Review: JERSEY BOYS: MY EARS ADORED IT at Omaha Community Theatre
by Christine Swerczek - September 13, 2024
Oh, what a night! I just spent 2 1/2 hours of pure delight listening to four phenomenal vocalists in Omaha Community Theatre’s current production of JERSEY BOYS. It will be difficult to pinpoint what I liked best (everything) and easy to point out what didn’t work (absolutely nothing.) OCP has a blo...
Review: THE WIZARD OF OZ: A Child's Dream at Ralston Community Theater
by Christine Swerczek - July 22, 2024
I grew up with “The Wizard of Oz.” Every year we set aside that one night when the 1939 MGM film with Judy Garland as Dorothy came on our black and white console television. We huddled around the screen with bowls of popcorn and feasted on the fantasy world of Oz. ...
Review: NUNSENSE 2; THE SECOND COMING at TADA Theatre
by Christine Swerczek - February 12, 2024
If you enjoy nonsense, you will love NUNSENSE 2: THE SECOND COMING playing at TADA Theatre in the historic Creamery Building in Lincoln, Nebraska. Watch five nuns cavort, sing, and toss around zingers. Then afterwards, treat yourself to an ice cream downstairs....
Review: THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG: A Triumphant Disaster!
by Christine Swerczek - January 26, 2024
If you need a prescription for winter blues, get to the Omaha Community Playhouse and laugh yourself red in the face with THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG. I dare you to not get caught up in its zany, madcap shenanigans. It is two hours of nonstop fun!...
Review: The Passion of PIPELINE at Omaha Community Playhouse
by Christine Swerczek - October 20, 2023
What did our critic think of PIPELINE at Omaha Community Playhouse? PIPELINE, a one act drama written by Tony Award nominated book writer Dominique Morisseau opened at the Omaha Community Playhouse on October 6 under the direction of Breanna Carodine. I finally saw it last night and was impressed by...
Review: CLYDE'S at Omaha Community Playhouse
by Analisa Swerczek - August 31, 2023
What did our critic think of CLYDE'S at Omaha Community Playhouse? Omaha Community Playhouse has cooked up another hit with their first show of the 99th season, Clyde’s. A continuation of two-time Pulitzer winner Lynn Nottage’s script Sweat, which ran on the very same stage in the fall of 2019, Clyd...