"Around the World" and "Mississippi" reviews by Alan Scherstuhl

The new Kansas City Repertory Theatre always achieves what it sets out to do. I admire even the shows that I don't relish, such as the colossal, mechanical A Christmas Story. The current Around the World in 80 Days is also admirable and diverting, and sometimes possessed of the only-in-a-theater imaginative beauty that the Rep has consistently delivered since Eric Rosen took over as artistic director.

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