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Journey with Ariel, a mermaid princess, who makes a deal with the evil sea witch, Ursula, to become human. Followed by 45 years, A Legacy of Memories.
A young Sylvia journeys solo across Europe, receiving wisdom from queens of each land - transformative lessons that help shape her into the woman she's destined to become.
This is “The closest you will ever get to ABBA!” (Official ABBA Fan Club) ARRIVAL from Sweden has been selling out venues all over the world since 1995 as most successful and authentic ABBA tribute in the world. Hits like “Dancing Queen,” “Mamma Mia,” “Does Your Mother Know,” “Take A Chance,” “The Winner Takes It All,” “Super Trouper,” “Money Money...
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Give to Lincoln Day is here, and we invite you to be part of something vibrant. When you support Friends of Lied, you help bring bold performances, life-changing arts education, and cultural experiences to people of all ages. Your gift today doesn’t just support the arts—it brings color, creativity, and connection to our entire community. Will you help us Color...
Jumaane Smith kicks off our 2025 Jazz in June series with his signature blend of soulful trumpet and vocals. A longtime collaborator of Michael Bublé—featured on five Grammy Award-winning albums—Smith has also performed with music legends such as Quincy Jones, Aretha Franklin, Barbra Streisand, Jon Batiste, and many more.
Canadian jazz vocalist Caity Gyorgy is a three-time Juno Award winner. Known for her vibrant bebop and swing style, Caity has performed at jazz clubs and festivals across the globe. We’re thrilled to welcome her to Nebraska for the first time!
Nebraska native Pete Fucinaro brings his vibrant contemporary sound to Jazz in June. As a former member of the seven-time Grammy-nominated One O’Clock Band, Pete is making a statement with his unique blend of traditional and innovative saxophone style.
Saxophonist and multi-instrumentalist Sam Greenfield has shared the stage with renowned hip-hop and folk artist Ed Sheeran, R&B and pop princess Mariah Carey, and the soulful John Legend among others. Experience his Nebraska debut at Jazz in June!
For the first time in forever, experience the musical phenomenon that has taken the world by storm! Based on the Academy Award-winning animated feature film, Disney’s Frozen includes all the film’s beloved songs by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez, along with new music written exclusively for the stage.
In the beautiful mountainous kingdom of Arendelle, Princesses Anna and Elsa grow...
Amy Grant’s 30+ year career spans from her roots in gospel into becoming an iconic pop star, songwriter, television personality and philanthropist. With three multi-platinum albums, six platinum albums and four gold albums, her total career album sales have exceeded 30 million and over 1 billion global streams. Grant’s chart success has been consistent throughout her career with six No....
Greatest Hits From The Broadway Stage & Silver Screen!
Following sold-out 2023-24 and 2024-25 Season performances, experience jazz “club style” with all new programs from the Metro Jazz Quintet in the intimate setting of the Lied Commons. This exciting quintet of superb Nebraska jazz musicians performs a wide variety of music from your favorite legendary jazz composers. The Lied Commons...
TINA–The Tina Turner Musical is the triumphant story of the Queen of Rock n’ Roll set to the pulse-pounding soundtrack of her most beloved hits! TINA–The Tina Turner Musical presents Tina’s journey against all odds to become one of the world’s most beloved artists of all time. Featuring iconic songs, including “What’s Love Got To Do With It,” “Proud Mary,”...
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“TO BE, OR NOT TO BE, THAT IS THE QUESTION.”
Experience Shakespeare’s exhilarating tale of revenge, love, and madness in a groundbreaking collaboration between Toronto dance company Côté Danse and renowned multidisciplinary company Ex Machina. This spectacular fusion of theater and dance combines the artistic visions of Robert Lepage (Cirque du Soleil, The Metropolitan Opera) and Côté Danse’s founder Guillaume...
The legendary Marilyn Maye holds the record for the most guest appearances by a singer on the The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, with 76 show-stopping features that led Johnny to dub her the “Super Singer.” A timeless icon who has been entertaining audiences for over eight decades, Manhattan’s Queen of Cabaret is thrilled to be part of celebrating Johnny...
Relive all the magic and laughter of Johnny Carson’s Tonight Show with the talented artists who were featured guests during Johnny’s extraordinary 30-year late-night run. This special one-time event is hosted by Seinfeld writer, Pat Hazell with live performances by Master Magician, Lance Burton; comedians Wil Shriner and Carol Leifer; Singer, Marilyn Maye; Variety Acts, Mike Caveney & Tina Lenert...
Set sail with Moana in this unforgettable experience! Disney Concerts and AMP Worldwide present Disney’s Moana Live-To-Film Concert North American tour, featuring a full-length screening of the beloved movie on the Lied Center’s giant screen, accompanied by live performances of a unique on-stage musical ensemble of top Hollywood studio musicians, Polynesian rhythm masters and vocalists, celebrating the music and songs...
Experience an evening of unparalleled artistry and musical mastery with the sensational Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra led by nine-time GRAMMY® Award winning trumpeter and music director Wynton Marsalis. Bringing the art form of jazz from the heart of New York City to audiences around the world, this sensational 15-member ensemble celebrates the spirit of jazz and its enduring influence...
Based on the worldwide bestselling hit series by Dav Pilkey, Dog Man: The Musical is a hilarious and heartwarming production following the chronicles of Dog Man, who with the head of a dog and the body of a policeman, loves to fight crime and chew on the furniture. But while trying his best to be a good boy, can he...
With their concert entitled “PEACE,” the multi-GRAMMY® and EMMY Award®-winning SOWETO GOSPEL CHOIR presents a joyful program of South African freedom songs, traditional spirituals, and classics. The inspirational concert will also feature the spirited music of Aretha Franklin, Harry Belafonte, Peter Gabriel, Kate Bush, Leonard Cohen, and more! For more than 20 years, the Choir has celebrated the unique power...
Yo-Yo has recorded more than 120 albums, is the winner of 19 GRAMMY® Awards, and has performed for nine American presidents. He has received numerous awards, including the National Medal of the Arts, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, has been a United Nations Messenger of Peace since 2006, and was recognized as the Lied Center’s inaugural Artist of Distinction. Experience...
The world’s most famous brass quintet returns to the Lied Center to make the holiday season merry and bright! Featuring original arrangements and signature takes on beloved holiday classics including, “It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year,” “Jingle Bell Rock,” and “Christmastime is Here” the spirit and sparkle of Canadian Brass has earned them a loyal legion of fans...
From the songwriting team behind the Tony Award-winning musical Dear Evan Hansen and the Academy Award-winning film La La Land, A CHRISTMAS STORY, THE MUSICAL, brings the classic 1983 movie to hilarious life on stage! Set in 1940s Indiana, a young and bespectacled Ralphie Parker schemes his way toward the holiday gift of his dreams, an official Red Ryder® Carbine-Action...
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MANNHEIM STEAMROLLER CHRISTMAS by Chip Davis has been America’s favorite holiday tradition for 40 years! GRAMMY Award® winner Chip Davis has created a show that features Mannheim Steamroller Christmas classics in the distinctive Mannheim sound. The program includes 15 musicians playing more than 20 instruments against a backdrop of dazzling multimedia effects – capturing the spirit of the season.
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COME SEE HOW THE WORLD COULD BE.
Welcome to HADESTOWN, where a song can change your fate. Winner of eight 2019 Tony Awards® including Best Musical and the 2020 Grammy® Award for Best Musical Theater Album, this acclaimed new show from celebrated singersongwriter Anaïs Mitchell and original director Rachel Chavkin (Natasha, Pierre The Great Comet of 1812) is a love...
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Gabriela Montero’s visionary interpretations and unique compositional gifts have garnered her critical acclaim and a devoted following on the world stage. The New York Times proclaimed “Montero’s playing had everything: crackling rhythmic brio, subtle shadings, steely power … soulful lyricism … unsentimental expressivity.”Celebrated for her exceptional ability to improvise, in her Lied Center return Montero will perform a real-time improvised...
Cirque Kalabante’s unforgettable ‘Afrique en Cirque’ celebrates the beauty and artistry of African culture as acrobats execute gravitydefying moves and human pyramids, accompanied by the contemporary sounds of live Afro-Jazz, percussion, and kora. This vibrant spectacle of colorful rhythms, innovative choreography, and jaw-dropping acrobatics represents the strength, agility and joys of life in Guinea. Prepare for an unforgettable journey!
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Songs Of Love From The Rich Tradition Of Jazz!
Following sold-out 2023-24 and 2024-25 Season performances, experience jazz “club style” with all new programs from the Metro Jazz Quintet in the intimate setting of the Lied Commons. This exciting quintet of superb Nebraska jazz musicians performs a wide variety of music from your favorite legendary jazz composers. The Lied Commons...
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 Yunchan Lim, Olga Kern, Vadym Kholodenko, and Jon Nakamatsu, the Cliburn is widely considered to be “one...
Celebrating its 65th anniversary, the world’s most influential name in comedy returns to the Lied Center! From the stages that launched icons like Tina Fey, Stephen Colbert, Steve Carell, Keegan-Michael Key, and so many more comes The Best of The Second City! This high-energy show blends signature improv comedy with hilarious songs, classic characters, and timeless sketches - handpicked from...
Whatever you do, don’t let the Pigeon star in his own musical production! With a script written by Mo Willems, the creator of the #1 New York Times best-selling “Pigeon” picture books, Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! The Musical! is even more fun than staying up late and having a hot dog party! Featuring an innovative mix of...
Known as “the wonder woman of jazz”, Swedish multi-instrumentalist Gunhild Carling truly can do it all! A master of instruments including trombone, bagpipes, recorder, banjo, ukulele, harp, and sometimes up to three trumpets at once, Carling brings high-energy vintage swing to the stage with jaw-dropping skill and theatrical flair. Postmodern Jukebox has featured her talents in several videos that have...
Led by conductor Keith Lockhart, the Boston Pops, known affectionately as “America’s Orchestra,” performs an exciting program honoring the United States’ 250th Anniversary while celebrating the movie music of iconic composer John Williams. Williams composed the music for more than one hundred films, including Star Wars, Harry Potter, E.T., Jurassic Park, and Indiana Jones and was the 19th conductor of...
There’s trouble in River City when a fast-talking salesman gets his heart stolen by the town librarian. Meredith Willson’s six-time, Tony Award-winning musical comedy The Music Man follows fast-talking traveling salesman, Harold Hill, as he cons the people of River City, Iowa, into buying instruments and uniforms for a boys’ band that he vows to organize – this, despite the...
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With a vivid onstage presence, dazzling technique, and keen musicality, pianist Olga Kern is widely recognized as one of the great artists of her generation, captivating audiences and critics alike. In 2001, Olga launched her U.S. career at the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, winning a Gold Medal—the only woman in the last fifty years to do so. Olga performs...
Six women step into the roles of the former Nazis who sent us to the moon to share with us a story about the team that formed the backbone of NASA in the most unlikely of places...North Alabama. Told through the point of view of Heinz- Hermann Koelle, a lesser-known young German rocketeer, who joined this “Operation Paperclip” team several...
The Fab Four is undoubtedly the Ultimate Beatles Tribute! With uncanny, note-for-note live renditions of the Beatle’s classics, the Fab Four will make you think you are back in time rockin’ with John, Paul, George, and Ringo. This loving tribute to the Beatles has amazed audiences around the world, and along the way picked up an EMMY® Award for their...
Praised by The Boston Globe as “An unapologetic showcase of virtuosity,” Stars of American Ballet brings together today’s most remarkable ballet talents to highlight the rich diversity and expressive range of contemporary and classical dance. With a program including George Balanchine’s Apollo, Petipa’s timeless White Swan Pas de Deux, and Twyla Tharp’s Brel solo, these works celebrate the artistry, emotion,...
DIRTY DANCING IN CONCERT is the classic film’s first live film-to-concert experience! Enjoy the digitally remastered hit film like never before on a full-size cinema screen, with a live band and singers performing the film’s iconic songs. With a soundtrack that marked a generation, DIRTY DANCING IN CONCERT brings a thrilling new experience to the 80s classic. Directly following the...
The world-renowned Philadelphia Orchestra returns to Nebraska for a historic concert marking only their third performance on the Lied Center stage. Praised by The New York Times as “a formidable musician and a powerful communicator” as well as “a conductor with a vision”, Marin Alsop leads the orchestra in a program featuring Beethoven’s dramatic Leonore Overture No. 3, Brahms’ intricate...
Get ready for a bagpipe-powered concert like you’ve never seen before! The Red Hot Chilli Pipers (yes, pipers) fuse traditional Scottish music with classic rock anthems—from Queen to AC/DC—with explosive energy and humor. “Bagpipes with attitude, drums with a Scottish accent, and a show that leaves you breathless!” — BBC Scotland. A global phenomenon that’s equal parts rock concert and...
Money. Corruption. Murder. Welcome to Capital City. In this searing original play inspired by Nebraska author Mari Sandoz’ infamous novel Capital City, the Great Depression has split the people of a fictional Midwestern city in two: the rich and the poor. What lengths will the have-nots go to gain back their land, homes, and dignity? How far will the haves...
Billboard charting classical-crossover quartet, Sons of Serendip, won the hearts of fans and judges alike as finalists on America’s Got Talent (NBC) with their ethereal and emotionally stirring interpretations of pop music, arranged with a unique blend of vocals, harp, piano, and cello. Sons of Serendip has lifted up audiences across the world including collaborations with the Boston Pops, Cynthia,...
TRUE STORIES, TOLD LIVE.
Hailed as “New York’s hottest and hippest literary ticket” by The Wall Street Journal, The Moth brings the power of personal storytelling to millions of people each year. In its 25-year history, The Moth has presented more than 50,000 stories, told live and without notes, by people from all walks of life to standing-room-only crowds worldwide....
REZA has taken the art of illusion to a new level, delivering his rock concertstyle magic show to audiences across the globe! Back by popular demand, his thrilling production “Edge of Illusion” features the most incredible cuttingedge magic in existence today, with breathtaking, signature grand-scale illusions, including making motorcycles and helicopters materialize out of thin air, live on stage. Witness...
The Music of Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Charlie Parker, Stan Getz and More!
Following sold-out 2023-24 and 2024-25 Season performances, experience jazz “club style” with all new programs from the Metro Jazz Quintet in the intimate setting of the Lied Commons. This exciting quintet of superb Nebraska jazz musicians performs a wide variety of music from your favorite legendary jazz...
BEHIND EVERY POWERFUL WOMAN… ARE MORE POWERFUL WOMEN.
Direct from Broadway, comes the acclaimed Tony Award®-winning musical Suffs about the brilliant, passionate, and funny American women who fought tirelessly for the right to vote. Created by Shaina Taub, the first woman to ever independently win Tony Awards for Best Book and Best Score in the same season, this “thrilling, inspiring...
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Universally regarded as one of rock and roll’s finest and most versatile entertainers, Peter Noone is second to none! Star of stage, screen, and record, Noone’s performances are the stuff of legend, deftly delivering a broad palette of music that defined a generation. Herman’s Hermits starring Peter Noone is a must-see concert featuring some of the biggest hits of the...
The most popular big band in the world brings back to the stage timeless classics like “Tuxedo Junction,” “Moonlight Serenade” and “Chattanooga Choo Choo.” Get “In the Mood” for an elegant evening of swing as the 17-piece orchestra dazzles and delights in their return to the Lied Center!
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