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Review: THE ADDAMS FAMILY THE MUSICAL at Walnut Street Theatre
Living or dead, to the Addams brood, “We’re all family!” They’re creepy, kooky, mysterious and spooky.
Review: THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE at Delaware Theatre Company
New Light Theatre, in partnership with Delaware Theatre Company, has mounted a Putnam County Spelling Bee that proves once again why this company has become one of Delaware’s most conscientious and community minded artistic engines.
Review: HOW I LEARNED WHAT I LEARNED at RESIDENT ENSEMBLE PLAYERS
A one-man show is a monumental undertaking—and a monumental responsibility.
Review: 1776 at Walnut Street Theatre
The Walnut Street Theatre’s opening night production of 1776 is, quite simply, magnificent.
Review: THE CHEQUERBOARD WATCH at Delaware Theatre Company
George Abbott earned the reputation of Broadway’s “show doctor” in the 1950s because he had an uncanny ability to fix troubled musicals quickly and commercially.
Review: CABARET at Smyrna Opera House
The Smyrna Opera House’s Cabaret isn’t just good—it’s a minor miracle.
Review: POTUS at The Contemporary
Producing a play called POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass Are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive in today’s political climate takes nerve.
Previews: TONY TRISCHKA HONORS EARL SCRUGS at The Baby Grand
Tony Trischka is widely regarded as the consummate banjo artist and one of the most influential figures in the roots music world.
Interview: Greer Firestone of GOVERNANCE IN COMMUNITY THEATRE
For more than forty years, Aisle Say has observed live theatre from the aisle—not the spotlight, not the boardroom, and not the dressing room mirror.
Review: CHICAGO at The Contemporary
City Theatre Company’s CHICAGO was met with a warm audience response on opening night—and deservedly so.
Review: CHRISTMAS BY CANDLELIGHT at Candlelight Music Theatre
Aisle Say is really dating himself as he references Laurel and Hardy’s MARCH OF THE WOODEN SOLDIERS.
Review: AND THEN THERE WERE NONE at Resident Ensemble Players
There’s something deliciously unnerving about sitting in a theater knowing that no one on stage will make it out alive.
Review: RAGTIME at Candlelight Music Theatre
Ragtime, like the mega-musicals of the late 1990s (Les Mis, Phantom, Miss Saigon), is epic in scope.
Review: ANGELS IN AMERICA: Part One at Wilmington Drama League
In four decades of sitting in darkened houses across Delaware and Pennsylvania, Aisle Say has seen hundreds of productions come and go.
Review: ESCAPE TO MARGARITAVILLE at Candlelight Music Theatre
Candlelight Music Theatre’s summer production of Escape to Margaritaville offers audiences an irresistible tropical vacation without ever leaving Ardentown.
Review: HAIRSPRAY at Wilmington Drama League
Wilmington Drama League has mounted a joyous and exuberant Hairspray, a dazzling production before a sold-out audience.
Previews: FEARLESS at OperaDelaware
As a non-recovering musical theater addict, Aisle Say has always stood in wonderment as to how iconic composers can write lyrics as well: cue Sondheim, Berlin and Porter.
Review: STOMPIN' AT THE SAVOY at Delaware Theatre Company
Delaware Theatre Company’s latest production, Stompin’ at the Savoy, bursts onto the stage with heart, harmony, and a whole lot of swing.
Review: KING LEAR at Resident Ensemble Players
Resident Ensemble Players’ King Lear is not a safe, reverential staging—it is a bold, bracing confrontation with one of Shakespeare’s most devastating works.
BWW Review: LEGALLY BLONDE: THE MUSICAL at Walnut Street Theatre
LEGALLY BLONDE: The Musical is absolute escapism but staged at The Walnut it is legally astonishing in its tight direction, supremely talented actors and technical aspects.
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