Iowa Western releases stage lineup
The Iowa Western Community College theater department will stage Dale Wasserman and Mitch Leigh's musical “Man of La Mancha” as its 2010-11 season opener Nov. 11-20. The show is based on the tales of Don Quixote. Hit songs from the show include “The Impossible Dream.”
Paul Rudnick's comedy “I Hate Hamlet” will run April 7-17. A fired television star is offered the chance to play Hamlet in New York's Central Park but finds himself facing the ghost of John Barrymore, thanks to a séance in his apartment.
A third show, “Eddie Fishbecks a Devised Theatre Project,” is scheduled May 3-5. The show combines the Greek tragedy “Oedipus Rex” with the Jerry Springer talk show and involves a live audience.
Lincolnite's play to get NYC reading
“Civil War Voices,” an original musical that premiered at the Lied Center in Lincoln last year, will have a staged reading in New York City on May 24 and will be performed July 3 for the Civil War Institute's annual conference in Gettysburg, Pa.
The show was written by attorney Jim Harris of Lincoln, with music by Mark Hayes of Kansas City. The story is based on a diary kept by Harris' great-great-uncle during the Civil War.
“Civil War Voices” will be performed in New York again July 24-26 as part of the Midtown International Theater Festival. Tickets can be purchased online at www.midtownfestival.org.
Lloyd Schwartz's play in Lincoln
Television producer Lloyd Schwartz (“The Brady Bunch”) will premiere a new murder-mystery comedy he wrote, from Sept. 30 to Oct. 10 at the TADA Theatre in Lincoln. He is soliciting résumés and head shots from area actors for casting, which will take place in May and June.
Schwartz will travel to Lincoln for the premiere of his play, “Bard of Blood,” and lead a master class at the Johnny Carson School of Theatre and Film at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
The play is set in a theater, where scenes from “Hamlet” are being staged for a fundraiser. There's a murderer in the midst of the crowd. Characters include an ingenue, a leading man, a gloved stage manager, an aged character actor, a seasoned actress, a doctor who is a large donor to the theater, a managing director of the theater and a female detective.
For information, visit www.tadatheatre.info.
Maestros in Omaha for symposium
The Omaha Symphony's second annual conductor symposium opens Monday, with 16 up-and-coming maestros from around the country arriving in Omaha to conductor the symphony.
Omaha Symphony music director Thomas Wilkins will lead the sessions along with Larry Rachleff, music director of the Rhode Island Philharmonic and a conducting professor at Rice University.
Each of the young conductors will get one hour of podium time in front of the orchestra.
They will conduct excerpts from major symphonies and also accompany principal cellist Paul Ledwon and principal clarinetist Carmelo Galante in music from concertos.
Auditions
“The Sound of Music,” Papillion-La Vista Community Theatre, 3 p.m. May 23 for children ages 5 to 14; 7 p.m. May 23 and 24 for adults. All auditions at Papillion-La Vista South High School theater, 10799 Highway 370. Show runs July 8-17 at Sumtur Amphitheater. Information: www.plvcommtheatre.com.
“The Lady With All the Answers,” Omaha Community Playhouse, 4:30 p.m. Sunday at the playhouse, 6915 Cass St. Show runs Aug. 20-Sept. 19. Information: 553-4890, ext. 110.
Red Theater Omaha, a theater collective based in Lincoln, 7 p.m. Monday and Tuesday at Nebraska Film Group, 1904 Farnam St., Suite 320. Show is Aug. 14 only, in Omaha. Information: 402-669-7956.
“Cheaper by the Dozen,” Mills Masquers of Glenwood, Iowa, 7 p.m. Sunday and Monday at the Barton Theater a mile north of Glenwood. Show runs July 22-Aug. 1. Information: 712-527-3600.
Compiled by Bob Fischbach and John Pitcher
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