OMAHA THEATER REVIEWS

Leslie Odom, Jr. opened the Lied Center for Performing Arts' 29th Season in a spectacular way. Combining charm, humor, and an incomparable musical ability, Odom, Jr. brought the full house to its feet not once, but twice....

DROWSY CHAPERONE is clever, albeit not a never-done-before mashup. It is a musical within a comedy complete with colorful characters, catchy music, and a cast of toe tapping extras. If you want to be entertained, this is for you. It is one hour and forty minutes of just plain fun!...

BIG FISH, THE MUSICAL took the stage this week at the Bellevue Little Theatre. It is a heart warming story that balances on the fine line between what is true and what isn't. Fact or fiction--we all want a hero....

Nebraska Wesleyan University was recently named by OnStage Blog as one of the top 25 schools for theatre performance. This cast is evidence that the award is well deserved....

What's big and green and lives at the Omaha Community Playhouse? SHREK THE MUSICAL opens tonight and runs through October 14....

HILDA'S YARD runs through September 16, Thursdays-Saturday at 7:00 pm and on Sundays at 2:00 pm....

Nebraska Wesleyan University Theatre is running a delightful production that will please everyone. If you like Elvis, you'll love it. If you like to laugh, you'll love it. If you like to watch talented young people do what they do best, you'll love it....

This exceptional cast tells the complex story of FUN HOME in the best way possible- through powerful performance that will not leave you untouched. It is artistry....

New theatre. New play. New actors. New experience. This was all new 'information' to me. And I liked it!...

ALWAYS…PATSY CLINE is running through August 19 at PART Theatre, 7400 Dodge St, Omaha. It's well worth a ticket, but get there early because it's already going to be solidly packed a good half hour before showtime.  www.performingartistsrepertorytheatre.org...

Miranda Sings…no offense…off key, but that's part of her charm....

THE DAIRY MAID-RIGHT by Ellen Struve is now happening at the Shelterbelt Theatre. This is more than a play. It is a wonder....

There is more to HAIRSPRAY than big fun....

LEGALLY BLONDE, the 2007 feel good musical is strutting its stuff on the open air stage of the Pinewood Bowl in Lincoln, Nebraska....

ANNIE is a family favorite. Take yours to see it. Have a little fun....

SNAP! Productions and South High Magnet School have done it again. I don't know what it is about this collaboration, but they seem to have the magic touch....

There is always something new and interesting happening at SNAP! Their plays do not end in the theatre....

You know a play is good if it moves you. If it moves you to tears, it's really good. And if it moves you to tears mixed with laughter, it is almost a miracle....

There is good news at the Rose Theatre! NEWSIES The Broadway Musical opened on June 1 running through the 17th. BRAVO! I am extra sold on this show....

There's forecasted rain at the Omaha Community Playhouse as SINGIN' IN THE RAIN opens for a June run....

Who was this man? Fifty years ago Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated outside the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee, just hours after his history-making speech, 'I've Been to the Mountaintop.'  Katori Hall's THE MOUNTAINTOP envisions a fictionalized account of Reverend King's final night....

If you want to 'Brush Up Your Shakespeare' before you see this show, you may catch even more of the references and jokes. But if you don't, it won't matter. It's a great show on many levels! You just have to answer the question, 'To be in the audience or not to be?' --Be....

CURIOUS GEORGE & THE GOLDEN MEATBALL tells the story of a monkey, his pal in yellow, and their adventures as they cook up a mean meatball in the Golden Meatball contest in Rome....

If you love Shakepeare, if you love the theater, if you love farce, you will love SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE playing through May 6. Calling on a quote from the show, 'Where's the comedy, Will? Where's the dog?' He's at the Omaha Community Playhouse....

The Brigit Saint Brigit Theatre Company opens UNCLE VANYA at the Joslyn Castle. The stellar cast under the able direction of Cathy Kurz perfectly carries out Chekhov's desire for naturalism. They do not overact. There is no melodrama or big gestures. They feel the emotion and it is exposed. This is ...