KC Live Arts
Welcome to KC Live Arts!
We’re really excited you’re here so we can tell you all about what we do! KC Live Arts is passionate about sharing and supporting the arts in the Kansas City area. We want to keep Read more…
Year: 2019
Jazz
Celebrate Charlie Parker’s Birthday at American Jazz Museum
The heydays of Kansas City jazz date back to the early 1920s and the city’s 18th & Vine District. Charlie “Yardbird” Parker, was born August 29th, 1920 and grew up playing the saxophone in the Read more…
Musical Theater
Families perform together in The White Theatre’s Peter Pan the musical
The Show: Peter Pan and his fairy friend are flying into Kansas City for a two-week run at The White Theatre in Leawood July 6-28. This Tony Award®-winning musical, based on the beloved children’s classic Read more…
Opera
Lyric Opera offers up a truly unforgettable 2019-2020 season!
Mozart’s risque rom-com, The Abduction from the Seraglio, opens our season in glamorous style. This new production transports the action to 1930s Hollywood and will feature the Kansas City operatic debut of Prairie Village native Ben Read more…
Musical Theater
All-Star Creative Team Leads The Wizard of Oz at Starlight
It’s a big year for the iconic piece of American pop culture, The Wizard of Oz, as the film celebrates its 80th anniversary in 2019. And that’s not the only anniversary that Starlight is celebrating Read more…
Concert
Kauffman Center’s Future Stages Festival: Free Family Event
More than 700 youth performers will be featured on four stages at this year’s festival. Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts is thrilled to announce performance groups and arts partners presenting at the 6th Annual Future Read more…
Jazz
The Folly announces their 37th Folly Jazz Season!
The 37th Folly Jazz Series Kansas City’s most historic theater shared a sneak peek into the next season of their award-winning jazz series! This year’s line up brings a heavy influence of traditional and smooth Read more…
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Summer is HOT at the Conservatory!
Even though our academic year is coming to a close, things are heating up at the Conservatory with our Festivals and Summer Programs! These events provide enrichment experiences and in-depth training for middle and high school Read more…
Dance
Kansas City Ballet Presents: Tharp / Parsons / Forsythe
Enjoy works by three of America’s most recognized and acclaimed choreographers! Twyla Tharp’s In the Upper Room is a tour-de-force of athleticism, built on a pulsating score by Philip Glass. William Forsythe’s contemporary masterpiece, In the Middle, Read more…
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Quality Hill Playhouse has “Magic To Do” with its latest cabaret
The Leading Player in 1972’s PIPPIN invited audiences to “join us … come and waste an hour or two” because the cast of that groundbreaking musical had “Magic To Do”. Your two hours certainly won’t Read more…