“He that better knows how to tame a shrew, now let him speak,” wrote William Shakespeare in his classic comedy “The Taming of the Shrew.” Cole Porter thought he might have some ideas on that subject, and [KU’s University Theatre brought them to life][1] Friday night, opening its ...

Many young performers dream of making it on Broadway. But how do you get there, especially from Kansas? The punchline of the old joke — "practice" — is a piece of it, but training is important too. That’s where Baker University’s “Broadway at Baker” program comes in. It’s a ...

When the folks at Theatre Lawrence imagined opening night of their brand new building, they likely had something other than a plodding, hand-wringing show rife with technical and design problems in mind. Unfortunately, “Ragtime’s” paper-thin plot and running time of nearly three hours ...

Ask Jennifer Glenn about “The Pirates of Penzance,” and you’ll get an unusual answer. “Well, there’s absolutely no plot to it,” she says of the classic Gilbert and Sullivan operetta. Glenn and about 60 young theater students tackle the airy, musical farce this weekend in the ...

Sometimes art is dangerous. Not just in the metaphorical sense of subversive ideas changing society or the way people think. No, sometimes it’s actually physically dangerous. Andy Stowers found out the hard way in a recent performance for EMU Theatre. Playing Batman in a short play during ...

School is almost out for the summer, which means the Lawrence Arts Center is gearing up for its annual Summer Youth Theater camps. Auditions for all four sessions will be held Sunday, May 5, beginning at 2 p.m. http://www.lawrence.com/users/photos/2013/may/02/254230/ As usual, SYT caters ...