JEFF KORBELIK / Lincoln Journal Star | Posted: Thursday, January 12, 2006 6:00 pm
A The Lincoln Community Playhouse is kicking off the second half of the 2005-06 performing arts season with two different productions of Neil Simon’s “The Odd Couple.”
Tonight is the female version (see story on Page 16).
“The Odd Couple” is part of a spring season filled with many musical and theatrical events.
The following is a schedule of upcoming performances. Events are listed by dates with sponsoring organizations and venues. Events and dates are subject to changes.
JANUARY
Today through Sunday, 26-29 — “The Odd Couple” (female version), Lincoln Community Playhouse
Sunday — Peter Conte, Abendmusik/Lincoln Organ Showcase, First-Plymouth Congregational Church
Sunday — NWU Choir, O’Donnell Auditorium
Tuesday — “Learning From the Masters,” Nebraska Jazz Orchestra, Embassy Suites Hotel
Tuesday — UNL Faculty Sampler Concert, Kimball Recital Hall
Thursday — Kevin Hanrahan (tenor), UNL faculty recital, Kimball Recital Hall
Thursday through Jan. 22 — “The Odd Couple” (male version), Crooked Codpiece Company, Lincoln Community Playhouse
Next Friday — Grupo Folklorico Sangre Azteca, Free at 6, Lied Center
21 — Jeff Black, Lincoln Association for Traditional Arts, The Loft at The Mill
21 — Midwest Cup Show Choir Invitational, Lied Center for Performing Arts
21-22 — UNL Winter Festival Chamber Concert, Kimball Recital Hall
23 — Richard Soule (flute), UNL guest artist, Kimball Recital Hall
24 — Paul Barnes (piano), UNL faculty artist, Kimball Recital Hall
25 — Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo, Lied Center
26-28 — “Wiley and the Hairy Man,” Studio Theatre University Theatre
27 — Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Lied Center
27 — “Mozart Chamber Evening” (rush hour concert), Abendmusik: Lincoln, First-Plymouth Congregational Church
28-29 — Third Chair Chamber Players, The Loft at The Mill
29 — St. Olaf Choir, O’Donnell Auditorium
29 — Nicole Narboni (piano), UNL faculty recital, Kimball Recital Hall
30 — “Celebration of American Song: George Gershwin,” UNL School of Music, Kimball Recital Hall
FEBRUARY
1-4 — “Wiley and the Hairy Man,” University Theatre, Studio Theatre
2-4, 9-12 — “God’s Favorite,” NWU Theatre, Miller Theatre
2-5 — “The Odd Couple” (male version), Crooked Codpiece Company, Lincoln Community Playhouse
2-5, 9-12 — “Urinetown,” Haymarket Theatre
2-5, 9-12 — “Beehive,” TADA Productions, The Loft at The Mill
3 — Gospel Mass Choir, Free at 6, Lied Center
4 — Stefon Harris and Blackout, Lied Center
4 — “Passion and Poetry,” Lincoln’s Symphony Orchestra, with Ted Kooser, Kimball Recital Hall
5 — Douglas Cleveland, Lincoln Organ Showcase, O’Donnell Auditorium
5 — Calder String Quartet, Lincoln Friends of Chamber Music, Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery Auditorium
5 — NWU Organ Showcase Recital, O’Donnell Auditorium
5 — Trio Nuovo, UNL faculty artists, Kimball Recital Hall
7 — John Bailey (flute), UNL faculty artist, Kimball Recital Hall
9 — “The Magic Flute,” Royal Winnipeg Ballet, Lied Center
9 — Scott Anderson, UNL faculty artist, Kimball Recital Hall
11 — “On the Town,” Nebraska Brass, First Evangelical Free Church
11 — “The Vagina Monologues,” Rococo Theatre
11 — NWU Honors Festival Concert, O’Donnell Auditorium
12 — David Neely (violin), UNL faculty artist, Kimball Recital Hall
14 — “Valentines & Jazz,” Nebraska Jazz Orchestra, Embassy Suites Hotel
14 — Albie Micklich (bassoon), UNL faculty artist, Kimball Recital Hall
15 — Anne Donnadieu (mezzo soprano), UNL guest artist, Kimball Recital Hall
16-18 — “The Rise & Fall of the Roman Empire,” Haymarket Theatre (youth program)
16-19, 23-26 — “Working,” NWU Theatre, McDonald Theatre
17 — “About Love …,” Nancy Marshall & Friends, Angels Theatre Company, The Loft at The Mill
17 — Mozart’s “Requiem,” UNL School of Music, Lied Center for Performing Arts
18 — The Vince Learned Project, Angels Theatre Company, The Loft at The Mill
17-19, 23-26 — “Ramona Quimby,” Family Theatre, Lincoln Community Playhouse
19 — “Bravo Bosendorfer” (piano), O’Donnell Auditorium
19, 21 — George Ritchie (organ), UNL faculty artist, Cornerstone-UMHE Chapel
23-25 — “Hamlet,” Haymarket Theatre (youth program)
23-26 — “Black Angel,” UNL Theatrix, Studio Theatre
24 — Sandy Stimson (oboe) and Nicolasa Kuster (bassoon), UNL guest artists, Westbrook Music Building
24-25 — UNL Dance Concert, Kimball Recital Hall
25 — Neal & Leandra, Lincoln Association for Traditional Arts, The Loft at The Mill
26 — Lincoln Civic Orchestra, O’Donnell Auditorium
26 — “Mozart’s Birthday Party,” Lincoln’s Symphony Orchestra, Lincoln High School
28 — “Celebrating Mardi Gras,” Plymouth Brass, Abendmusik: Lincoln, First-Plymouth Congregational Church
28 — UNL Symphonic Band, Kimball Recital Hall
MARCH
1 — Jake Shimabukuro/Mike Marshall/Darol Anger, Lied Center
2-4, 8-11 — “The Learned Ladies,” University Theatre, Johnny Carson Theater
2-5 — “Ramona Quimby,” Family Theatre, Lincoln Community Playhouse
3 — Szymankowski String Quartet, Lincoln Friends of Chamber Music, Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery Auditorium
4 — Academy of St. Martin in the Fields with Gil Shaham (violin), Lied Center
5 — UNL Wind Ensemble, Kimball Recital Hall
6 — Brass Quintet, UNL faculty artists, Kimball Recital Hall
7 — NWU Faculty Recital, O’Donnell Auditorium
7 — UNL Jazz Ensembles, Kimball Recital Hall
8 — “Color Me Dark,” Kennedy Center Imagination Celebration, Lied Center
8-9 — “Nebraska Next!” Angels Theatre Company, The Loft at The Mill
9 — Estonian Philharmonic, Abendmusik: Lincoln, First-Plymouth Congregational Church
9 — UNL Symphony Orchestra, Kimball Recital Hall
10 — Women of Note Concert, Angels Theatre Company, The Loft at The Mill
10 — Cosy Sheridan, LAFTA house concert, 857 N. 42nd St.
10-12, 16-18 — “Kid Simple,” Rough Magic Productions, Lincoln Community Playhouse
11 — “Firsts and Favorites,” Lincoln’s Symphony Orchestra, Kimball Recital Hall
13 — Lincoln Community Concert Band, Kimball Recital Hall
17 — Boys of the Lough, Lied Center
18 — Paddywhack Reunion, Lincoln Association for Traditional Arts, The Loft at The Mill
17-18 — “Nebraska Jazz Festival,” Nebraska Jazz Orchestra, O’Donnell Auditorium
19 — NWU Symphonic Band, O’Donnell Auditorium
21 — “The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde,” Aquila Theatre Company, Lied Center
22 — Haydn’s “Missa Johannis de Deo,” UNL School of Music, Kimball Recital Hall
23 — Moran Woodwind Quintet, UNL faculty artists, Kimball Recital Hall
23-24 — “Hamlet,” Aquila Theatre Company, Lied Center
23-26, 30-31 — “Forbidden Broadway,” TADA Productions, The Loft at The Mill
23-26, 29-31 — “Macbeth,” Flatwater Shakespeare Company, Haymarket Theatre
24-26, 30-31 — “The Mousetrap,” Lincoln Community Playhouse
26 — “Brass Seasons,” Nebraska Brass, Good Shepherd Presbyterian Church
27 — Paul Haar, Free at 6, Lied Center
28 — “Swing’s the Thing,” Nebraska Jazz Orchestra, Embassy Suites Hotel
30 — National Symphony Orchestra with Leonard Slatkin, Lied Center
30-31 — “Reckless,” UNL Theatrix, Studio Theatre
30-31 — “Three Sisters,” NWU Theatre, McDonald Theatre
31 — “The Impresario” and “La Cantarina,” NWU Opera, O’Donnell Auditorium
APRIL
1 — Chuck Pyle, LAFTA house concert, 857 N. 42nd St.
1 — Amadeus Piano Trio, Lincoln Friends of Chamber Music, Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery Auditorium
1 — April Fools’ Concert, UNL School of Music, Westbrook Music Building
1, 6-9 — “Three Sisters,” NWU Theatre, McDonald Theatre
1-2 — “Forbidden Broadway,” TADA Productions, The Loft at The Mill
1-2 — “Reckless,” Studio Theatre, UNL Theatrix
1-2 — “The Impresario” and “La Cantarina,” NWU Opera, O’Donnell Auditorium
1-2, 6-9 — “The Mousetrap,” Lincoln Community Playhouse
2, 5-9 — “Macbeth,” Flatwater Shakespeare Company, Haymarket Theatre
3 — UNL Flute Ensembles, Johnny Carson Theater
4 — Alexander Kobrin (piano), Lied Center
4 — NWU Huntington Trio, O’Donnell Auditorium
5, 7, 9 — “Cinderella,” UNL Opera, Kimball Recital Hall
7 — NWU Touch of Class, O’Donnell Auditorium
7-9 — “The Will Rogers Follies,” Lied Center
8 — NWU Chamber Festival Concert, O’Donnell Auditorium
11 — “Where Everything Is Music,” The Rumi Concert, Lied Center
11 — UNL Sax Ensemble, Westbrook Music Building
12 — UNL Women’s Choral Festival Concert, Kimball Recital Hall
13 — UNL Campus Bands, Kimball Recital Hall
13-15 — “Bad Dreams,” Rough Magic Productions, The Loft at The Mill
13-15, 19-22 — “Fires in the Mirror: Crown Heights, Brooklyn and Other Identities,” University Theatre, Studio Theatre
14 — UNL Trombone Ensemble, Kimball Recital Hall
15 — UNL Percussive Arts Society Day of Percussion Concert, Kimball Recital Hall
16 — Great Plains Music Society/Union College Orchestra, College View Seventh-day Adventist Church
17 — UNL Percussion Ensemble, Kimball Recital Hall
18 — UNL Brass Chamber Music Concert, Kimball Recital Hall
19 — UNL Student Composers, Kimball Recital Hall
20-22, 27-30 — “The House of Bernarda Alba,” NWU Theatre, Miller Theatre
21 — Brahms’ “Liebeslieder Waltzer,” Lyrika (vocal chamber ensemble), UNL guest artist, Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery Auditorium
22 — “Belshazzar’s Feast,” Lincoln Symphony Orchestra with Jubilant Sykes, Lied Center
22 — Cliff Eberhardt, Lincoln Association for Traditional Arts, The Loft at The Mill
23 — “Nebraska Brass & Friends,” Nebraska Brass, First-Plymouth Congregational Church
23 — Lincoln Civic Orchestra, O’Donnell Auditorium
23 — UNL Jazz Combos, Westbrook Music Building
24 — UNL Jazz Ensembles, Kimball Recital Hall
25 — Mark O’Connor’s Appalachia Waltz Trio, Lied Center
25 — UNL Symphonic Band, Kimball Recital Hall
26 — NWU Brass Trio, O’Donnell Auditorium
26 — UNL Student Chamber Recitals, Westbrook Music Building
27 — UNL Wind Ensemble, Kimball Recital Hall
28-30 — “The Adventures of Winnie-the-Pooh,” Family Theatre, Lincoln Community Playhouse
28 — UNL Symphony Orchestra, Kimball Recital Hall
29 — “Swan Lake,” Russian National Ballet, Lied Center
29-30 — Third Chair Chamber Players, The Loft at The Mill
30 — “Mozart and More,” Abendmusik Chorus and Orchestra, Abendmusik: Lincoln, First-Plymouth Congregational Church
30 — NWU Symphonic Band, O’Donnell Auditorium
30 — UNL Big Red Singers, Kimball Recital Hall
MAY
1, 4 — Maria del Rey, Great Plains Room, Nebraska East Union (May 1); Lied Center (May 4)
2 — NWU Woodwind & Flute Ensembles, O’Donnell Auditorium
3 — NWU Jazz Ensemble, O’Donnell Auditorium
4-7 — “The Adventures of Winnie-the-Pooh,” Family Theatre, Lincoln Community Playhouse
4-7, 10-13 — “The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas,” NWU Theatre, McDonald Theatre
5 — PANgea, Abendmusik: Lincoln (rush hour concert),First-Plymouth Congregational Church
5 — NWU Chamber Singers & Recorder Ensemble, O’Donnell Auditorium
6 — The Shaw Brothers, Lincoln Association for Traditional Arts, The Loft at The Mill
7 — NWU Choir, O’Donnell Auditorium
8 — NWU Brass & Percussion Ensembles, O’Donnell Auditorium
9 — NWU Women’s Choir & Men’s Glee, O’Donnell Auditorium
12-13 — “Sweeney Todd,” TADA Productions, Kimball Recital Hall
15 — Lincoln Community Concert Band, Kimball Recital Hall
21 — “Hail Britannia!” Lincoln Civic Choir, O’Donnell Auditorium
25 — “Caliente!” Nebraska Jazz Orchestra, Embassy Suites Hotel
JUNE
6, 13, 20, 27 — “Jazz in June,” Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery Sculpture Garden
8-11, 14-18, 21-25 — “The Comedy of Errors,” Flatwater Shakespeare Company, Haymarket Theatre
8-12, 14-17 — “Summerstock 3,” Angels Theatre Company/Rough Magic Productions, The Loft at The Mill
9-11, 15-18, 22-25, 29-30 — “A Chorus Line,” Lincoln Community Playhouse
JULY
1-2 — “A Chorus Line,” Lincoln Community Playhouse