Kechi Playhouse, 100 E. Kechi Road, Much Ado About Nothing. The Bard’s most popular play about…nothing? Well, let’s just say it’s about the complexities of being in love. After 42 years, this comedy is Kechi Playhouse’s first staged Shakespeare script. Fri-Sat, 8 pm, Sun matinee 2:30 pm. Aug 1-24. Tickets are $17 on Fri and Sat and $16 on Sundays. For more information, call 316 -744 – 2152
Mosley Street Melodrama, 234 N. Mosley. Forgetting the Titans by Ryan Schafer and Molly Tully followed by a new musical review. Aug 25-Sept 6. Tickets, dinner, & show $36-40; show only $26-30. 316-263-0222
Music Theatre Wichita, Century II Concert Hall. Disney’s Newsies. July 30-Aug 3.
Next: Something Rotten! Humorous new take on Shakespeare, Aug. 20-24. And A Grand Night for Singing. Songs from Rogers and Hammerstein, Sept. 3-7. Contact box office for times and prices. 316-265-310. ASL provided, Saturday, August 2nd @ 2:00pm.
Roxy’s Downtown, 412 E. Douglas, cabaret-style theatre. The Play That Goes Wrong. This Tony winning farce portrays the doomed opening night of a play. 7:30 pm Wed-Sat, 2 pm Sat & Sun, through Aug 10. Tickets $40. 316-265-4400
Next: EVITA. Tony-winning musical charts Eva Peron’s meteoric rise from illegitimate child to ambitious actress to wife of Argentinian president Juan Peron before her death from cancer at age 33. 7:30 pm Thur – Sat, Aug 22-Sept 27. Tickets $40. 316-265-4400
Wichita Community Theatre, 258 N. Fountain. The Cottage by Sandy Rustin and directed by Mary Lou Phipps-Winfrey. Sylvia and Beau find themselves in an English countryside cottage for their yearly rendezvous when their spouses arrive. Sept 4-14; 8 pm Thur-Sat, 2 pm Sun. Tickets $16-18. 316-686-1282
Contact Diana Morton at dianamorton12@sbcglobal.net
