Omaha Theater Reviews: Best Shows & Critic Recommendations

Review: GIRLS LIKE US: A LITTLE NAUGHTY, MOSTLY NICE at Omaha Community Playhouse
by Christine Swerczek - December 08, 2024

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

Review: BACK TO THE FUTURE: THE MUSICAL at Lied Ceter For Performing Arts
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...

Review: MATILDA THE MUSICAL is Marvelous at Nebraska Wesleyan University Theatre
by Christine Swerczek - October 06, 2024

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

Review: THE REVOLUTIONISTS at Nebraska Wesleyan University Theatre: Not as simple as it appears
by Christine Swerczek - September 20, 2024

Nebraska Wesleyan University Theatre has a history of mounting an impressive variety of plays and musicals. Currently, Lauren Gunderson’s revolutionary play about four women during the 1793 Reign of Terror in Paris, is a compelling production running in the Enid Miller Lab Theatre. Some would call t...

Review: HELLO, DOLLY! YOU'RE LOOKING SWELL! at Omaha Community Theatre
by Christine Swerczek - June 09, 2024

What did our critic think of HELLO, DOLLY! YOU'RE LOOKING SWELL! at Omaha Community Theatre?...

Review: CABARET at Omaha Community Playhouse: Welcome to the Kit Kat Klub!
by Christine Swerczek - February 24, 2024

What did our critic think of CABARET at Omaha Community Playhouse?...

Review: NUNSENSE 2; THE SECOND COMING at TADA Theatre
by Christine Swerczek - February 12, 2024

If you enjoy nonsense, you will love NUNSENSE 2: THE SECOND COMING playing at TADA Theatre in the historic Creamery Building in Lincoln, Nebraska. Watch five nuns cavort, sing, and toss around zingers. Then afterwards, treat yourself to an ice cream downstairs....

Review: THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG: A Triumphant Disaster!
by Christine Swerczek - January 26, 2024

If you need a prescription for winter blues, get to the Omaha Community Playhouse and laugh yourself red in the face with THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG. I dare you to not get caught up in its zany, madcap shenanigans. It is two hours of nonstop fun!...

Review: It's A Warm WHITE CHRISTMAS at Bellevue Little Theatre
by Christine Swerczek - December 16, 2023

What did our critic think of IT'S A WARM WHITE CHRISTMAS AT BELLEVUE LITTLE THEATRE at Bellevue Little Theatre?...

Review: The Passion of PIPELINE at Omaha Community Playhouse
by Christine Swerczek - October 20, 2023

What did our critic think of PIPELINE at Omaha Community Playhouse? PIPELINE, a one act drama written by Tony Award nominated book writer Dominique Morisseau opened at the Omaha Community Playhouse on October 6 under the direction of Breanna Carodine. I finally saw it last night and was impressed by...

Review: BEAUTIFUL, THE CAROLE KING MUSICAL at Omaha Community Playhouse is Some Kind of Wonderful
by Christine Swerczek - September 15, 2023

BEAUTIFUL, The Carole King Musical previewed at the Omaha Community Playhouse September 14th. Making its Broadway debut in 2014, BEAUTIFUL was nominated for an array of theater awards, winning several including Best Musical Theater Album and a Grammy Award....

Review: CLYDE'S at Omaha Community Playhouse
by Analisa Swerczek - August 31, 2023

What did our critic think of CLYDE'S at Omaha Community Playhouse? Omaha Community Playhouse has cooked up another hit with their first show of the 99th season, Clyde’s. A continuation of two-time Pulitzer winner Lynn Nottage’s script Sweat, which ran on the very same stage in the fall of 2019, Clyd...

Guest Review: SUITE SURRENDER at Florentine Players
by Guest Author - August 02, 2023

What did our critic think of SUITE SURRENDER at Florentine Players? SUITE SURRENDER, written by Michael McKeever and produced by the Florentine Players in arrangement with Playscripts, Inc. is directed by Sara Scheidies with assistant director/stage manager Kaitlin Maher....

Review: YOU'LL LAUGHALOT AT SPAMALOT at Ralston Community Theatre
by Christine Swerczek - July 11, 2023

What did our critic think of YOU'LL LAUGHALOT AT SPAMALOT at Ralston Community Theatre?...

Review: DANCE NATION Wins at BlueBarn Theatre
by Christine Swerczek - May 30, 2023

What did our critic think of DANCE NATION at BlueBarn Theatre?...

Review: PRETTY FIRE at Omaha Community Playhouse
by Analisa Swerczek - May 18, 2023

What did our critic think of PRETTY FIRE at Omaha Community Playhouse?...

Review: JAGGED LITTLE PILL at Lied Center For The Performing Arts
by Analisa Swerczek - April 27, 2023

What did our critic think of JAGGED LITTLE PILL at Lied Center For The Performing Arts?...

Review: DREAMGIRLS at Omaha Community Playhouse
by Analisa Swerczek - March 10, 2023

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Review: INTO THE WOODS At Chanticleer Is Something New From Something Old
by Christine Swerczek - March 09, 2023

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Review: LEGALLY BLONDE THE MUSICAL is Frivolous Fun at Lied Center For Performing Arts
by Christine Swerczek - February 24, 2023

What did our critic think of LEGALLY BLONDE THE MUSICAL at Lied Center For Performing Arts? LEGALLY BLONDE The Musical whipped up a pastel night of frivolous fun on stage at the Lied Center of Performing Arts on February 23. Based on the 2001 hit film starring Reese Witherspoon and Luke Wilson, the ...

Review: Voices of A LONG LINE OF MCKINNEY WOMEN at Nebraska Wesleyan Theatre
by Christine Swerczek - February 21, 2023

What did our critic think of A LONG LINE OF MCKINNEY WOMEN at Nebraska Wesleyan Theatre?...

Review: THE CAKE at Omaha Community Playhouse
by Analisa Swerczek - October 28, 2022

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Review: SCHOOL OF ROCK at Omaha Community Playhouse
by Analisa Swerczek - September 22, 2022

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Review: KINKY BOOTS at Omaha Community Playhouse
by Analisa Swerczek - June 21, 2022

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BWW Review: THE GIVER at Omaha Community Playhouse
by Sonja Niles - May 03, 2022

THE GIVER a play adapted by Eric Coble from the 1994 Newberry Award Winning novel by Lois Lowry....