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Alexis Arai is a true gem in today's music industry, showcasing an exceptional talent as a vocalist. Her incredible four-octave range and dynamic style allow her to effortlessly transition from the sultry notes of jazz to the upbeat rhythms of pop, leaving audiences captivated by her versatility.
After gracing the stages of The Voice and American Idol, as well as...
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A Jazz in June favorite, Angela Hagenbach is a fashion-model-turned-jazz singer whose voice has been described as a mocha-rich contralto with razor-sharp intonation. She sings everything from swinging, straight-ahead jazz standards, blues, and original compositions to sensual Latin jazz.
Hagenbach has been twice selected by the U.S. Information Agency and the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts to represent the United...
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Experience the captivating allure of classic jazz with Nebraska’s renowned Metro Jazz Quintet. Immerse yourself in the soulful melodies of legendary composers such as Ellington, Gershwin, and Porter as this talented ensemble effortlessly delivers a swinging performance.
Comprised of some of the most esteemed jazz artists in the state, it’s no surprise that the Metro Jazz Quintet has been selected...
A new play by Jillian Carter. Find out what happens when an estranged couple and one of their new partners all attend their child's birthday party!
#IMOMSOHARD began as a popular web-series by real-life best friends, comedians, and moms Kristin and Jen. One night, over a glass of wine and many tears of frustration, these two friends decided to tell different kind of story. With a camera, two husbands, a babysitter, and bottomless mimosas, Kristin and Jen decided to speak openly about their fears and failures...
Hailed by Rolling Stone as a “Master of Zyedeco,” two-time Grammy award-winning Terrance Simien makes his first appearance as part of Jazz in June with his band, The Zydeco Experience. Simien creates a hypnotic blend of New Orleans funk-reggae-flavored-world-blues-American roots music that beckons you to your feet and into the groove.
Simien has become one of the most respected and...
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HAMILTON is the story of America then, told by America now. Featuring a score that blends hip-hop, jazz, R&B and Broadway, HAMILTON has taken the story of American founding father Alexander Hamilton and created a revolutionary moment in theatre—a musical that has had a profound impact on culture, politics, and education. With book, music, and lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda, direction...
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Featuring Dan Aykroyd and Jim Belushi as Elwood and Zee, these two have been charming audiences and pulling people out of their chairs for years playing all the hits from the official Blues Brothers canon and putting their inimitable twist on classic tunes. Be part of the Lied Center’s Season Opening Night at this once-in-a-lifetime concert!
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A Lied Center audience favorite, eight-time GRAMMY® Award-winning pianist Emanuel Ax returns to Nebraska. One of the world’s most virtuosic pianists, Ax gives performances that have been called “poetic and full of illuminating touches” by The New York Times. A highly sought soloist and partner throughout the world, Ax can be seen performing regularly with the world’s finest orchestras, as...
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Discover a whole new world at Disney’s ALADDIN, the hit Broadway musical.
From the producer of The Lion King comes the timeless story of ALADDIN, a thrilling new production filled with unforgettable beauty, magic, comedy and breathtaking spectacle. It’s an extraordinary theatrical event where one lamp and three wishes make the possibilities infinite.
Hailed by USA Today...
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Hailed by Rolling Stone as “one of the hottest axemen of the past few years who doesn’t actually play guitar,” ukulele sensation Jake Shimabukuro puts his inspired touch on everything from island standards to popular tunes and classical symphonic concertos in his Lied Center debut. Elevating the ukulele from a beloved Hawaiian folk instrument to a world-class vehicle, he fearlessly...
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For the first time in 4 years, the incomparable Derek Hough is touring the country with a spectacular all-new Symphony Of Dance! With electrifying music, awe-inspiring dance, and nonstop entertainment, it’s the perfect way to experience the beauty and power of music and dance.
Hough and an incredible cast of dancers pull out all the stops in this fast-paced live...
A nine-time GRAMMY® winner and the first jazz musician to win the Pulitzer Prize, Wynton Marsalis has led the 15-piece Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra since 1988. The group simultaneously honors the rich heritage of Duke Ellington and Louis Armstrong while presenting a stunning variety of new works and fresh arrangements.
“The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra is ridiculously tight,...
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Tom Papa is one of the top comedic voices in the country and can be seen on his Netflix stand-up specials: What a Day, You’re Doing Great! and Tom Papa Live in New York City, among others. He is a regular guest on The Joe Rogan Experience podcast, a panelist on NPR’s Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!, and appeared multiple...
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In tribute to the much loved, international pop icon Neil Diamond, Super Diamond performs the timeless classics including “Sweet Caroline,” “America,” “Cherry Cherry,” “Forever in Blue Jeans” and all your favorite hits.
Back by popular demand, Super Diamond’s success in America is unprecedented for a tribute band. With a nod from Neil (the man himself), Super Diamond is the most...
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Featuring a soundtrack that blends symphonic orchestral music with hip-hop, Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse Live in Concert pairs a screening of the Academy Award®-winning animated film with live musicians and turntables featuring a DJ scratcher live on stage. Emmy® winner Daniel Pemberton composed a sprawling score of boundary-pushing original music that is complemented with song contributions by Post Malone, Lil...
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Celebrate Día de los Muertos at the Lied Center with Disney Pixar’s Coco in Concert on Tour featuring a screening of the complete film with Oscar®- and GRAMMY®-winning composer Michael Giacchino’s musical score performed live by a 20-member Orquesta Folclórica Nacional de México.
Despite his family’s baffling generations-old ban on music, Miguel dreams of becoming an accomplished musician like his...
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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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“It’s almost unbelievable that anyone could be hardened to the point of doing the brutal things they did. ...”
A young man from the Midwest is sent to war, carrying with him the hopes of the free world. What Staff Sergeant Clarence Williams encounters there challenges and changes humanity forever. History touches the present when a new generation takes a...
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UNL Opera presents Tyler Goodrich White’s O Pioneers! based on Willa Cather’s 1913 novel—her first masterpiece and one of the most compelling tales of the Great Plains. Presented in connection with the 2023 Cather Sesquicentennial, the production features student and alumni singers of UNL Opera, the UNL Chamber Singers, and the 70-member UNL Symphony Orchestra. Conducted by the composer, with...
Introduced to Lied audiences in 2018 as a last-minute soloist with Russia’s Mariinsky Orchestra, Behzod Abduraimov has quickly established himself as a rising classical music star. Described as displaying “prodigious technique and rhapsodic flair” by The New York Times, Abduraimov returns to Nebraska after a virtuosic 2021 Lied Center performance praised by the Lincoln Journal Star as “perfectly nuanced ......
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The Ultimate Holiday Tradition!
Mannheim Steamroller Christmas by Chip Davis has been America’s favorite holiday tradition for over 35 years! GRAMMY® Award winner Chip Davis has created a show that features Mannheim Steamroller Christmas classics in the distinctive Mannheim sound. The program celebrates the group’s recent anniversary of 35 years since the first Christmas album and includes dazzling multimedia effects....
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STILL THE WORLD’S MOST POPULAR MUSICAL
Cameron Mackintosh presents the acclaimed production of Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg’s Tony Award-winning musical phenomenon, Les Misérables.
This brilliant staging has taken the world by storm and has been hailed as “Les Mis for the 21st Century” (Huffington Post), “a reborn dream of a production” (Daily Telegraph) and “one of the greatest musicals ever created” (Chicago...
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Inspired by the sensual writings and art of French sculptor Auguste Rodin, DESCENT gives the mythological characters of Venus and Andromeda new life as interracial lovers. The sensuality of this work is palpable, and risk is interwoven throughout as wheelchair wheels fly precariously at the edge of the ramp.
Performed on a custom-designed architectural...
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Celebrating its 50th Anniversary, a new mesmerizing production of the iconic musical phenomenon returns to the stage. Originally staged by London’s Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre and helmed by the acclaimed director Timothy Sheader (Crazy for You, Into the Woods) and cutting-edge choreographer Drew McOnie (King Kong, Strictly Ballroom), this production won the 2017 Olivier Award for Best Musical Revival garnering unprecedented reviews and accolades. Appealing to both theater...
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It is on the timeless notes of two famous symphonies that Canada's virtuosic Les Grands Ballets makes its Lied Center debut performing Dancing Beethoven. Lincoln's Symphony Orchestra brings Beethoven's iconic 5th and 7th symphonies to life, accompanying over 50 dancers. Recognized as one of Canada's official cultural ambassadors, this once-in-a-lifetime collaboration is a must-see Lied performance!
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“The sparkling story that became an international phenomenon!"
Mermaid Theatre of Nova Scotia’s creative, visually striking production of The Rainbow Fish brings the pages of the beloved storybook to life on stage with innovative puppetry, striking scenic effects, and evocative original music.
The Rainbow Fish will enchant even the youngest child with his silver scales and heart of gold in...
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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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"Once upon a time, there was a little ogre named Shrek...." And thus begins the tale of an unlikely hero who finds himself on a life-changing journey alongside a wisecracking Donkey and a feisty princess who resists her rescue. Yes, your favorite ogre is back in the hilarious stage spectacle based on the Oscar®-winning, smash hit, DreamWorks animated film. This...
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A feast for the eyes and ears, Drum Tao’s mesmerizing productions combine thunderous traditional taiko drumming with dazzling staging, theatrical costumes, and dramatic lighting effects. The international troupe of 40 performers has seemingly done it all, having collaborated with the Bolshoi Ballet, staged sold-out productions off-Broadway, appeared on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert and at the Olympics, and even...
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Straight from its brand-new hit PBS special, Trinity: Classically Irish is the next big thing in Irish music from the creator and producer of the Irish Tenors. Three accomplished young singers with performance experience including Celtic Thunder, Riverdance, Celtic Woman, and stages around the world, perform fresh arrangements of beloved music. Songs include “Red Is the Rose,” “Danny Boy,” “The Parting...
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One of the world’s most celebrated illusionists, Rob Lake produces mind-blowing illusions that dazzle and entertain millions. Lake is internationally renowned for his mesmerizing and award- winning illusion spectacular and was named “World’s Greatest Illusionist” by NBC and the “top illusionist in the world” by Caesars Entertainment.
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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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Soonie’s great-grandma was just seven years old when she was sold to a big plantation without her ma and pa, with only some fabric and needles to call her own. She began to stitch a Show Way, a quilt with secret meanings to show enslaved people the way to freedom. As each generation passes, the Show Way shines a light on the...
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Travel down the rabbit hole MOMIX-style with Moses Pendleton's newest creation, ALICE, inspired by Alice in Wonderland. As Alice’s body grows, shrinks, and grows again, MOMIX dancers extend themselves by means of props, ropes, and other dancers. Take a journey that is magical, mysterious, fun, eccentric, and much more. As Alice experiences every kind of transformation, so will you. “I don’t intend...
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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...
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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Direct from Broadway, MEAN GIRLS is the hilarious hit musical from an award-winning creative team, including 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).
Cady Heron may have grown up on an African savanna, but nothing prepared her for the vicious ways of her strange...
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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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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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!
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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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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 Mendelssohn, Dvorak, Puccini, Bernstein, and more. Don’t miss this unique collaboration celebrating Bell’s return to the Lied Center stage.
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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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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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