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A Very Accidental Holiday is coming soon!

It is Christmas Eve 1924, and Lidia’s restaurant is closed for renovations. But what happens when a snowstorm hits Kansas City, and all trains stop running? Everyone is left to spend the night at the restaurant, while our hapless hero works through a frantic evening to create a memorable morning for one stranded family.
Lidia’s restaurant and The Living Room Theatre continue their Accidental Waiter Series with A Very Accidental Holiday, another original “ode to the silent movies” tale for the entire family that reminds us home truly is where you make it.

Dates & Times:
Sunday Nov. 27th 7pm
Monday Nov. 28th 7pm
Saturday December 3rd 230pm
Saturday December 10th 230pm
Sunday December 11th 230pm

$20 tickets

Reservations @
Lidia’s Kansas City
(816) 221-3722
101 W. 22nd St.
KC, MO 64108

Cast:
Damian Blake
Annie Cherry
Alan Tilson
Coleman Crenshaw
Megan Secrest

If You Give a Mouse a Cookie Review (KC Parent)

KC Parent named Theatre for Young America’s current production of If You Give a Mouse a Cookie starring Noelia Rothery and Coleman Crenshaw one of it’s Top Picks for October.

Excerpts from Kristina Light’s review below:

Laura Joffe Numeroff’s “If you…” popular Children’s Series keeps kids laughing. Fans of the series will love “If you Give a Mouse a Cookie” at Theatre for Young America.

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If you take a child to a “good” children’s show it will hold their attention without fidgets and wiggles. If you take a child to a “great” chidlren’s show it will set the entire audience into roars of laughter and leave the children talking about the performance all day long…. and then they’ll want to tell daddy all about it… and then they’ll want to tell grandma… and then they’ll want to tell their aunts… and then they’ll wake up the next morning wanting to see the show again…. and that is just what happened at my house after attending opening day of Theatre for Young America’s “If You Give a Mouse a Cookie.”

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The show is full of good old-fashioned physical humor and slapstick. The creativity of the cast played out well and with each stunt the mouse pulled, the children roared with laughter.

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If you’re looking for fun entertainment for little ones this fall, consider an outing to TYA’s “If You Give a Mouse a Cookie.”  We recommend this show for early elementary and preschool children.

For the full review at KC Parent click here.

If You Give a Mouse a Cookie runs through November 12th at the H&R Block City Stage on Level B of Union Station.  Showtimes vary, but 10am Tuesdays-Fridays and 1pm on Saturdays will always get you there for a show.  For tickets and showtimes visit Union Station Ticketing.

KC Metropolis Review of Widows

Crenshaw delivers an incredibly subtle performance as the seemingly aimless grown son living at home. Chuck is more honest and emotionally available than the women surrounding him and his shrewd philosophizing makes sense. Chuck shares touching moments with Iris, Erica and Nif as he is the only person willing to let down their guard in this emotional battlefield. These introspective moments are quite brief and are among the few respites in the play.

 

Libby Hanssen at KCMetropolis, Kansas City’s Online Journal of the Performing Arts reviews The Metropolitan Ensemble Theatre’s production of Rules for Widows.  The full review here.

Kansas City playwright Michael Ruth’s new play is currently in it’s World Premiere at the MET in Kansas City.  Shows runs through Oct. 3rd; Thursdays through Saturdays at 7:30pm and Sundays at 2pm.