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March 2024
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NOTE: this is a rental event presented by an outside organization. The Lied Center has limited control over ticketing policies and discounts for rental events.

March 21, 2024 I 7:30pm

Price Is Right Live™ is the hit interactive stage show that gives eligible individuals the chance to hear their names called and "Come On Down" to win. Prizes may include appliances, vacations and possibly a new car! Play classic games just like on television's longest running and most popular game show…from Plinko™ to Cliffhangers™ to The Big Wheel™ and even...

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March 23, 2024 | 7:30PM

Direct from New York, five of Broadway’s top stars perform the hit songs and classic dances from groundbreaking shows like West Side Story, Cabaret and Chicago to current blockbusters like Jersey Boys and Wicked. Accompanied by a live band, 100 Years of Broadway recreates the greatest moments from the finest shows of the century featuring the actual Broadway stars of...

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March 26, 2024

Kennedy Center Theater for Young Audiences on Tour Presents
Show Way The Musical
By Jacqueline Woodson
Adapted from her book Show Way, illustrated by Hudson Talbott
Music and Lyrics by Tyrone L. Robinson
Choreographed by Tiffany Quinn
Music Directed by Tiffany Underwood Holmes
Original Direction by Schele Williams

From Jacqueline Woodson’s award-winning story...

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March 28, 2024 | 7:30PM

Lincoln Friends of Chamber Music ends their 59th season with the Grammy-nominated Neave Trio. This concert includes the music by Samuel Coleridge-Talor, Claude Debussy, and the world premeire of Dry Ocean by Jonah Sirota (formerly of the Chiara Quartet).

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March 30, 2024 | 7:30PM

Travel down the rabbit hole MOMIX-style with Moses Pendleton's newest creation, ALICE, inspired by Alice in Wonderland. Alice transports you to a fantasy world of surreal images brought to life by a cast of dancer-illusionists. Take a journey that is magical, mysterious, fun, eccentric, and much more. As Alice experiences every kind of transformation, so will you.

“MOMIX’s Alice fills...

April 2024
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April 2-3, 2024

THE TONY AWARD®-WINNING MUSICAL!
HER LIFE. HER STORY. HER LEGEND.

Superstars come and go. Cher is forever. For six straight decades, only one unstoppable force has flat-out dominated popular culture — breaking down barriers, pushing boundaries, and letting nothing and no one stand in her way. THE CHER SHOW is the Tony Award-winning musical of her story, and it’s packed with...

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Friday, April 5, 2024 | 7:30PM

After opening with Reznicek’s jovial Donna Diana Overture, LSO introduces our 2023-2026 Composer-In-Residence Elena Ruehr with the premiere of Unquiet Earth, a multimedia experience dedicated to Ruehr’s late mother, an environmentalist and filmmaker. The second half features pianist Mark Clinton on Brahms’ Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor, one of Brahms’  most beloved pieces with its lush romanticism and beautiful interplay between soloist and orchestra.

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April 7, 2024 | 4:00PM

Piano virtuoso Jon Nakamatsu makes his highly anticipated return to Nebraska after performing a sold-out concert with Lincoln’s Symphony Orchestra to close the Lied Center’s historic 25th Anniversary Season in 2015. Catapulted to international attention in 1997 as the Gold Medalist of the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition — the only American to achieve this distinction since 1981 —Nakamatsu has performed with over 150...

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Tuesday, April 9, 2024 | 7:00PM

Former UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Housing and Global Director of The Shift will describe advocacy efforts around housing as a social good rather than a commodity.

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April 12-14, 2024

Direct from Broadway, MEAN GIRLS is the hilarious hit musical from book writer TINA FEY (“30 Rock), composer JEFF RICHMOND (“Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt”), lyricist NELL BENJAMIN (Legally Blonde) and director CASEY NICHOLAW (The Book of Mormon). The story of a naïve newbie who falls prey to a trio of lionized frenemies, MEAN GIRLS “delivers with immense energy, a wicked sense...

Friends of Lied Event

Enjoy great food, friends and fun before select performances at the Lied Center. Join the Friends of Lied for a catered meal, with no worries about arriving in time for the show! Open to the public. 

 

Cocktails: 5:30PM

Dinner: 6:00PM

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April 18, 2024 | 7:30PM

Critics, fans, and fellow comedians agree: Brian Regan is one of the most respected comedians in the country with Vanity Fair calling him “The funniest stand-up alive,” and Entertainment Weekly naming him “Your favorite comedian’s favorite comedian.” Back by popular demand, Regan appeared over 25 times on The Late Show with David Letterman, has released eight hourlong comedy specials and is a regular guest on The Tonight...

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April 19, 2024 | 7:30PM

Experience jazz “club style” with the Metro Jazz Quintet in the intimate setting of the Lied Commons. This new quintet includes many of the finest jazz musicians in Nebraska performing a wide variety of your favorite legendary jazz composers. The Lied Commons club scene will feature table and theater seating, a candlelight atmosphere, and cocktails available for purchase throughout the...

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April 20, 2024 | 2:00PM & 7:30PM

Susan Werner returns to Lincoln after sold-out shows across the country to perform music from her latest album, The Birds of Florida

Praised by the Chicago Tribune as “one of the most innovative songwriters working today” Werner relies on trademark songcraft and wry, poetic lyrics that have established her as a Lied Center audience favorite! 

Susan will sing a few Nebraska song favorites...

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April 23, 2024 | 7:30PM

Featuring a full live band, state-of-the-art video projection, and original film footage, this immersive theatrical concert chronicles the amazing journey shared by the folk-rock duo, Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel. 

Performing all the hits, including “Mrs. Robinson,” “Cecilia,” “Bridge Over Troubled Water,” “Homeward Bound,” and many more, it tells the story from their humble beginnings to their incredible success as...

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April 30-May 5, 2024

Dixie Longate is the fast-talking, gum chewing, ginger-haired Alabama gal who is bringing your grandma’s Tupperware party into the 21st century. Audiences howl with laughter as Dixie demonstrates the many alternative uses for the iconic plastic kitchen staple. Filled with outrageously funny tales, heartfelt accounts, audience participation and a little bit of empowerment and homespun wisdom, Dixie’s Tupperware Party leaves...

May 2024
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May 2, 2024

Prepare to laugh until you cry when four of the world’s most masterful improv artists take you on the high wire act of comedic acrobatics. The rapid-fire wit and non-stop jokes will have your sides splitting and begging for mercy…and also begging for more. The Touhill will welcome Ryan Stiles and Greg Proops, both seen on ABC’s “Whose Line Is...

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NOTE: this is a rental event presented by an outside organization. The Lied Center has limited control over ticketing policies and discounts for rental events.

Sunday, May 5, 2024 | 6:00PM

 

LSO’s season finale begins with Kenji Bunch’s driving Groovebox Fantasy, then LSO presents the Nebraska premiere of James Lee III’s Courageous Lights, a concerto based on three outstanding women activists who strive to achieve positive change in their respective spheres of influence. Lee’s piece features LSO’s own English Horn, American Prize finalist, Darci Gamerl. The season closes with Ravel’s arrangement of Mussorgsky’s expansive...

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May 9, 2024

GRAMMY® Award-winning violinist Joshua Bell and renowned soprano Larisa Martinez are joined by celebrated pianist Peter Dugan for "Voice and the Violin," an evening of beloved romantic arias and modern classics, featuring music of Mendelssohn, Dvorak, Puccini, Bernstein's West Side Story, and more. Don’t miss this unique collaboration celebrating Bell’s return to the Lied Center stage. 

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June 2024
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June 11-12, 2024

All rise for Academy Award® winner Aaron Sorkin’s adaptation of Harper Lee’s Pulitzer Prize-winning masterwork. The New York Times Critic’s Pick TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD is “the most successful American play in Broadway history” (“60 Minutes”). New York Magazine calls it “a real phenomenon. Majestic and incandescent, it’s filled with breath and nuance and soul.” With direction by Tony Award® winner Bartlett Sher, TO...

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June 17, 2024 | 7:00PM

The most popular big band in the world brings back to the stage timeless classics like “Tuxedo Junction,” “Moonlight Serenade” and “Chattanooga Choo Choo.” Get “In the Mood” for an elegant evening of swing as the 17-piece orchestra dazzles and delights in their return to Lincoln!

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September 2024
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September 27-29, 2024

THE TONY AND GRAMMY-WINNING BEST MUSICAL SENSATION

Declared “one of the most remarkable shows in musical theater history” by The Washington Post and “an anthem resonating on Broadway and beyond” by NBC Nightly News, DEAR EVAN HANSEN is the first contemporary musical about connection in the digital age.

Meet Evan Hansen, a high school student...

October 2024
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October 8-13, 2024

Great Scott! Back to the Future, the beloved, cinematic classic is now a Broadway musical with its destination set for Lincoln, Nebraska in 2024.

Winner of the 2022 Olivier Award for Best New Musical, four WhatsOnStage Awards, including Best New Musical, and the Broadway World Award for Best New Musical, Back to the Future: The Musical is...

November 2024
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November 12-17, 2024

In a magical kingdom beneath the sea, the beautiful young mermaid Ariel longs to leave her ocean home to live in the world above. Based on one of Hans Christian Andersen’s most beloved stories and the classic animated film, Disney’s THE LITTLE MERMAID is a hauntingly beautiful love story for the ages.

With music by eight-time...

January 2025
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January 18, 2025

RENT in Concertdirected by Broadway’s Sammi Cannold, is a full symphonic concert evening performed with live vocalists and Lincoln’s Symphony Orchestra, celebrating Jonathan Larson’s groundbreaking Tony and Pulitzer Prize Award winning musical. Set in the East Village of New York City, Rent is about falling in love, finding your voice, and living for today. Fresh from its debut at the...

February 2025
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February 4-16, 2025

The 5th show in our 2024-2025 Glenn Korff Broadway Series package can’t be announced until this summer, but we can tell you that it will be only the third show in Lied Center history to run for two full weeks of performances!

Following in the Lied Center legacy of The Phantom of the Opera in 2019 and...

March 2025
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March 4-9, 2025 

He earned his stripes on Broadway… now the ghost-with-the-most is coming to Lincoln, Nebraska. 

It’s showtime! Based on Tim Burton’s dearly beloved film, this hilarious musical tells the story of Lydia Deetz, a strange and unusual teenager whose whole life changes when she meets a recently deceased couple and a demon with a thing for stripes. With an irreverent...

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March 21-22, 2025

Holding onto hope when times are tough can take an awful lot of determination, and sometimes, an awful lot of determination comes in a surprisingly small package. Little Orphan Annie has reminded generations of theatergoers that sunshine is always right around the corner, and now the best-loved musical of all time is set to return in...

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