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Review: DIAL M FOR MURDER at Omaha Community Playhouse Keeps You on Your Toes!

Review: DIAL M FOR MURDER at Omaha Community Playhouse Keeps You on Your Toes!

by Christine Swerczek · April 17, 2026

When you think of DIAL M FOR MURDER, you may be old enough to remember Alfred Hitchcock's suspenseful movie starring Grace Kelly and Ray Milland in 1954. If the play is new to you, you will enjoy Jeffrey Hatcher’s adaptation of Frederick Knott’s screenplay on a more modern level. Either way, thi…

Review: NEXT TO NORMAL is Next to Perfection at SNAP! Productions

Review: NEXT TO NORMAL is Next to Perfection at SNAP! Productions

by Christine Swerczek · April 6, 2026

At first glance, Next to Normal is the quintessential domestic scenario.  We see a suburban family with a seemingly normal life in “Just Another Day.” Diana is the perfect wife, has the perfect husband (albeit he can be a bit boring,) and an angsty teenage daughter who feels invisible. It’s t…

Review: FIDDLER ON THE ROOF at Bellevue Little Theatre is Bigger Than Life

Review: FIDDLER ON THE ROOF at Bellevue Little Theatre is Bigger Than Life

by Christine Swerczek · March 18, 2026

FIDDLER ON THE ROOF now playing at the Bellevue Little Theatre is a big production in a small space and it does not disappoint! Director Laureen Pickle with her creative crew has pulled off an incredible piece of theatre with all the heart and soul of a big Broadway production. You need to see it to…

Review: ALICE BY HEART at Nebraska Wesleyan University Theatre

Review: ALICE BY HEART at Nebraska Wesleyan University Theatre

by Christine Swerczek · February 24, 2026

Nebraska Wesleyan University Theatre’s current production of ALICE BY HEART explores a teenager's coping with grief and the realism of war-torn London through fantasy.  The musical based on the 1865 children’s classic “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” is written by Steven Sater and Jessi…

Past Shows

Pippin

Pippin

Sep 28 – Oct 8, 2023

Note: some sexually suggestive contentJoin us in this Tony Award-winning musical as Prince Pippin searches for an "Extraordinary" life of passion, significance and purpose. But...

Into the Woods

Into the Woods

Apr 20 – Apr 30, 2023

In the spooky world of the Brothers Grimm, everyone has their secret wish. The different desires of Cinderella, Rapunzel, Jack and the Baker all will...

A Long Line of McKinney Women

A Long Line of McKinney Women

Feb 16 – Feb 26, 2023

A near-death experience sends a heartbroken Alex McKinney to the hospital. And a long line of her (long-dead) ancestors visits her bedside. Their goal: To...

Irving Berlin's Holiday Inn

Irving Berlin's Holiday Inn

Dec 1 – Dec 11, 2022

What if your twin desires were to settle down, and to dazzle? For Jim, the answer is the Holiday Inn: a quiet farmhouse that bursts...

The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee

The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee

Sep 29 – Oct 9, 2022

Pandemonium is the word at this PG-13 musical of middle school wits, wills and wantonness. Study up! A few lucky audience members join the contest....

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Mamma Mia! in Omaha Mamma Mia!
Lied Center for Performing Arts (12/15-12/20)
Count Arthur Strong - And It’s Goodnight From Me! in Omaha Count Arthur Strong - And It’s Goodnight From Me!
Lincoln Theatre Royal (5/20-5/20)
It's a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play in Omaha It's a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play
Enid Miller Theatre (12/03-12/13)
The Book of Mormon in Omaha The Book of Mormon
Orpheum Theater Omaha (5/18-5/23)
Wheeler Walker Jr. in Omaha Wheeler Walker Jr.
Astro Amphitheater (2/28-2/28)
Arsenic and Old Lace in Omaha Arsenic and Old Lace
Lofte Community Theatre (10/16-10/25)
Underdog: The Other, Other Bronte in Omaha Underdog: The Other, Other Bronte
Enid Miller Theatre (10/02-10/11)
Wicked in Omaha Wicked
Orpheum Theater Omaha (6/17-7/05)
Noah James in Omaha Noah James
Bourbon Theatre (7/18-7/18)