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In the space of 90 minutes Saturday night Roger Rees took an enthusiastic audience at the Folly Theater through a few hundred years of great literature and pungent theater history in his splendid one-man show, What You Will.
In the space of 90 minutes Saturday night Roger Rees took an enthusiastic audience at the Folly Theater through a few hundred years of great literature and pungent theater history in his splendid one-man show, What You Will.
Previous ColumnsThe Metropolitan Ensemble Theatre does a bang-up job with William Saroyan's "The Time of Your Life," a sprawling barroom drama that captures the harsh, bittersweet and absurd realities confronting eccentric characters on the eve of World War II.
World premieres are always a little risky: untested repertory with uncertain effect. Friday night’s concert by the Kansas City Symphony featured just such a toss of the dice, and everyone left a winner.
As Pamela Sterling watched “Little House on the Prairie” last weekend at the Coterie Theatre, she reacted a lot like other members of the audience. She laughed at the antics of Martin Buchanan as Jack the Dog. She soaked up the authentic folk music performed live by the actors. She was impressed by the clever theatricality that conveyed images of wagons fording fast-running rivers. And she applauded with other members of the audience when the cast took its curtain call.
We haven’t seen the production yet, but tip your hat to the Metropolitan Ensemble Theatre for its sheer boldness in staging William Saroyan’s “The Time of Your Life.”
Nationalism has been a mighty force of inspiration to many composers, and this weekend the Kansas City Symphony will perform two great examples of nationalistic music by Bela Bartok, a Hungarian, and Jean Sibelius, a Finn.
American Heartland Theatre: Crown Center Shops, Level Three, 2450 Grand. Barn Players Theatre: 6219 Martway, Mission.
Love, passion, sex, death and resurrection are all timeless themes in the arts, and all were well-represented in a memorable contemporary dance drama by Kansas City native David Parsons. On Friday at the Folly Theater, Parsons’ production of “Remember Me” played to a sell-out house, thunderous applause and a standing ovation.
Love, passion, sex, death, and resurrection are all timeless themes in the arts, and all were well represented in a memorable contemporary dance drama by Kansas City native David Parsons.
Gerald Goehring learned long ago how to stretch a dollar. When he blew into New York City a couple of decades ago with a theater degree from Wichita State University, he quickly discovered that his calling card into the world of professional theater would not be his artistic aspirations but his carpentry skills.
