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Title: Kansas City's Dream of a Temple of Music
Description: Illustration and article about the planned music hall (later built as part of Municipal Auditorium in the 1930s), showing designs "by Courtlandt Van Brunt, architect associated with A. H. Buckley."
Date: 1923-08-05
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: 2004 Conclave, The Heartland of America, Kansas-Missouri-Oklahoma
Description: A supplement to Marquee, the Journal of the Theatre Historical Society of America, features several Kansas City theaters. They include: Aladdin, Englewood in Independence, Mo., Gem, Folly, Lyric, Madrid, Music Hall, Midland, Uptown, and Granada in Kansas City, Kansas, plus other theaters in the Kansas and Oklahoma area. Also contains a short article about the Boller Brothers, theater architects.
Date: 2004
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Arts Groups Lack Stage Directions for Future
Description: If built, the performing arts center could have a big impact on existing downtown performance venues. Industry experts say that the arts community needs to think about how "older theaters will coexist with a behemoth just blocks away at 16th and Broadway".
Date: 2004-09-10
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Bartle Hall Chief Takes an Unconventional Approach
Description: The executive director of Kansas City's Convention and Entertainment Center is 51-year-old Oscar McGaskey. He oversees Bartle Hall, Municipal Auditorium Arena and the Music Hall. McGaskey had previously been at the Dallas Convention Center for 10 years. Article details his impact on his current position.
Date: 2005-12-09
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Robert Heinlein
Description: The 34th World Science Fiction Convention was held in Kansas City, September 2-6, 1976 at the Radisson Muehlebach Hotel/Phillips House. The program book for the event includes a tribute to Robert Heinlein written by Isaac Asimov. Also includes a bibliography of Heinlein's works.
Date: 1905-05-29
Object Type: Book Section

Title: A New Sound for Downtown
Description: Article about the restoration of three local live-entertainment theaters, the Music Hall (in Municipal Auditorium), Folly Theater (Downtown), and Midland Theater (at the Crown Center shopping mall), partly for improvements on sound quality.
Date: 1981-10
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Theater League Makes Return Engagement to KC
Description: Theater League "is a not-for-profit, tax-exempt, community-based performing arts organization dedicated to the development of professional theater." Founded in 1976 by Mark Edelman, the group brought Broadway shows to the Kansas City Music Hall until 2007, when it was outbid on productions by Broadway Across America. With the opening of the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts, Theater League has been able to return to presenting shows to Kansas City audiences.
Date: 2012-01-05
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Music Hall, Orchestra Promenade
Description: View of Orchestra Promenade at the Music Hall with view of murals and chandelier overlooking lower lobby.
Date: 1936~
Object Type: Negative

Title: Kansas City Report: A Celebration of Henry Purcell
Description: Photo and article about the operatic performances produced by the Performing Arts Foundation of Kansas City, Missouri, and the work of Henry Purcell (an English composer) at the Music Hall in 1966 (with Dame Margot Fonteyn among the performers) after debuting George Handel's "Giulio Cesare" the previous year.
Date: 1966-08
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: A Natural-Born Theater Man
Description: The Theater League, directed by founder and president Mark Edelman, brought musicals and plays to Kansas City from 1977 until 2007. From 1977 to 198,1 performances took place at the Lyric Theater, then the Midland Theater, and finally the Music Hall. In 2007 the City Council chose Live Nation over the League as exclusive presenter at the Hall. Article also contains biographical information about Edelman.
Date: 2007-08-12
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Anita Bryant - Hatemonger Descends on Kansas City
Description: Article recounts a July 13, 1977, visit to Kansas City by Anita Bryant, then touring the country to support the repeal of municipal gay rights ordinances. Details of Bryant's visit and activities associated with a convention of the Christian Booksellers Association and taping of the 700 Club television program are provided. A protest of local gay rights supporters organized by the Christopher Street Association is summarized.
Date: 2015-10
Object Type: Newspaper

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