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PIPES ALL AROUND: International musicians to descend on KC
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NAME-CALLING AS ART FORM: HASF presents comedy of strong women, quirky men
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LIBERTY & MUSIC FOR ALL: Choral ensembles stand up for tolerance, justice, artistry
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IN REVIEW: Lyric sings lovely Barber, splashing color and silliness into the mix
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LOVE STORY AS SOCIAL CRITIQUE: KC Actors Theatre presents starkly relevant classic
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IN REVIEW: KC Rep produces fine ‘Sweeney,’ but is it time to discuss the ‘Sondheim problem’?
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CHORAL COMMITMENT: Festival Singers of KC marks 20 years of great music
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BOLD STEPS: Ballet celebrates 60 years by challenging itself to new heights
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BOTH ART AND CRAFT: Lyric Opera to show off new Resident Artists in ‘American Voices’ program
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IN REVIEW: Lyric stages workaday ‘Rigoletto’
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IN REVIEW: KCB dancers, plus others, create New Moves
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CLASSY COMEBACK: Storied soprano returns, in glorious voice, with powerful message
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BLURRING THE LINES: Violin-piano duo brings cross-cultural program to JCCC series
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LENNY’S WORLD: Stern to take KC Symphony audiences through joyous, intimate centennial celebration
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STORMY, WITH A CHANCE OF RAINBOWS: QHP devotes program to American master with unique Kansas tie
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ALL BY MYSELF: Unicorn brings pertinent one-person play to the stage
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NO STRANGERS TO THE GRAMMYS: KC goes large on 2018 nominations
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A NEW CAROL: KC Rep creates more faithful adaptation of Dickens classic, as KC Ballet’s refreshed holiday favorite receives accolades
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IN REVIEW: Lyric stages tuneful, visually striking new opera (and the weather outside is indeed frightful)
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TRIO OF TITANS: KC-based megastar teams up with mentors for special moment
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FOLLY JAZZ AT 35: Top-drawer guitarist opens milestone season as local series offers international lineup
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IN REVIEW: CSO returns to Helzberg Hall for stirring encore performance
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IN REVIEW: EQUAL PARTS DANCE AND DRAMA: KC Ballet presents new version of durable classic
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LOVE AMIDST THE TURMOIL: Rep enlists top director to steer Wilson production
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IN REVIEW: Lyric’s open-hearted ‘Onegin’ strikes to the core of the work’s humanity
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IN REVIEW: Performing-arts season opens with fine, variegated dance
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CAD OR VICTIM? Shattering Russian masterpiece opens Lyric Opera’s 60th-anniversary season
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Paul Horsley, Performing Arts Editor
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IN REVIEW: Recital by local piano student suggests that Cliburn Silver was no fluke
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FROM THE PAGE TO THE STAGE: Carney’s R&J journey comes full circle with KC Ballet premiere
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SITTING DOWN FOR A PIECE OF PIE: Coterie Theatre presents reflection on essential Civil Rights event
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FOOD FOR MIND AND SOUL: These arts highlights can brighten your Fall
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MASTER IN THE WORKS: Cliburn medal in hand, Park U student to make KC recital debut
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SISTER, SING: Songs of women reveal commonalities, not conflicts
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PLAYING RIGHT THROUGH: Summerfest continues exploring new approaches
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MOMMY MOST FOUL: Local-boy-turned-celeb ponders big questions in HASF’s 25th anniversary
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DANCING FOR LIFE: Misty Copeland, ABT Principal Dancer, returns home to honor KC roots
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THE WAY WE TALK: KCAT presents stern, witty play about life, ennui, dying
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IT’S ALL THERE FOR THOSE WHO SEE: KCB program shows breadth of American dance (REVIEW)
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AMERICAN HORROR STORY: KC Ballet takes on modern shocker
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MEMORIES OF WAR: Symphony pulls out stops for Britten masterpiece, as an early participant reminisces
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STIFF UPPER DECK: Lyric Opera recruits UK director for quintessentially British comedy
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FAIRY-TALE PLUS FILLER: KC Ballet presents full-length classic for first time in its history
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ANATOMY OF A CANCELLATION: Operatic duo saves the day for Harriman-Jewell Series when choir’s tour collapses
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BOULEVARD OF DREAMS: MET’s upcoming move spurs growth of Main Street as KC’s ‘mini-Broadway’
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BEHIND BARS: Lyric Opera takes a stab at problematic prison opera (review)
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DEATH, LOVE AND SPIRITUAL JOURNEY: Lyric Opera presents local premiere of true-story drama
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TALES AS OLD AS THE DEVIL HIMSELF: Local chamber group confronts Stravinsky classic head-on
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ARTS CALENDAR SUBMISSION FORM
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WHAT A CITY NEEDS: Actor-director galvanizes community for bold new venture
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SOUL OF DANCE: Choreographer draws upon wide stylistic range to create unique, at times startling, dance
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LIKE NO ONE IS WATCHING: Quality Hill explores dance’s contribution to musicals
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BE STILL, MY HEART: Harriman presents KC’s favorite singer in bellicose new project
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JOLLY HOLIDAY, AND MERRY: A season for music, dance and theater
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IN REVIEW: Lyric Opera delivers a ‘Figaro’ of polished sophistication
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LOVELY LUDWIG, LIVE: Pianist brings immediacy to old music by playing it as if it were new
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FIDELITY, MUTUAL: Lyric Opera’s new ‘Figaro’ brings world-class team to joint commission
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WHAT’S IN A VERSION? Chorale tackles unconventional Brahms project
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THOU ART TRANSLATED: KC Ballet presents full-length adaptation of Shakespeare comedy
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WHO TO CRY FOR? KC Rep ‘scales down’ Broadway hit, to considerable effect
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TO THINE OWN SELF BE TRUE: Lyric Opera fills fairy-tale classic with clowns, Hollywood idols, gingerbread
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MAGIC, PLEASE: KC Actors Theatre offers fresh, modern take on American classic
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WELCOME TO THE (DIVERSE) FUTURE: Harriman series presents pioneering classical ensemble
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STOP CLOWNING: Lyric’s season opener retells Grimm tale with wit and a tad of darkness
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IF YOU BUILD IT, WILL THEY COME? New choir amazed by local interest
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DECISIONS THAT STICK: Starlight production features local actress who made it big
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TALK TO ME: Summerfest fosters great music, ‘face time,’ innovations
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ALL THAT JAZZ: New Theatre Restaurant brings top talent for Kander & Ebb classic
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RESTRAINT IN THE FACE OF TRAGEDY: KC Symphony introduces significant new Leshnoff work
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FROM FRIENDSHIP FORGED: KC’s top contemporary dance company celebrates 25 years of American choreography
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WHAT’S A SUMMER WITHOUT A SHOW? KC jumps to life from now through Labor Day
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IN REVIEW: Lyric ‘Carmen’ keeps us intrigued, introduces stunning mezzo-soprano
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WOLFIE, IS THAT YOU? Spinning Tree closes season with ambitious Shaffer play
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CARMEN UNBOUND: Lyric Opera ends season with Bizet’s subversive tale of love and death
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CHARMED, I’M SURE: Chorale and HASF collaborate as part of worldwide celebration
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JOYCE AND ALL THAT JAZZ: Harriman season takes us from gospel to Gershwin, Fleming to floods
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IN THE SERVICE OF MYTH: Donizetti favorite can’t be taken too seriously
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BIG BANG: New concerto expresses composer’s devotion to his bride, who is also its soloist
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NEXT STOP, FOUNTAIN CITY: Lyric Opera takes on sly, good-natured updating of Donizetti classic
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TWO HEARTS THAT BEAT AS ONE: KC Ballet presents its first full-length ‘Swan Lake’
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PONDERING THE UNIMAGINABLE, IN A VERY PUBLIC PLACE: KC Rep stages ‘The Diary of Anne Frank’
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FEEDING BODY AND SOUL: Homegrown TV celebrity hosts unique Coterie-Harvesters collaboration
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FREEDOM CHALLENGED: Coterie Theatre production tackles slave laws of antebellum America
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WELLSPRING OF DANCE: KC Ballet artistic director draws from many sources for new ‘Nutcracker’
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HOLY NIGHT, INDEED: Quality Hill Playhouse keeps holiday show alive with subtlety and sophistication
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IN A WORLD: Unicorn stages dystopian comedy of ideas and pop culture
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WATER EVERYWHERE: Lyric stages cautionary tale set to lush music
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OCTOBER THE BEGUILING: Harriman Series challenges concertgoers with a busy month
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CAN’T FIGHT THIS FEELING: Lyric Opera ‘Giovanni’ exploits visual, emotional contrasts
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ART, LIFE: KC Rep production evokes deep thoughts about art, which is perhaps the point
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SING YE UNFETTERED: Symphony Chorus given a chance to shine in program of Italian opera favorites
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DEEP, DARK LOVE: Lyric uses classic cinema to cast light on Mozart anti-hero
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MADE GLORIOUS SUMMER: Fine performances have graced the city’s summer months
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MOVE ON: KC Rep and Nelson-Atkins Museum team up for essential Sondheim classic
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TALK AMONGST YOURSELVES: KCAT opens season with intimate dramas, spare means
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THE ART OF BEING A KID: Performing-arts groups offer creative ways to expand your child’s purview
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PRINCE SCHMINCE: Starlight hosts tour of Broadway ‘Cinderella’ that humanizes leads
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‘SPRING’ IN JULY: Summerfest silver jubilee features big classics, favorites from 25 years
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ARE WE THERE YET? Men’s choir takes on new challenges in a rapidly changing world
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SING IT, GIRLFRIEND: QHP program highlights vocalism of three great American women
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