This week in KC: Broadway’s ‘Mamma Mia!’ comes to Music Hall, plus Baby Shark, Drake
“Mamma Mia!,” the Broadway sensation that spawned two hit movies, will come to the Music Hall as an extra show in the PNC Broadway in Kansas City series.
Featuring the songs of the Swedish group ABBA, the musical that tells the story of a soon-to-be-wed young woman sorting through her mother’s past will run 7:30 p.m. March 5-8, 2 and 7:30 p.m. March 9 and 1 and 6 p.m. March 10. Tickets ($38-$145) and more information at broadwayinkc.com.
More theater
▪ “The Glass Menagerie,” opens 7:30 p.m. Feb. 29; runs through March 17, MTH Theater at Crown Center ($39-$55). musictheaterheritage.com.
▪ “Last Summer at Bluefish Cove,” opens 8 p.m. March 1; runs through March 17, Whim Space ($25-$50). whimproductions.org.
▪ “The Boy Who Cried Wolf,” 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. March 2, Starlight indoors ($15). kcstarlight.com.
More entertainment
▪ The exhibition “The Little War,” exploring the effects World War I had on children, will run at the National WWI Museum and Memorial, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. daily, closed Mondays through Memorial Day, Feb. 29-Feb. 9, 2025 ($6-$10; $4 with ticket to museum). theworldwar.org.
▪ Pulitzer Prize-winning historian, Antarctic explorer and law professor Ed Larson will discuss “Science in the Race to the South Pole” at Linda Hall Library, 7 p.m. Feb. 29 (free, in person and online). lindahall.org.
▪ Baby Shark and friends will come to the Musical Hall for three shows on their Big Broadwave Tour, 10 a.m., 2 p.m. and 6 p.m. March 2 ($20-$90). babysharkontour.com.
▪ More than 100 beverages from around the world will be available at Uncorked: KC Wine Fest in Union Station, 2-5 and 6-9 p.m. March 2 ($60; early admission $75). uncorkedwinefestivals.com.
▪ Art, dance and music from Indigenous people will be the focus of the Native American Cultural Celebration at the Nelson-Atkins Museum, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. March 3 (free; registration required). nelson-atkins.org.
▪ Actor Harry Jowsey will be the special guest for “Dancing With the Stars” Live at the Midland, 8 p.m. March 6 (sold out). midlandkc.com.
Classical music and dance
▪ Violinist Ben Sayevich and pianist Lolita Lisovskaya, 7:30 p.m. Feb. 29, 1900 Building ($10-$30). icm.park.edu.
▪ Le Consort, 7:30 p.m. March 1, Grace and Holy Trinity Cathedral ($45). chambermusic.org.
▪ Kansas City Symphony, “Joyce Yang Plays Tchaikovsky,” 8 p.m. March 1-2, 2 p.m. March 3, Kauffman Center ($25-$99). kcsymphony.org.
▪ Trombonist Domingo Pagliuca and pianist Paulina Leisring, 2 p.m. March 3, Lied Center ($16-$30). lied.ku.edu.
▪ The StepCrew, 7 p.m. March 3, Yardley Hall ($12-$45). jccc.edu/midwest-trust-center.
▪ Youth Symphony of Kansas City, KC Classic High School Band and Orchestra Festival, 1 and 6 p.m. March 4, Kauffman Center (free; tickets required). kauffmancenter.org.
▪ Mezzo-soprano Ema Nikolovska, 7 p.m. March 6, Folly ($12.50-$80). hjseries.org.
More music
▪ Indigo Girls, 7:30 p.m. Feb. 29, Uptown ($40). uptowntheater.com.
▪ Leo Kottke, 7:30 p.m. March 1, Lied Center ($14-$40). lied.ku.edu.
▪ The Doo Wop Project, 8 p.m. March 1, Yardley Hall ($12-$45). jccc.edu/midwest-trust-center.
▪ Drake with J. Cole, 8 p.m. March 2-3, T-Mobile Center ($394.50-$644.50). t-mobilecenter.com.
▪ Lany, 8 p.m. March 4, Uptown ($55.50-$65.50). uptowntheater.com.
▪ Jenny Lewis with Hayden Pedigo, 8 p.m. March 5, The Truman ($30-$65). thetrumankc.com.
▪ The Irish Tenors, 7 p.m. March 6, Kauffman Center ($43-$97). kauffmancenter.org.
Recently announced
▪ Asleep at the Wheel, May 16, Knuckleheads. knuckleheadskc.com
▪ Kansas City Symphony with Katharine McPhee, Symphony in the Flint Hills, June 8, Red Ranch in Greenwood County. symphonyintheflinthills.org
▪ Punch Brothers, June 18, Kauffman Center. kauffmancenter.org
▪ Little Feat with Marc Broussard, June 26, Uptown. uptowntheater.com
▪ As I Lay Dying with Chelsea Grin and Entheos, July 17, The Truman. thetrumankc.com
This story was originally published February 28, 2024 at 5:30 AM.
