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Kansas City Star Previews "The Oil Boiler"

Fired up by many hands, 'Oil Boiler' mixes theater, music and art by Timothy Finn featured in The Kansas City Star The various disciplines in the local arts and entertainment community overlap regularly. Ensembles like Quixotic and events like the monthly First Friday art exhibitions and live music shows at Midwestern Musical Co. all typically feature a varied mix of theater, dance, music and the… (read more)

KCFreePress.com Previews "The Oil Boiler," a New Play with Ruby and Providence

An Interview With the Creators of The Oil Boiler by Rachel Murphy featured in KCFreePress.com This Friday in the Crossroads, artist Tyson Schroeder will be painting with a different brush as The Oil Boiler, his first one-act play, takes the stage in the Living Room at the Pearl Gallery. Located at 1818 McGee, the gallery is transformed into a nightclub, a fitting setting for a conversation between… (read more)

Photos from "The Oil Boiler" Rehearsal

The Oil Boiler, a One Act Play photos by Paul Anderson featured in KCFreePress.com One-act play The Oil Boiler debuts on Friday, May 7th at The Living Room at The Pearl Gallery in the Crossroads district. The play runs from May 7th through May 9th. (read more)

KCUR 89.3 FM Previews "The Oil Boiler," Ruby's and Providence's New Play

The Oil Boiler: A Multi-Sensory Experience by Steve Walker featured on KCUR 89.3 FM Like the crack of a champagne bottle against the bow of a ship, a menagerie of actors, artists and musicians are launching a new performance space within the skeleton of a an old car showroom this weekend. Called The Living Room, it's the newest venue in the Crossroads District to house a mix of performance styles.… (read more)

INK Magazine Comments on "The Oil Boiler," Ruby's and Providence's New Play

Existential Dread by Emily Van Zandt featured in INK What do you get when a musician acts, an artist writes and a singer dances? Theater in Kansas City, apparently. If you’re planning to be in the Crossroads Arts District for First Friday this weekend, be sure to stop by the Living Room in the Pearl (1818 McGee St.). This new theater/music space is hosting a production called “The Oil Boiler,”… (read more)

The Pitch Writes About Ruby's and Providence's New Play

The Oil Boiler by Alan feature in The Pitch The Oil Boiler — a one-act dramatic fantasy about a hit man chatting up God about killing his lover, while a jazz band plays in a nightclub for assassins — sounds dark, daring and just maybe a touch ridiculous. But that's how we like our local, scared-up-from-nowhere, collaborative First Friday theatrical happenings. A mob of artists, musicians, actors… (read more)

Ruby and Providence Stage a New Performance Piece

Working From Blank Pages: Creating the Oil Boiler by Tom Ryan featured in PresentMagazine.com This is not a review. I have no idea what’s going to happen next. They cornered me in a club, upstairs at this storefront, this former car showroom on McGee. The cocktail chair may have been hard, but I was too busy looking at puppets and the lounge singer. The music sounded smooth, edgy but… (read more)

Alumna Finding Success .. in Hollywood and KC

February 25, 2010

Alumna Finding Success .. in Hollywood and KC Erin McGrane (Theatre '90) is a singer. She's an unashamed, aggressive cougar. She's a one-time love interest of George Clooney. OK, so McGrane (center, in photo above) only plays these roles (though she actually sings), but she is having the time of her life. Up in the Air How many people can say they've spent a few days with Clooney? McGrane appears… (read more)

‘Night Is the Mirror’: KC cabaret with a kick | 3 stars

February 25, 2010

document.write(today_string()); Thursday, Feb 25, 2010 Posted on Thu, Nov. 26, 2009 ‘Night Is the Mirror’: KC cabaret with a kick | 3 stars ‘Night Is the Mirror’ ★★★ Not rated | Time: 1:11 “Night Is the Mirror” isn’t so much a movie-movie as a chance to immortalize in celluloid (video, actually) a performance by Alacartoona, Kansas City’s resident cabaret band. This four-person… (read more)

Three Kansas City actresses get screen time in new Clooney film

February 25, 2010

Posted on Thu, Dec. 17, 2009 Three Kansas City actresses get screen time in new Clooney film By ROBERT W. BUTLER The Kansas City Star Many an actress would give anything to hang out with George Clooney. Kansas Citian Meagan Flynn has done it. Literally. For the new film “Up in the Air” (opening today), Flynn spent a day with Clooney, the two of them dangling in harnesses in front of a green screen… (read more)

Talent has a second act as musicians make a mark in the theater world

February 25, 2010

ERIN McGRANE | Calling it 'theatrical music' Erin McGrane, an actress who sustains a career in commercials, voice-overs and film, rarely appears in a local theater production, mainly because Alacartoona, the band she fronts, has always performed with a theater sensibility.Each band member plays a specific character, and the group's last public performance, "Bought and Souled," was closer to a real… (read more)

My Essentials: Erin McGrane

February 23, 2010

Erin McGrane: Actress by Monica Watrous, KC Star Erin McGrane just might be the luckiest woman in Kansas City. The actress recently appeared in “Up in the Air,” a film that has generated tons of award-season buzz since its December release. Her screen time totaled, oh, approximately 40 seconds, but her role as George Clooney’s former flame is nothing short of enviable. “The hardest acting… (read more)

listen to the alacartoona kkfi 90.1 fm interview

alacartoona has added a streaming version of her 13 may interview on kkfi 90.1 fm to her myspace page. this was on mark manning's wednesday midday medley show. the conversation covered alacartoona's artskc inspiration grant, her upcoming film shoot, and the big performance coming up next friday, 29 may. go to myspace.com/alacartoona, scroll down on the right to the press section… (read more)