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The Orpheum Theater is a theater located in Omaha, Nebraska. The theater hosts programs best served by a more theatrical setting, including the Omaha Performing Arts Broadway Season, presented with Broadway Across America, and Opera Omaha's season. The theatre is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The main auditorium is a ...
Legs Diamond is a musical with a book by Harvey Fierstein and Charles Suppon based on the Warner Brothers film The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond (1960), with a screenplay by Joseph Landon. The music and lyrics are by Peter Allen , who starred as the title character in the Broadway production.
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While some movie musicals have earned praise and raked in profits, including the new blockbuster "Wicked," not all are so widely acclaimed. 15 of the best movies based on Broadway musicals — and ...
Omaha is home to the Omaha Community Playhouse. It is the largest, one of the most famous, and one of the best-endowed community theaters in the United States. [1] It produces its own season of plays and musicals. The city has a number of other long-standing theatres, including the Orpheum Theater and the Rose Theater.
Drive-in theaters in Omaha; Name Built Capacity Location Notes 76 West Dodge Drive-In Theatre [15] 1948 [114] 648 cars [114] Dodge corner of 76th Street [15] It was closed on July 17, 1983, and was demolished. [114] A strip mall now stands on the site. [114] At the time it closed, it was noted as being Omaha's oldest drive-in theater. [115]
It reopened as a movie theater in 1962 with a new name, the Astro Theatre, run by Dubinsky Brothers and with a reduced capacity of 1,465. [5] It continued operations until June 1980. [7] In 1974 it was added to the National Register of Historic Places and in October 1980 it was listed as an Omaha landmark.
Legs is a 1983 American made-for-television musical drama film starring Shanna Reed, Deborah Geffner, Lawrence Leritz, David Marshall Grant, Maureen Teefy, and Gwen Verdon. [1] It was directed by Jerrold Freedman and written by Freedman and Brian Garfield. [2] [3] The film was retitled Rockettes for its UK video release.