Thanks to all that attended and supported our 9th Annual Folly Golf Classic! Feel free to right-click and save or share your favorite photos! #FollyGolfClassic

Thank you to all the golfers that participated in our 9th Annual Folly Golf Classic!

  We are excited to have Ty Herndon play at the Folly on Friday, October 23, 2015, and we’re not the only ones! Camp Magazine, Kansas City’s Voice for LGBT & Allied Communities, features Ty Herndon on the cover of their October 2015 issues. For a full read of the article, click here. To learn more…

Folly Theater is a finalist in KC Parent’s 2014 Family Faves Contest. Please vote for our business now through October 9. Thank you!

On January 17, 2014, months before first appearing on the Stephen Colbert Show, jazz musician Jon Batiste and his band Stay Human, took the Folly Theater stage to perform for their first time together in Kansas City. With his New Orleans style of jazz, and his fingers dancing on the piano, Gale Tallis, executive director…

The 2015 Class of Rising Stars has grown to include one of our very own.  Jeremy Lillig, Folly Theater Board Member, has been named a Rising Star of Philanthropy by The Independent, Kansas City’s Journal of Society.  Jeremy’s views on philanthropy have helped shaped the direction of Folly Theater, and we are always looking to strengthen this vision…

Jazz is an important part of the Folly Theater’s personality. As are Groucho Marx, Humphrey Bogart, YoYo Ma, Joyce DiDonato, and Dave Brubeck. Jazz is but one of the many personalities the Folly has developed during its 113 year history. Perhaps you experienced a few yourself. Burlesque, vaudeville, family theater, Buffalo Bill Cody’s Wild West…

Coming May 20th! Here are some highlights from last year’s festivities.  

We celebrated a major milestone last November when we erected a new marquee.  A throwback to the era when the Folly hosted vaudeville, burlesque and more, the sign is a nice connection between today and the 112-year-old downtown theater.