Dress Rehearsal Ends: Kansas City, Mo., Prepares for Performing-Arts Debut

摘要

One woman's vision for a world-renowned.entertainment venue manifests itself in Kansas City's newest skyline-changing feature, the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts. A structural feat that some say tests the limits of engineering ingenuity and artisanship, the center was initially envisioned over a decade ago by Muriel McBrien Kauffman, a Kansas City civic leader's wife. The idea of creating a one-of-a-kind performing-arts center became reality through the efforts of her daughter, Julia Irene Kauffman.