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Legendary and Magical: Unicorn Theatre

As part of our performARTS series, we present a profile of the Unicorn Theatre.

You know our local theatres each tend to have their specialties–comedies, classics, family fare, or in the case of Kansas City’s Unicorn Theatre, cutting edge new plays that are in many cases Pulitzer Prize winners or world premieres.

Unicorn Theatre neon sign

This season, the Unicorn has already staged a punk rock musical about Andrew Jackson, a tele-evangelists’s last broadcast, and a dark comedy about addiction with a name we can’t say on TV.

We go behind the scenes at the Unicorn in this latest installment of our performARTS series in conjunction with KC Studio Magazine.

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Bah Humbug: Gary Neal Johnson and A Christmas Carol

Randy Mason talks to prolific Kansas City actor Gary Neal Johnson about his career and his long standing role as Ebeneezer Scrooge in the Kansas City Rep's A Christmas Carol.

Before you mutter….humbug… we’re joined by the Kansas City Rep’s A Christmas Carol’s most veteran star.

He’s been appearing in the annual holiday production for close to thirty years. You know him as Mr. Ebenezer Scrooge…though his friends and family call him Gary Neal Johnson.

Actor Gary Neal Johnson on stage as Scrooge sitting at a desk writing

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Media Mogul: David Brain and the Business of Movie Theaters

Entertainment Properties Trust CEO David Brain sits down with Nick Haines to discuss trends in the movie theater industry and what changes might be ahead for a film lovers’ in-theater movie-going experience.

Last year, the number of people going to movie theaters in the United States hit a 16 year low. With state-of-the-art home theater systems, Red Box kiosks, Netflix and movies you can download to your phone is it any wonder movie theaters are finding it hard to compete?

Last month, Overland Park based movie theater chain Dickinson Theaters declared bankruptcy. They own half a dozen area theaters including the West Glen, the Palazzo and the Blue Springs 8, which they plan to close. And with Kansas City based AMC recently selling to China, we thought it would be interesting to find out what on earth is going on in the movie theater business from someone who’s thoughts are prized on the subject.

David Brain is President and CEO of Entertainment Properties Trust in Kansas City which has invested over $1.4 billion in more than 110 megaplex theaters around the country, housing over 2,000 movie screens.

Interior of a movie theater with patrons watching a movie

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Break A Leg: Arts To Do List

The Local Show shares a few clips from the KC Rep’s The Mystery of Irma Vep and the Unicorn Theatre’s Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson which are currently playing.

Kansas City is a great arts town and there’s a lot going on, particularly on our city’s stages, this weekend.

We leave you this week with scenes from two new productions. First, the fast paced farcical thriller comedy, The Mystery of Irma Vep at the Kansas City Repertory Theater.

Then there’s the political rock n rock musical Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson at the Unicorn Theater.

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