By Regina Hinkley The Sound of Music, Community Players in Beatrice, Thursday June 5, 2025 “Maria, these walls were not meant to shut out problems. You have to face them. You have to live the life you were born to live.” Opening up the program of The Sound of Music at the Community Players Theater…
by Julia Doerr Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella, Lincoln Community Playhouse, Friday May 2, 2025 Not too surprisingly, there was more than one Cinderella in the house at Friday’s opening of the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical version at the Lincoln Community Playhouse. Several little girls in tiaras came to the show, and at least one grown…
By Dylan Warren Next to Normal, Nebraska Communities Playhouse, Friday April 25, 2025 Timely, heavy, and beautiful are three words I can best use to describe Next to Normal. This rock musical brings to us an electrifying conversation of mental illness and intense grief. This story is about the Goodman family trying to live their…
By Lisa Steiner Urinetown The Musical, Nebraska Repertory Theater, Thursday April 24, 2025 The Nebraska Repertory Theater is putting on the oddly-named Urinetown The Musical this weekend and next and may I say it is a hoot! The show that calls its own title bad is highly aware of itself and isn’t afraid to let…
By Deanna Walz Hollywood, Nebraska, Lofte Community Theatre, Friday March 21, 2025 Hollywood, Nebraska, the play could have been sponsored by Dorothy Lynch. The name-dropping product placement peppered throughout the Nebraska debut of this play made the experience as sweet as the well-known Nebraska made salad dressing. Playwright Kenneth Jones served up ample helpings of…
By Andy Dillehay Waitress, Lincoln Community Playhouse, Friday, March 21st, 2025 Small-town dreams, a touch of romance, and the power of friendship took center stage at the Lincoln Community Playhouse’s production of Waitress. In his curtain speech, Executive Director Morrie Enders noted the uniqueness of this opportunity. Waitress is currently on break between national tours,…
By Amber C. Nore Eminent Domain, Angels Theatre Company, Thursday March 20, 2025 Sitting in my chair at the Angels Theatre Company debut production of Eminent Domain by Nebraska playwright Laura Leininger-Campbell, I was taken back to my childhood memories of my grandparents’ farm. Rising from center stage was a beautiful eggshell-colored farmhouse, complete with…
By Lisa Steiner Annie, The Lied Center for Performing Arts, Thursday March 20, 2025 The Lied Center for Performing Arts is wrapping up its 2024-2025 Broadway season with Annie, the story of three go-getting New Yorkers, including a non-profit owner and two entrepreneurs, just trying to make it in the world, who get foiled by…
Singers! Actors! Dancers! Don’t miss this exciting performance opportunity! Send in your audition video today! Fresh off its North American tour we are proud to invite you to be part of this iconic musical on stage at The TADA in June! This production has great roles, stellar music and a professional production team. Auditions are for anyone wanting…
By Sam Pynes Beetlejuice (The Musical, The Musical, The Musical), The Lied Center for Performing Arts, Tuesday March 4, 2025 If you have stumbled across enough of my sporadic reviews you’ll know that what really interests me is where stories come from and what makes them work. This particular story touches on one of the…