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Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art presents Gifts of Art: 2019 Acquisitions

Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art 4420 Warwick Blvd., Kansas City

In 2019, Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art began celebration of twenty-five years of extraordinary collecting, exhibitions, and programs. As the only collecting contemporary art museum in the state of Missouri, Kemper Museum is grateful to those who have helped grow and enhance the Permanent Collection through generous gifts of art. The exhibition, Gifts of Art:…

Belger Crane Yard Studios presents Forever in Your Debt

Belger Crane Yard Studios 2011 Tracy Ave, Kansas City

Forever in Your Debt features a floor installation of 600 6” stoneware bowls, some of which contain loose change, and 3 large mixed-media sheets composed of dollar bills, watercolor, gouache, graphite and resin. Through symbol, metaphor and collective action, Forever in Your Debt references the U.S. student loan debt, totaling over 1.5 trillion dollars and…

Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art presents Perfectly Imperfect

Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art 4525 Oak Street, Kansas City

The exhibition Perfectly Imperfect: Cranach, Dürer and the Renaissance Nude will feature a selection of prints and paintings drawn primarily from the collection of the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. Two significant loans from the Saint Louis Art Museum and the Linda Hall Library will provide a unique opportunity to gain a deeper understanding of these…

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Quality Hill Playhouse presents Broadway Through the Decades

Quality Hill Playhouse 303 West 10th St., Kansas City

From “All Aboard For Broadway” to “You’ll Never Walk Alone”, Quality Hill Playhouse celebrates the best of Rodgers and Hammerstein, Lerner and Lowe, Cole Porter, Stephen Sondheim, Andrew Lloyd Webber, and everyone in between.

The Last Night of Ballyhoo

The White Theatre 5801 W 115th St, Leawood

“The Last Night of Ballyhoo” is part of Alfred Uhry’s “Atlanta Trilogy,” which includes “Driving Miss Daisy” and is based upon his experiences growing up in a southern Jewish family. “The Last Night of Ballyhoo” is set in December 1939 Atlanta. The film “Gone with the Wind” is having its world premiere. World War II…

Fiddler on the Roof

Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts 1601 Broadway Blvd., Kansas City

Tony® Award-winning director Bartlett Sher and the team behind South Pacific, The King and I, and 2017 Tony® Award-winning Best Play Oslo, bring a fresh and authentic vision to this beloved theatrical masterpiece from Tony Award® winner Joseph Stein and Pulitzer Prize winner Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick.

Metropolitan Ensemble Theatre presents Mother of the Maid

Metropolitan Ensemble Theatre 3927 Main Street, Kansas City

Isabella is a sensible, hard-working, God-fearing peasant woman whose faith is upended as she deals with the baffling journey of her odd and extraordinary daughter, Joan of Arc. A riveting, epic tale about parenting, faith, and trying to talk to your kids when they talk to saints.

Musical Theater Heritage presents Carousel

Musical Theater Heritage 2450 Grand Blvd, Suite 301, Kansas City

Celebrating its 75th Anniversary, Carousel is the second musical written by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II and features one of the most glorious scores in musical theater history. MTH’s production will feature an 11-piece orchestra, live on stage.

DRUM TAO 2020

Carlsen Center 12345 College Blvd., Overland Park

TAO’s modern, high-energy performances showcasing the ancient art of Japanese drumming have transfixed audiences worldwide. Combining highly physical, large-scale drumming with contemporary costumes, precise choreography and innovative visuals, the performers of DRUM TAO 2020 create an energetic and unforgettable production.

Kansas City Symphony presents Beethoven’s Fourth Piano Concerto Schumann’s Rhenish

Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts 1601 Broadway Blvd., Kansas City

Due to the tragic onset of deafness, Beethoven made a farewell tour as soloist with his Fourth Piano Concerto. Guest conductor Johannes Debus leads the Symphony and piano prodigy Eric Lu for the extraordinary Fourth Concerto — a blend of haunting lyricism, technical finesse and musical innovation. Schumann’s Third Symphony, created during one of the…

The Instamatics at Knuckleheads

Knuckleheads Saloon 2715 Rochester Ave., Kansas City

The Instamatics perform some of the best music ever created from the 60s & 70s.

Nitty Gritty Dirt Band at The Uptown

Uptown Theater 3700 Broadway Blvd., Kansas City

With a refreshed lineup and newfound energy, The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band remains one of the most accomplished bands in American roots music.

Lisa Henry at The Blue Room

Blue Room Jazz Club 1616 E 18th St., Kansas City

In the company of Nancy Wilson, Sarah Vaughan and Ella Fitzgerald, this International Jazz Ambassador makes musical magic when she greets the microphone. With her sincere, warm vocal delivery, classic vocal interpretations and unique improvisations, Lisa takes the listener to musical Nirvana.