Neill Smith has served as talent buyer for just about every major music venue in Kansas City over the past 15 years: Riot Room, Czar Bar, RecordBar, the Midland, KC Live!, the Truman.

The forecast for this week calls for a brutal stretch of cold temperatures and wind chills dipping far below zero.

The nine-show Broadway season will include five musicals that are still running on the Great White Way: “Wicked,” “Hamilton,” ...