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If you've ever thought, “Say, I'd like to support higher education in Kansas while also laughing and having a good time,” you are just the audience member…
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Nothing says spring is on the way like a musical, and Waitress is a musical that is all about growth and change. The story is based on the film of the…
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The musical Evita, with lyrics and book by Tim Rice and music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, began life as a rock opera concept album released in 1976. Its warm…
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Our city has long nurtured a vibrant creative community, and if original work is the fire that lights your lantern, you don't have far to look to find it…
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Hamlet, Prince of Denmark is considered Shakespeare's best work. It's impossible to confirm a single bona fide text, as there are three surviving early…
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The jukebox musical has been around for decades, and is popular with audiences, if not always with critics. The concept uses a catalog of well known songs…
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Swan Lake bears the distinction of being Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's first ballet, composed in 1875. Tchaikovsky was commissioned by the director of the…
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Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein collaborated to create some of our most memorable musicals, including The Sound of Music, Oklahoma, The King and I,…
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Although the name Hieronymus Bosch generally conjures up visions more fitting to Halloween than Christmas, it was his work The Adoration of the Magi that…
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How would we recognize the holiday season without a production of The Nutcracker? Our fair city has several stagings of this seasonal classic, including…
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The story of Peter Pan, the boy who refused to grow up, is by now a familiar tale to audiences. J.M. Barrie created the original Peter Pan character for a…
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The Wichita Grand Opera is featuring Wichita native Chris Mann, in collaboration with world-famous conductor Steven Mercurio, in a re-visitation of last…