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The Lincoln Midwest Ballet Company will present its 39th annual production of the holiday classic, The Nutcracker, with Artistic Director, Shari True, at the Lied Center for Performing Arts on Saturday, December 16, at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. and Sunday, December 17 at 2 p.m.
The Lincoln Midwest Ballet Company's Nutcracker features over 170 student dancers from Nebraska in a performance...
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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The Midwest Cup Show Choir Invitational is a full day of spectacular vocals and intense choreography, held in one of the premier venues in all of show choir competition anywhere in the country. Approximately 800 student musicians will gather on the Lied Center Stage to perform for 2,300 seats filled with enthusiastic fans, friends, and listeners. The Midwest Cup provides an...
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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.
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Lincoln Friends of Chamber Music honors our former president, Bob Kuzelka, in this matinée by The Ames Piano Quartet. This concert includes the music by Mozart, Tsontakis, and Brahms. The Ames Piano Quartet also brings Lincoln-raised George Work back home.
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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The Lied Center will be transformed by the bright city lights and sounds of Broadway on Saturday, February 10, 2024. Dress in your finest attire from Fifth Avenue and join us for upscale cocktails, gourmet dining, and dazzling entertainment. Experience the excitement of the city that never sleeps without leaving Lincoln!
Saturday, February 10, 2024
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It is on the timeless notes of two famous symphonies that Montreal's virtuosic Les Grands Ballets makes its return to the Lied Center 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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Back by popular demand, LSO presents an encore program of music from some of the most iconic movie scores of all time: Ludwig Görranson’s The Mandalorian, Michael Giacchino’s Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, and of course, all three trilogies of John Williams’s Star Wars. Dress up as your favorite Star Wars character and join us at the photo booth before the concert or...
LSO is delighted to expand our season with a chamber orchestra concert in the intimate space of the Johnny Carson Theater. Repertoire will include Copland’s Appalachian Spring, Montano’s Concerto for Piccolo, Contrabassoon, and Orchestra featuring LSO’s own Rebecca van de Bogart and Joyce Besch, and Prokofiev’s Symphony No. 1 “Classical.”
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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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When pianist Scott Bradlee started the time-twisting musical collective from a basement apartment in Queens, NY, an online, “viral” success story was born —one that quickly led to sold out shows across North America and Europe in the Summer of 2014.
The touring act received rave reviews from industry publications and world-renowned artists alike. In the years that followed, “PMJ” built a...
"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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Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist will share a selection of her disarming and compelling images from Afghanistan, Ukraine, South Sudan and beyond, and stories of people displaced by conflict and disaster.
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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It’s an all-American evening! LSO is thrilled to be joined by15-time GRAMMY award winner and perhaps the most famous banjo player of our time, Béla Fleck. The concert opens with Fleck’s own Juno Concerto, followed by Gershwin’s An American in Paris. To close the program, LSO celebrates the 100th anniversary of the composition of Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue by performing Béla Fleck’s transcription for solo...
Let’s Doo-Doo-Doo-Doo-Doo-Doo-Doo it! Join Baby Shark and his fincredible fishy friends on an undersea adventure filled with oceans of fun and finship! To save their beloved Party Puddle Theatre, Baby and the squiddos must dive into action to create a flowstopping, splash-hit Broadwave swimsation — and they need your family’s help to put on the biggest Broadwave show ever! Jam-packed with catchy...
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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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...
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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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).
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...
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.
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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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.
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 original director and choreographer CASEY NICHOLAW (The Book of Mormon).
Cady Heron may have grown up on an African savanna, but nothing prepared her for the vicious ways...
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.
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Dinner: 6:00PM
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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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...
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...
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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