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With so much theater happening in Omaha, it's difficult to garner a sold out crowd on a weekend night.

Billy McGuigan runs on high-octane fuel and you can feel his energy emanating from the stage.

The Omaha Community Playhouse will present the world premiere of Billy McGuigan's Rock Twist July 12 - 23, 2017 in the Hawks Mainstage Theatre.

JMR Productions today announced that the songs from the Princess Diana the Musical CD are available for free downloading by visiting JMRProductions.

Omaha Performing Arts is pleased to announce tickets for FINDING NEVERLAND go on sale to the public on Friday July 28, 2017 at 10:00 AM.

Two upcoming staged readings will be held at the Omaha Community Playhouse as part of the 2017-2018 Alternative Programming series.

The Omaha Community Playhouse will present the world premiere of Billy McGuigan's Rock Twist July 12 - 23, 2017 in the Hawks Mainstage Theatre.

This rainbow cast of all ages and abilities filled the stage and told the story of Dominican-Americans eeking out a living in the Washington Heights barrio of Manhattan to memorable rap music.

Stephanie Jacobson, a Teaching Artist and the Director of Youth Productions at The Rose Theater was one of six select participants invited to work with Ronnie Burkett in a 3-day preconference for the 2017 National Puppetry Conference hosted by the Eugene O'Neill TheaterCenter in Connecticut this pas

The Omaha Community Playhouse honored its top volunteers at the annual Awards Night ceremony held Monday evening.

The Rose Theater has been graciously awarded the Basic Support Grant of $33,786 from the Nebraska Arts Council in order to support programming of the 2017-18 season.

Living comedy legend, John Cleese, is heading in your general direction for a live and truly unforgettable evening of conversation and audience Q&A on Friday, November 17th at 7:30 pm at Omaha's Orpheum Theater, 409 South 16th St.

Modern, bloody, edgy, and not for the faint of heart.

The Omaha Community Playhouse will present Camille Metoyer Moten in Color Me Camille: The Music of Barbra Streisand, on Saturday, August 12 at 7:30 p.

Broadway performers Rebecca E.

JMR Productions today announced that Princess Diana the Musical is continuing its national run in 11 American cities as part of the 20th anniversary of her death.

The 2017 Nebraska representatives at the National High School Musical Theatre Awards' Jimmy Awards include one returning contender and a first-time finalist.

The Omaha Community Playhouse will present Girls Like Us: The Music of Carole King, Carly Simon and Joni Mitchell as its summer show June 15 - 25, 2017 in the Howard Drew Theatre.

Congratulations to all the schools that participated in this year's Nebraska High School Theatre Awards, and to all the ones that were nominated! Here's a spotlight on one high school musical with unique qualities based on freedom of expression, and executed an open-ended script.

More than 400 Nebraska high school students will converge on downtown Omaha June 5 to June 8 to participate in Omaha Performing Arts' Nebraska High School Theatre Awards week.

Although tailored for children, adults will enjoy this classic that reminisces back to a yesteryear of childhood and imagination, in the perpetual fantasy world of Neverland.

Celebrate Broadway's biggest night of the year when Omaha Performing Arts hosts its first annual Tony Awards party Sunday, June 11 from 6:30 PM to 10:00 PM at the Holland Performing Arts Center.

Audiences will be transported on a magical flight to Neverland for a swashbuckling musical that delivers non-stop action, spell-binding music and stunning choreography when Peter Pan takes flight at The Rose Theater, June 2-18, 2017.

BEAUTY AND THE BEAST at the OCP has beauty abounding.

Omaha Performing Arts today announced a limited number of seats in the first two rows of the orchestra section of the Orpheum Theater will be available for $25 for all three performances of RENT, the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning musical coming to the Orpheum Theater June 3 and 4, 2017.