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May 2022
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Give to Lincoln Day
May 1 - 26, 2022

We present the world’s most celebrated artists on the Lied stage, take them into classrooms, and across the state. You make it all possible!

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True Dance Presents "Snow White" & "Broadway is Back"
May 25 - May 26

Mirror Mirror on the wall, which fairytale ballet will be enjoyed by all?

Take a bite out of the Big apple of Broadway, and the magical apple of Snow White!

 

Pre-sale for this event begins Friday, May 13, 2022. Public on-sale begins Monday, May 16, 2022, at 11:00 AM.
June 2022
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Pas De Deux Dance Recital
June 4, 2022 | 6:00PM

Pas de Deux, formerly known as Karen McWilliams School of Dance, is excited to present their 10th recital. They will celebrate a decade of dance in the 2022 Spring Recital.  It is full of fun dancing and entertainment for all ages. Our students, ages 3–30+, will perform in all styles such as tap, ballet, jazz, pointe, Irish, hip hop, lyrical, contemporary,...
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Jazz in June - Andy William and Nebraska All Stars
June 7, 2022 | 7:00PM

Havana, Cuba, native Andy William assembled a stellar cast of musicians for the birth of a new Afro-Cuban jazz orchestra, Andy William and The Nebraska All Stars. Fronted by legendary Havana vocalist Onelio Perez, the group offers different styles of Cuban music and performs tributes to the Buena Vista Social Club of Cuba. 

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Hart Dance: Sentimental Journey – The Greatest Hits
June 11 - June 12

Hart Dance Academy presents our 2022 recital, "Sentimental Journey" The Greatest Hits, celebrating 36 years of our founder Tracey Gabelman-Hart. Join us for a walk down memory lane...
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Jazz in June - Darryl White Quartet
June 14, 2022 | 7:00PM

Darryl White is cool the way jazz music is cool.  His quartet is a Jazz in June crowd favorite that has appeared many times over the past 20 years. His group will perform a wonderful mixture of traditional and contemporary jazz styles including works ranging from Louis Armstrong to Miles Davis. White is a member of the faculty of the...
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Michael Feinstein
Friday, June 17, 2022 | 7:30 PM

Michael Feinstein, the multi-platinum-selling, five-time GRAMMY®- nominated entertainer dubbed “The Ambassador of the Great American Songbook,” is one of the premier interpreters of American standards. His 200+ shows a year have included performances at Carnegie Hall and the Hollywood Bowl, as well as the White House and Buckingham Palace.

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Jazz in June - Kurt Elling
June 21, 2022 | 7:00PM

Two-time GRAMMY winner Kurt Elling has secured his place among the world’s foremost jazz vocalists. The New York Times proclaimed Elling, “the standout male vocalist of our time”. Over a twenty-five year career of touring and recording, Elling has had a 14-year run atop the DownBeat Critics and Readers polls, and has won twelve Jazz Awards for “Male Vocalist of...
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Patton Oswalt - Who's Ready to Laugh?
Friday, June 24, 2022 | 7:30PM

From his work on King of Queens to Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D, Parks and Rec to Brooklyn 99, The Goldbergs to Ratatouille, Emmy and Grammy-award winning comedian Patton Oswalt is one of the most recognizable faces and voices in today’s comedy scene. Creator of 8 comedy albums and 9 hugely successful comedy specials including 2020’s “I Love Everything,” Oswalt is known...
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Lied Center Triple Threat Broadway Intensive
June 27-July 1, 2022

Join us for the Lied Center Triple Threat Broadway Intensive, June 27-July 1, 2022! The Lied Center is excited to provide young, talented performers in Nebraska with its annual summer Broadway intensive.

  • Start your summer off with a transformative experience with the Lied Center.
  • We follow all current UNL policy regarding COVID safety guidelines.
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Jazz in June - Davina and the Vagabonds
June 28, 2022 | 7:00PM

Davina and the Vagabonds have created a stir on the national music scene with their high-energy live shows, level A musicianship, sharp-dressed professionalism, and Sowers’ commanding stage presence. With influences ranging from Fats Domino and the Preservation Hall Jazz Band to Aretha Franklin and Tom Waits, the band is converting audiences one show at a time, from Vancouver to Miami...
July 2022
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The Righteous Brothers
Friday, July 8, 2022 | 7:30

This Rock and Roll Hall of Fame duo topped the charts for decades with #1 hits including the most played song in radio history, “You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’.” The concert experience features favorites including “Soul & Inspiration,” “Unchained Melody,” “Rock and Roll Heaven,” the GRAMMY® Award-winning Dirty Dancing theme, “The Time of My Life” and more!
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Lied Center Piano Academy
July 11-15, 2022

Join us this summer for the Lied Center Piano Academy, July 11-15, 2022! Lied Center Piano Circle, Lied staff, and the Glenn Korff School of Music are excited to host the Lied Center Piano Academy.

  • We are planning for an IN PERSON experience following current UNL policy on COVID safety guidelines.
  • LCPA is designed for students entering grades 9 through
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Weird Al
July 22, 2022 | 7:30 PM

Almost four years after his first foray into unfamiliar concert territory with his highly-acclaimed Ridiculously Self-Indulgent, Ill-Advised Vanity Tour, “Weird Al” Yankovic is pressing his luck again, this time with The Unfortunate Return of the Ridiculously Self-Indulgent, Ill-Advised Vanity Tour. The tour marks Weird Al’s long-anticipated return to the concert stage after his hugely successful Strings Attached Tour in 2019 where he performed each night...
September 2022
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Jerry Seinfeld - Live
September 23, 2022

America’s premier comedian, Jerry Seinfeld, comes to the Lied Center for Performing Arts in Lincoln, Nebraska, to perform his signature stand-up routine on September 23, 2022. This show was originally scheduled to take place on May 8, 2020 and was postponed. Seinfeld has been hailed for his uncanny ability to joke about the little things in life that relate to audiences...
October 2022
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Diana Krall
Sunday, October 2, 2022 | 7:00 PM

Diana Krall is a jazz legend, holding the distinction of being the only jazz singer to have eight albums debut at the top of the Billboard Jazz Albums chart. To date, her albums have garnered two Grammy® Awards, ten Juno® Awards and have also earned nine gold, three platinum and seven multi-platinum albums. Her album When I Look in Your Eyes spent an unprecedented...
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Third Coast Percussion – Perspectives
Wednesday, October 5, 2022 | 7:30 p.m.

Hailed by The New Yorker as “vibrant” and “superb,” GRAMMY® Award-winning ensemble Third Coast Percussion explores and expands the extraordinary sonic possibilities of the percussion repertoire, delivering exciting performances for audiences of all kinds.

Their 2022 program, Perspectives, invites listeners to embark on an exciting musical adventure, featuring virtuosic repertoire written for TCP by some of today’s leading music creators. Iconic film composer...
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The Wilds
October 6-15 | 8 Shows

Step into the world of The Wilds – a new mixed reality performance experience where movement instantly becomes music as emerging technology allows dancers to create an immersive journey of sound, light, and visual media in real time. Part mythology, part utopian vision, The Wilds fuses live dancers with motion capture technology and real-time animation inspiring a profound bond of a shared, collective experience.

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Danny Elfman's Music from the Films of Tim Burton
Saturday, October 8, 2022 | 7:30 p.m.

See and hear Danny Elfman perform Jack Skellington with The Nightmare Before Christmas film and much more as part of the two-time Emmy Award-winning production of Danny Elfman's Music from the Films of Tim Burton

The Lied Center joins the Hollywood Bowl, Live at Lincoln Center, and Coachella as one of the distinctive venues to present one of the world’s top...
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Winnie the Pooh
October 16 - 17 | 2 Shows

Disney's iconic Winnie the Pooh, Christopher Robin, Piglet, Eeyore, Kanga, Roo, Rabbit, and Owl (and Tigger too!) have come to life in a beautifully crafted musical stage adaptation with stunning, life-sized puppetry. Featuring the Sherman Brothers' classic GRAMMY® Award-winning music with further songs by A.A. Milne, this new journey into the Hundred Acre Wood comes straight from its record-breaking premiere...
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D.C.’s Reflecting Fools
Thursday, October 20, 2022 | 7:30 p.m.

DC’s Reflecting Fools is the new generation of the beloved Capitol Steps. Featuring artists and a co-creator from Capitol Steps, they blend new songs and dance with classic Steps material. Just in time for the midterm elections, they put the Mock in Democracy and specialize in bipartisan spoofery!

With break-neck costume changes, over-the-top impressions, and all-new song parodies reflecting the...
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Chicago
October 25-28, 2022

After 25 years, CHICAGO is still the one musical with everything that makes Broadway shimmy-shake: a universal tale of fame, fortune, and all that jazz, with one show stopping song after another and the most astonishing dancing you’ve ever seen. No wonder CHICAGO has been honored with 6 Tony Awards®, 2 Olivier Awards, a Grammy®, and thousands of standing ovations....
November 2022
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Naughton Duo
Tuesday, November 1, 2022 | 7:30 p.m.

Identical twin sisters Christina and Michelle Naughton have been hailed by the San Francisco Examiner for their “stellar musicianship, technical mastery and awe-inspiring artistry.” Experience the Lied Center debut of this incredible piano duo, featuring a program of works by Mendelssohn, Chopin, Brahms, and Ravel!

“The textures shimmer like pure gold in bright light, dancing in every conceivable rhythm. They...
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STOMP
November 3-4, 2022

STOMP is explosive, inventive, provocative, witty, and utterly unique—an unforgettable experience for audiences of all ages. The international percussion sensation has garnered armfuls of awards and rave reviews and has appeared on numerous national television shows. The eight-member troupe uses everything but conventional percussion instruments – matchboxes, wooden poles, brooms, garbage cans, Zippo lighters, hubcaps – to fill the stage...
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Camille A. Brown & Dancers
Thursday, November 10, 2022 | 7:30 p.m.

Heading one of the top dance ensembles in the United States, Camille A. Brown leads her dancers through excavations of ancestral stories, encouraging each dancer to embrace their unique embodiment of the artistic vision and gestural movement. Led by frequent Broadway choreographer Camille A. Brown, the company takes audiences on journeys through race, culture, and identity, blending the styles of...
December 2022
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tenThing Brass Ensemble
Thursday, December 1, 2022 | 7:30 p.m.

Celebrating the holiday season, Norwegian brass ensemble tenThing presents a Christmas musical journey through Europe and America from the beautiful fjords of Norway through 18thcentury Germany, warm Italian Christmas, evergreen England, and the sounds of Ukrainian folk and Czech fairy tales. The program celebrates musical traditions of the Christmas season with fantastic new arrangements featuring 10 female virtuoso musicians.

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Alton Brown Live: Beyond The Eats - The Holiday Variant
Thursday, December 8, 2022 | 7:30 p.m.

Alton Brown is hitting the road with a new culinary variety show Beyond The Eats – The Holiday Variant. Expect more comedy, more music, more highly unusual cooking demos, and more potentially dangerous science-y stuff. Prepare for an evening unlike any other, and if Brown calls for volunteers…think twice.

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Dr. Seuss' How The Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical
December 22-24, 2022

Dr. Seuss' How The Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical is the record-setting Broadway holiday sensation which features the hit songs “You’re A Mean One Mr. Grinch” and “Welcome Christmas” from the original animated special. Max the Dog narrates as the mean and scheming Grinch, whose heart is “two sizes too small,” decides to steal Christmas away from the Holiday loving...
January 2023
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Brian Stokes Mitchell
Saturday, January 21, 2023 | 7:30 p.m.

Dubbed “the last leading man” by The New York Times, two-time Tony Award® winner Brian Stokes Mitchell has enjoyed a career spanning more than 40 years in Broadway, television, film, recordings, and concert appearances with the country’s finest conductors and orchestras.

Stokes received Tony®, Drama Desk, and Outer Critics Circle awards for his star turn in Kiss Me, Kate. He...
Graphic of women singing in the dark with one arm pumped in the air and the other holding the microphone in the air. The background is blue with three spotlights. The words "The story of Emilio and Gloria Estefan- On Your Feet! A New Musical" in front of the singing lady. In the top left corner, there is a Glenn Korf Broadway Series logo.
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On Your Feet
January 27-28, 2023

HER VOICE. HIS VISION. THEIR STORY.

ON YOUR FEET! is the inspiring true story about heart, heritage and two people who believed in their talent—and each other—to become an international sensation: Gloria and Emilio Estefan. Now their story is an all-new exhilarating original musical winning the hearts of critics and audiences alike, with the Chicago Tribune declaring “IT’S A HIT!”...
February 2023
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Jazzmeia Horn
Tuesday, February 14, 2023 | 7:30 p.m.

Winner of the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Jazz Album and recently voted as No. 1 Jazz Vocal Album by NPR Music’s Jazz Critics Poll, Jazzmeia Horn makes her Lied Center debut in a Valentine’s Day concert you won’t want to miss. A three-time GRAMMY® Award nominee, Jazzmeia Horn performs songs of daring musicality and emotional power.

“Without a doubt among...
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REZA: Edge of Illusion
Saturday, February 18, 2023 | 7:30 p.m.

REZA has taken the art of illusion to a new level, delivering his rock concert-style magic show to audiences across the globe. His new production “Edge of Illusion” features the most incredible cutting-edge magic in existence today, with breathtaking, signature grand-scale illusions, including making motorcycles and helicopters materialize out of thin air, live on stage!

“World’s top touring illusionist!”

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Legally Blonde The Musical
February 23-25, 2023

OMG you guys!!! Legally Blonde - The Musical is coming to Lincoln!

Fabulously fun and international award-winning Legally Blonde - The Musical is the ultimate Broadway tribute to Girl Power! The story follows the transformation of Elle Woods as she tackles stereotypes, sexism, snobbery and scandal in pursuit of her dreams, and proves that you can be legally blonde and...
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Henrietta Solway
Saturday, February 25, 2023 | 2:00 & 7:30 p.m.

Animal Engine Theater Company’s Henrietta Solway combines the short fiction and serialized novels of Pulitzer Prize-winning author and Nebraska native Willa Cather into one epic story. A new play commissioned by the National Willa Cather Center about finding your place in the world, small towns, big cities, and restless passion, Henrietta Solway brings to life an exciting and sweet tale...
March 2023
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Orpheus Chamber Orchestra with Pianist Alessio Bax
Wednesday, March 1, 2023 | 7:30 p.m.

Celebrate Chopin’s birthday (March 1, 1810) with the GRAMMY® Award-winning Orpheus Chamber Orchestra and Italian pianist Alessio Bax collaborating to perform Chopin’s Piano Concerto No. 1.

Orpheus is a radical experiment in musical democracy, proving for 50 years what happens when exceptional artists gather with total trust in each other and faith in the creative process. Making Carnegie Hall its...
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R.E.S.P.E.C.T.
Friday, March 3, 2023 | 7:30 p.m.

R.E.S.P.E.C.T. is the ultimate tribute to the legendary Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin! This elevated concert experience journeys through her courageous life of love, tragedy, and triumph with a live band and supreme vocalists guaranteed to get you out of your seat and dancing. Experience "Natural Woman,” “Think,” “Chain of Fools,” “Respect,” and more in one unforgettable evening celebrating the...
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Ajijaak on Turtle Island: Cranes in North America
Thursday, March 9, 2023 | 7:00 p.m.

Travel with the cranes as they migrate across Turtle Island. Nebraska’s favorite bird takes center stage in this larger-than-life production featuring live music, dance, and many of the finest puppets in the world. The story features Native American/Indigenous artists, music, language, and culture with puppets created by the Jim Henson Creature Shop (creator of the Muppets). This family-friendly show will...
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TRINITY: Classically Irish
Friday, March 17, 2023 | 7:30 p.m.

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...
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Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
Tuesday, March 21, 2023 | 7:30 p.m.

Electrifying. Joyful. Powerful. Gorgeous. Be inspired by Ailey’s incomparable dancers as they bring you the pulse-racing thrill of contemporary favorites and the spirit-lifting joy of such classics as Alvin Ailey’s masterpiece, Revelations. Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater continues to confirm what dance lovers have long known—that in terms of unparalleled artistry, athletic strength, and boundless passion, nothing beats Ailey.

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The Book of Mormon
March 24-26, 2023

The New York Times calls it “the best musical of this century.” The Washington Post says, “It is the kind of evening that restores your faith in musicals.” And Entertainment Weekly says, “Grade A: the funniest musical of all time.” Jimmy Fallon of The Tonight Show calls it "Genius. Brilliant. Phenomenal." It’s THE BOOK OF MORMON, the nine-time Tony Award® winning Best Musical. 

This outrageous musical comedy follows...
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We’re Muslim Don’t Panic
Wednesday, March 29, 2023 | 7:30 p.m.

Internationally recognized hip-hop dancer and choreographer Amirah Sackett joins forces with world championship beatbox artist MR MiC for an evening where Beatboxing Meets Popping. Widely known for her creation “We’re Muslim, Don’t Panic,” which reached viral video fame after being featured on POPSUGAR Celebrity, The Huffington Post, AJ+, and Upworthy , Sackett breaks down misconceptions about Muslim women and the Islamic...
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Yo-Yo Ma & Kathryn Stott
Thursday, March 30, 2023 | 7:30 p.m.

Following sold-out concerts celebrating the Lied Center’s 20th and 25th Anniversary, Yo-Yo Ma returns to Nebraska with pianist Kathryn Stott for one of this season’s “must-see” performances!

Winner of 19 GRAMMY® Awards, Yo-Yo Ma has built a multifaceted career that is a testament to his enduring belief in culture’s power to generate trust and understanding. Yo-Yo Ma strives to foster...
April 2023
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Cirque Alfonse: Animal - A Farm Story
Saturday, April 1, 2023 | 7:30 p.m.

One of the world’s top cirque troupes leads young and old on a journey to a reinvented land. The cattle-shed is crazy, and the barn is upside down! A gentleman-farmer surrounds himself with crazy creatures: the chickens have teeth, the ducks are very naughty, and the cows run amok!

Agricultural cirque funk where the farm has gone haywire!

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Huntertones
Thursday, April 13, 2023 | 7:30 p.m.

Huntertones brings people together with fun, imaginative, fearless music. The group’s  high-energy, horn-driven sound fuses inspired improvisation and adventurous composition, melding jazz, funk, rock, and soul. Individually, members of Huntertones have compiled a diverse resume of collaborations with top artists, including Jon Batiste, Snarky Puppy, Stevie Wonder, Andy Grammer, Ed Sheeran, and more.

“Soulful, tasty and groovy. I dare you...
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Madagascar
April 15, 2023

Join Alex, Marty, Melman and Gloria as they bound out of the zoo and onto the stage in this live musical spectacular. This smash hit musical features all of your favorite crack-a-lackin’ friends as they escape from their home in New York’s Central Park Zoo and find themselves on an unexpected journey to the madcap world of King Julien’s Madagascar. This brand-new...
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Van Cliburn Gold Medalist
Sunday, April 16, 2023 | 7:00 p.m.

Once every four years, a new gold medalist emerges from the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition. As Nebraska’s official Van Cliburn presenter since 1994, the Lied Center presents the newly awarded Van Cliburn Gold Medalist for the first time. With previous winners including Olga Kern, Vadym Kholodenko, Jon Jakamatsu, and Behzod Abduraimov, the Cliburn is widely considered to be one...
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Jagged Little Pill
April 25-30, 2023

SOME SHOWS YOU SEE. THIS SHOW YOU FEEL.

Joy, love, heartache, strength, wisdom, catharsis, LIFE—everything we’ve been waiting to see in a Broadway show— is here in the exhilarating, fearless new musical based on Alanis Morissette’s world-changing music.

Directed by Tony Award winner Diane Paulus (Waitress, Pippin, upcoming 1776) with a Tony-winning book by Diablo Cody (Juno) and Grammy-winning score,...
May 2023
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American Ballet Theatre: Giselle
May 2-3, 2023

American Ballet Theatre (ABT) returns to the Lied Center to dance its universally acclaimed production of the heartbreaking romance Giselle after performing for a Nebraska audience of 6,000+ during summer 2021 in Lincoln’s Pioneers Park. Accompanied by Lincoln’s Symphony Orchestra, Giselle is a perfect match for the exquisite artistry and technical virtuosity of ABT’s unrivaled roster of international ballet stars...
August 2023
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Hamilton
August 2-13, 2023

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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