Kyle Hatley

The Living Room's Minimalist 'Carousel' Revived At KC Rep

Steve Walker — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 10:00:00 +0000

Rodgers and Hammerstein’s musical Carousel is revered by many for its artfully woven tapestry of story, song and dance - including Time magazine, which in 1999 named it the best musical of the 20^th century. Currently at Kansas City Repertory Theatre is a re-creation of a production that premiered nearly two years ago at a downtown performance space, where Carousel was viscerally staged in a way that both respected the material and deconstructed it to pieces.

A Christmas Carol

Jabulani Leffall, Matthew Long-Middleton and Jeffrey Harvey — Thu, 27 Dec 2012 18:05:30 +0000

The annual holiday production of Dickens' classic returns to the KC Rep.

Blood And Sonnets Fuel The Living Room's 'Titus Andronicus'

Steve Walker — Wed, 13 Jun 2012 10:00:00 +0000

For twenty years, Shakespeare in the park has been as reliable a part of a Kansas City summer as the heat and humidity. And while the Heart of America Shakespeare Festival is opening two shows in repertory, another Shakespeare play has snuck into town: the Bard's goriest play, Titus Andronicus, which is being staged with a minimal set and a band at the downtown performance space The Living Room.

Man-Eating Plant Rocks KC Rep's 'Little Shop of Horrors'

Steve Walker — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 10:00:00 +0000

When first introduced in 1960, Little Shop of Horrors was a cheesy, low-budget movie about a meek floral shop apprentice who accidentally cultivates a man-eating plant.

Christmas Carol #31

Andrea Silenzi and Jabulani Leffall — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 16:02:35 +0000

Kansas City loves their winter dose of A Christmas Carol, and the KC Rep is always coming up with new ways to present the classic tale.