This week in KC: Zac Brown Band, Journey and Doobie Brothers, Celebration at the Station

If you love good, old-fashioned Broadway music, this is an evening of entertainment you won’t want to miss. Performances will highlight songs from “My Fair Lady,” “Brigadoon,” “Camelot,” “Fiddler on the Roof,” “Guys and Dolls,” “The Music Man” and other favorites from the mid-20th century.

8 p.m. Thursday, May 26 (through July 3). Chestnut Fine Arts Center. 913-764-2121. chestnutfinearts.com. $25-$28.

With the White Sox coming to town for the first time this season, the contest on Thursday is probably the Royals’ most important game of the year so far for some Kansas City fans. No, not because the Royals are trying to catch the first-place White Sox, but because this is also the home team’s first Buck Night of the season. Hot dogs and peanuts will cost just $1.

7:15 p.m. Thursday-Sunday, May 26-29. Kauffman Stadium. 800-676-9257. kansascity.royals.mlb.com. $28-$63.

After offering musicals performed by young people for 25 years, Music Theatre Kansas City will present its first professional production. “The Last Five Years” follows the story of two young New Yorkers who fall in and out of love, although the characters are on stage together only once. It was performed off-Broadway in 2002 and 2013, and was made into a 2015 movie starring Anna Kendrick.

8 p.m. Thursday, May 26 (through June 4). H&R Block City Stage Theatre. 913-341-8156. mtkc.org. $15-$25.

Monday will be the big day at the Liberty Memorial and the National World War I Museum, with a ceremony in the Memorial Courtyard as well as the Walk of Honor dedication ceremony. But events will be going on all weekend, with a helicopter display, a vintage military vehicle display, story time, a pancake breakfast and more. Admission will be half-price — and free for veterans — all weekend.

10 a.m.-5 p.m. Friday, May 27, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday, May 28, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday-Monday, May 29-30. National World War I Museum. 816-888-8100. theworldwar.org. Special pricing: $4-$7; free for veterans and active-duty military personnel.

What better way to spend the holiday weekend than going to the beach (in Kansas). Or, if it’s more to your liking, taking a dip in a heated pool. Those are just two of the possibilities at Schlitterbahn, which also has the world’s tallest water slide (Verrückt) as well as lesser water slides and a river system connecting more than a mile of rapids, currents and tidal waves.

11 a.m.-6 p.m. Friday, May 27. Schlitterbahn Waterpark (through Sept. 5). 913-312-3110. schlitterbahn.com/kansas-city. $32.99-$44.99.

It took the Zac Brown Band seven years to become an overnight success. That’s how long the Atlanta-based band had been performing when it was named the Academy of Country Music’s Best New Vocal Duo or Group in 2009. That was largely due to the success of “Chicken Fried,” a song the group originally recorded in 2003. The band now is one of country music’s hottest acts.

7 p.m. Friday, May 27. Sprint Center. 816-949-7000. sprintcenter.com. $49.50-$79.50.

It will be a busy weekend on the Kansas City, Kan., soccer pitch. One day after Sporting plays an important Major League Soccer match, the national men’s team will continue preparation for this summer’s Copa America Centenario. This is the last in a series of friendly matches before the U.S. team will open Copa America Centenario on June 3 in Santa Clara, Calif., against Colombia.

Sporting game, 6 p.m. Friday, May 27. Children’s Mercy Park. 913-387-3400. sportingkc.com. $20-$280.

U.S. team game, 7 p.m. Saturday, May 28. Children’s Mercy Park. 800-745-3000. ussoccer.com. $38-$250.

Mr. Potato Head has been entertaining children for more than 60 years and has been a movie star for the past 20 years, thanks to “Toy Story.” Kids will have a chance to get to know the little guy up close and personal at “The Adventures of Mr. Potato Head,” a hands-on traveling exhibit created by the Betty Brinn Children’s Museum in Milwaukee.

10 a.m.-7 p.m. Saturday, May 28 (through Sept. 5). Crown Center Shops. 816-274-8444. crowncenter.com. Free.

Not that anyone in the building will be keeping score, but Journey has sold 80 million albums and produced 25 gold, platinum or multiplatinum albums, while the Doobie Brothers check in at a mere 48 million albums and 24 gold, platinum or multiplatinum albums. In any case, both bands will take you back to your youth. Or perhaps to your parents’ youth.

7 p.m. Saturday, May 28. Sprint Center. 816-949-7000. sprintcenter.com. $29-$129.

Although it is only the third year for this event, it already has become a can’t-miss affair for many music fans. Bands will perform on six stages, presenting an array of genres ranging from bluegrass and honky-tonk to psychobilly and cowpunk. Festival-goers can pay for access to all six stages or to just one.

Noon Saturday, May 28 (reception and preparty, 8 p.m. Friday, May 27; Recovery Brunch and intimate sets, noon Sunday, May 29). Westport district. 816-960-4560. westportroots.com. $25; one-stage pass $15; three-day package $50.

The last time the grounds in front of Union Station were jammed armpit to armpit with people was in November, and folks were celebrating a World Series championship. This celebration will feature the Kansas City Symphony and honor Memorial Day. It is the 14th year for the event, which includes plenty of preconcert activities and culminates with fireworks.

8 p.m. Sunday, May 29. Union Station. 816-471-0400. kcsymphony.org. Free.

Of the many late-20th-century comedies that were turned into musical plays, this one definitely has the most Heathers. It also might have the darkest humor. As in the 1988 film, Heather, Heather and Heather find their roost at Westerberg High challenged by Veronica Sawyer, who plots to overthrow their regime by any means necessary. The musical score is of the rock variety.

7:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 1 (through June 26). Unicorn Theatre. 816-531-7529. unicorntheatre.org. $32.50.

This story was originally published May 25, 2016 at 4:22 PM with the headline "This week in KC: Zac Brown Band, Journey and Doobie Brothers, Celebration at the Station."