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Tom Bass' example of training through love, both as it relates to his work as a horseman, and as it relates to the topic of racism is so poignant and powerful, and we left the show wanting to learn more about his life.
Sep 14, 2024
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Enjoy one last hurrah at these local attractions before the first school bell rings and enter our Soak Up Summer Giveaway to win FREE tickets to all your favorite local attractions.
Jul 29, 2024
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The Coterie's production of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is a whimsical joyride through the story we've all come to know and love. This is a summer must-see for KC families.
Jun 28, 2024
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KC bustles with an array of high quality museums and star-studded attractions that are sure to appeal to everyone in your crew from oldest to youngest alike.
Jun 23, 2024
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Visit Crown Center in the heart of Kansas City, Missouri, for many attractions, great shops and restaurants. Throughout the year, enjoy free hands-on exhibits for children.
May 1, 2024
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Enjoy dinner and a live show at one of Kansas City’s premier theaters.
Apr 19, 2024
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Get ready to rock and roll with everyone’s favorite hairless rodent, the naked mole rat! Inspired by Mo Willems’ book of the same name, Naked Mole Rat Gets Dressed, The Coterie’s most recent production.
Apr 15, 2024
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Are you looking for special Easter Basket gifts this year? We've rounded up some of our favorite goodies to gift this year!
Mar 1, 2024
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2024 promises to be a year of firsts and the reimagining and celebrating of our city’s icons.
Dec 29, 2023
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This year, families can make the season extra special by going to see Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer live on stage at The Coterie Theater at Crown Center.
Nov 22, 2023
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A guide to our favorite Kansas City experience gifts to give and receive!
Nov 16, 2023
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It wouldn't be Christmas in KC without an annual visit to Crown Center and Union Station.
Nov 1, 2023
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The Coterie Theatre opens its 45th Season with Justice at War, the inspiring true story behind the courageous young woman whose Supreme Court triumph ended Japanese incarcerations during World War II.
Oct 3, 2023
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The Coterie presents Doctor Dolittle: A New Musical (showing thru Aug 6, 2023) a charming children's show capturing the imaginative tales of the original books by Hugh Lofting. Through song and dance and the magic of puppets, the story is a delight.
Jul 8, 2023
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Are you looking for special Easter Basket gifts this year? We've rounded up some of our favorite goodies to gift this year!
Mar 22, 2023
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The Coterie presents Only One Day a Year (showing thru Mar 5, 2023) a play depicting the story of an African-American family in Kansas City and their desire to visit Fairyland, the city's amusement park, during the era of segregation.
Feb 7, 2023
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This new year is going to be great in Kansas City with a brand-new state-of-the-art aquarium, a reimagined Zambezi Zinger bringing back fond summer memories, and more.
Dec 20, 2022
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Are you looking for a special stocking stuffer or gift? We've rounded up some of our favorite goodies to gift this year!
Nov 29, 2022
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This year, take a page from the Peanuts gang and celebrate A Charlie Brown Christmas in Kansas City.
Nov 25, 2022
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This holiday season, families will delight in the return of A Charlie Brown Christmas at The Coterie.
Nov 18, 2022
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A guide to our favorite Kansas City experience gifts to give and receive!
Nov 14, 2022
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It wouldn't be Christmas in KC without an annual visit to Crown Center and Union Station.
Nov 1, 2022
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This heartfelt story leaves the audience with much to contemplate in the way of culture, peer pressure, friendship, family and success.
Sep 27, 2022
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This week, my daughters, niece, and I attended Alice's Wonderland at Coterie, a vibrant, colorful, musical set inside a videogame boasting fresh hip-hop and rap music.
Jun 30, 2022
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Kansas City is an absolutely incredible place to live and explore, and I am thrilled to share it with you during the three days you will be here.
May 1, 2022
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Mesner Puppet Theater
Enjoy extraordinary shows, exhibits, and family fun. Our top picks for May in Kansas City are here!
Apr 26, 2022
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Our family has been big fans of that groovy blue feline known as Pete the Cat ever since he was first introduced to the world so endearingly in the first book by Eric Little and James Dean.
Apr 12, 2022
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Enjoy extraordinary shows, exhibits, and family fun. Our top picks for April in Kansas City are here!
Mar 29, 2022
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StoneLion Puppet Theatre
Enjoy extraordinary shows, exhibits, and family fun. Our top picks for March in Kansas City are here!
Feb 24, 2022
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It's time for winter fun with ice skating, live shows, Monster Jam, fantastic exhibits and more!
Dec 26, 2021
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Winter is the perfect time to enjoy ice-skating, indoor exhibits, films and delicious dinners with the ones we love.
Dec 20, 2021
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It's time for terrific exhibits, great shows, and holiday fun. Our top picks for December in Kansas City are here.
Nov 27, 2021
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SpongeBob powerfully proves to one and all that optimism really can save the world, and shows everybody that he is not “just a simple sponge.”
Nov 8, 2021
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It's time for terrific exhibits, great shows, and holiday fun. Our top picks for November in Kansas City are here.
Oct 27, 2021
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Review of Coterie's production, "Electric Poe," performed at Union Cemetery thru Halloween.
Sep 25, 2021
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Pumpkin Patches, Apple Picking, Fall Festivals... these are just a few of the things we LOVE about October in KC!
Sep 24, 2021
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Pumpkin Patches, Apple Picking, Fall Festivals... these are just a few of the things we LOVE about September in KC!
Aug 27, 2021
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Missouri State Fair, Grand Carnivale at Worlds of Fun, Butterfly Festivals, Apple Picking... these are just a few of the things we LOVE about August with KC kids!
Jul 28, 2021
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Photo by Jordan Rice and courtesy of The Coterie Theatre.
This show, designed with the youngest theater-going audience in mind, is a creative and fun-filled romp through the New York Times best-selling children's book Dragons Love Tacos.
Jul 13, 2021
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Experience the Best of Kansas City this summer with living history, thought-provoking exhibits, and family fun.
Jun 28, 2021
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Kick off summer fun with these great ideas for Memorial Day Weekend!
May 14, 2021
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Experience Pirate-themed fun all summer long!
May 10, 2021
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The Coterie presents How to Snag a Sea Monster: A Terrifically Tall Tale a Mesner Puppet Theater World Premiere in All Masked, Socially Distanced, Live Performance with Online Streaming Option Available!
Apr 30, 2021
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May in Kansas City! Strawberries are begging to be picked. Roller coasters are ready to ride! And, it's baseball season! Our Top Picks for May are here:
Apr 28, 2021
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It wouldn't be Christmas in KC without an annual visit to Crown Center and Union Station.
Nov 20, 2020
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Kansas City is home to many wonderful sites that help make our community a great place to raise kids. This year, let's give back.
Nov 5, 2020
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Jordan Spatz and courtesy of The Coterie
Review of Coterie's production, "Electric Poe," performed at Union Cemetery thru Halloween.
Sep 25, 2020
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The Coterie Theatre School is offering its Spring session of drama classes as live, interactive online instruction.
Mar 27, 2020
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Erin Stricker and courtesy of The Coterie Theatre.
Review of PUFFS or Seven Increasingly Eventful Years at a Certain School of Magic and Magic at The Coterie.
Mar 1, 2020
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Erin Stricker and courtesy of The Coterie Theatre.
Enjoy extraordinary shows, exhibits and family fun. Our top picks for March in Kansas City are here.
Feb 27, 2020
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Enjoy extraordinary shows, exhibits and winter fun. Our top picks for February in Kansas City are here.
Jan 20, 2020
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Enjoy extraordinary shows, exhibits and winter fun. Our top picks for January in Kansas City are here.
Dec 28, 2019
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Treat your family to a special memory and a gift they can enjoy all year long.
Nov 23, 2019
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Photo by Erin Stricker and courtesy of The Coterie Theatre. Peanuts © 2019 Peanuts Worldwide LLC. All Rights Reserved.
This holiday season, families will delight in the return of A Charlie Brown Christmas at The Coterie.
Nov 1, 2019
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It wouldn't be Christmas in KC without an annual visit to Crown Center and Union Station.
Nov 1, 2019
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Photo by Erin Stricker and courtesy of The Coterie Theatre.
Rise Up: The Struggle of the Freedom Riders is an incredibly thought-provoking and challenging production that inspires the audience to ask, "What would I stand up for?"
Sep 24, 2019
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October is the best of autumn! Festivals, Trick or Treating, and Special Events abound in KC!
Sep 15, 2019
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Crown Center and Union Station are two of Kansas City's most beloved landmarks. With a variety of kid-friendly favorite attractions as well as world-class museums, this is an excellent area to explore with visitors.
Sep 2, 2019
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It's time for Fall Festivals, terrific exhibits, great shows, and fall fun.
Aug 20, 2019
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The Crown Center District is one of our favorite destinations for family fun for tourists and locals alike.
Aug 1, 2019
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The Kansas City Zoo welcomed a new sloth, there are many fabulous festivals, terrific exhibits, great shows, and family fun!
Jul 21, 2019
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July - the heart of summer. Kansas City knows how to celebrate with fabulous festivals, fireworks, great shows, berry picking, long days at the pool, and more.
Jun 24, 2019
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A summer musical showcasing true friendship marked by loyalty, forgiveness, kindness, understanding...and lots of fun!
Jun 14, 2019
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Beat Bugs is a fun-filled show perfect for a family outing with little ones! You can't help but leave smiling after this upbeat cheerful production!
Apr 26, 2019
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Young audiences will delight in The Coterie's newest production Mr. Popper's Penguins showing through March 31. This whimsical musical is a delight for young children with an imaginative plot, creative use of puppetry and casting, and talen...
Mar 6, 2019
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History is complex and choices carry consequences... we are reminded of this as an audience when we participate fully in Secret Soldiers: Heroines in Disguise at The Coterie.
Jan 9, 2019
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With beautiful sets, whimsical costumes and puppets, and an fabulously talented cast, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, is as charming and fun as ever. This is a holiday must-see for KC families.
Nov 9, 2018
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The Coterie Theatre is embarking on its 40th season of producing new works for young audiences and their families. Although a big anniversary seems to be a natural time for reflection, artistic director Jeff Church says the Coterie is takin...
Aug 27, 2018
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It's officially summer and that means it's officially time for a light-hearted, fun-filled.... and this year.. slightly spooky show courtesy of The Coterie Theatre! If you loved telling stories around the campfire, or huddling under sheets ...
Jun 22, 2018
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This spring, Coterie takes what is old and makes it new with a fresh take on the classic tale. The musical play is a bi-lingual production, put a twist on the tale in a way that is entertaining and educational for young audiences.
Apr 27, 2018
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Photo by J. Robert Schraeder and courtesy of Coterie Theatre.
Tuck Everlasting is at once a fantasy, a mystery, and a drama.Fans of the book will enjoy this theatrical adaptation. Those who haven't read the book yet, will be curious to check it out from their local library soon.
Mar 4, 2018
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Photo by J. Robert Schraeder and courtesy of The Coterie Theatre. Peanuts © 2017 Peanuts Worldwide LLC. All Rights Reserved.
This holiday season, families will delight in the return of A Charlie Brown Christmas at The Coterie.
Nov 12, 2017
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Garfield's universal appeal paired with new songs and dances creates a fun-filled summer show for the entire family.
Jun 19, 2017
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This production offers a crack-a-lackin' good time for the entire family! Children from preschool to early elementary especially enjoy the show. The creative costumes, vibrant and colorful sets, fun-filled music, and humor throughout the sh...
Jun 24, 2016
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This production truly brings the pages of a book to life with the audience participating in each step of the tale. The use of imagination and creativity was splendid. My four year old was on the edge of her seat waiting to see what would ha...
Apr 18, 2016
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Once again The Coterie inspires and impresses with their newest production. This season's Tomas and the Library Lady is reminiscent of last fall's Miracle Worker with many similar themes, but this production is targeting a younger audience ...
Feb 29, 2016
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You never know what to expect at The Coterie. Few local theaters are as diverse in their productions. Sometimes they make us laugh, sometimes they make us cry, but nearly always they make us think - and that is especially true with their cu...
Feb 2, 2016
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Photo by J. Robert Schraeder and courtesy of The Coterie Theatre. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer ® The Rudolph Co., L.P. All elements under license to Character Arts, LLC. All rights reserved.
Celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the beloved holiday television classic, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, by treating the family to an outstanding live production of the classic at The Coterie.
Jan 1, 2016
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J. Robert Schraeder and courtesy of The Coterie Theatre.
This season's The Miracle Worker is truly in a league of its own. Everyone should see this show. It was one of the most powerful, poignant, heartfelt, and endearing shows I've ever seen, and the message is as important today as it was when ...
Oct 3, 2015
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The Coterie took this newer Broadway Musical and made it their own. With Seth Jones playing Frog, Steven Eubank as Toad, and a talented supporting cast of neighboring animals, the show takes children on an imaginative world of very small an...
Jul 1, 2015
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J. Robert Schraeder and courtesy of The Coterie Theatre.
The Coterie brings the drama The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane to stage showing through March 1, 2015. The show features music, puppetry, old-fashioned story telling, and a whole lot of heart.
Feb 1, 2015
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Coterie Theatre’s production of the hit musical CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG is showing through August 3. You will be taken on an imaginative musical journey to unbelievable pretend places... all delightful for audiences young and old. This is ...
Jun 23, 2014
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This week, I took my girls to a showing of The Wiz, an abbreviated version of the 1975 Broadway musical offering a :multi-cultural view of Oz with a soulful twist." The Wiz turned film in the 1978 movie starring Diana Ross and Michael Jack...
Dec 6, 2013
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Once again, Coterie did what Coterie does best captivating audiences with a musical romp through a simple storyline of a crocodile living in New York City. Written by Bernard Waber in 1965, "Lyle, the Crocodile" was adapted for stage by Kev...
Jul 25, 2013
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Coterie's family-friendly production, Once Upon a Mattress, is a summer Must See that will leave you laughing, singing, and smiling all the way home!
Jun 25, 2012
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In James & the Giant Peach Coterie did what they do best... using the stage and all its assets, from fantastic costuming and props to a multi-talented and extraordinarily comedic cast, to vividly tell a beloved and classic tale in a way tha...
Apr 20, 2012
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Like most people, my children and I have bad days. Fortunately, most of those days are simply made up of one too many inconveniences just like in Judith Viorst’s story Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day. This funny ...
Nov 23, 2010
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With their latest production, Lucky Duck, Coterie did what Coterie does best captivating audiences with a musical romp through a play that is, according to The Coterie, "American Idol meets The Ugly Duckling." Read our review of the show!
Jun 27, 2010
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Read our review of Life on the Mississippi, Coterie's current production depicting the autobiographical tale of Mark Twain and his journey to become a Steamboat Pilot.
Feb 20, 2010
