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Backstage And Beyond
PAUL’S AUTUMN SPOTLIGHT
2025 Issues
COFFEE WITH YOUR CANTATAS: Cafés have served as live-music venues for centuries
2025 Issues
VAUNTED VANYA: Newly streamlined Chekhov adaptation underscores our shared humanity
2025 Issues
PRINCIPLED PRINCIPAL: Symphony soloist finds his place among music’s finest
2025 Issues
A PLACE IN THE SUN: Local theater commits exclusively to LGBTQ+ storytellers
2025 Issues
Celebrating excellence
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INCUBATE THIS: Dance festival occupies a central place in Kansas City’s summer
2025 Issues
WITH THIS WALTZ I THEE WED: Dance lessons can help calm reception jitters
2025 Issues
LOVE UNFOLDING: Stealth helps couple cement arts-centered bond
2025 Issues
BEST OF SUMMER: From Beethoven to the Bard, Fringe to Frog & Toad, KC arts sparkle all summer
2025 Issues
LET’S DANCE: KCB II artist is energized by Kansas City Ballet’s bracing environment
2025 Issues
TOO ASIAN/NOT ASIAN ENOUGH: Actor-playwright-singer-songwriter wants to keep all channels open
2025 Issues
KNOWLEDGE IS THE KEY: Musical Club is one of the oldest performing arts groups in the Midwest
2025 Issues
CHARADE’S THE THING: Shakespeare riff is a tale of grilled meats and party games
2025 Issues
FULL PARTNERSHIP: Pianist is one of the busiest women in town
2025 Issues
BUILDING BRIDGES: Stage management proves ideal training for dream job at KC Rep
2025 Issues
NEW NORMAL
2025 Issues
PRESENTING PINTSCHER: newEar introduces conductor’s music to Kansas City
2025 Issues
DEFYING CATEGORIES: Emara Vonae’ Neymour Jackson
2025 Issues
A PLACE IN THE KANSAS SUN:
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ABILITY TO ACT: Coterie introduces musical based on Sotomayor’s children’s book
2025 Issues
Paul Horsley’s Best of Spring
2025 Issues
JOSQUIN HERO: Ensemble brings out the vitality of music’s first “world-famous composer”
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PHOENIX FROM THE ASHES: Company reemerges after blaze in historic theater poses existential threat
2024 Issues
SING WE NOW: Local choral groups draw enthusiastic audiences year-round
2024 Issues
SPEAKING PLAINLY: Preservation initiatives reveal shift in attitudes toward Native American languages
2024 Issues
LIVES UNMANAGEABLE: Public Theatre and non-profit group use theater to address addiction
2024 Issues
MUSICAL OFFERING: Ensemble opens 25th season with a brilliant glimpse into Bach’s world
2024 Issues
DEEP ROOTS: Actor-playwright yearns to steer theater into a diverse new era
2024 Issues
FOR EVERYTHING A SEASON: Mezzo-soprano seeks joy in each phase of life
2024 Issues
LEADERSHIP IN ACTION: Four Kansas City Latino/a performers who are making a difference
2024 Issues
SINCERELY YOURS: Song cycle recreates epistolary exchange between artistic giants
2024 Issues
PERFECT TEN: Plucky ensemble celebrates a decade of chamber music and more
2024 Issues
RIDING TO NEW HORIZONS: Coterie and American Royal join forces for new play
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Best of Fall 2024: Music, theater, and dance
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NEW WORLD: Symphony strides into the Pintscher era
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‘TIS A GIFT: Students, teachers, and local organizations spur a bounty of youthful talent
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JUST IN TIME: Actors Theatre presents long-neglected American classic
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MAKING STRIDES: Artists from the LGBTQ+ community share thoughts on Kansas City and its progress
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LET FREEDOM SING: Choirs address a nation still making up its mind on LGBTQ+ issues
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PEARL OF GREAT PRICE: Summerfest to perform gem created in the worst of times
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FAR FROM HOME: Shipboard romance forges path toward hope, hearth, home
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SOLSTICE DREAMS: Kansas City fills summer months with great music, theater, and dance
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SIMPLE TWISTS OF FATE: Symphony couple finds niche in the heartland
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A LIFE FULFILLED: Entrepreneur finds joy in the arts and a knack for giving
2024 Issues
PASS IT ON: Master teacher explores broader purposes for dance
2024 Issues
LADIES WITH LATITUDE: Five women making a difference in Kansas City performing arts
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BUILDING A FUTURE AND LEAVING A LEGACY
2024 Issues
LIFE LESSONS THROUGH SONG: Local choirs reach new heights
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EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE: Dancer forms company with the broadest of missions
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FREE TO ROAM: Actor thrives onstage and behind the scenes
2024 Issues
WHEREFORE ART THOU? Lyric Opera presents renowned tenor with KC roots in role debut
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Best of Spring: 35 events in music, theater, and dance you will not want to miss
2024 Issues
MAHLER AND BEYOND: Stern and DiDonato contemplate the composer’s far-reaching vision
2024 Issues
GREAT MOMENTS: Highlights of Kansas City’s arts year 2023
2023 Issues
TEAM PLAYERS: Artists find that everyone gains from collaborations
2023 Issues
BUT THE FIRE IS SO DELIGHTFUL: Chamber Orchestra underscores the joy of the Baroque
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KEYBOARD COUPLE: Musical teamwork enhances wedded bliss
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EARTH TONES: New generations of American Indian composers are steeped in classical and Native cultures
2023 Issues
WYANDOTTE WAYS: Public Theatre co-founder brings family roots to bear in his work
2023 Issues
FRESH START: Spinning Tree launches third season of newly framed company
2023 Issues
TEACHING EMPATHY: Lyric Opera asks: Why add one-hit wonders when you can innovate?
2023 Issues
TRAILBLAZERS: A scrapbook of Kansas City performing artists whose impact is being felt throughout the region and beyond
2023 Issues
VOCES DIVERSAS: Arts groups lay groundwork for stronger Hispanic voices
2023 Issues
TRAILBLAZING: Local ensemble explores how Latino music was formed from a confluence of voices
2023 Issues
NOW’S THE TIME: UMKC Conservatory is ready to spring forward
2023 Issues
NO SECOND GUESSING: Classical pioneer brings solo Bach to Kansas City
2023 Issues
Best Of Fall 2023
2023 Issues
BUILDING FORWARD: Ballet School continues ongoing success story with new studios
2023 Issues
CONQUERING CONCORD: Broadway musical confirms wide appeal of Alcott classic
2023 Issues
“‘TILL LOVE HAS ALL HIS RITES”: For theater couple, marriage just felt like the right thing to do
July 8, 2023 Tie The Knot Signature Issue
FINDING BALANCE: Ballet’s new executive is here to serve
2023 Issues
WE HOLD THESE TRUTHS: LGBTQ performing-arts collective is ready to tackle big issues
2023 Issues
BEST OF SUMMER 2023
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#AAPI TRAILBLAZER: Jun Iwasaki
2023 Issues
#AAPI TRAILBLAZER: Andi Meyer
2023 Issues
A BIT OF EVERYTHING: Symphony’s associate conductor causing a stir
2023 Issues
#AAPI TRAILBLAZER: Naomi Tanioka
2023 Issues
DIVA DOGS: Local pets continue to energize Kansas City stages
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TEN CENTURIES AND COUNTING: Students defy declarations of classical music’s demise
2023 Issues
TRAILBLAZING: Kansas City opens arms to woman conductor as her renown grows
2023 Issues
TRAILBLAZER: Amaya Rodriguez
2023 Issues
THE ROUND PEG: The alchemy of collaboration continues to attract artists seeking the unexpected
2023 Issues
ALL WORK AND NO PLAY: Lyric Opera finally brings the Torrances to town
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PLAYING WELL WITH OTHERS: New program for young chamber musicians stresses collaboration and fun
2023 Issues
BEST OF SPRING 2023
2023 Issues
THE MORE THINGS CHANGE: New play uses tender family story to address Kansas City’s racial history
2023 Issues
YEAR OF LIVING MARVELOUSLY: Local arts groups emerge full-throttle from hibernation
2023 Issues
THE SHOE FITS: Kansas City will see two of the many Cinderella stories being offered today
2023 Issues
GET SMART: Actors Theatre leaps into a scary, exhilarating future
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VOICES OF CLARITY: Choral Foundation’s Spanish-language choir gains momentum
2022 Issues
SEND THE VERY BEST: Lyric reprises puppet version of holiday classic
2022 Issues
IN TRANSITION: In Kansas City and throughout America, women playwrights are telling new stories in new ways
2022 Issues
THE SNOWY PATH LESS TRAVELED: Local arts groups present an increasing array of holiday offerings
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I’VE FALLEN BUT I CAN GET UP: Lyric Opera offers fresh view of Verdi’s most complex woman
2022 Issues
IT HAPPENED IN SÃO PAULO: Kansas City to witness collaboration of pioneering American conductor with brilliant Brazilian orchestra
2022 Issues
IF THESE TREES COULD TALK: Symphony’s paean to nature includes valiant new compositional voice
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FACETS OF AMERICA: The Rep’s new associate artistic director aims to bring theater to all Kansas Citians
2022 Issues
THE HEAT IS ON: Symphony completes first season of guest conductors
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BEST OF FALL 2022
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