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The World Goes ‘Round: The Songs of Kander and Ebb
To Open on the TADA Theatre Main Stage The award-winning TADA Theatre continues its fantastic fifteenth season with The World Goes ’Round: The Songs of Kander and Ebb. Filled with humor, romance, drama and nonstop melody, this show is a stunning celebration of the songbook from the multi-Tony award-winning team of John Kander and Fred Ebb…
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Doublewide, Texas is a Dollop of Folksy Fun
By Andy Dillehay Doublewide, Texas, The Lofte Community Theatre, March 24, 2023 The Lofte Community Theatre kicked off its 2023 season with a heaping dose of down-home fun. Directed by The Lofte’s artistic director, Kevin Colbert, Doublewide, Texas is a fast-paced crowd pleaser. Written by Jessie Jones, Nicholas Hope, and Jamie Wooten, this production feels…
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“I Believe” This is a Must See Production
By Zac Franzen The Book of Mormon, The Lied Center for Performing Arts, March 24, 2023 No matter what you might have heard, what preview you’ve watched, or review you’ve read (or am about to read), nothing can quite prepare you for the phenomenal musical The Book of Mormon showing at the Lied Center for…
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Puffs, The Bad News Bears of the Wizarding World
By Jamie Bullins Puffs, Community Players, Friday, March 24, 2023, 7:30 pm. I used to be on the faculty at The University of Florida School of Theatre and Dance. It was quite some time ago, but I still have friends there. Puffs was on my radar of upcoming works from back in 2016 when it…
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Lincoln Community Playhouse Launches a Remarkably Good Production of Sweeney Todd
by Julia Doerr Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Lincoln Community Playhouse, March 10, 2023 If you’ll excuse this cliché, don’t walk; run to get your tickets to see LCP’s current production of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street. It is remarkably well-done in every aspect. I have always found the…
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Audition Notice: Musical Comedy Murders of 1940 at LCP March 21 & 22
Lincoln Community Playhouse is holding auditions for The Musical Comedy Murders of 1940 on March 21 and 22 at the Playhouse. Roles are available for five male-identifying and five female-identifying actors, age 16 and above. Auditions will consist of reading from the script and actors should show up at 7:00 p.m. on one of the auditions nights. The play…
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Skillful Production Sheds Light on a Captivating Story
By Lisa Steiner Stop Kiss, Nebraska Repertory Theatre, Wednesday March 1, 2023 The Nebraska Repertory Theater has opened its run of Stop Kiss, a story about two young women in New York City figuring out how they fit into one another’s lives. Written by Diana Son, Stop Kiss was originally produced Off-Broadway in 1998. We…
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Henrietta Solway is an Original Take on Classic Works
By Andy Dillehay Animal Engine’s Henrietta Solway, Carson Theater in The Lied Center, February 25, 2023 2PM Animal Engine’s Henrietta Solway is the product of collective creation. Inspired by the works of Willa Cather, this imaginative piece was created and performed by Carrie Brown, Katie Hartman, and Karim Muasher. Filled with original text, music, and…
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LINCOLN COMMUNITY PLAYHOUSE PRESENTS SWEENEY TODD MARCH 10-12 & 17-19
Lincoln Community Playhouse will present Sweeney Todd March 10-12 and 17-19. With music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by Hugh Wheeler, Sweeney Todd is considered one of the masterworks of Broadway. Tickets are $25 for adults and $15 for students and can be reserved at lincolnplayhouse.com or by calling the box office at 402-489-7529 from 11:00 a.m. to 5:00…
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Oh My God You Guys, It’s 2023!
By Rachele Stoops Legally Blonde The Musical, The Lied Center, February 23, 2023 Confession time: this was not my first time in the audience of Legally Blonde The Musical. I’d attended more than one performance of this high energy musical when Southwest High School presented it in the spring of 2018: my daughter, Micayla, was…