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Death and the Maiden – review by Frank C. Siraguso

Posted on January 19, 2019December 25, 2022 by Frank C. Siraguso

January 19,2019 Death and the Maiden at Kansas City Actors Theatre is riveting – this is the play for our times. The setting is banal. A house by the sea, simple furnishings,…

A Moon for the Misbegotten – review by Frank C. Siraguso

Posted on September 18, 2018December 25, 2022 by Frank C. Siraguso

Eugene O’Neill’s A Moon for the Misbegotten, the sequel to his Pulitzer Prize-winning A Long Day’s Journey into Night, is a hard-bitten play about love, dissembling, and destruction, with a side of…

Blithe Spirit – review by Frank C. Siraguso

Posted on August 13, 2018December 26, 2022 by Frank C. Siraguso

KC Actors Theatre season opener, Noel Coward’s Blithe Spirit, laughs in the face of death. A “farce in three acts,” as Coward describes it, Blithe Spirit centers on the relationships of novelist…

Skylight – review by Frank C. Siraguso

Posted on May 28, 2018December 26, 2022 by Frank C. Siraguso

Tom and Kyra confront their past and present lives in the KC Actors production of David Hare’s Skylight. May 28, 2018 If you caught any press releases of Skylight, the spring 2018…

The Barber of Seville – Review by Frank C. Siraguso

Posted on April 30, 2018December 26, 2022 by Frank C. Siraguso

The Lyric Opera’s production of Rossini’s The Barber of Seville is a light, preposterous love story that is the ancestor of 1930s screwball comedies. Based on Le Barbier de Séville, a French…

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
– theater review by Frank C. Siraguso

Posted on February 4, 2018March 23, 2021 by Frank C. Siraguso

The Rep’s production of Simon Stephens’ adaption of Mark Haddon’s novel, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, is a brilliant gem of many facets Set in today’s England, The…

Sea Marks – Theater Review by Frank C. Siraguso

Posted on January 15, 2018March 23, 2021 by Frank C. Siraguso

KC Actors Theatre production of Gardner McKay’s Sea Marks is a sweet, bittersweet tale of love and expectations we have for one another. Words mean nothing. Words mean everything. Between these two…

King Lear – Theater Review by Frank C. Siraguso

Posted on October 15, 2017March 23, 2021 by Frank C. Siraguso

Ted Swetz as King Lear owns the stage in KC Actors Theatre-UMKC Theatre collaboration This is the third time I’ve seen Shakespeare’s King Lear on the Spencer Theatre stage. The first, in…

A Lie of the Mind – Theater Review by Frank C. Siraguso

Posted on September 20, 2017March 23, 2021 by Frank C. Siraguso

Powerful performances propel Sam Shepard’s A Lie of the Mind at KC Actors Theatre Sam Shepard’s 1985 A Lie of the Mind explores relationships and the differences between men and women. He…

The Book of Mormon, review by Frank C. Siraguso

Posted on December 9, 2016March 23, 2021 by Frank C. Siraguso

You’ve heard about it, you’ve read about it, now here’s your chance to see the smash musical, The Book of Mormon live in living color at The Music Hall. If nothing else,…

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