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Summer Stages: BWW's Top Summer Theatre Picks - Omaha!

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WIth so much theater to choose from in the Omaha area, where do you begin? These are my top picks.

May 29-June 28

SPAMALOT

Omaha Community Playhouse

Box Office: (402) 553-0800
Toll Free Box Office: 1-888-782-4338
Email: info@omahaplayhouse.org

Tony-award winner for Best Musical, you can't go wrong with SPAMALOT. Omaha Community Playhouse does Monty Python's outrageously funny series of mishaps in search of the Holy Grail proud. This is community theater as good as it gets.

June 5-28

MARY POPPINS, The Broadway Musical

The Rose Theater

Box Office: (402) 345-4849

Email: info@rosetheater.org

One of the most popular Disney films of all time soars to life on the stage of the Rose Theater. You will find it supercalifragilisticexpialidocious!

July 10-August 2

THANK YOU FOR BEING A FRIEND

The Shelterbelt Theater

Box Office: (402) 341-2757

Email:boxoffice@shelterbelt.org

This unauthorized Golden Girls musical by Nick Brennan and Luke Jones will delight fans with its singing, dancing and hilarity.

May 28-June 21

CALENDAR GIRLS

SNAP Productions

Box Office: (402) 341-2757

Email: www.snapproductions.com

Based on the true story of eleven women who posed nude for a calendar to raise money for the Leukemia Research Fund.


May 23,24, 28-31, June 5-7

MESSIAH ON THE FRIGIDAIRE

The Lofte Theater

Box Office: (402) 234-2553

Email: LofteTickets@Lofte.com

The image of Jesus appears on the refrigerator in a trailer park, drawing in hoards of miracle seekers and challenging the relationships of the people living there.

July 15-27, 23-26, August 1, 2

GODSPELL

The Lofte Theater

Box Office: (402) 234-2553

Email: LofteTickets@Lofte.com

A popular musical retelling of the Gospel with music by Stephen Schwartz.

Photo Credit: Christian Robertson

Theater Fans' Choice Awards
2026 Theater Fans' Choice Awards - Live Stats
Best Lighting Design - Top 3
1. Jen Schriever, Michael Arden - The Lost Boys
35.5% of votes
2. Jack Knowles - Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York)
9.9% of votes
3. Kevin Adams - Chess
7.6% of votes

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