The Lied Center for Performing Arts’ 2018-19 season will feature a six-day run of the musical comedy “The Book of Mormon” and performances by “Hamilton” star Leslie Odom Jr., legendary singer Johnny Mathis, comedian Tim Allen, and bandleader Paul Shaffer and the Nebraska Jazz Orchestra. Tickets to all performances will be available as part of a season ticket package beginning at 11 a.m. May 10.
“The Book of Mormon,” winner of nine Tony Awards, will play an engagement in December. The New York Times called it “the best musical of this century,” and Entertainment Weekly said it was “the funniest musical of all time.”
Classical highlights of the 2018-19 season include two of the world’s most iconic orchestras, the San Francisco Symphony and Russia’s Mariinsky Orchestra, as well as the seventh season of the Lied’s Piano Series, which brings top piano soloists to Lincoln. Eleven-time Grammy-winning conductor Michael Tilson Thomas returns to the Lied for the first time since 1996 to lead a concert as part of his final season with the San Francisco Symphony. The Mariinsky Orchestra will perform Gustav Mahler’s triumphant “Symphony No. 5,” led by conductor Valery Gergiev.
“We pride ourselves in presenting world-class artists to Nebraska audiences every season, and this year is no exception,” said Bill Stephan, Lied Center executive director. “From comedy legend Tim Allen to Complexions Contemporary Ballet featuring the music of David Bowie, Mannheim Steamroller Christmas to the best of Broadway, there is truly something for everyone on our stage.”
The full 2018-19 season is:
- Sept. 26-Oct. 14: “An Act of God” (Nebraska Repertory Theatre)
Oct. 5: An Evening with Leslie Odom Jr.
Oct. 7: Johnny Mathis: The Voice of Romance Tour
Oct. 17: Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
Oct. 19: The Capitol Steps
Oct. 21: Chinese Warriors of Peking
Oct. 25-28: “Sedition” (Angels Theatre Company)
Oct. 28: Mariinsky Orchestra
Oct. 30: Ballet Folklorico De Mexico
Nov. 2-3: “Monty Python’s Spamalot”
Nov. 5: The Ten Tenors
Nov. 13: Gabriela Montero
Dec. 11-16: “The Book of Mormon”
Dec. 20: Mannheim Steamroller Christmas by Chip Davis
Jan. 10: Paul Shaffer and Nebraska Jazz Orchestra
Jan. 17: “The Very Hungry Caterpillar” and Other Eric Carle Favorites
Jan. 19: The Broadway Princess Party
Jan. 25: Susan Werner
Jan. 26: Rennie Harris Puremovement
Feb. 1-2: Rodgers and Hammerstein’s “The King and I”
Feb. 7: Chris Botti
Feb. 7-8: “My Antonia”
Feb. 10: Emanuel Ax
Feb. 13: “Dutchman” (Nebraska Repertory Theatre)
Feb. 15: “A Celebration of Music and Milestones, N 150”
Feb. 23: Tim Allen
March 1-3: “Rent” 20th Anniversary Tour
March 5: “A Celtic Celebration” featuring Natalie MacMaster and Donnell Leahy
March 7-8: “The Polar Bears Go Up”
March 14: Delfeayo Marsalis and the Uptown Jazz Orchestra
March 16: “Purple Reign, The Prince Tribute Show”
March 27: “Hair” (Nebraska Repertory Theatre)
March 28: San Francisco Symphony
April 2-3: “Rain: A Tribute to The Beatles”
April 11: Complexions Contemporary Ballet, “Star Dust: A Tribute to David Bowie”
April 14: The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain
April 23: Tap Dogs
April 26-27: “Something Rotten!”
A season ticket package is an order of four or more events. Members of the general public will receive a 10 percent discount for season ticket orders of four to seven events. Orders of eight or more events will receive a 20 percent discount. University of Nebraska-Lincoln students can place season ticket orders for three to five events at a 10 percent discount or six or more events at a 20 percent discount (in addition to the 50 percent discount all current students at Nebraska receive on Lied Center tickets). There are no discounts for “The Book of Mormon.”
If the performances are not sold out through season ticket orders, any remaining tickets will be available for single-ticket purchase starting in early August. Season ticket orders can be placed here, by phone at 402-472-4747 or at the Lied Center box office, 301 N. 12th St.
