The Pitch fall guide to performing arts
West Side Story | Spinning Tree Theatre at the Arts Asylum, 1000 E. Ninth St., through September 5, spinningtreetheatre.com
The Oldest Boy | Unicorn Theatre, 3828 Main, through September 20, unicorntheatre.org
The Addams Family | New Theatre Restaurant, 9229 Foster, Overland Park, through September 20, newtheatre.com
Friday, September 4
KC Chamber Orchestra presents Mozart and Mendelssohn: Reaching for the Stars | Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts, 1601 Broadway
September 5-6 and 12-13
Project Playwright 4.0 | Flying Norseman Productions, at Just Off Broadway Theatre, 3051 Penn Valley Dr.
Monday, September 7
Pops in the Park | Kansas City Symphony, Shawnee Mission Park, 7710 Renner Rd., Shawnee, kcsymphony.org
Tuesday, September 8
Cirque Eloize iD | Starlight Theatre, 4600 Starlight Rd., Swope Park, through September 13, kcstarlight.com
Itzhak Perlman and Emanuel Ax | Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts, 1601 Broadway
Wednesday, September 9
At Home at the Zoo | Kansas City Actors Theatre, City Stage at Union Station, 30 West Pershing Rd., through September 27, kcactors.org
Arts Midwest Conference | 10 a.m. Kansas City Convention Center, 301 W. 13th St., through September 12
Thursday, September 10
Kansas City Improv Festival | Kick Comedy Theater, 4010 Pennsylvania, through September 12
Stones in His Pockets | Metropolitan Ensemble Theatre, 3614 Main, through September 27, metkc.org
Friday, September 11
Schoolhouse Rock | Olathe Civic Theatre, 500 E. Loula, Olathe, through September 27, olathetheatre.org
Sunday in the Park With George | KC Repertory Theatre at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, 4525 Oak, through October 4, kcrep.org
Sunday, September 13
Jay Leno | 7:30 p.m. Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts, 1601 Broadway, kauffmancenter.org
Friday, September 18
Thoroughly Modern Millie | The Barn Players, 6219 Martway, Mission, through October 4, thebarnplayers.org
Kansas City Improv Festival | Musical Theater Heritage at Crown Center, 2450 Grand, through September 19
Saturday, September 19
The Cyprus Avenue Benefit Concert | Wylliams/Henry Contemporary Dance, Folly Theater, 300 W. 12th St., wylliams-henry.org
Tuesday, September 22
The Miracle Worker | The Coterie, Crown Center, 2450 Grand, through October 25, thecoterie.org
Wednesday, September 23
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat |Lied Center of Kansas, 1600 Stewart Dr., Lawrence, lied.ku.edu
Thursday, September 24
You Can’t Take It With You | New Theatre Restaurant, 9229 Foster, Overland Park, through November 29, newtheatre.com
Friday, September 25
New Dance Partners, with Owen/Cox Dance, 0x000AWylliams/Henry Contemporary Dance and Oklahoma City Ballet | Johnson County Community College, 12345 College Blvd., through September 26, jccc.edu/0x000Aperforming-arts-series
Saturday, September 26
Don Giovanni | KC Lyric Opera, Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts, 1601 Broadway, through October 4, kcopera.org
The Life and Times of Barbara Jordan | 2 p.m. Lucile H. Bluford Library, 3050 Prospect, kclibrary.org
Friday, October 2
Tin Pan Alley |Quality Hill Playhouse, 303 W. 10th St., through November 1, qualityhillplayhouse.com
Saturday, October 3
Kristin Chenoweth with the Kansas City Symphony | Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts, 1601 Broadway, kcsymphony.org
The Comedy Get Down with Cedric “The Entertainer,” Eddie Griffin, D.L. Hughley, George Lopez and Charlie Murphy | 8 p.m. Sprint Center, 1407 Grand, sprintcenter.com
Friday, October 9
Chainsaw the Musical | The Living Room, 1818 McGee, through October 31, thelivingroomkc.com
The National Circus and Acrobats of the People’s Republic of China | Johnson County Community College, 12345 College Blvd., jccc.edu/performing-arts-series
The Three Musketeers | Kansas City Ballet, Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts, 1601 Broadway, through October 18, kcballet.org
Wittenberg | UMKC Theatre, Grant Hall, 5228 Charlotte, through October 25, umkctheatre.org
Saturday, October 10
Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Chamber Ensemble | Johnson County Community College, 12345 College Blvd., jccc.edu/performing-arts-series
Wednesday, October 14
The Brothers Size | Unicorn Theatre, 3828 Main, through November 8, unicorntheatre.org
Kansas City Symphony Happy Hour: Brasstacular | Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts, 1601 Broadway, kcsymphony.org
Thursday, October 15
The Turn of the Screw | Spinning Tree Theatre, at Just Off Broadway Theatre, 3051 Penn Valley Dr., through November 1, spinningtreetheatre.com
Vincent in Brixton | Metropolitan Ensemble Theatre, 3614 Main, through November 1, metkc.org
Friday, October 16
Blueprints to Freedom | KC Repertory Theatre, Copaken Stage, 13th St. and Walnut, through November 15, kcrep.org
The Learned Ladies | UMKC Theatre, Studio 116, James C. Olson PAC, 4949 Cherry, through October 31, umkctheatre.org
Kathleen Madigan | 8 p.m. The Midland, 1228 Main, midlandkc.com
Friday, October 23
Spirit of India: Bollywood Masala Orchestra and Dancers of India | Johnson County Community College, 12345 College Blvd., jccc.edu/performing-arts-series
What Keeps Mankind Alive | Owen/Cox Dance, Musical Theater Heritage at Crown Center, 2450 Grand, through October 25, owencoxdance.org
Friday, October 30
Classical Mystery Tour: Music of the Beatles | Kansas City Symphony, Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts, 1601 Broadway, through October 31, kcsymphony.org
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Thursday, November 5
Urinetown, the Musical | Musical Theater Heritage at Crown Center, 2450 Grand, through November 27, mthkc.com
Friday, November 6
Good People | Olathe Civic Theatre, 500 E. Loula, Olathe, through November 22, olathetheatre.org
The Producers | The Barn Players, 6219 Martway, Mission, through November 22, thebarnplayers.org
Saturday, November 7
Little Shop of Horrors | White Theatre, Jewish Community Center, 5801 W. 115th St., Overland Park, through November 22, thejkc.org
Rusalka | KC Lyric Opera, Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts, 1601 Broadway, through November 14, kcopera.org
Urban Bush Women | Johnson County Community College, 12345 College Blvd., jccc.edu/performing-arts-series
Thursday, November 12
Screenland at the Symphony: Star Trek 2009 | Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts, 1601 Broadway, also November 14, kcsymphony.org
Friday, November 13
Chris Hardwick | 8 p.m. The Midland, 1228 Main
Tuesday, November 17
A Charlie Brown Christmas | The Coterie, Crown Center, 2450 Grand, through January 3, thecoterie.org
Thursday, November 19
The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail | Metropolitan Ensemble Theatre, 3614 Main, through December 6
Christmas in Song | Quality Hill Playhouse, 303 W. 10th St., through December 24, qualityhillplayhouse.com
Friday, November 20
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Beethoven, Mozart and Brahms | Kansas City Symphony, Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts, 1601 Broadway, through November 22, kcsymphony.org
A Christmas Carol | KC Repertory Theatre, Spencer Theatre, 4949 Cherry, through December 24, kcrep.org
Kevin Locke Native Dance Ensemble | Johnson County Community College, 12345 College Blvd.
Wednesday, December 2
Mr. Burns, a Post-Electric Play | Unicorn Theatre, 3828 Main, through December 27, unicorntheatre.org
Thursday, December 3
The Santaland Diaries | KC Repertory Theatre, Copaken Stage, 13th St. and Walnut, through December 24
Handel’s Messiah | The KC Symphony, with the Independence Messiah Choir and KC Symphony Chorus, Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts, 1601 Broadway, through December 6, kcsymphony.org
Friday, December 4
Kansas City Christmas | Heartland Men’s Chorus, Folly Theater, 300 W. 12th St., through December 6, hmckc.org
Tuba Christmas | Kansas City Symphony, Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts, 1601 Broadway, also December 7, kcsymphony.org
Saturday, December 5
The Nutcracker | Kansas City Ballet, Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts, 1601 Broadway, through December 24, kcballet.org
Reduced Shakespeare Co.: The Ultimate Christmas Show (Abridged) | Johnson County Community College, 12345 College Blvd.
Wednesday, December 9
Buyer & Cellar | Unicorn Theatre, 3828 Main, through December 27, unicorntheatre.org
Classics Uncorked: Winter’s Dream | Kansas City Symphony, Kauffman Center, 1601 Broadway
Friday, December 11
Doc Severinsen with the Kansas City Symphony | Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts, 1601 Broadway, through December 20, kcsymphony.org
6 x 10 Ten-Minute Play Festival | The Barn Players, 6219 Martway, Mission, through December 13
Saturday, December 12
Jim Brickman | Johnson County Community College, 12345 College Blvd.
Thursday, December 17
Christmas Festival | Kansas City Symphony, Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts, 1601 Broadway, through December 20
Tuesday, December 29
Cirque Dreams Holidaze | Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts, 1601 Broadway, through December 30, kauffmancenter.org
