Welcome back sexy internet voyagers! Once more we have gathered to declare war on boredom by providing audiotastic joy! Do we mention Django Unchained ? Do I call Matt a subhuman pigperson? Do we disparage Will Smith and his progeny? Do we squee over Super 8 ? Does Matt have full body tremors over a […]
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It’s Not Easy Seeing Green
Green Lantern courts a niche audience: insomniacs and the recently lobotomized. This will one day be recognized as “patient zero” in the disease pandemic known as “cinematic superhero fatigue.” In honor of its dogged devotion to a yawn-inspiring storytelling formula, here’s an algorithm: Four writers (Greg Berlanti, Michael Green, Marc Guggenheim and Michael Goldenberg) minus […]
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Shakespeare on the Green: “A Midsummer Nights Dream”
June 23-26 Shakespeare on the Green: “A Midsummer Nights Dream” Elmwood Park at University of Nebraska-Omaha, 64th between Dodge and Pacific Streets FREE, Performances start at 8 p.m. Nebraskashakespeare.com, 402.280.2391 Get your picnic and blanket and get ready for a true Nebraska “Shakesperience;” the organization is celebrating its 25th birthday this year starting with “A […]
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Team Love’s ‘Financial Crunch;’ Schnase Returns to Cursive
This week is catch-up time for a couple news items that have been simmering in the background. First, what exactly is going on at Team Love Records, the label started by Conor Oberst and Nate Krenkel, whose roster has included Jenny Lewis and the Watson Twins, Craig Wedren, Dave Dondero and Berg Sans Nipple? Eyebrows […]
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Stretching Out
Betsy Wells is a band of boys just getting some distance from their teenage years, but youth and young manhood belie the band’s rapid maturation. Led by guitarist and lead vocalist Jordan Smith, the band is set to release its second EP, The Calm, as a Friday night show at the Waiting Room Lounge, 6212 […]
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Watching the Train Wreck, Peace of Sh*t team up for release, show
* Watching the Train Wreck and Peace of Sh*t are teaming for a limited edition lathe-cut 10-inch single on local imprint Fear of Music Records. One side of the record will include songs by both bands, with a screen-printed image on the flip-side. Think of it as a do-it-yourself-style picture disc. The release is limited […]
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Omaha’s impact on Tony Show
* The Tony Awards telecast was already eagerly awaited on Sunday morning, especially thanks to two men with Omaha ties, Andy Rannels and Norbert Leo Butz, both nominated for Best Actor in a musical. But I didn’t expect to pick up the Denver Post in my mountain driveway and see a chipper Andy, arms outspread […]
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Osage “reading” may Top Season
It’s quite likely that the most memorable event of the theater season will occur Monday, June 20, at the Omaha Community Playhouse when August: Osage County makes its Omaha premiere. And that’s an amazing prospect when you consider that it’s a single performance of a staged reading. But the script by Tracy Letts won both […]
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Only One Shot at Osage Premier
If you hear from someone who claimed to see every fully-staged performance at the eight-day Great Plains Theatre Conference, they may not be exaggerating. If they swear they’ve seen every play reading, they’re more than exaggerating unless they occupied three rooms at the same time. I felt lucky about the plays I attended, especially Recommended […]
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Only One Shot at Osage Premier
If you hear from someone who claimed to see every fully-staged performance at the eight-day Great Plains Theatre Conference, they may not be exaggerating. If they swear they’ve seen every play reading, they’re more than exaggerating unless they occupied three rooms at the same time. I felt lucky about the plays I attended, especially Recommended […]