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Q: Tell us about North Star Theater Company’s beginnings. A: In 1996 I founded North Star Theater Company to provide performing arts experiences for youth and families - one-man plays, music and storytelling performances, music and theater lessons and original youth musicals.
- Folly Theater
- Gem Theater
- Mainstreet Theater
- Madrid Theatre
- Midland Theater
- Uptown Theater
Kansas City’s oldest theater seems as good a place to begin as any. If you’ve ever walked east on 12th Street toward Power and Light, you have likely glimpsed the iconic Folly sign glowing brightly in one corner of the Palladian-stylebuilding. Built in 1900 as a venue for burlesque and vaudeville acts, Folly Theaterwas originally called the Standar...
Located in Kansas City’s historic 18th & Vine arts district, the Gem Theaterlives up to its name. Built in 1912 as a “silent movie palace," the structure was originally called Star Theater. Over the years, the Gem’s silent showings shifted into “talkies,” as they were called, but the mission remained the same: to provide an entertaining space for K...
Completed in 1921 as the Mainstreet Missouri, the Mainstreet Theater was once a vaudeville hall. Its exterior mixes Neoclassical and French Second Empirestyles. The term “neoclassical” is a loose one — it translates to less extravagant and built with the intent to serve a purpose. In contrast, the French Second Empire style is highly eclectic, feat...
South in Midtown, the Madrid Theatre opened its doors in 1926 as a Spanish Revival-stylesilent film house. This style takes some cues from the Mediterranean Revival style, which utilizes Latin American components such as red-tiled roofs, terra cotta and asymmetry. Outside of the Country Club Plaza, the Spanish Revival style is rarely seen in Kansas...
Now known as Arvest Bank Theater at the Midland, the Kansas City institution was constructed in 1927 in the Renaissance Revivalstyle. This style is similar to Italianate and considered by some to inhabit the same architectural category. The Midland has been called Loew’s Midland Theater and the Saxon Theater. At the time of construction, it was the...
Rounding out our list is another Midtown jewel: the Uptown Theater. Built in 1928 in Italian Renaissance style, the Uptown Theater was — and is — a rare bird. It was known as Missouri’s first “atmospheric” theater. Designed by John Eberson to replicate a “romantic, outdoor Mediterranean courtyard,” the interior featured a “nighttime-sky ceiling, co...
The Gem Theater. Dance; Music; Performing Arts Center; Theater. Originally named the Star Theater, the Gem was built in 1912 by the Shriner and Powellson Amusement Company as a silent movie palace serving Kansas City’s African American population.
408 Armour Road, North Kansas City, MO 64116. Open (Showing movies) 2 screens. 300 seats. 1 person favorited this theater. Overview. Photos. Comments. Designed in a Spanish Revival style by noted Kansas City architects Keene & Simpson, the Armour Theatre opened in September 1928 with 650 seats.
Starlight Theatre is a 7,739-seat [1] outdoor theatre in Kansas City, Missouri, United States that presents Broadway shows and concerts. It is one of the two major remaining self-producing outdoor theatres in the U.S. and Starlight's Cohen stagehouse also permits it to present many national Broadway touring shows.
Kansas City’s performing arts venues are as diverse and captivating as the performances they host. Whether you’re in the mood for a touring Broadway musical, a family-friendly performance or a quirkier creation from a local playwright, you’ll find all of these—and more—in the city’s performance spaces.
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