Amy Schumer goes big, Led Zeppelin gets strung up, and Joyce DiDonato goes to War: fall’s performing-arts calendar
Monday, September 5
Pops in the Park, free community concert
Kansas City Symphony, Shawnee Mission Park, 7710 Renner Road, Shawnee, kcsymphony.org
Wednesday, September 7
A Streetcar Named Desire
Kansas City Actors Theatre, City Stage at Union Station, 30 West Pershing Road; through Sunday, September 25, kcactors.org
Hand to God
Unicorn Theatre, 3828 Main; through Sunday, October 2; unicorntheatre.org
Virtuosos of the International Center for Music
Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts, 1601 Broadway, kauffmancenter.org
Thursday, September 8
Picasso at the Lapin Agile
Metropolitan Ensemble Theatre, 3614 Main; through Saturday, September 24; metkc.org
A Night on the Town with Les Lankhorst
Musical Theater Heritage, Crown Center, 2450 Grand; through Saturday, September 10; mthkc.com
Friday, September 9
Evita
Kansas City Repertory Theatre, at Spencer Theatre, UMKC campus, 4949 Cherry; through Sunday, October 2; kcrep.org
The Music of Led Zeppelin with the Kansas City Symphony
Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts, 1601 Broadway, kcsymphony.org
Late Night Theatre: Die Nacht der Nacht, the Night of Nights — Folly Theater, 300 West 12th Street, follytheater.org
Saturday, September 10
Becoming Dr. Ruth
White Theatre, Jewish Community Center, 5801 West 115th Street; also Sunday, September 11; thejkc.org
Thursday, September 15
I Do! I Do!
Chestnut Fine Arts Center, 234 North Chestnut, Olathe; through Sunday, October 23; chestnutfinearts.com
Friday, September 16
Kiss of the Spider Woman
The Barn Players, 6219 Martway; through Sunday, October 2; thebarnplayers.org
Saturday, September 17
Hansel and Gretel
Kansas City Lyric Opera, Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts, 1601 Broadway; also September 21, 23 and 25; kcopera.org
Adam Devine
Lied Center of Kansas, 1600 Stewart Drive, Lawrence, lied.ku.edu
Sunday, September 18
Buckets N Boards
Kansas City Symphony Family Series, Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts, 1601 Broadway, kcsymphony.org
Bob Saget
7:30 p.m. The Midland, 1228 Main
Monday, September 19
Musical Monday
Musical Theater Heritage, Crown Center, 2450 Grand, mthkc.com
Tuesday, September 20
Musical Tuesday
Musical Theater Heritage, Crown Center, 2450 Grand, mthkc.com
The Nine Who Dared: Courage in Little Rock
The Coterie, Crown Center, 2450 Grand; through Friday, October 21; thecoterie.org
Thursday, September 22
Have You Met Miss Jones?
New Theatre Restaurant, 9229 Foster, Overland Park; through Sunday, November 27; newtheatre.com
Friday, September 23
Steve Martin and Martin Short, with the Steep Canyon Rangers
8 p.m. The Midland, 1228 Main
25th Anniversary Season Fall Concert
Wylliams/Henry Contemporary Dance Company, White Recital Hall, UMKC campus, 4949 Cherry; also Saturday, September 24; wylliams-henry.org
The Escher String Quartet, with guitarist Jason Vieaux
Friends of Chamber Music, Folly Theater, 300 West 12th Street, follytheater.org
Saturday, September 24
David Bowie: A Musical Odyssey with the Kansas City Symphony
Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts, 1601 Broadway, kcsymphony.org
Sphinx Virtuosi chamber orchestra
Harriman Jewell Series free Discovery Concert, tickets required, Folly Theater, 300 West 12th Street, follytheater.org
Sunday, September 25
Catalyst Quartet
Harriman Jewell at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, 4525 Oak, hjseries.org
Thursday, September 29
KCFAA presents: Ailey II
Folly Theater, 300 West 12th Street,
follytheater.org
Friday, September 30
Annapurna
The Living Room Theatre, 1818 McGee; through Sunday, October 23; thelivingroomkc.com
Barry, Bette and Broadway
Quality Hill Playhouse, 303 West 10th Street; through Sunday, October 30;
qualityhillplayhouse.com
Picnic
University Theatre, KU, Crafton-Preyer Theatre in Murphy Hall, 1530 Naismith Drive, Lawrence; through Thursday, October 6; kutheatre.com
Tchaikovsky’s Fourth, with violinist Stefan Jackiw
Kansas City Symphony, Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts, 1601 Broadway, through October 2, kcsymphony.org
KU Symphony Orchestra, with violinist Caroline Goulding
Lied Center of Kansas, 1600 Stewart Drive, Lawrence, lied.ku.edu
Saturday, October 1
Schubert | Beatles
Grace and Holy Trinity Cathedral, 415 West 13th Street, kcopera.org
Jessica Lang Dance
Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts, 1601 Broadway, kauffmancenter.org
Sunday, October 2
Hasan Minhaj
7 p.m. Liberty Hall, 644 Massachusetts, Lawrence
Thursday, October 6
Songs of the Great War
Musical Theater Heritage, in collaboration with the National World War I Museum, Crown Center, 2450 Grand; through Sunday, October 16; mthkc.com
Bianca Del Rio
8 p.m. The Folly Theater, 300 W. 12th St.
Friday, October 7
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Kansas City Ballet, Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts, 1601 Broadway, through Sunday, October 16; kcballet.org
Pianist Arnaldo Cohen
Friends of Chamber Music, Folly Theater, 300 West 12th Street, follytheater.org
Saturday, October 8
Timeless Melodies: Michael McDowell, Pianist Without a Plan
Folly Theater, 300 West 12th Street, follytheater.org
The Capitol Steps comedy troupe
Lied Center of Kansas, 1600 Stewart Drive, Lawrence, lied.ku.edu
Sunday, October 9
Basetrack Live, documentary theater
Yardley Hall, JCCC, 12345 College Boulevard, jccc.edu/performing-arts-series
Wednesday, October 12
Mad About Mod: Kansas City Symphony free happy-hour concert
Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts, 1601 Broadway, kcsymphony.org
Josh Blue
Lied Center of Kansas, 1600 Stewart Drive, Lawrence, lied.ku.edu
Friday, October 14
The Invisible Hand
Kansas City Repertory Theatre, at Copaken Stage, 13th Street and Walnut; through Sunday, November 13; kcrep.org
O Beautiful
UMKC Theatre, at Spencer Theatre, UMKC campus, 4949 Cherry; through Sunday, October 23; umkctheatre.org
One Man, Two Guvnors
Olathe Civic Theatre, 500 East Loula, Olathe; through Sunday, October 30; olathetheatre.org
Kinsey Sicks: Electile Dysfunction, a benefit for AIDS Walk Kansas City
Folly Theater, 300 West 12th Street, follytheater.org
Saturday, October 15
La Bohème
Wichita Grand Opera, Yardley Hall, JCCC, 12345 College Boulevard, jccc.edu/performing-arts-series
Renée Fleming, soprano
Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts, 1601 Broadway, kauffmancenter.org
Sunday, October 16
Zorá Quartet
Lied Center of Kansas, 1600 Stewart Drive, Lawrence, lied.ku.edu
Wednesday, October 19
The Way We Get By
Unicorn Theatre, 3828 Main; through Sunday, November 13; unicorntheatre.org
Thursday, October 20
Deathtrap
Metropolitan Ensemble Theatre, 3614 Main; through Saturday, November 5; metkc.org
Stern Conducts Mozart’s Requiem
Kansas City Symphony, Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts, 1601 Broadway; through Sunday, October 23; kcsymphony.org
Maria Bamford
Folly Theater, 300 West 12th Street, follytheater.org
Friday, October 21
An Evening with Garrison Keillor
Yardley Hall, JCCC, 12345 College Boulevard, Overland Park, jccc.edu/performing-arts-series
Late, a Cowboy Song
University Theatre, KU, William Inge Memorial Theatre, Murphy Hall, 1530 Naismith Drive, Lawrence; through Thursday, October 27;
kutheatre.com
Saturday, October 22
Art of Time Ensemble performs Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
Yardley Hall, JCCC, 12345 College Boulevard, jccc.edu/performing-arts-series
Ben Bliss, tenor, in American recital debut
Harriman Jewell Series free Discovery Concert, tickets required, Folly Theater, 300 West 12th Street, follytheater.org
Bridget Everett
8:30 p.m. Liberty Hall, 644 Massachusetts, Lawrence
Monday, October 24
Physical Theater Festival
Byrd Productions, Just Off Broadway Theatre, 3051 Penn Valley Drive; through Sunday,
October 30; justoffbroadway.org
Thursday, October 27
Milestones: Music and Movement
Owen/Cox Dance Group, Polsky Theatre, JCCC, 12345 College Boulevard, owencoxdance.org
Screenland at the Symphony: The Phantom of the Opera
Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts, 1601 Broadway, kcsymphony.org
Friday, October 28
Boyz II Men with the Kansas City Symphony
Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts, 1601 Broadway; through Sunday, October 30; kcsymphony.org
Denis Matsuev, pianist, in recital
Harriman Jewell Series, Folly Theater, 300 West 12th Street, follytheater.org
Sunday, October 30
Brahms: Requiem
Kansas City Chorale, Grace and Holy Trinity Cathedral, 415 West 13th Street, kcchorale.org
Tuesday, November 1
Brahms: Requiem
Kansas City Chorale, Asbury United Methodist Church, 5400 West 75th Street, Prairie Village, kcchorale.org
Thursday, November 3
Amy Schumer
8 p.m., Sprint Center, 1470 Grand
Cabaret
Musical Theater Heritage, Crown Center, 2450 Grand; through Sunday, November 17; mthkc.com
Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus
Cohen Community Stagehouse at Starlight Theatre, 4600 Starlight Road; through Saturday, November 5; kcstarlight.com
Patty, Maxene & LaVerne
Chestnut Fine Arts Center, 234 North Chestnut, Olathe; through Sunday, December 18, except Thanksgiving week; chestnutfinearts.com
Nine
Spinning Tree Theatre, at the Living Room, 1818 McGee; through Sunday, November 20; spinningtreetheatre.com
Friday, November 4
Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center — Friends of Chamber Music, Folly Theater, 300 West 12th Street, follytheater.org
Crescendo 2016: Dream Within Reach, a benefit for the Conservatory of Music and Dance — Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts, 1601 Broadway, kauffmancenter.org
Saturday, November 5
Ira Glass: Seven Things I’ve Learned
Lied Center of Kansas, 1600 Stewart Drive, Lawrence, lied.ku.edu
The Marriage of Figaro
Kansas City Lyric Opera, Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts, 1601 Broadway; also November 9, 11 and 13; kcopera.org
Sunset Boulevard
White Theatre, Jewish Community Center, 5801 West 115th Street, through November 20, thejkc.org
Tuesday, November 8
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Musical
The Coterie, Crown Center, 2450 Grand; through Saturday, December 31; thecoterie.org
Wednesday, November 9
KU Wind Ensemble, with Joey Tartell on trumpet
Lied Center of Kansas, 1600 Stewart Drive, Lawrence, lied.ku.edu
Thursday, November 10
Hannibal Buress
8 p.m. The Midland, 1228 Main
Screenland at the Symphony: Raiders of the Lost Ark
Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts, 1601 Broadway, kcsymphony.org
Rachel
KC MeltingPot Theatre, at Just Off Broadway Theatre, 3051 Penn Valley Drive; through Sunday, November 20; kcmeltingpot.com
Friday, November 11
AXIS Dance Company: Changing the Face of Dance and Disability
Lied Center of Kansas, 1600 Stewart Drive, Lawrence, lied.ku.edu
Pooter McGraw Is Not Dead Party
University Theatre, KU, Stage Too, Murphy Hall, 1530 Naismith Drive; through Sunday, November 20; kutheatre.com
Saturday, November 12
Notes & Letters: Bach Aria Soloists, with a guest actor
Kansas City Central Library, 14 West 10th Street, free tickets but reservations required, bachariasoloists.com
Sinbad
8 p.m. Ameristar Casino, 3200 N. Ameristar Dr.
Sunday, November 13
Charlie Albright, piano
Lied Center of Kansas, 1600 Stewart Drive, Lawrence, lied.ku.edu
Tuesday, November 15
The Illusionists
Music Hall, 301 West 13th Street; through Sunday, November 20; theaterleague.com/kansascity
The Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University Choir
Harriman Jewell Series, Folly Theater, 300 West 12th Street, follytheater.org
Thursday, November 17
The Moth Mainstage
Folly Theater, 300 West 12th Street, follytheater.org
Black Violin, violin and viola hip-hop duo
Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts, 1601 Broadway, kauffmancenter.org
Friday, November 18
A Christmas Carol
Kansas City Repertory Theatre, at Spencer Theatre, UMKC campus, 4949 Cherry; through Saturday, December 24; kcrep.org
A Vivid Autumn: Beethoven and Brahms, with pianist Daniil Trifonov
Kansas City Symphony
Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts, 1601 Broadway; through Sunday, November 20; kcsymphony.org
Friday, November 25
Christmas in Song
Quality Hill Playhouse, 303 West 10th Street; through Saturday, December 24; qualityhillplayhouse.com
Desire: An Evening of Plays Based on Six Stories by Tennessee Williams
UMKC Theatre, at the 116 Black Box Theatre, UMKC campus, 4949 Cherry; through Saturday, December 10; umkctheatre.org
Mozart, Beethoven and Haydn, with pianist Robert Levin
Kansas City Symphony, Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts, 1601 Broadway; through Sunday, November 27; kcsymphony.org
Saturday, November 26
Sister’s Christmas Catechism
Cohen Community Stagehouse at Starlight Theatre, 4600 Starlight Road; through Sunday, December 18; kcstarlight.com
Monday, November 28
Musical Monday
Musical Theater Heritage, Crown Center, 2450 Grand, mthkc.com
Tuesday, November 29
Musical Tuesday
Musical Theater Heritage, Crown Center, 2450 Grand, mthkc.com
Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella
Lied Center of Kansas, 1600 Stewart Drive, Lawrence, lied.ku.edu
Wednesday, November 30
An Octoroon
Unicorn Theatre, co-produced with UMKC Theatre, 3828 Main; through Monday, December 26; unicorntheatre.org
Thursday, December 1
Annie
Yardley Hall, JCCC, 12345 College Boulevard, jccc.edu/performing-arts-series
Handel’s Messiah
Kansas City Symphony, with the Symphony Chorus and the Independence Messiah Choir
Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts, 1601 Broadway; through Sunday, December 4; kcsymphony.org
Friday, December 2
Tuba Christmas 2016, free lunch-hour concert
Kansas City Symphony, Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts, 1601 Broadway; also Monday, December 12; kcsymphony.org
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
Olathe Civic Theatre, 500 East Loula, Olathe; through Sunday, December 18; olathetheatre.org
R.U.R.
University Theatre, KU, William Inge Memorial Theatre in Murphy Hall, 1530 Naismith Drive, Lawrence; through Thursday, December 8; kutheatre.com
Saturday, December 3
Kansas City Christmas 
The Nutcracker
Kansas City Ballet, Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts, 1601 Broadway, through Saturday, December 24; kcballet.org
The Ten Tenors: Home for the Holidays
Yardley Hall, JCCC, 12345 College Boulevard, jccc.edu/performing-arts-series
Sunday, December 4
Holiday Vespers
KU School of Music, Lied Center of Kansas, 1600 Stewart Drive, Lawrence, lied.ku.edu
Wednesday, December 7
Application Pending
Unicorn Theatre, 3828 Main; through Monday, December 26; unicorntheatre.org
Classics Uncorked: Vivaldi’s “Winter” and Greensleeves
Kansas City Symphony, Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts, 1601 Broadway, kcsymphony.org
Joyce DiDonato and Il Pomo d’Oro chamber orchestra, performing In War and Peace: Harmony Through Music
Harriman Jewell Series, Folly Theater, 300 West 12th Street, follytheater.org
Thursday, December 8
The Santaland Diaries
Kansas City Repertory Theatre, at Copaken Stage, 13th Street and Walnut; through Saturday, December 24; kcrep.org
Friday, December 9
Jim Brickman with the Kansas City Symphony
Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts, 1601 Broadway, kcsymphony.org
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: the Musical
Lied Center of Kansas, 1600 Stewart Drive, Lawrence, lied.ku.edu
A Spectacular Christmas Show
Musical Theater Heritage, Crown Center, 2450 Grand; through Friday, December 23; mthkc.com
Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain
Yardley Hall, JCCC, 12345 College Boulevard, jccc.edu/performing-arts-series
Hello, Holidays!
Kansas City Chorale, Rolling Hills Presbyterian Church, 9300 Nall, Overland Park, kcchorale.org
Saturday, December 10
The Nutcracker and the Mouse King
Owen/Cox Dance Group, Polsky Theatre, JCCC, 12345 College Boulevard; also Sunday, December 11; owencoxdance.org
A Chorale Family Christmas — St. Michael the Archangel, 14251 Nall, Overland Park, kcchorale.org
Sunday, December 11
Hello, Holidays!
Kansas City Chorale, Karbank Building Event Space, 2000 Shawnee Mission Parkway, Mission Woods, kcchorale.org
Tuesday, December 13
Hello, Holidays!
Kansas City Chorale, St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 11 East 40th Street, kcchorale.org
Thursday, December 15
Christmas Festival
Kansas City Symphony with the Symphony Chorus, Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts, 1601 Broadway; through Tuesday, December 20; kcsymphony.org
WindSync wind quintet
Harriman Jewell Series free Discovery Concert, tickets required, Folly Theater, 300 West 12th Street, follytheater.org
Tuesday, December 27
Always … Patsy Cline
Chestnut Fine Arts Center, 234 North Chestnut, Olathe; through Saturday, December 31; chestnutfinearts.com
