragedy revisits the bard’s own text

ARRIVEDERCI, 2013: KC performing-arts scene experiences notable shifts in “the year that was”