Fred and Pamela Buffett Cancer Center Changes Game
OMAHA, Neb. — The Fred and Pamela Buffett Cancer Center opened this summer at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. KVNO’s Brandon McDermott speaks with Cancer survivor Matthew Barros about what the new Cancer Center will mean for patients diagnosed with cancer.
Road to Omaha – Oral Roberts Golden Eagles
Omaha, NE – On today’s episode of “Road to Omaha,” KVNO’s Brandon McDermott spoke with Oral Roberts head coach Ryan Folmar.
Blue Barn Opens “The City in the City in the City”
Omaha, NE—Tonight at the Blue Barn Theatre is the Midwest premier of a new play, The City in the City in the City by New Jersey playwright Matthew Capodicasa. His plays have been performed on the stages of New York, and he’s come to Omaha by way of the Great Plains Theatre Conference. The City begins in strange circumstances, and an outlandish proposal, and ends up in a mysterious fictional setting.
Renowned Acting Coach, Tom Todoroff Comes to UNO
By Corbin Hirschhorn
Omaha, NE—Tom Todoroff is a New York actor, producer, and director, but he’s probably best known now as a voice, speech and acting coach for some of the biggest names in the business—actors like Liam Neeson, Richard Gere, and Robert Wagner. And he’s good friends with local director Alexander Payne. He’ll be on UNO’s campus this Saturday and Sunday for a two-day personalized course for actors.
Read MoreInternational Concert Series: A Conversation with Kliment Krylovskiy
By Corbin Hirschhorn
Director of UNO’s School of Music Dr. Washington García interviews clarinetist Kliment Krylovskiy of the Zodiac Trio in advance of their performance Thursday, March 8th at 7:30pm at the Strauss Performing Arts Center.
‘The Revolutionists’ Premieres at UNO Theatre
By Corbin Hirschhorn
Omaha, NE—UNO’s “Revolutionary Season” continues with historical comedy The Revolutionists this week by one of the most produced contemporary playwrights, Lauren Gunderson. The play creatively reimagines the female perspective during the height of the French Revolution’s Reign of Terror. It’s a modern take on the roles of Marie Antoinette, Charlotte Corday, who famously killed Jean-Paul Marat, and perhaps lesser known figures, like Haitian Rebel Marianne Angelle, and female playwright, Olympe de Gouges, played by Sam Mashek
Read MoreUNO Percussion Annual Pop Concert
By Corbin Hirschhorn
UNO Percussion’s fifth annual pop concert is this weekend. A changeup from classical repertoire, the percussion ensemble will be covering contemporary pop tunes, but they won’t be accompanied by a melody section. Only vocalists. To complete the arrangement, it’s the percussionists’ job to create their sonic palette using software, digital samples and electronic interfaces. The pop concert was devised by UNO’s Coordinator of Percussion Studies, Scott Shinbara.
Read MoreUNO Professor Hugh Reilly Discusses New Book, “Drinking with My Father’s Ghost”
By Corbin Hirschhorn
Omaha, NE—Equal parts history, travelogue, memoir and comedy, UNO Professor Hugh Reilly’s most recent book, Drinking with My Father’s Ghost, is the culmination of nearly forty years of stories from his own travels to Ireland and its pubs and hundreds years’ worth of cultural history and legend.
Read MoreSpring Awakening: The Directors’ Interview
By Corbin Hirschhorn
Omaha, NE—This week, UNO Theatre will begin its run of Spring Awakening, the hit rock musical by songwriter Duncan Sheik and playwright Steven Sater. Based on the 19th century play of the same name by Frank Wedekind, Spring Awakening is the story of German adolescents struggling to understand sexual intimacy in a society that doesn’t even permit the thought of it. It won eight Tony Awards during its Broadway run, starting in 2006. As expected from any acclaimed Broadway production, the musical offers dynamic songs, choreography and engaging dialogue, but it also negotiates weighty themes, such as sexual abuse, teen pregnancy and suicide.
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