http://www.kansascity.com/entertainment/columnists/robert_trussell/index.xml News, sports and entertainment from The Kansas City Star en-us Copyright 2012Kansas City Star Robert Trussell 60 Tue, 14 Feb 2012 03:09:43 CST http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss McClatchy Interactive's PubSys 1.1.fi feedback@kansascity.com (Feedback) http://www.kansascity.com/2012/02/10/3422567/welcome-to-the-jungles-of-academia.html http://www.kansascity.com/2012/02/10/3422567/welcome-to-the-jungles-of-academia.html#storylink=rss Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:00 CST David Mamet's "Oleanna" is a nasty little play that takes an uncompromising look at a subject some of us take for granted and others try not to think about - the instinctive desire for power over other people. 1377682 http://www.kansascity.com/2012/02/10/3419516/desire-plays-the-main-role-in.html http://www.kansascity.com/2012/02/10/3419516/desire-plays-the-main-role-in.html#storylink=rss Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:00 CST The Kansas City Ballet offers a bold, emotional take on Shakespeare's story of wretched misunderstanding. 1377683 http://www.kansascity.com/2012/02/08/3414917/actors-go-over-there-for-billy.html http://www.kansascity.com/2012/02/08/3414917/actors-go-over-there-for-billy.html#storylink=rss Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:00 CST The new production of "Billy Bishop Goes to War," directed by John Rensenhouse, is the second collaboration among the National World War I Museum, the Kansas City Actors Theatre and the UMKC Theatre Department. It starts Friday and runs through Feb. 26 in the museum's J.C. Nichols Auditorium. 1377684 http://www.kansascity.com/2012/02/08/3415191/miss-daisy-prepares-for-a-road.html http://www.kansascity.com/2012/02/08/3415191/miss-daisy-prepares-for-a-road.html#storylink=rss Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:00 CST Central Standard Theatre's memorable production of Alfred Uhry's "Driving Miss Daisy" gets one more weekend of performances before jetting Down Under. After this weekend's performances at Metropolitan Community College-Longview, the show -- featuring Harvey Williams, Marilyn Lynch and Bob Paisley -- the actors head to Australia for the annual fringe festival in Adelaide, Australia. 1377684 http://www.kansascity.com/2012/02/02/3407543/pump-boys-delivers-sharp-music.html http://www.kansascity.com/2012/02/02/3407543/pump-boys-delivers-sharp-music.html#storylink=rss Thu, 02 Feb 2012 23:00 CST "Pump Boys and Dinettes" was a unique show when it opened on Broadway just over 30 years ago and it still is - an amiable, slap-happy revue that pokes fun at our rural roots and country cousins without ever seeming mean-spirited. The lively production now running at the New Theatre does it up right. 1377686 http://www.kansascity.com/2012/02/03/3405830/david-mamets-oleanna-is-a-fight.html http://www.kansascity.com/2012/02/03/3405830/david-mamets-oleanna-is-a-fight.html#storylink=rss Fri, 03 Feb 2012 08:00 CST In cage fighting we happen to find the perfect metaphor for David Mamet's "Oleanna," a two-character duel in a book-lined office that remains within the emotional-psychological realm until the last moments, when it gets physical with a vengeance. 1377686