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Omaha Theater as Insurrection, Social Commentary and Corporate Training Tool
My usually eclectic blog has been theater heavy this week because I decided to celebrate the 2011 Great Plains Theatre Conference, which ends June 4, by sharing some of my theater stories from the...
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Anthony Chisholm is in the House at the John Beasley Theater in Omaha
For a six-seven year period I devoted much time and energy to reporting on Omaha native John Beasley, a respected film, television, and stage actor and the director of his own namesake theater in his...
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What Happens to a Dream Deferred? John Beasley Theater Revisits Lorraine...
It’s only in the last few years I finally saw both a stage production and a television production of the classic play A Raisin in the Sun, and while I found each impressive, the thing that really...
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A Change is Gonna Come, the GBT Academy in Omaha Undergoes Revival in the...
Mary Goodwin-Clinkscale One of my favorite personalities from the last few years is Dr. Mary Goodwin-Clinkscale, who applies her passion for the Lord, for youth, and for the arts in a dynamic...
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Kevyn Morrow’s Homecoming
Up for best male actor in a musical at the 2011 Tony Awards was Omaha native Andrew Rannells in The Book of Mormon, the smash show from the creators of South Park that dominated the awards show. A few...
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‘Walking Behind to Freedom,’ A Musical Theater Examination of Race
I don’t see a huge amount of live theater, but I attend more than enough shows to give me a good feel for what’s out there. My hometown of Omaha has a strong theater scene and one of the more dynamic...
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Shakespeare on the Green, A Summertime Staple in Omaha
Before you get the idea that the only thing happening this summer in my hometown is the Omaha Black Music and Community Hall of Fame Awards and Native Omaha Days, here’s a heads-up for this year’s...
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Camille Metoyer Moten, A Singer for All Seasons
I have had the distinct pleasure now of profiling a handful of Omaha’s chanteuses – those vexing songbirds of the nightclub or cabaret set who enchant as much with their attitude as with their voice....
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From the Archives: Nancy Duncan’s Journey to Storytelling Took a Circutious...
Unforgettable Nancy Duncan. The late actress, theater director, administrator, and professional storyteller was not someone you could easily dismiss or forget or walk away from unaffected. Her...
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Playwright Carlos Murillo’s Work Explores Personal Mythmaking
When interviewing an artist there’s always the point where you ask the obvious question, Where do your ideas come from? or What influences does your work draw on? And, of course, the answers are...
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Omaha Theater Gypsy Gordon Cantiello is Back with New Show
Omaha theater has its stalwart, perennial, deeply rooted figures who do their thing here year in and year out. Theyre just always part of the scene and therefore you can always count on them for a...
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Art Imitates Life for ‘Having Our Say’ Stars, Sisters Camille Metoyer Moten...
Americans are notorious for having short memories and that’s unfortunate when people and actions that merit rememberance are so quickly and easily forgotten. A pair of Omaha sisters, Camille Metoyer...
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Sisters of song: Kathy Tyree connects with Ella Fitzgerald; Omaha singer...
Sisters of song: Kathy Tyree connects with Ella Fitzgerald Omaha singer feels kinship to her stage alter ego ©by Leo Adam Biga Now appearing in The Reader (www.thereader.com) Ella, the dramatic...
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Breaking the mold: Opera Omaha re-imagines the gala
Depending on the crowd or circle you travel in, bring up opera in conversation and expect a glassy-eyed look on some people’s faces because they can’t or won’t get past some cliched notions they have...
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Faith, Friends and Facebook: The Journey of Camille Metoyer Moten
Here’s my Omaha Magazine (http://omahamagazine.com/) piece about how beloved Omaha performing artist Camille Metoyer Moten used social media as a communnication and connection point to share her...
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Playwright turned history detective Max Sparber turns identity search inward
Max Sparber channeling his inner Buffalo Bill, ©photos by Debra S. Kaplan Playwright-journalist-blogger-historian Max Sparber has a knack for reinventing himself borne from a lifelong search for...
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Celebrating 90 years, the Omaha Community Playhouse takes seriously its...
When it comes to the arts in Omaha there are maybe a dozen artists and arts organizations with national reputations (Jun Kaneko, Thomas Wilkins, Therman Statom, Alexander Payne, Mauro Fiore, John...
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South Omaha Stories on tap for free PlayFest show; Great Plains Theatre...
Omaha’s various geographic segments feature distinct charecteristics all their own. South Omaha has a stockyards-packing plant heritage that lives on to this day and it continues its legacy as home to...
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NEW BLUE: Blue Barn Theatre Putting Down New Roots
I do not write about theater a lot, but often enough to keep me in the game and I’m always eager to do it because there is nothing else like good live theater, and Omaha has more than its share of...
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With its own home, the Blue Barn completes a long road to creating edgy theater
Omaha has institutional-type theaters and grassroots-type theaters. For most of its life the Blue Barn Theatre has been of the grassroots variety but now that a major capital campaign has allowed it...
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