Langston Hughes: A Lyrical Life

Langston Hughes: A Lyrical Life celebrates the life and legacy of one of America’s most influential literary voices. Born in 1901 in Joplin, Missouri, Hughes was an early innovator of jazz poetry and a leading figure of the Harlem Renaissance. This semi-staged musical and literary experience honors Hughes’s extraordinary legacy and amplifies his singular voice and texts, illuminating the universal human experiences of joy, struggle, and aspiration.

Touring community spaces in Kansas City, March 15–April 2, 2026.

You may also like the following events from Lyric Opera of Kansas City:

• Next Friday, 6th March, 07:30 pm, Porgy and Bess in Kansas City
• Next month, 15th March, 10:30 am, Langston Hughes: A Lyrical Life in Lenexa
• Next month, 17th March, 06:30 pm, Langston Hughes: A Lyrical Life in Lees Summit

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