By Sam Pynes The Band’s Visit, The Lied Center, Saturday April 9, 3PM There is a fun synchronicity with the touring shows stopping in Nebraska this season. Like Hadestown, which recently visited The Orpheum in Omaha,this is a contained and atmospheric experience which also utilizes a modular wheel. Also, like Come From Away, which will…
By Sam Pynes Harvey, Lofte Community Theatre, April 1, 2022 7PM I always like visiting The Lofte: they have a very open and welcoming atmosphere and performing space. If you haven’t been there, you should really check it out. Before the show, Artistic Director Kevin Colbert welcomed the audience, including a couple who were celebrating…
By Sam Pynes This Mortal Life Also, Angels Theatre Company The Johnny Carson Theater at The Lied Center March 16th 7:30PM I had the honor of attending the preview performance of Nancy Shank’s This Mortal Life Also, which tells the fascinating and dramatic story of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a central figure of the German Resistance during…
By Sam Pynes I was pleased to be invited to The Lied Center’s special announcement this morning regarding the jewel of their upcoming 2022-2023 season, the national tour of Hamilton. Executive Director Bill Stephan announced the news as the curtain behind him revealed a backdrop with the now-familiar logo of Alexander Hamilton refusing to throw…
by Sam Pynes TADA Theatre, Thursday, December 9, 2021, 7:30PM The Santaland Diaries opened last night to a full audience in the intimate space at TADA Theatre. The show is a 90-min one-man dramatic interpretation of the essay of the same name. David Sedaris is one of the premier essayists of our time. Part of…
By Sam Pynes Thursday December 2, 2021 7:30PM It’s closing time for the semester at Theatrix as Clown Bar opens at the Lab Theatre, the 120-seat black box sister to the venerable Howell Theatre in the Temple Building at UNL. Clown Bar functions as a sometimes serious, sometimes silly send-up of the noir gangster sub-genre,…
