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Thought of as one of the most significant 20th Century songwriters, Cole Porter filled the American songbook with his compositions. His style was greatly…
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Karrin Allyson is one of the premier jazz vocalists in the world. On her latest album, "Many A New Day," she revamps Rogers and Hammerstein classics with…
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T’khara Jones and her younger sister KhaTera Jones wanted to take dance lessons.Their older sister won gymnastics and dance trophies, and they had an aunt…
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At the end of May, more than 2,000 kids and their friends and parents headed to Starlight Theatre for the Blue Star Awards, Kansas City’s high school…
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Musicologist John Lomax set out to do field recordings in the early 1930s of African-American songs in the southern United States. With the help of his…
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When the musical South Pacific debuted in 1949, it was considered radical for its treatment of issues of race and interracial romance. Opening this…
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Kicking off the summer with a trip to the Vegas strip, Heartland Men’s Chorus is bringing “Vegas Baby” to the Folly Theater in Kansas City, Mo., in what's…
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For the second half of this Wednesday's Central Standard, a look at the touring Broadway musical making its last stop in Kansas City.In the Heights tells…
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When the musical "Evita" swept the 1980 Tony Awards, it triumphantly announced the arrival of two young actors - Mandy Patinkin and Patti LuPone - who…
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"An Evening with Patti LuPone and Mandy Patinkin" reunites two Tony Award®-winning performers for the first time since they performed together in the…
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Though movies made from Broadway musicals have seen a resurgence since the success of "Chicago," the current trend is to go in the opposite direction.…
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Update March 2012: The Coterie brought the show to New York for a run at the New Victory Theater. Reviews: Kansas City Star, New York Post, and New York…