Marlon Brando appeared on stage at the Omaha Community Playhouse. Today, you can see this nationally recognized community theater group provide live theater entertainment, like productions of Broadway hits including Chicago and Hairspray. Performances take place on the stage of one of the playhouse's two theaters, the Howard and Rhonda Hawks Mainstage Theater or the Howard Drew Theater.
Check out one very hot treasure at Hot Shops Art Center in Omaha, where the molten nature of the artists that work at the warehouse gallery give it its "hot name". See the workshops of Bruning Sculpture, Hot Shops Pottery and Crystal Forge. Leave awed by what you see and inspired by your newest piece of original art work in hand.
Celebrate the love of art at the Omaha Summer Arts Festival. This artsy festival turns the streets of downtown Omaha into the largest open air art gallery showcasing 135 of the nation's finest artistic works. Mingle with an artist, eat at a sidewalk cafe, listen to live music and buy lots of art!