Things to do in Kansas City: Dinosaurs, Korn, Koe and a huge week for local theater
Two years after the start of the pandemic, theater in Kansas City has finally returned to some degree of normalcy. For proof, consider the upcoming landscape.
Five shows will open in the next week, including the long-awaited Kansas City Repertory Theatre production of “The Royale.”
Throw in an intriguing one-time show at the Jewish Community Center’s Lewis and Shirley White Theatre, and we have what is likely the busiest week of theater at least since early 2020.
▪ Metropolitan Ensemble Theatre will tell the complex love story “The Sea Horse” at the Warwick Theatre, opens 7:30 p.m. March 3; runs through March 13 ($15-$54). metkc.org.
▪ The Black Box in the West Bottoms will be the venue for Fishtank Theatre’s “Spilled Milk,” opens 7:30 p.m. March 3; runs through March 13 ($25). fishtanktheatre.com.
▪ Kimberly Greenberg will bring Ziegfeld Follies star Fanny Brice to life in the solo show “Fabulous Fanny” at White Theatre, 3 p.m. March 6 ($14-$37). thejkc.org.
▪ Theatre for Young America’s “Peter Rabbit, The Musical” will come to City Stage, opens 10 a.m. March 8; runs through April 16 ($10-$12). tya.org.
▪ “The Royale,” a drama inspired by the story of boxer Jack Johnson, will run on the KC Rep’s Copaken Stage, opens 7 p.m. March 8; runs through March 27 ($35-$65). kcrep.org.
▪ Unicorn Theatre will present “Tiny Beautiful Things,” based on the bestselling book by Cheryl Strayed, opens 7:30 p.m. March 9; runs through March 27 ($22-$44). unicorntheatre.org.
Music
▪ Koe Wetzel, 8 p.m. March 3, Cable Dahmer Arena ($34-$49). cabledahmerarena.com.
▪ Kansas City Symphony, “Elgar’s First, plus Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 24,” 8 p.m. March 4-5 and 2 p.m. March 6, Kauffman Center ($25-$92). kcsymphony.org.
▪ KC Blues Festival, 8 p.m. March 4, Music Hall ($61-$127). ticketmaster.com.
▪ Beethoven Festival featuring Morgenstern Trio, 2:30 and 7:30 p.m. March 5 and 2:30 p.m. March 6, 2022, 1900 Building ($60-$120). chambermusic.org.
▪ Korn with Chevelle and Code Orange, 6:30 p.m. March 5, T-Mobile Center ($29.50-$105). t-mobilecenter.com.
▪ Allison Moorer, 8 p.m. March 5, Folly ($15-$50). follytheater.org.
▪ High Kings, 7 p.m. March 6-7, Kansas City Irish Center ($35-$60). irishcenterkc.org.
▪ Coheed and Cambria, 8 p.m. March 8, Uptown ($32.50). uptowntheater.com.
More entertainment
▪ First Friday will feature a new performance-art exhibition, “Moving in Place,” at the Charlotte Street Gallery (opening reception, 6-9 p.m. March 4; runs through March 19) and the opening of “Deconstructing Marleen Gold” at Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art (March 4-June 12). charlottestreet.org and kemperart.org.
▪ Kids can walk among the life-size dinosaurs of Jurassic Quest at Hale Arena, where there will also be dinosaur-themed rides and bounce houses, crafts and fossil digs, 1-8 p.m. March 4, 9 a.m.-8 p.m. March 5 and 9 a.m.-6 p.m. March 6 ($19-$39). jurassicquest.com.
▪ Kountry Wayne (Wayne Colley), named among Variety’s 10 Comics to Watch in 2021, will perform at the Uptown, 7:30 p.m. March 4 ($37.50-$77.50). uptowntheater.com.
▪ The ensemble Circa will display its acrobatic skills in “Sacre” at Yardley Hall, 8 p.m. March 5 ($14-$42). jccc.edu/midwest-trust-center/events.
