By Julia Doerr Magpie’s Song, Lincoln Community Playhouse, Saturday February 14, 2026 Entering LCP’s Studio Theatre to choose my seat for Saturday’s performance of Magpie’s Song, I was struck by the beautiful and unique design of the set, with the audience seated on risers on three sides of a swirl-shaped stage. The room is decorated…
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 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 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 Julia Doerr Shakespeare’s R&J, Nebraska Repertory Theatre, Thursday February 27, 2025 I was under the impression, as I signed on to review Shakespeare’s R & J at the Nebraska Repertory Theatre, that it was “a gay version” of Romeo and Juliet. That is not quite right. In spite of the male-on-male kissing and other…
By Julia Doerr Cabaret, Lincoln Community Playhouse, March 1, 2024 So, three college students, a paraeducator, a health club manager, a retail outfitter, a training and experience manager, and a couple of folks who work in insurance all dance into a bar… … and as the ensemble who perform at Berlin’s fictional Kit Kat Klub,…
By Julia Doerr Little Shop of Horrors, Lincoln Community Playhouse, Friday September 22, 2023 The current production of Little Shop of Horrors at Lincoln Community Playhouse is a perfect lead-in to the spooky month of October. It features the traditional staples of a musical—singing, dancing, and romance—rendered unique by its offbeat characters, satirical storyline, and macabre humor. I’d…
By Julia Doerr Jagged Little Pill, The Lied Center for Performing Arts, Tuesday April 25, 2023 Inspired by and incorporating the music and lyrics of Alanis Morissette, this play by Diablo Cody is a shiny thing, sometimes illuminating its array of modern problems and sometimes burning an image onto the audience’s collective retina. “Jagged Little…
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…
by Julia Doerr A Christmas Carol, Lincoln Community Playhouse, Friday November 18, 2022 7:30PM As he did last year at this time, actor and Beatrice native Dick Terhune is starring at the Lincoln Community Playhouse in a one-man production of A Christmas Carol, by Patrick R. Spadaccino, an excellent adaptation of the Charles Dickens classic. This is…