By Andy Dillehay The Flick, Nebraska Repertory Theatre, February 29, 2024 Nebraska Repertory Theatre’s production of The Flick by Annie Baker, is a compelling exploration of the mundane, yet complex, lives of Avery, Rose, and Sam, employees of a rundown movie theater in Massachusetts. Set against the backdrop of the digital age, the play cleverly…
By Dylan Warren Shrek The Musical, The Lied Center for Performing Arts, February 29, 2024 Shrek: The Musical is a musical retelling of the original Shrek film. It comes complete with the same gaseous meta-humor the original film has with its own fun and modern stage adaptation. However, the show does tell us the same…
Lincoln Community Playhouse presents the Broadway hit, Cabaret, on March 1-3 and 8-10. Shows are 7:30 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays and 2:00 p.m. on Sundays. Tickets are $26.00 for adults and $15.00 for students and can be reserved at lincolnplayhouse.com or by calling the box office at 402-489-7529from 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Tuesdaythrough Friday. The show is recommended for mature audiences. Cabaret, with…
Lincoln Community Playhouse will hold auditions for The Play That Goes Wrong on March 5th and 6th at 7:00 p.m. with callbacks at 8:00 p.m. on March 7th. Auditionees should register for a date at lincolnplayhouse.com. Auditionees must be at least 18 years old. Auditions and callbacks will consist of reading from the script, movement, and improv. All materials will be provided. Attendance…
By Jamie Bullins Angels Theatre Company, Thursday, February 15, 2024 Great Plains premier of a new play, I Carry Your Heart with Me, by Jennifer Blackmer. Spontaneous, intimate, immediate, ephemeral. Let me start by saying I might be just the tiniest bit biased. Partial? Probably. I have been involved with this project since the start. Conversation…
By Rachele Stoops Misery, Community Players in Beatrice, Friday February 9, 2024 I’ve never seen the movie Misery (or read the book) – I know, I know! But I’ve picked up enoughfrom popular culture to think I had a pretty good idea of what was going to happen. I did not. Community Players’ production of…
By Rachele Stoops Jesus Christ Superstar, The Lied Center for Performing Arts, Thursday, February 1, 2024 I don’t remember the first time my mom told me about the movie, Jesus Christ Superstar, or when I heard the music for the first time. It was probably in the womb. The movie came out in 1973, just a couple…
Opening The TADA Theatre’s 2024 season on February 8th is the heavenly hysterical musical Nunsense 2: The Second Coming. The Little Sisters of Hoboken return in this sequel to Nunsense and they’re more entertaining than ever! After the success of their first benefit performance, and being “bitten by the theater bug,” the nuns present a…
By Kevin Pynes Les Misérables, Lied Center for Performing Arts, Tuesday January 9, 2024 7:30PM Les Misérables is a show that needs no introduction. Based on the novel of the same name by Victor Hugo. Les Mis the Musical began its life as a concept album with the iconic sounds of Claude-Michelle Schoenberg and words…
