Concerts
Music and Memories Summer Concert Series featuring The 402 Band, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Hy-Vee Amphitheatre, Shadow Lake Towne Center, Papillion. Food and beverages will be available to purchase (cash only). Admission is free.
Opening of “Misunderstood: Heroes & Villains,” 7 p.m., The Rose Theater, Omaha. The musical journey of good and evil will continue through June 20. The cast includes Trey Mendlik, a 2015 graduate of Fremont Bergan High School. Tickets are available by phone at 402-345-4849 or online at www.ticketmaster.com.
Friday Night Concert Series featuring Susie Thorne Band (jazz vocals), 7-8 p.m., Rockbrook Village, Omaha. Admission is free.
billymcguiganTOGETHER is Billy McGuigan’s 16 track original album, written, recorded and played by Billy during lockdown, 2020. The live performance features Billy with a band of brothers and friends.
Billy spent some time with Mike Hogan on the “Live & Local” feature to discuss how the album came to be, what he looks forward to while performing it live for the first time (April 10th), and how we all can heal after the lockdown.
More information can be found at https://www.billymcguigan.com/schedule.
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Theater
“Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! (The Musical),” 7 p.m., The Rose Theater, Omaha. In-person tickets are $20 and household streaming tickets are $30. Tickets can be purchased by phone at 402-345-4849 or online at www.rosetheater.org.
“Fully Committed,” 7:30 p.m., Howard Drew Theatre, Omaha Community Playhouse. Tickets start at $36 with prices varying by performance. Tickets may be purchased by phone at 402-553-0800 or online at www.omahaplayhouse.com.
Opening of “The Drawer Boy,” 7:30 p.m., Hawks Mainstage Theatre, Omaha Community Playhouse. Seeking inspiration for his new play, Miles, a young actress from Toronto, moves in with Angus and Morgan, two aging bachelor farmers, in rural Ontario. Angus, who suffered a brain injury during World War II, finds joy and solace hearing Morgan retell stories from days gone by. The production will continue through May 2. Tickets start at $36, with prices varying by performance. Tickets may be purchased by phone at 402-
Spring has definitely sprung at Lauritzen Gardens.
Visitors to the Omaha botanical garden will be greeted by bright and cheery daffodils at the front gate to the Foundersâ Garden.
But thatâs just the beginning.
There are more than 350,000 daffodil blooms now open at Lauritzen Gardens â a true sign that spring is finally here. Numerous shades of yellow, white and orange can be found blooming throughout the garden.
One of the Midwestâs largest mass plantings of daffodils, the gardenâs daffodil walk, is now approaching its peak bloom.
During the past three years, garden staff and volunteers have worked hard to plant 152,000 bulbs to establish an experiential daffodil walk along the main garden road. The bulbs are planted from the rose garden to the Foundersâ Garden in an area that is just over 800 linear feet (approximately the length of two and a half football fields) and is up to 75 feet deep.
Jesse White plays Hedwig Schmidt in the rock musical
Hedwig and the Angry Inch. This is Billy McGuigan’s company, Rave On Productions, first show in The Omaha Series, performing a limited run at The Waiting Room in Benson.
Jesse chatted with Mike Hogan Live & Local about the show which is a groundbreaking show that tells the story of “internationally ignored song stylist” Hedwig Schmidt, a fourth-wall smashing East German rock ‘n’ roll goddess who also happens to be the victim of a botched sex-change operation, which has left her with just “an angry inch”.
Hedwig and the Angry Inch is the winner of four 2014 Tony Awards including Best Musical Revival, playing to record-breaking sell-out crowds on Broadway.