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 Dr. Rachele Stoops Fiddler on the Roof, Lincoln Community Playhouse, Friday February 14, 2025 Even if you’ve never seen Fiddler on the Roof, you’ve probably encountered references to it in modern culture. The vigorous notes of the opening song, ‘Tradition’ , and the poignancy of ‘Sunrise, Sunset’ have been woven into conversations and artistry…
By Rachele Stoops and Micayla Brown Dear Evan Hansen, The Lied Center for Performing Arts, Friday September 27th If you go: Dear Evan Hansen runs at The Lied Center September 27-29. Ticket information at https://www.liedcenter.org As always, if you liked this content and want more, please join our email list and like us on Facebook!
By Rachele Stoops Finding Nemo Jr., Nebraska Communities Playhouse, Friday May 31, 2024 I may be biased, but I fully believe that participating in theatre productions is one of the best experiences to help kids become well-adjusted adults. It teaches cooperation, creativity, following directions, dealing with conflict (it’s drama!), and lessens speech anxiety! Okay, I’m…
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…
By Rachele Stoops and Micayla Brown Mr. Burns, A Post-Electric Play, Nebraska Repertory Theatre, November 9, 2023 Please enjoy this video review of Mr. Burns, A Post-Electric Play at Nebraska Repertory Theatre, running in the Studio Theater of the Temple Building, November 9-18, 2023! Ticket information at https://nebraskarep.org. (Update: Performances are sold out, with an…
By Rachele Stoops Space Princess Wars, Community Players, Thursday July 20, 2023 What do you get when you mash storylines from two wildly popular adventure movies together with forty-one or forty-two (I counted twice and got different numbers each time) extremely talented kids? Pretty much the best thing I’ve ever seen. Playwright Don Zolidis has…
By Rachele Stoops The Music Man, Community Players, June 16, 2023 It’s the classic musical plotline: guy meets girl, guy tries to woo girl for his own ulterior motives, girl falls in love with guy (against her better judgment), and KAPOW: guy transforms into an upstanding citizen. Art imitating life, amiright? Fortunately for the sold…
By Rachele Stoops The Musical Comedy Murders of 1940, Lincoln Community Playhouse, Friday, May 5, 2023 It was a lovely spring evening when my husband and I joined the audience for the opening night performance of The Musical Comedy Murders of 1940 at the Lincoln Community Playhouse, but on stage, snow (and death) was piling…