Starlight Theatre is a magic place where an evening of musical theatre under the stars in Kansas City's Swope Park speaks so strongly of emotion that the audience is transformed by the presence of the creative experience.

This book is filled with historical photos and provides a "behind the scenes" look at the real workings of the second largest outdoor theatre in the United States. A must for theatre goers everywhere.

Unlike many other art forms, live outdoor theatre is a participatory experience, an event that the spectator helps to create. Every audience is unique because every set of circumstances that come together for an evening's performance is different. Yet the experience of an evening in Kansas City's hillside ampitheatre links millions of Midwesterners who have gone to the theatre in Swope Park and come away refreshed, insightful, and, often, amused.

Starlight has become nationally known for its presentation of musical theatre. Light opera, operettas, and book musicals have enchanted audiences there for almost five decades.