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by Christine Swerczek - May 12, 2025

Step into the Howard Drew Theatre at Omaha Community Playhouse and be instantly transported to a new world. AMERICAN MARIACHI is something new and different and shouldn’t be missed. ...

by Christine Swerczek - April 28, 2025

I hadn’t planned on reviewing Omaha Community Playhouse’s current offering on the Hawks Mainstage, but I just can’t suppress the urge. Jimmy Buffett’s ESCAPE TO MARGARITAVILLE is just too fun to let it slip away!...

by Christine Swerczek - March 28, 2025

The film “Some Like it Hot” conjures up visions of blonde Marilyn Monroe with her two musician sidekicks, Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon, in prohibition era Chicago. The musicians dressed as women join an all women band to avoid a mafia boss when they witness a murder....

by Christine Swerczek - February 26, 2025

THE LIGHTNING THIEF: The Percy Jackson Musical, based on Rick Riordan’s popular novel of the same name, is playing at Nebraska Wesleyan University’s McDonald Theatre through March 2. With music and lyrics by Rob Rokicki and book by Joe Tracz, this production has something for adults and children ali...

by Christine Swerczek - February 08, 2025

What did our critic think of APPROPRIATE: UNCOVERED AND UNCOMFORTABLE at Bluebarn Theatre?...

by Christine Swerczek - January 27, 2025

One of my favorite pieces of musical theatre opened at the Omaha Community Playhouse on January 24th. WAITRESS, featuring the prodigious music and lyrics of Sara Bareilles and book by Jessie Nelson, was adapted from Adrienne Shelly’s 2007 film script of the same name. Shelly wrote, directed and co-s...

by Christine Swerczek - December 08, 2024

What did our critic think of GIRLS LIKE US: A LITTLE NAUGHTY, MOSTLY NICE at Omaha Community Playhouse?...

by Analisa Swerczek - October 10, 2024

Audiences in Lincoln, Nebraska are abuzz with news of the current sit down of Back to the Future: The Musical currently playing at the Lied Center for Performing Arts. Adapted from the 1985 Universal Pictures/Amblin Entertainment film, Back to the Future, the show blends original music seamlessly wi...

by Christine Swerczek - October 06, 2024

What did our critic think of MATILDA THE MUSICAL IS MARVELOUS! at Nebraska Wesleyan University Theatre?...

by Christine Swerczek - September 21, 2024

What did our critic think of YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN at Bellevue Little Theatre?...