The Lied Center for Performing Arts at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln announces its 21st season for 2010-11. Nebraska’s “Home for the Arts” will present 43 performances of 36 shows, including Blue Man Group, “Spamalot,” “A Chorus Line,” “Menopause: The Musical,” Bernadette Peters, Rockapella, Branford Marsalis, Garrison Keillor, Capitol Steps, Joshua Bell, and the Count Basie […]

In a finale to its 20th anniversary season, the Lied Center for Performing Arts presents the Golden Dragon Acrobats at 7:30 p.m. May 6. World renowned impresario Danny Chang and choreographer Angela Chang combine award-winning acrobatics, traditional dance, spectacular costumes, ancient and contemporary music and theatrical techniques to present a show of breathtaking skill and […]

“The Wizard of Oz,” one of the greatest family musicals of all time, is sweeping into the Lied Center for Performing Arts for three shows on April 10-11. Show times are 3 and 7:30 p.m., April 10, and 2 p.m., April 11. The April 10 matinee was added due to demand for tickets. This production, […]

Three world-class pianists will celebrate the music of Chopin, Schumann and Liszt with Lincoln’s Symphony Orchestra at the Lied Center for Performing Arts at 7:30 p.m. April 9. Lincoln’s Symphony Orchestra, directed by Edward Polochick, celebrates its 83rd season with a musical selection highlighting the range and virtuosity of the piano. The orchestra will perform […]

Bill Stephan, interim executive director of the Lied Center for Performing Arts, has agreed to become the center’s permanent director effective July 1, Chancellor Harvey Perlman announced March 12. Stephan has served as interim executive director since July 10 and has shown “tremendous leadership, vision and management skills,” Perlman said. Stephan joined the Lied Center […]

UNL students watch as Yo-Yo Ma discusses their performance during a masters session March 22 in the Lied Center for Performing Arts. The cellist performed at the Lied Center on March 21. The master session was organized by the Lied Center and was open to the public. UNL students auditioned to perform and receive instruction […]

Reduced Shakespeare Co. trims bard’s best tales for stage show No time for Shakespeare? The Reduced Shakespeare Co. will blaze through the complete works of the Bard of Avon in a single, side-splitting show when it presents “The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged)” at 7:30 p.m. March 30 at the Lied Center for Performing […]

Celebrating the classic big band era greats of the 1940s – Glenn Miller, Tommy Dorsey, Artie Shaw, Bennie Goodman and others – In the Mood is a theatrical swing review that gets audiences dancing in the aisles. The In the Mood singers and dancers, accompanied by the String of Pearls big band will take the […]

The United Kingdom’s hottest and most successful rock show, “One Night of Queen,” celebrating the music of rock-and-roll legend and Queen front man, Freddie Mercury, will rock the Lied Center for Performing Arts at 7:30 p.m. March 11. A pre-performance talk will be offered at 7 p.m. in the Lied’s Steinhart Room. The speaker’s name […]

Klezmer clarinet virtuoso David Krakauer will collaborate with trombonist Fred Wesley and beat architect Socalled to create an all-out klezmer-funk dance party when Abraham Inc. rocks the stage at the Lied Center for Performing Arts at 7:30 p.m. March 6. Combine the expert skill of a klezmer clarinetist with one of the great masters of […]