Cellist Yo-Yo Ma and pianist Kathryn Stott showed why their designation as the Lied Center's first Artists of Distinction was well deserved with a marvelous, beautifully played concert Thursday.
When Emily Ernst thinks back, it all began with a World War II history project as an eighth grader at Pound Middle School 23 years ago.
“The Book of Mormon” broke Lied Center attendance records in 2019, when it drew more than 15,000 people during its weeklong run.
The national touring company will have a 16-show engagement from Aug. 2-13 – the longest run for a Broadway show in the Lied Center’s 32-year history.
“Makatini,” Melvin Edwards' mask-like welded steel sculpture, hangs on the first wall that’s seen entering “X: A Decade of Collecting,” a perfect illustration of the Sheldon Museum of Art’s acquisition philosophy and the effort required to bring work from notable artists to its collection.
TADA Theatre's artistic director has storied career
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater demonstrated it is among the best if not the best modern dance company in the world with four pieces at the Lied Center on Tuesday, from its hip-hop flavored newest "Are You In Your Feelings" to Ailey's classic "Revelations."
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater will return to the Lied Center for Performing Arts for the first time in six years Tuesday for a performance that will feature new works and repertory favorites, including the must-see masterpiece "Revelations."
Five musicals will play the Lied Center for Performing Arts Glenn Korff Broadway Series in the 2023-24 season.
Composer and percussionist Andy Akiho will be playing one of Jun Kaneko’s ceramic pieces as a musical instrument in the world premiere of a symphonic work he wrote to honor the Omaha-based artist.
The trio of classically trained Irish singers postponed its entire 2023 tour. No reason was given for the postponement.
Sweeney Todd "changed what musical theater could be," Lauren Silverman Durban said. "As a capital N nerd when it comes to Broadway, this is one of those seminal shows."
All LPS sixth graders were invited to the elaborate puppet show in which cranes soar and Native culture comes to life.
Disney’s “Aladdin” will play an eight-show engagement at the Lied Center for Performing Arts from Oct. 3-8.
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra demonstrated that it is the great orchestra of the Lied's 2022-23 season Wednesday in a beautifully performed concert of unusually arranged pieces, performed without a conductor.
Compared to UNL and Iowa State, Doane University's small population feels like David facing Goliath on the competition stage. But Doane’s theater program is still competitive at the highest level.
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, a collective with no conductor, will return to the Lied Center for Performing Arts Wednesday for a concert during which musicians will move to different chairs for different pieces.
Kiechel Fine Arts exhibition asks 'what is landscape?' through paintings, drawings, etchings, ceramics, and photography from the mid 1800s to last year.
"Legally Blonde" the musical brings 2001 movie to the Lied Center stage in entertaining fashion Thursday.
Milt Schneider and his wife, Leah Moreno Schneider, plan to turn the former theater at 3504 Center St. into a community center capable of hosting a wide variety of events.
“Uncovering Black History: Quilts from the Collection of Carolyn Mazloomi” is the latest exhibition at the International Quilt Museum in Lincoln.
A mother, a daughter, three possible dads, and a trip down the aisle you’ll never forget! The Lincoln High School Theatre Department will present three performances of the hit musical “Mamma Mia!” on Thursday and Friday, Feb. 23 and 24, at 7 p.m., and Saturday, Feb. 25, at 2 p.m. in the scho…
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Nearly 1,000 guests experienced some of the glitz and glamour of Las Vegas, right here in Lincoln at the Lied Center for Performing Arts, Feb. 4 while raising over $120,000 to support the performing arts.
In 1967, Meg Crane quietly and without fanfare or attribution developed the first home pregnancy test more than a decade before the first ones hit the market with her patent.
Reza, the world's top touring illusionist, will return Saturday to the place where he was inspired to become a performing magician -- the Lied Center.
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More than half a century later, the inventor of the home pregnancy test will finally get the credit she deserves when Lincoln's Carson Theater raises the curtain on the show.
Daniel Ikpeama finds himself right at home on the TADA Theatre stage, navigating the path to middle age.
Venezuelan actor Samuel Garnica has embraced the role of Emilio Estefan in "On Your Feet," starring in the Spanish language premiere of the musical and now in the touring company that will play the Lied Center this weekend.
Nebraska National Forest photographs by Dana Fritz on display at the Great Plains Art Museum through March 11
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