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LOVE, LOSS AND WHAT I WORE, running January 22 - February 14, 2016 in the Hawks Mainstage Theatre at the Omaha Community Playhouse, is an endearing and witty collection of stories shared by a cast of women sitting side by side, accompanied by illustrations from the original work.

Dozens of local teachers will be at the Holland Performing Arts Center this month to attend a two-day workshop for the pilot year of the Carnegie Hall program, Musical Explorers.

Offering insight and stories from his journey as one of America's greatest storytellers, Garrison Keillor captivates audiences with his unique blend of comedy, charisma and wisdom.

He's been named "the next great male jazz singer" by NPR and your chance to see why is coming up: Omaha Performing Arts presents Gregory Porter on Thursday, February 4, 2016 at 7:30 PM in Kiewit Hall at the Holland Performing Arts Center, 1200 Douglas St.

The first speaker in the 2016 National Geographic Live! series at Holland Performing Arts Center has been stalked by jaguars in Brazil, charged by a grizzly in Siberia, and trapped in quicksand in the world's largest tiger reserve in Myanmar.

Mannheim Steamroller will present the best the holiday has to offer this season.

A cherished ballet featuring fairytale princesses and malevolent witches in a storybook kingdom will be performed one-night-only at the Orpheum Theater.

Omaha Performing Arts is delighted to announce that the North American tour of the new stage adaptation of THE WIZARD OF OZ will play Omaha's Orpheum Theater tonight, December 8, through Sunday, December 13, as part of its Broadway Series

Who has NOT grown up with Wizard of Oz? It was a very special annual event in my childhood home, and I am willing to bet most of you can say the same.

Having never seen the five-time Tony Award winning PETER AND THE STARCATCHER prior to the preview at Omaha's Rose Theater last night, I did not know what to expect.

Audiences will be transported to the enchanted world of Neverland, where pirates rule, mermaids sing and a boy can choose to never grow up, in The Rose Theater's production of PETER & THE STARCATCHER, tonight, Dec.

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The lighthearted whimsy of the Vince Guaraldi Trio's A CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS comes to life through the lyrically sophisticated musicianship of pianist Cyrus Chestnut and his trio.

Audiences will be transported to the enchanted world of Neverland, where pirates rule, mermaids sing and a boy can choose to never grow up, in The Rose Theater's production of PETER & THE STARCATCHER, Dec.

Cameron Mackintosh's spectacular new production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA is coming to Omaha's Orpheum Theater April 20 through May 1, 2016 as part of Omaha Performing Arts' Broadway Series.

The new JETHRO TULL concert tour, in which Ian Anderson celebrates the life and times of English agriculturalist Jethro Tull, comes to Omaha for the first time since 1977 for a concert at the Holland Performing Arts Center on Tuesday, April 5, 2016 at 7:30 p.

Omaha Performing Arts is delighted to announce that the North American tour of the new stage adaptation of THE WIZARD OF OZ will play Omaha's Orpheum Theater Tuesday, December 8, through Sunday, December 13, as part of its Broadway Series

A CHRISTMAS CAROL will run at the Omaha Community Playhouse, Nov.

I know everyone will expect this review to begin with, "I've Had the Time of My Life," but I will skip that well-known song that serves as the finale to DIRTY DANCING and go back to the opening number which defines it so well as "This Magic Moment.

Omaha Performing Arts presents a concert featuring one of the oldest boys choirs in the world singing classical masterpieces and holiday favorites: Vienna Boys Choir - Christmas in Vienna.

The Omaha premiere of DIRTY DANCING - The Classic Story On Stage will find its way into your heart when the touring stage musical of this world-wide smash-hit film comes to the Orpheum Theater, tonight, November 17, through Sunday, November 22.

Joyful Noise: A Gospel Christmas featuring Salem Baptist Church returns to the Holland Performing Arts Center this December.

The BLUEBARN Theatre is proud to present the revival of the popular holiday hit, Little Nelly's Naughty Noe?l by Tim Siragusa with songs by Jill Anderson.

THE RAT PACK IS BACK!, a tribute to the talented stars of the 1960s known as 'The Rat Pack,' will play Omaha's Orpheum Theater one night only - tonight, November 14, 2015.

The Omaha Community Playhouse (OCP) will once again present Yesterday and Today Nov.