Theater

Contact: Marisa Ferrara-Elliott
For Immediate Release
Phone: 816-809-7446
E-Mail: mfelliott.events@gmail.com
November 5, 2009

A CHRISTMAS CAROL WILL HAPPEN THIS YEAR IN KANSAS CITY
In an adaptation starring Nathan Granner

TubaChristmas 2009 will be hosted by The Kansas City Symphony on Friday, December 4. This event will be one of 240 TubaChristmas concerts presented around the United States in tribute to the late artist/teacher William J. Bell, born on Christmas Day 1902. The TubaChristmas ensemble performs traditional Christmas carols and songs, many of which were arranged by noted American composer Alec Wilder, who ironically died on Christmas Eve, 1980. The memories of Bell and Wilder are celebrated in the annual performances of TubaChristmas groups around the nation.

Contact: Pam Cooper
Email: pamjcoop@aol.com
Phone: 913-620-5271Main Characters from Paint Your Wagon at SMNW: On Left: Mickey Baltzley as Ben Rumson On Right: Claire Martin as Jennifer Rumson

Bye Bye Birdie
Thursday, November 19
Friday, November 20
Saturday, November 21
7:00 p.m.
Olathe Northwest High School Auditorium
21300 College Blvd. Olathe, KS 66203
Reserved Seating, $7
Purchase online @ ONWRavens.net or
Contact:
Anna-Lynn Morris

The Martin City Melodrama & Vaudeville Company announces its 120th live
original show! What does a 25-year old professional theater company do when one by one, its company members drop out of the show like flies, leaving Melodrama veterans Jeanne Beechwood and Clint Griffey as the last performers standing? The answer is A RIDICULOUSLY REDUCED CHRISTMAS CAROL!© in which Beechwood and Griffey portray all of the characters of Charles Dickens’ holiday chestnut “A Christmas Carol” (that’s 57 characters in all-we counted!).

Contact: Marisa Ferrara-Elliott
Nathan Granner- A Christmas CarolFor Immediate Release
Phone: 816-809-7446
E-Mail: mfelliott.events@gmail.com

(KANSAS CITY) – The Kansas City Symphony marks the beginning of the holiday season with Handel’s Messiah on Thanksgiving weekend. The Kansas City Symphony and Chorus join with the Independence Messiah Choir for this mosaic of the scriptures, which remains Handel’s most famous work. With over 400 musicians on stage, it is one of the most triumphant choral pieces ever written. Messiah is best known for its familiar “Hallelujah” chorus.

“A séance for piano and orchestra" -- ghosts of music's past weave through the three movement concerto

(Kansas City) - The Kansas City Symphony will present the world premiere of Lost Souls - A Piano Concerto by Israeli composer Avner Dorman on November 20-22. Lost Souls tell the haunting story of a séance summoning ghosts of concertos past, ending in an exorcism. Praised by Gramophone Magazine as “a fresh, young voice, worth following,” Avner Dorman is a rising star composer whose orchestral works were recently performed by the New York Philharmonic and the Los Angeles Philharmonic.

KANSAS CITY SYMPHONY HOSTS
KENNEDY CENTER PRESIDENT MICHAEL KAISER FOR FREE COMMUNITY ARTS CONVERSATION ON NOVEMBER 18

Kennedy Center President Michael M. Kaiser to Travel to all 50 States, Puerto Rico and Washington, D.C., to address the challenges facing non-profit performing arts organizations today

Liberty, MO. November 12th 6-9pm. Girl's Gala November 12th!
Join The Polished Edge Fine Jewelry and Serenity On The Square for a fun night of girl time...
relax with mini massages, shopping, and yummies!!

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

October 27, 2009

Gillian Holroyd & Shepherd HendersonBell, Book & Candle, written by John van Druten, formed the basis of the series Bewitched, will be performed the weekends of Nov. 6, 7, 13, 14, 20, 21, at 8 p.m. & a matinee Nov. 15 at 2 p.m. at the Leavenworth Performing Arts Center in downtown Leavenworth.

For Immediate Release
November 9, 2009
CONTACT:
Amy Cox PR/Marketing CYT Kansas City
913.709.9438 mobile amycox1@yahoo.com www.cytkc.org

CYT Kansas City South presents …Scrooge, The Musical

For Immediate Release
November 3, 2009
CONTACT:
Amy Cox PR/Marketing CYT Kansas City
913.709.9438 mobile amycox1@yahoo.com www.cytkc.org

CYT Kansas City North presents …High School Musical

For Immediate Release
October 27, 2009
CONTACT:
Amy Cox PR/Marketing CYT Kansas City
913.709.9438 mobile amycox1@yahoo.com www.cytkc.org

CYT Kansas City East presents …A Little Princess

Contact:
Bill Clause
(816) 517-4083
BillC@kkfi.org

1937: One Helluva Year is a two act live theater comedy-drama-musical about 1937 Kansas City. The play will be performed at Just Off
Broadwat Theatre, 3051 Central, KCMO, Nov 13, 14, 20 & 21, 8pm. Tickets $17 Advance, $20 Day of Show. Special KKFI Benefit on Saturday Nov 14th includes BBQ Dinner & Show for $30. Advance Tickets at 816-517-4083.

The Carnegie Arts Center's fall schedule is almost full, but there are still a few openings in the following classes.

Tot Art I
Ages: 2-3
Dates: (6) Tuesdays, November 3 - December 8
Time: 9:30-10:15am

How will you spend your Halloween weekend? Why not an edge of your seat thriller, live and in the dark? Shawnee Mission West Theatre Department will present, “Wait Until Dark,” a play by Frederick Knott, on October 29, 30 and 31st at 7:00 pm in the auditorium.

Name: The Edge of Hell Haunted House

Description: The Edge of Hell, 35 years in the making, featuring phobias and a five-story fright from heaven to hell. Free entertainment outside, including music, Thriller Dancers and the infamous Rat Man.

Name: The Edge of Hell Haunted House

Description: The Edge of Hell, 35 years in the making, featuring phobias and a five-story fright from heaven to hell. Free entertainment outside, including music, Thriller Dancers and the infamous Rat Man.

Name: Macabre Cinema Haunted House

Description: Macabre Cinema takes you from the screen to SCREAM. See the action of classic and contemporary horror scenes through a haunted 1930’s movie theatre with 4 floors of thrill. All the proceeds of Macabre Cinema benefit Dream Factory.

Name: The Chambers of Poe Haunted House

Description: The Chambers of Poe celebrates the 200 years of Edgar Allan Poe with a journey through his haunted and twisted tales. Witness the dark writings, haunted tales, and poems come to life from favorite nightmarish tales like The Raven. Experience the feelings of being buried alive, suffocating, or claustrophobia to the extreme. The house is a non-profit benefiting a local children’s charity.

I’ll Be Back Before Midnight
A Spooky, Hilarious Thriller!
Written by Peter Colley

Opening AHT’s 2009-2010 Season September 11 – October 25, 2009

Kansas City, MO: Opening the 2009-2010 Season at American Heartland Theatre is the wonderfully funny and spooky production I’ll Be Back Before Midnight. Somewhere between Agatha Christie and a Hitchcock thriller, this show has audiences laughing out loud one moment and gasping in horror the next. Jan, who is recovering from a nervous breakdown, and her husband, Greg, seek solace in a remote farmhouse where she can recuperate. Things take a turn when laugh-a-minute landlord George tells them of a murder in the house and a ghost that haunts it. Soon Jan finds herself tormented by strange sounds in the night and visions of a vengeful ghost. The situation worsens when Greg’s manipulative sister arrives. Is Jan having another breakdown? Is someone trying to drive her mad? I’ll Be Back Before Midnight is a first-rate thriller and a wonderfully spooky ghost story.

FFC new logoFull Frontal Comedy, professional comedy troupe, is proud to announce its "Really Big Show!" Starring local celebrities Bryan Busby, Victor Raider-Wexler, and Laurie Arbore!

Louis and Company will be sponsoring another free kids dance team for kids ages 8-16. Auditions will be on Friday, September 11 at 5pm and Saturday, September 12 at 3pm. The nine week class will be held on Mondays and Wednesdays at 6:30 beginning September 14.

Theatre for Young America will present Goodnight Moon October 13, 2009 through October 31, 2009 on the H&R Block City Stage located on level B in Union Station at 30 W. Pershing Road, Kansas City, Missouri 64108.

Theatre for Young America is proud to announce that it will now offer a full array of drama classes for students who live on either the Kansas or Missouri side of the state line. The fall semester of classes will begin September 22, 2009.

JERIC Productions presents
Flyin’ West
by Pearl Cleage

September 4 7:30 curtain
Pre-show reception begins at 6:30pm. Post-show talk back .
September 5, 11, 12 7:30pm curtain
September 6 & 13 3pm curtain

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Museum to Unveil New Addition
to Permanent Exhibit

John Baker Film Collection Exhibit Set to Open This Fall at 18th & Vine

Contact: Greg Carroll >> 816-474-8463, x207 / gcarroll@kcjazz.org

The Bell Road Barn Players presents “The Guys” to mark the eighth anniversary of the attack on the World Trade Center. Evening performances will be Sept. 10-12 and Sept 17-19 at 7:30 p.m. with matinees Sept. 13 and 20 at 3 p.m. at the McCoy Meeting House on the campus of Park University

SATURDAY, AUGUST 15, 3:30pm....Latteland Briar Cliff, 4115 North Mulberry, KCMO (just north of the Riverside exit on HWY 9).
Larry Garrett will be hosting "My Old Neighborhood." Local singer/songwriters will perform their original songs about life, personal experiences, family. This is a Family-Friendly event. The music is free and Latteland is a great place to get out of the heat on a hot afternoon.