Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill’s “The Threepenny Opera” opened last weekend at the Lawrence Arts Center, and fortunately for those who didn’t catch it, the production will run for another weekend, October 26-27-28. Crisply directed by Ric Averill, the show fills the stage with music, ...

If all you think of is “theater for young people” when you think of the Lawrence Arts Center, you don’t know the whole story. “Our reputation is youth theater and family-friendly shows,” says the Arts Center’s Performing Arts Artistic Director Ric Averill. “We want to be known ...

It’s October, and that means, among other things, it’s time for monsters. EMU Theatre has your scary show needs covered with its annual 10-minute play festival “Horrorshow.” http://www.lawrence.com/users/photos/2012/oct/17/243053/ This is the sixth annual presentation of the ...

Sometimes you can carry a joke too far. The first time, it gets a big laugh. So you turn it into a running gag. That makes it funny for awhile. But you have to know when to quit, because, if you don’t, it stops being funny and becomes tiresome. That is, sadly, what happens with Kansas ...

KU’s Crafton-Preyer Theatre is the scene of pre-World War II espionage, beginning Friday night when the curtain goes up on “The 39 Steps.” http://www.lawrence.com/users/photos/2012/oct/11/242568/ Richard Hannay is a bored, 37-year-old Canadian bachelor living in London in 1935. ...

http://www.lawrence.com/users/photos/2012/oct/09/242463/ Nnenna Freelon’s approach to music is unique and varied. “I like a lot of different kinds of music,” she says. “I don’t see barriers between any type of song.” You need only listen to a few songs to hear what she ...