Come on down to the Plaza THIS weekend and join us at the Musical Theater Heritage booth! We'll be located on Broadway between 47th & JC Nichols Road.  We'll have free giveaways, and information about our upcoming 2012 Season!

MTH is partnering with Experience ArtsKC this year, which provides a venue for local arts organizations to showcase their offerings and is designed to educate the public about Kansas City's diverse arts community.

When you get there, grab a "Passport to the Arts" from the ArtsKC/Bank of America booth at the intersection of Broadway and Nichols Road. Travel from booth to booth to "discover the arts", and once you have collected all your stamps, return your passport to the ArtsKC/Bank of America booth to be entered to win a wide variety of prizes, from theatre tickets to DVDs and gift certificates!

Back On Cyprus Avenue

w/ Wylliams Henry Contemporary Dance & Bill Shapiro

Saturday October 22, 2011 8PM

The Folly Theater is proud to announce the return of WHCDC w/ Bill Shapiro. We will present an exciting evening of music and dance featuring new choreography to the music of Jerry Lee Lewis, Van Morrison, The Staple Singers, Paul Simon, The Temptations, The "Boss" and many others. If you are a Cyprus Avenue fan, a dance lover, or just have a passion for America's great popular music, you won't want to miss this! Tickets range from $25-$55 and are on sale now! Following the performance, please join us for a VIP champagne reception in our shareholders room. The cost is an additional $25 and tickets are very limited. Mingle with the dancers and Bill Shapiro while enjoying light appetizers and a glass of bubbly! Proceeds will benefit The Folly Theater.

Call our box office at 816-474-4444 M-F 10-5 to order today!

Christian Youth Theater’s mission is to develop character in children and adults through training the arts and by producing wholesome family entertainment, all of which reflect Judeo-Christian values. The group is marking 12 years in Kansas City and the expansion to a fourth location in Shawnee, Kan., says PR and Marketing Director Amy Cox.

One of the first shows of the fall season will by the South/Overland Park presentation of Aida: School Edition. “This is our first time performing Aida and this will be a great opportunity for our older students to perform their best.  With all of our productions, there are many opportunities for our directors to not only teach theater skills but to discuss life lessons with our cast members.  Themes of this show will be loyalty and character development under uneasy circumstances,” she says.

The musical looks at the timeless and tragic tale of love between an Egyptian soldier and an enslaved Nubian princess. The score is more pop driven with choral arrangements and ballads. “Young people will love this show because it is a more modern musical, performed on Broadway beginning in 2000.  It is a love story with great music by Elton John and Tim Rice and folds history with life lessons, great music, beautiful costuming and a twisting plot.”

The show runs the last full week in October at the Bell Cultural Events Center, MidAmerica Nazarene University, Olathe.

To coincide with the Kansas City Ballet’s production of Tom Sawyer-A Ballet in Three Acts, the Kansas City Public Library is hosting the Big Read and encouraging Kansas Citians to delve into the world of Mark Twain’s Tom Sawyer. To further celebrate the ballet, several events will take place through the months of September and October.

• Sept. 13, 6 p.m., Central Library, 14 W. 10th St., Book Discussion Group. Kaite Stover will lead the discussion about Tom and his exploits.

• Sept. 17, 2 p.m., Trails West Branch, 11401 E. 23rd St.?Book Discussion Group. Nancy Oelke leads the discussion on Tom Sawyer.

• Sept. 18, 2 p.m., Central Library, 14 W. 10th St., Thomas Hart Benton on Tom Sawyer: Re-envisioning Twain in the 20^th Century.?Art historian and exhibit curator Joan Stack discusses how Thomas Hart Benton responded to the challenge of illustrating this classic Twain novel.

• Sept. 20, 6:30 p.m.?Plaza Branch, 4801 Main St., Where the Twain Meet: The Enduring Cross-Generational Appeal of Tom Sawyer.?Twain scholar Robert Hirst, editor of the bestselling Autobiography of Mark Twain, Vol. 1, provides a critical perspective on the novel.

• Sept. 21, noon, Central Library, 14 W. 10th St., Book Discussion Group. Kaite Stover leads the discussion.

• Sept. 24, 11 a.m., Central Library, 14 W. 10th St., Book Discussion Group. Kaite Stover leads the discussion.

• Sept. 27, 6 p.m., Waldo Branch, 201 E. 75th St.?Book Discussion Group. Alicia Ahlvers leads the discussion.

• Oct. 4, 6:30 p.m., Central Library, 14 W. 10th St., Mark Twain and the Philippines: How One Major Writer Viewed America’s Entry into Global Imperialism. Susan Harris, the Hall Distinguished Professor of American Literature at the University of Kansas, examines the rarely seen political side of Twain, who was actively interested in world events – and deeply patriotic.

Now-Oct. 30, Exhibit, Mark Twain and Tom Benton: Pictures, Prose and Song. Central Library, 14 W. 10th St.?The Kansas City Public Library unites Missouri’s most renowned author and its most prominent artist with this exhibit.

A new tragicomedy by Bryan Moses

It is Sept.10, 2001 and Danny and Tom, two twenty-something guys, are ready to make a drastic decision to be remembered and make a statement about the current state of affairs in America- to put an end to all the Apathy.

Starring Sean Hogge, Bob Linebarger, George Forbes, and Kelly Main.

Set Design by Tim Ahlenius, Set Dressing/Props by Shawnna Journagan, Lighting Design by Moose Kimball, Sound Design by David Kiehl

Written and Directed by The Living Room's Associate Artistic Director, Bryan Moses.

SEPT 10-26
THURSDAYS-MONDAYS
ALL PERFORMANCES AT 8PM  $20 

Tickets can be purchased in advance at
https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/193975

 thelivingroomkc.com

(816) 221-4260

newEar announces its 19^th consecutive concert season – our most ambitious to date – with more variety, more musicians, and more challenging and innovative music making, Verge 2011-12.

Concert 1: Vortex Memoriam
Saturday, September 10, 2011 8:00 pm
All Souls Unitarian Universalist Church
4501 Walnut, KCMO

On the eve of the 10th anniversary of 9/11, newEar explores the realm of remembrance, memories and time in this concert featuring works Voices in Memoriam (for piano and electronics) by Kansas City's award winning composer, James Mobberley and September Canons (for violin and electronics) by Ingram Marshall, (September Canons) composed in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks. Other works include Lei Liang's Memories of Xiaoxiang, a haunting reminder of the loss of a loved one during the Chinese cultural revolution (for alto sax with dancer) and Gerard Grisey's Vortex Temporum, (for flute, clarionet, violin, viola, cello, piano.)

Concert 2: Strange Nonsense
Saturday, November 5, 2011 8:00 pm
All Souls Unitarian Universalist Church
4501 Walnut, KCMO

New Music equals nonsense? Not at all! newEar invites you to experience our take on "nonsense" – most decidedly more sense than non … are Jeremy Podgursky's piano trio "Nonsense or Sorcery" and Kamram Ince's driving, Turkish-inspired "Strange Stone." Olga Neuwirth's colorful and quirky "5 Daily Miniatures. Works by Jay Batzner and Henri Lazarof round out the program. 8:00 pm at All Souls church, 4501 Walnut, KCMO. Tickets thru CTO at 816-235-6222. Details at newear.org

Concert 3: Worlds Apart
Saturday, February 11, 2012 8:00 pm
All Souls Unitarian Universalist Church
4501 Walnut, KCMO

Anchoring this concert is the remarkable "Clarinet Quartet" of Krzysztof Penderecki. Works by local composers include "For the Time Being" by Ingrid Stolzel and "Invisible Worlds" by Nick Omiccioli receive their Kansas City premieres.

Concert 4: Road Trip
Saturday, April 28, 2012 8:00 pm
All Souls Unitarian Universalist Church
4501 Walnut, KCMO

A newEar Road Trip … what could be more intriguing? John Adam's earbox.com "Road Movies" for violin and piano leads off the first leg of the journey. This concert will also feature the winner of our 2nd Annual Composers'Competition and the premiere of a newly commissioned work as well as works by Salvatore Sciarrino, Per Bloland, and Andy Akiho.

For ticket information please call the Central Ticket Office at 816-235-6222 or toll-free at 1-888-286-4849 or visit newear.org.

8:00pm, Saturday, September 10, 2011
All Souls UUC, 4501 Walnut, KCMO

newEar contemporary chamber ensemble begins its 19th season probing the themes of time, remembrance, and loss, including works serving as emotional responses to the events of September 11, 2001. Ingram Marshall’s September Canons for violin and electronics, while clearly memorializing 9/11, also draws inspiration from Bach, Ives, and others. Kansas City composer James Mobberley composed Voices in Memoriam to speak to the notion that our memories, while changing with time, “argue convincingly that nothing that we love ever really leaves us.” Memories of Xiaoxiang is composer Lei Liang’s plaintive response to a tragedy of the cultural revolution of his native China, scored for alto saxophone and recorded media. Having a career interest in the infinite possibility of timbre, GÈrard Grisey composed Vortex Temporum as a massive exploration of how our perception of sound changes over time. We hope you’ll join us for a penetrating musical journey into the emotional heart of the human experience.

Pre-concert talk at 7:15 p.m. Reception follows concert.

Ticket and further program information are available at newear.org

Here's the exciting 2011/2012 Season.
Order your tickets today!

 Chant & Beyond
Chant. The very word evokes calm and mystery. Chants of 12th century Hildegard von Bingen, 13th century Ireland, 15th century L’homme armÈ settings, as well as pieces written in our own time, inspired by these ancient tunes.

Sat. Oct 15, 7:30   St Michael Archangel, 143rd and Nall
Sun. Oct. 16, 2:00 Redemptorist Church, 3333 Broadway
Tue. Oct. 18, 7:30 Asbury Methodist, 5400 W 75th St. (at Nall)

The Holiday Concerts
Two concert programs. Take your pick (or attend both!)

A Family Christmas concert with a massed chorus of the Chorale and honor choirs from 8 area high schools. Two hundred young voices singing with the Kansas City Chorale celebrating the joy of the holiday season!
Sun. Dec. 4, 2:00 Grace & Holy Trinity, 1300 Broadway

Gaudete! Rejoice! The Chorale presents its much-loved holiday tradition, classical music to celebrate the season. From formal settings of the 16th century “Gaudete” to a sleigh full of traditional carols (that you sing with us).
Sun. Dec. 11, 2:00 Redemptorist Church, 3333 Broadway
Tue. Dec. 13, 7:30 Asbury Methodist, 5400 W 75th St. (at Nall)

Request Line: 30 Years of Your Favorites
A concert of music most requested by our patrons and singers. Ticket holders and singers will vote, the votes will be tallied, and Maestro Bruffy will conduct the Chorale’s most beloved repertoire. Also on the program to celebrate Franz Liszt’s 200th birthday and the start of the Paschal season, “Via Crucis,” one of Liszt’s most daring and original compositions.

Sun. Mar. 4, 2:00 Redemptorist Church, 3333 Broadway
Tue. Mar. 6, 7:30 Asbury Methodist, 5400 W. 75th St.
Tue. Mar. 13, 7:30 Liberty United Methodist
1001 Sunset Ave, Liberty, MO