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    <title><![CDATA[   'Wicked' returning to KC, popular as ever ]]></title>
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        Producer Marc Platt gets emotional when he talks about the extraordinary worldwide popularity of &amp;ldquo;Wicked.&amp;rdquo; Maybe that&amp;rsquo;s because the musical itself has gotten under the skin of so many people.      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[   Lyric Opera's 'H.M.S. Pinafore' offers pleasing diversion ]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 01:22 CST</pubDate>
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        I won&#39;t be the first theatergoer to describe Gilbert and Sullivan&#39;s H.M.S. Pinafore as sheer foolishness, but it sums up the 1878 operetta rather well. Director/choreographer William Theisen has ratcheted up the absurd humor of the piece in his crowd-pleasing production for the Lyric Opera, eliciting broad comic performances from a very strong cast.      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[   &lsquo;Richard III' is up next for Heart of America Shakespeare Festival ]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 22:15 CDT</pubDate>
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        The Heart of America Shakespeare Festival will revive one of the Bard&amp;rsquo;s finest villains for the 2010 edition of the annual outdoor production. &amp;ldquo;Richard III,&amp;rdquo; one of Shakespeare&amp;rsquo;s most popular history plays, will be staged June 15 through July 3 in Southmoreland Park. Bruce Roach, a festival veteran and one of Kansas City&amp;rsquo;s most estimable actors, will play the title role.      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[   Several theater groups are presenting entertaining fundraisers ]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 22:15 CDT</pubDate>
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        Pay up, please. That&amp;rsquo;s what some of our friends in the theater community would really like you to do. Call it an alignment of the planets if you will, but the next few weeks will see a succession of theater-related fundraisers.      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[   Research helps Barry Williams play minister in &lsquo;Church Basement Ladies 2' ]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2009 22:15 CDT</pubDate>
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        Barry Williams wasn&amp;rsquo;t sure what to think when the New Theatre Restaurant sent him the script to &amp;ldquo;Church Basement Ladies 2.&amp;rdquo; For one thing, the lifelong Los Angeles Basin-resident would be playing a Lutheran pastor, which would certainly be a stretch for the actor best known as Greg Brady on &amp;ldquo;The Brady Bunch.&amp;rdquo;      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[   Theater | Halloween burlesque, times two ]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 22:15 CDT</pubDate>
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        As Halloween approaches, you know what to expect in the West Bottoms: vampires, werewolves, mutants, snake-handlers and lines of teenagers waiting to be scared witless. But did you know about the strippers and comedians? Read on.      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[   Review | Coterie at Night's ‘Maul of the Dead' moves like a whirlwind ]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2009 22:18 CDT</pubDate>
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        Years ago, an editor insisted that I write a review of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum &amp; Bailey Circus. Being a naturally agreeable entertainment reporter, I did as I was told. But the challenge was insurmountable. How do you write a comprehensive review of a three-ring circus? Do you focus on the antics of the clowns, the big cats or the Wheel of Death?      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[   Season openers make a strong showing at local theaters ]]></title>
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        The Kansas City theater season got off to a strong start last month, attracting audiences with art, middlebrow entertainment and meat-and-potatoes crowd-pleasers &amp;mdash; or some combination thereof.      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[   Review | “Palomino” ]]></title>
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        I&#39;ve seen one-actor shows before but I&#39;ve never seen anything like &#147;Palomino.&#148; This splendid play, receiving its world premiere at Kansas City Repertory Theatre, is singular in the depth and clarity of the writing and the breathtaking precision of David Cale&#39;s performance.      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[   Lyric Opera adds matinee performance of 'H.M.S. Pinafore' ]]></title>
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        Well, Gilbert and Sullivan are still hot. Although the Lyric Opera made a cost-cutting decision to limit each of its productions this season to four performances &amp;mdash; as opposed to the traditional five &amp;mdash; ticket sales to the upcoming &amp;ldquo;H.M.S. Pinafore&amp;rdquo; have been so brisk that the company has added a matinee on Nov. 15.      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[   Review | 'Spring Awakening' thrills with fine acting, powerful music ]]></title>
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        When a show&amp;rsquo;s cult status precedes it, some viewers will naturally fight for a place on an already overcrowded bandwagon. Others may view it all skeptically. &amp;ldquo;Spring Awakening&amp;rdquo; cleaned up at the Tony Awards two years ago on its way to becoming a commercial hit. The party line is that it taps into universal human experience with its depiction of hormone-crazed teens trying to make sense out of life. And what better way to express all that raging frustration than with good-old rock &amp;rsquo;n&amp;rsquo; roll?      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[   Beware: Zombies lumber into Crown Center for 'Maul of the Dead' ]]></title>
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        Ron Megee didn&#39;t hesitate when he was asked whether he&#39;d  like to be on stage in &#147;Maul of the Dead,&#148; the blood-spattered show he&#39;s directing for the Coterie at Night. &#147;I am so afraid of zombies,&#148; he said. &#147;I am terrified of them. I could not be in these shows. If I had to fight zombies every night I would probably snap.&#148;      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[   Review | 'Spring Awakening' ]]></title>
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        When a show&#39;s cult status precedes it, some viewers will naturally fight for a place on an already over-crowded bandwagon. Others may view it all skeptically.      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[   Big 12 | Theater ]]></title>
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        It&amp;rsquo;s a safe bet that KC&amp;rsquo;s downtown area has more live theater than you&amp;rsquo;re used to.      
    
  

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