Starving artists, young love, jealousy, despair – “La Bohéme” has it all. “If you’re in the arts or writing or philosophy, these are kindred spirits,” says Linda Brand, who’s directing the new production of Puccini’s classic opera that opens tonight at Kansas University ...

A young man’s life hangs in the balance. He stands accused of murder. If he’s convicted, he will almost certainly be sentenced to death. The case looks open and shut. The guard assigned to the jury deliberation room notes simply, “The kid doesn’t stand a chance.” But one of those ...

Occasionally, a play comes along that is so beautiful, so perfectly produced, and so exquisitely performed it is difficult to describe. Such is the case with Kansas University Theatre’s production of Lynn Nottage’s “Intimate Apparel.” The show, which opened April 3 and runs through ...

“Of all ideals they hail as good,” American satirist Tom Lehrer wrote in his typically irreverent ode “Oedipus Rex”, “The most sublime is Motherhood.” Julie Dunlap and Sara Stotts seem to have their tongues planted similarly in cheek with the debut of their show ...

There’s no shortage of literature on the African-American experience in the 20th century. From Toni Morrison to Ralph Ellison to Austin Pickett, there is a lot of great material chronicling being black in America in modernity. But most of it is set during and after the Harlem Renaissance ...

Death and comedy mix freely in EMU Theatre’s annual 10-minute play festival, this year titled “Snake, Rattle and Role,” which opened at the Lawrence Arts Center on Friday night. Producers Nick Stock and Andy Stowers attempt to weave nine plays featuring either death or comedy (or ...