Reactions/Responses/Reviews of productions at LTA Member Theaters.
By Chris Berger A Christmas Carol, Community Players, Thursday December 11, 2025 I was excited to see a version of A Christmas Carol that I had not seen before. Having had some experience with it some years before at OCP and seeing many, many versions over the years, I was especially excited to see a…
By Regina Hinkley Murder on the Orient Express, Nebraska Repertory Theatre, Thursday November 13, 2025 Agatha Christie’s Murder on the Orient Express is perhaps one of the British author’s more well known intellectual properties. Sitting as the most translated author of all time with 66 novels, the best selling book of all-time (And Then There…
By Lisa Steiner Sweeney Todd, Community Players in Beatrice, Friday October 24, 2025 When you enter the auditorium at Community Players in Beatrice, you are instantly drawn into 19th Century London’s Fleet Street, home to Sweeney Todd’s Tonsorial Parlour and Mrs. Lovett’s Pie Shop, the setting for the tale of Sweeney Todd. As the lights…
by Julia Doerr Little Shop of Horrors, TADA Theatre, Thursday October 16, 2025 As Halloween looms near, a production of Howard Ashman’s Little Shop of Horrors seems an apt choice, and TADA Theatre’s well-done offering does not disappoint. The show highlights a veritable cavalcade of character roles, even including the leads, as all the players…
By Rachele Stoops Walnut Ridge, Nebraska Communities Playhouse, Friday October 10, 2025 Something brand new is happening in Hickman, Nebraska, and it’s a great show!! Walnut Ridge, A New Musical, is playing at Nebraska Communities Playhouse in Hickman. Written by Lee Black, Gina Boe (NCP’s co-executive director), and Tony Wood, Walnut Ridge has the feel…
By Regina Hinkley Pivot, Angels Theatre Company, Thursday October 9, 2025 “I want life and death to mean something. And it does when you’re in love.” For those who have never been to Wyuka stables, it’s farther down than you think it is. And when you eventually find the stables and enter the building, you’ll…
By Amber C. Nore Tina: The Tina Turner Musical, The Lied Center for Performing Arts, Wednesday October 8, 2025 Last night was one of those nights that I’ll remember for a long, long time. My daughter and I had the privilege of attending the opening night of Tina: The Tina Turner Musical at The Lied…
By Julia Doerr Eurydice, Nebraska Repertory Theatre, Thursday October 2, 2025 Nebraska Repertory Theatre’s current production of “Eurydice” is for the audience 90 minutes very well spent. Playwright Sarah Ruhl has created a new look at the ancient myth of Orpheus and Eurydice that focuses on the experience of Eurydice. In my previous readings of…
By Marikita Saure The Odd Couple, Community Players, Sunday September 7, 2025 Neil Simon’s The Odd Couple remains a comedy classic, and Community Players’ current production in Beatrice proves why. Whether you know it from the original play, the film, or the long-running TV series, this mismatched-roommate story still packs plenty of laughs. Fate (and…
By Dylan Warren Pirated!, Nebraska Communities Playhouse, Friday August 15, 2025 Move over Three Stooges and Charlie Chaplin, Pirated! crashes in with a raucous and roaring good time and explodes with chaotic Buster Keaton-esque shenanigans. Pirated! is the story of one Roger Marshal of Marshall Pictures attempting to create a cinematic masterpiece of The Pirates…