Folly Theater

Holiday Harmonies 2026
2026-12-12 14:30 - 19:00 (America/Chicago)

Hallmark(ish)
2026-12-17 19:30

Julian Lage
2027-01-09 19:30

Click, Clack, Moo
2027-01-27 09:45 - 11:30
“Cows that type? Hens on strike! Whoever heard of such a thing!” Farmer Brown cries.
When his granddaughter Jenny comes for a visit, Farmer Brown declares the farm a tech-free zone. He takes her laptop in the cold barn with the shivering cows who use her computer to type messages requesting blankets.
“No way,” replies Farmer Brown. “No blankets!”
So the cows go on strike and the chickens join them in solidarity. No blankets? No milk! No eggs!
Will Farmer Brown give in to the animals’ demands? Will Jenny get her computer back? Find out in a hilariously moving musical about negotiation and compromise, based on the Caldecott Honor Book by Doreen Cronin and Betsy Lewin.
Approximate Running Time: 60 Minutes
Recommended Ages: Grades K through 4

Michael Cavanaugh
2027-02-05 19:30

The Very Hungry Caterpillar
2027-02-10 09:45 - 2027-02-11 11:30
Experience the spellbinding stories and colorful characters of beloved author and artist Eric Carle in a whole new way, with The Very Hungry Caterpillar Interactive Show!
Created by Jonathan Rockefeller, this innovative stage brings to life four Eric Carle stories, through 45 magical, handcrafted puppets, world-class puppeteering and lively original musical that invites your little one to play along with their favorite stories!
Along with The Very Hungry Caterpillar, The Very Hungry Caterpillar Interactive Show includes three additional Carle classics. Audiences will get up and move with From Head to Toe; dream and sing with The Very Quiet Cricket; and play along mischievous shapes of Little Cloud.
We invite you to take an unforgettable, hour-long journey full of color, wit, imagination – and one VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR.

Ambrose Akinmusire
2027-02-13 19:30

Grand Kyiv Ballet
2027-02-27 19:00
Swan Lake: Symphony of Lights” is the landmark new production of the upcoming season.
Tchaikovsky’s iconic score opens the door to an entirely reimagined world: vivid light design, illuminated costumes, and world-class dancers from around the globe transform the classic ballet into a mesmerizing visual experience.
This is more than a performance — it’s an immersion into a story of love and magic, told through light, movement, and music. Each act unfolds like a living art installation, where timeless tradition meets bold contemporary design.
Discover Swan Lake in a whole new light — a legend reborn with breathtaking imagery and emotional power.

Billy Childs
2027-03-07 18:30
Billy Childs has emerged as one of the foremost American composers of his era, successfully marrying the musical products of his heritage with the Western neoclassical traditions of the twentieth century in a powerful symbiosis of style, range, and dynamism.

The Stinky Cheese Man
2027-03-09 09:45 - 11:30
Based on the book by Jon Scieszka and Lane Smith. Poor Jack. He’s got to use his wits to save himself from the terrible Giant, but a host of familiar fairytale characters keep messing up his plans—and then there’s that annoying Stinky Cheese Man! The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales deconstructs the tradition of the fairy tale. Characters slide in and out of tales; Cinderella rebuffs Rumpelstiltskin, and Goldilocks meets the Three Elephants. Nothing is quite the same as you remember it.
Recommended for Ages 6 – 10 years.
Grades 1 – 3

A Tribute to Kevin Mahogany
2027-03-27 19:30

Singin' the Blues
2027-04-17 19:00
70 years ago, blues legend B.B. King released his first album: Singin’ The Blues, and American music changed forever. Kansas City, as you know, has always been a blues mainstay, and KCJO is going to mesh our big band swing sound together with blues artistry for a night you’ll never forget. Join us as we feature Guest Artist, Brandon Hudspeth and friends for a one-of-a-kind collaboration. The blues is a vaccine to take the blues away, and you’re going to leave this concert fully healed. Folly Theater, 7pm

Branford Marsalis & Dianne Reeves
2027-04-24 19:30

Doktor Kaboom!
2027-05-06 09:45 - 11:30 | Folly Theater, 300 w 12th street, kansas city, MO, 64105, United States
The original Doktor Kaboom! show in which the good Doktor takes his audience on an educational tour of the modern scientific method, using humor and comedy while demonstrating spectacular applications of the physical sciences.
Topics covered include: safety; pressure and force; simple machines; velocity; application of science to everyday life; the scientific method (hypothesis and experimentation); multiple experimentation; constant discovery of new information and data; definitions: chemical reactions, exothermic, external and chemical formula; mass; air pressure and demonstration vs. experimentation.
