Skip To Main Content
Vivian Kane on Muck Rack

Vivian Kane

Kansas City, Los Angeles, San Francisco
As seen in: Apple Podcasts, MSN, MSN New Zealand, Salon, The Daily Dot, Thrillist, Mediaite, The Mary Sue, Matador Network, Pajiba and
Formerly: Senior News Editor @TheMarySue | Senior Pop Culture Editor at @pajiba | she/her
Is this you? As a journalist, you can create a free Muck Rack account to customize your profile, list your contact preferences, and upload a portfolio of your best work. Claim your profile

Get in touch with Vivian

Contact Vivian, search articles and posts on X, monitor coverage, and track replies from one place.

Learn more about Muck Rack

Actions

Share this page

Is this you?

As a journalist, you can create a free Muck Rack account to customize your profile, list your contact preferences, and upload a portfolio of your best work.
Claim your profile

Articles

“The Ritz” Is a Fascinating Time Capsule and a Fine Farce

|
By Vivian Kane
| KC Studio Verified
Christopher Barksdale and Paul Molnar in The Ritz (Don Ipock) A theatre legend and an LGBTQ+ pioneer, Terrence McNally put gay protagonists at the center of his plays as early as the 1960s. (Something plenty of critics and audiences had trouble wrapping their heads around.) The Ritz, which debuted in 1975, is a joyful celebration of gay sexuality in post-Stonewall, pre-AIDS pandemic New York. As a sort of time capsule, The Ritz, now playing at Unicorn Theatre, is a delight to watch.
Open in Who Shared Issue with article?

“Intimate Apparel” Bursts at the Seams With Quiet Tension

|
By Vivian Kane
| KC Studio Verified
Chioma Anyanwu in Intimate Apparel (Brandon Parigo) At first glance, Intimate Apparel may present itself as a simple, slow-paced profile of one woman’s quiet life. But Lynn Nottage’s 2004 drama, now onstage at Kansas City Actors Theatre, is bursting at the seams with quiet tensions, offering a rumination on the limitations that shape our lives—those we encounter in the world and those we place on ourselves.
Open in Who Shared Issue with article?

“Frozen” Isn’t Exactly Magical, But It’s Sure to Please Young Audiences

|
By Vivian Kane
| KC Studio Verified
MaryAnn Traxler and Karese Kaw-uh in Frozen (Connor Dudzik-Smalley) When Disney’s 2013 film Frozen was adapted for the stage and hit Broadway in 2018, it faced some inherent obstacles. The ease with which the animated film depicts snowy magical effects was never likely to translate as well to the stage, and the nature of the plot means there is a disconnect between the show’s two leads, who don’t share a song together (as adults) until the second act.
Open in Who Shared Issue with article?
See all 3,490 articles