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Anderson Award Winners (Oct 2016)

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

Best Play:  The African Company Presents: Richard III (The Black Repertory Theatre of Kansas City)

Best Musical:  Sweeney Todd (Leawood Stage Company)

Best Actor:  Joshua Gleeson (One Man, Two Guv’nors- OCTA)

Best Actress:   Cori Anne Weber (Sweeney Todd)

Best Cake:  First Kisses (Summit Theatre Group)

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First Kisses at Summit Theatre Group

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

Next up at Olathe Civic Theatre– The Best Christmas Pageant Ever! (Dec 2-18)

Next up at Summit Theatre Group– Every Christmas Story Ever Told, and then some! (Dec 14-18)

 

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

Anderson Theatre Awards (September 2016)

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

Best Play:  Picasso at the Lapin Agile (The Metropolitan Theatre Ensemble)

Best Musical:  The Kiss of the Spider Woman (The Barn Players)
Best Actor:  Jake Walker (Picasso at the Lapin Agile)

Best Actress:   Laura Jane Henrickson (Picasso at the Lapin Agile)

Best Cake:  The Kiss of the Spider Woman (The Barn Players)

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

Next up at The MET– Deathtrap (October 20-Nov 5)

Next up at The Barn Players– Nice Work If You Can Get It (Nov 4-20)

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.