For fans of Nick Hornsby’s 1995 book HIGH FIDELITY, the 2000 movie adaptation starring John Cusak, which transplanted Championship Vinyl from London to Chicago, was a mostly faithful and well-received reimagining of Rob and his Peter Pan crisis.
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GEM OF THE OCEAN Is a Soul-Cleansing Experience
Critics' PicksReviews February 27, 2017 0
THE KICK COMEDY SHOW W/PRESTO!: A MUSICAL is a recurring improvised experience produced by the KC Improv Company (KCIC).
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POOR RELATIONS Is a Raw Dose of Reality
Critics' PicksReviews February 20, 2017 0
POOR RELATIONS, produced by Olathe Civic Theatre Association, is an exploration of life and family that is much deeper than it seems on the surface.
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DUTCHMAN Is a Train Ride We All Need to Take
Critics' PicksReviews February 18, 2017 0
Written during the height of the Civil Rights movement, and while Baraka was still using his birth name LeRoi Jones, DUTCHMAN tells the story of Clay (Frank Oakley III) and Lula (Laura Jacobs), two strangers who “meet” on a subway train headed to Jersey.
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KC Ballet’s NEW MOVES Furthers the Evolution of Dance and Community
Critics' PicksReviews February 17, 2017 0
Young choreographers — females especially — have seen less opportunity in years past, but this is changing, and KCB’s efforts to promote and encourage new and diverse ballet choreographers is exciting.
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STICK FLY is an ambitious production by The Black Repertory Theatre of Kansas City, which deals with racism, classism, and entomology among other things.
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Reimagined PHANTOM Is Not to Be Missed
Critics' PicksReviews February 11, 2017 0
THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, playing in Kansas City for the first time in eight years, will always have a special place in my heart.
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What do you get when you take cliché blind date scenarios, throw in a dash of therapy, numerous racial stereotypes and a dead mother?
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SIDE BY SIDE Pays Tribute to Sondheim’s Genius
Critics' PicksReviews February 4, 2017 0
There are very few composers who manage to have a career spanning numerous decades, and who’s music is so well known that the first measure of a song, the first chord, can strike a note of pure joy in your heart.
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