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Plenty of people don’t think twice before binging on episodes of a favorite TV show or series of movies. Would that crowd consider watching live theater…
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Segment 1: Artistic director of the KC Rep is leaving soon. How has local theatre changed?After 10 years with the Kansas City Repertory Theatre, Eric…
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A couple of weeks before opening night of the hit Broadway musical "Newsies," two dozen young actors were flipping and twirling on stage at the Jewish…
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Kansas City's annual summer ritual, the Heart of America Shakespeare Festival, is upon us. This year's production is the comedy “Much Ado About Nothing.”…
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Segment 1: Comedic play at The Unicorn invites serious conversations on gender identity.The comedy Hir revolves around the story of a transitioning teen…
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As a kid growing up on his family’s farm in Louisburg, Kansas, David Wayne Reed just wanted to perform.He wore his mom’s heels, a cinched-up shirt as a…
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He's an actor, writer, storyteller ... and now, filmmaker. While growing up on his family's farm in Louisburg, Kansas, David Wayne Reed used to dress in…
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In his new play, Nathan Louis Jackson draws on his own life to tackle the issue of gun violence.“Brother Toad” tells the story of two men who are related…
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Segment 1: A new play about gun violence in Kansas.Nathan Louis Jackson's new play, "Brother Toad," is set in Wyandotte County and Johnson County. It's…
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The Unicorn Theatre's staging of a play with an all-Asian-American cast is “a landmark event,” according to one member of that cast.Speaking with Gina…
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Segment 1: A school secretary is helping immigrants make plans in case of deportation.For undocumented parents with kids who are U.S. citizens, the risk…
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The widows may have bonded so strongly because their husbands had been murdered within five years of each other. Or perhaps they were drawn together by…