By Marikita Saure Come From Away, Lincoln Community Playhouse, Saturday August 9, 2025 Come From Away has landed in Nebraska for the first time, and Lincoln Community Playhouse is among the first community theatres in the nation entrusted with bringing this extraordinary story to life. Under the inspired direction and choreography of Ted Blessing, this…
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 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 Lisa Steiner The Mountaintop, Lincoln Community Playhouse, Friday January 27, 2023 As I sit down to write this review, I don’t really even have much to say. I don’t really even want to say much; but not because it doesn’t deserve high praise. This is not an example of “if you don’t have anything…
Lincoln Community Playhouse presents The Mountaintop by Katori Hall. Performances January 27-29 and February 3-5 at 7:30 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays and 2 p.m. on Sundays. Tickets are $25.00 for adults and $15.00 for students and may be reserved at lincolnplayhouse.com or by calling the box office at 402-489-7529, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Friday….
By Rachele Stoops Tuck Everlasting,The Stage Theater (Nebraska Communities Playhouse,) Thursday September 29, 2022, 7:30PM Remember in sixth grade language arts class, when instead of reading whole books you’d read those little teasers from a textbook full of three or four page excerpts of stories, and since there wasn’t any internet, the only way to…
By Sheri Berger Lofte Community Theatre, Saturday July 16, 2022, 7PM Omigod you guys! The cast of Legally Blonde at the Lofte Community Theatre has created an energetic show! From the very beginning until the very end of this musical, there is nonstop music, energy, and dancing. This cast is having fun, and they know…