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Anderson Award Winners (August 2016)

I am proud to announce (and happy to congratulate) the Anderson Award winners for August 2016.

Best Play:  I’m Not Rappaport! (Kansas City Actors Theatre)
Best Musical:  Next to Normal (Music Theatre Heritage)
Best Actor:  Victor Raider-Wexler (I’m Not Rappaport!)
Best Actress:   Ashley Pankow (Next to Normal)
Best Cake:  A League of Their Own: Staged Reading (Stuffed Buffalo Productions)
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Please continue to support local theatre and these award-winning theatres and theatre artists.  They have much more to come!

 

 

Next up at KCAT– A Streetcar Named Desire opens Sept 7th at City Stage at Union Station.
Next up at the MTH– A Night on the Town with Les Lankhorst (Sept 8-10)

For more information on the Anderson Awards (and the beautiful people they are named after) please see this post.

The Anderson Awards (July 2016)

I am proud to announce (and happy to congratulate) the Anderson Award winners for July 2016.

Best Play:  The Elephant Man (The Barn Players)
Best Musical:  Mary Poppins (The Jewish Community Center)
Best Actor:  Coleman Crenshaw (The Elephant Man)
Best Actress:   Jennifer Renfrow (Mary Poppins)
Best Cake:  Mary Poppins (The Jewish Community Center)
Mary Poppins - JCC - July 2016

Mary Poppins – JCC – July 2016

Please continue to support local theatre and these award-winning theatres and theatre artists.  They have much more to come!

Next up at The Barn Players– The Elephant Man continues until Aug 14th; then The Kiss of the Spider Woman (Sept 16th-Oct 2nd)
Next up at the JCC– Becoming Dr. Ruth (Sept 10-11)

As many of you know the 2016 Kansas City Fringe Festival concluded at the end of July.  The Andersons would like to give special notice to their favorite Fringe shows this year.  Out of the 21 Fringe shows our hardworking namesakes have seen they would like to give special Anderson Awards notice to the following shows:
Boxes & Ashes written by Vicky Burnett and directed by Bryan Moses
Hacks written and performed by Ben Auxier, Brian Huther and Seth Macchi
Wicked Creatures written by Emma Carter
Treasure of the Golden Monkey King by Byrd Productions and Patrick Rippeto
Performing Annie Oakley: shooting is gentle thing starring Cheryl Weaver, directed by Bob Paisley
Been Fin written and driected by Phil Kinen, starring Greg Butell and Jake Leet
The Toymaker created by Jesse Ray Metcalf
Crazy Horse: a dream of thunder starring Sam Wright, directed by Nicholas Collett
Story of the Century by David Hill
For more information on the Anderson Awards (and the beautiful people they are named after) please see this post.

The Anderson Awards (June 2016)

I am proud to announce (and happy to congratulate) the Anderson Award winners for June 2016.

Best Play:  Arcadia (Olathe Civic Theatre)
Best Musical:  Parade (Metropolitan Ensemble Theatre)
Best Actor:  Michael Dragen (Parade)
Best Actress:   Kimberly Horner (Parade)
Best Cake:  Big River (Musical Theatre Heritage)
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Please continue to support local theatre and these award-winning theatres and theatre artists.  They have much more to come!

Next up at OCTA– Alter Boyz (Aug 26-Sept 11)
Next up at the MET– Picasso at the Lapin Agile (Sept 8-24)
Next up at MTH– Next To Normal (Aug 4-24)

Need theatre sooner? (Of course you do!)

Most theatre artists here in Kansas City are gearing up for the annual Fringe Festival (July 21-31).  Get out and Fringe, it is an outstanding festival of theatre, music, film, and art sure to surprise, excite, and inspire.
Or check out the KC Theatre Calendar for currently running professional productions.
For more information on the Anderson Awards (and the beautiful people they are named after) please see this post.