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Venue: Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts, Kansas City

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Address1601 Broadway Blvd
Kansas City
MO
United States
ContainsHelzberg Hall
Muriel Kauffman Theatre
Google maps39° 5' 38.199" N 94° 35' 15.781" W
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Kansas CitySwan Lake

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Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake
Marius Petipa; Lev Ivanov; Devon Carney; Kansas City Ballet; Peter Cazalet; Trad Burns; Kansas City Symphony

Kansas CityThe Nutcracker

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Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker
Marius Petipa; Lev Ivanov; Devon Carney; Kansas City Ballet; Alain Vaes; Holly Hynes; Trad Burns; Kansas City Symphony

Kansas CityStars and Stripes

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Sousa, Copland, Dvořák
George Balanchine; Agnes de Mille; Caili Quan; Kansas City Ballet

Kansas CityThe Great Gatsby

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Novick: The Great Gatsby
Septime Webre; Kansas City Ballet; Tim Yip; Trad Burns
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A big and bold Turandot in Kansas City

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Lyric Opera of Kansas City ends its season with Garnett Bruce's blockbuster production of Puccini's Turandot
****1
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Kansas City Ballet's Don Quixote walks the wild side powerfully

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Kansas City Ballet's first love affair with Don Quixote is a striking and well-danced success.
*****
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Kansas City Ballet’s ALICE: a riot of creative dysfunction

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Webre’s screwball ALICE (in Wonderland) for the Kansas City Ballet is colorful and packed with excellent performances.
*****
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It’s complicated: Georgia O’Keeffe and Alfred Stieglitz in letters

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Based on letters between Georgia O’Keeffe and her husband, Alfred Stieglitz, Kevin Puts’ The Brightness of Light at the Lyric Opera of Kansas City portrays marriage as a collaborative work in progress. 
****1
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Kansas City Ballet in Jewels: ballet for ballet's sake

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Balanchine's Jewels for the Kansas City Ballet is a very pleasing way to end the season.
****1
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Heavy symbolism in Kansas City's Roméo et Juliette

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A visually captivating and lyrically authentic production by Doug Scholz-Carlson for the Lyric Opera of Kansas City.
****1
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Kansas City Ballet: Peter Pan offers a magical Neverland

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Devon Carney's Peter Pan is alluring and terrifically comic: tantrums, sulking, pranks and fun, all thrown into the mix.
*****
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Kansas City Ballet's The Nutcracker: refreshingly classic

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Kansas City Ballet's The Nutcracker charms young and young at heart. 
*****
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