When: Sat., Dec. 31, 6:30 & 10:30 p.m. 2011
Price: $35 (students and seniors), $38 (adults)
For the last hours of 2011, why not don your most dapper evening attire, grab your best gal or guy, and make like a character from a Noël Coward play? Soak up jazz and ragtime standards, and new songs, too, at the
New Year's Eve Cabaret at Quality Hill Playhouse (303 West 10th Street, 816-421-1700). Songbird Molly Hammer, bassist Brian Wilson and piano impresario J. Kent Barnhart team up to ring in 2012 with smooth and sultry versions of traditional and modern fare. The first show is at 6:30 p.m. A later show at 10:30 includes a champagne toast at the witching hour. Tickets cost $38, with a $3 discount for seniors. Purchase them online at
qualityhillplayhouse.com or by calling 816-421-1700.
— Megan Metzger