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"A Very Joan Crawford Christmas" at the Unicorn

Ron Megee is Joan Crawford in "A Very Joan Crawford Christmas" by Jeff Church & Ron Megee. Through January 2, 2011.
Photo by Aren?t We Clever and courtesy of Unicorn Theatre
Ron Megee is Joan Crawford in "A Very Joan Crawford Christmas" by Jeff Church & Ron Megee. Through January 2, 2011.

Watch any old movie from the 1930s or '40s and you're likely to hear Kansas City worked into the script. One reason may be that it was a stop for planes and trains traveling between the coasts. But another reason could be traced to the fact that many movie stars of the period were from Kansas City, including Ginger Rogers, Wallace Beery and Jean Harlow. The most famous native, though, was Joan Crawford, who is the subject of a new play with a twisted holiday theme.

By Steve Walker

http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/national/local-national-940837.mp3

Kansas City, MO –
"A Very Joan Crawford Christmas"
By Jeff Church & Ron Megee

Unicorn Theatre
December 8, 2010 - January 2, 2011
3828 Main Street
Kansas City, MO

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Since 1998, Steve Walker has contributed stories and interviews about theater, visual arts, and music as an arts reporter at KCUR. He's also one of Up to Date's regular trio of critics who discuss the latest in art, independent and documentary films playing on area screens.
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