The PNC Broadway in KC series has another feather in its cap! The one, the only, Hamilton has rolled into the Music Hall. The drama department at Ruskin High was donated tickets for students to attend, and I talked to two students outside the Music Hall posing with their passes, […]
Author: Peggy B. Turrel
No regrets, all heart: Kimberly Akimbo shines at the Kauffman
When in high school we make plans for our futures. “I’m going to be an astronaut!” “I can’t wait to be president of the United States!” “I’m going to be a quarterback for the Chiefs like Patrick Mahomes!” In “Kimberly Akimbo” at the Kauffman Center (Jan. 20-25), teen Kimberly Levaco […]
Column: “Now Bonner has TWO QuikTrips!”
I’ve been a QuikTrip fan my whole life! There was one across the street from our elementary school. We’d walk across the street to get self-serve ice cream cones, and in summer they offered orange ice cream. Without aging myself, the Royals have won two World Series and the Chiefs […]
& Juliet takes an unexpected look at a well-known love story
Once upon a time, many centuries ago, a guy named William Shakespeare wrote a play called “Romeo & Juliet”. Today, it is required reading for almost all high school freshmen. Boy meets girl, they fall in love, and they secretly get married. To avoid parental wrath, she takes a sleeping […]
A new take on a classic favorite at the Music Hall: Beauty and the Beast
In 1991, Disney brought audiences the iconic animated version of “Beauty and the Beast,” and “just as sure as the sun will rise” a Broadway musical and touring production followed, selling out theaters across the land. But…it’s been 25 years since “Beauty” toured. “Ever just the same” doesn’t quite fit […]




