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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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The Great Gatsby at Kansas City Ballet

Kansas City Ballet in Septime Webre’s The Great Gatsby © Brett Pruitt & East Market Studios
Septime Webre’s dazzling, maximalist Great Gatsby for the Kansas City Ballet is instantly engaging.
*****
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Deep into the American psyche: Carlisle Floyd’s Of Mice and Men

Matthew Pearce (Lennie), John Moore (Milton) with Waverly © Don Ipock for Lyric Opera of Kansas City
Carlisle Floyd's operatic setting of John Steinbeck’s classic novella is given a new production in the composer's centenary year at the Lyric Opera of Kansas City.
****1
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Ballet for cowboys and soldiers at Kansas City Ballet

Kansas City Ballet in George Balanchine's Stars and Stripes © The George Balanchine Trust. Photography by Brett Pruitt & East Market Studios
Kansas City Ballet celebrate the USA’s 250th anniversary with three American ballets. Balanchine's Stars and Stripes, de Mille's Rodeo and a new work by Caili Quan, A Home Away.
****1
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Porgy and Bess: Catfish Row arrives in Kansas City

Michelle Bradley (Bess) and Eric Greene (Porgy) © Andrew Schwartz
Francesca Zambello's magnificent production of the Gershwins’ American epic comes to the Lyric Opera of Kansas City. 
****1
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Kansas City Ballet in Swan Lake: good girl vs bad girl

Kansas City Ballet in Devon Carney's Swan Lake © Brett Pruitt & East Market Studios
Swan Lake opens the season for Kansas City Ballet in a splendid looking production and with very pleasing interpretations.
****1
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Rockabilly meets Rossini: Cinderella at Lyric Opera of Kansas City

Jack Swanson (Don Ramiro) and Siphokazi Molteno (Angelina) © Andrew Schwartz
Michael Shell's sparkling new production of La Cenerentola, built locally, opens the season at the Lyric Opera Kansas City. 
****1
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A big and bold Turandot in Kansas City

Wendy Bryn Harmer (Turandot) © Andrew Schwartz
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

Andrew Vecseri with Kansas City Ballet in Anna-Marie Holmes' Don Quixote © Brett Pruitt & East Market Studios
Kansas City Ballet's first love affair with Don Quixote is a striking and well-danced success.
*****
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