Delaware Interviews
The latest interviews about live + streaming theatre in Delaware.

by Greer Firestone - May 13, 2020, Delaware
There is no one in the tri-state region with more live theater experience than Bob Kelly, Artistic Director at Candlelight Dinner Theatre. Founded in 1969 by John and Lena O'Toole and Julian and Annabelle Borris, it quickly became a nexus for hundreds of aspiring actors, where all were inspired to s...

by Rosanne DellAversano - May 08, 2020, Delaware
How are local Delaware theaters managing the effects of the COVID-19 shutdown....

by Greer Firestone - May 04, 2020, Delaware
New Book musical JUDY GARLAND 'World's Greatest Entertainer' available for licensing. The musical stars Judy, Liza, Frank and Dean singing 24 Great American Songbook tunes...

by Greer Firestone - May 04, 2020, Delaware
Convulsive events happen. Sometimes they turn from considerable to colossal. The implications generally tend to take years to play out and, in worse cases, spiral into unpredictable and unintended consequences....

by Greer Firestone - May 04, 2020, Delaware
This is the 3rd of Aisle Say's interviews with local arts professionals. Each organization has similar overarching concerns of cancellations, lost revenues, refunds, donations, personnel anxiety and the preposterous nightmare of rescheduling in uncertainty. On the other hand, each have specific issu...

by Greer Firestone - May 04, 2020, Delaware
When Shakespeare's career was interrupted by the Black Plague, the Bard and his colleagues did three things: a?oeThey made plans for what they were going to do when theatres reopened. They toured the provinces, sold props, costumes, bundled plays and sold thema?"that's how the First Folio got made. ...

by Rosanne DellAversano - May 01, 2020, Delaware
Ten questions asking local theaters about the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on operations....

by Rosanne DellAversano - April 24, 2020, Delaware
The creation of Wilmington Drama League is interesting, to say the least, and its perseverance to create under any circumstance is historic. Look on WDL's website under the ABOUT tab, and you'll find these tidbits:...

by Rosanne DellAversano - April 20, 2020, Delaware
Did you know that right in college town of Newark DE, lives the one and only Honorary Dame Edna Understudy?...

by Greer Firestone - April 20, 2020, Delaware
With no performing arts to review, Aisle Say has taken to interviewing arts professionals. Here is a conversation with Kristina Kambalov, co-founder and ED of First State Ballet Theatre. (Go the bottom of the column for previous chats). In March Aisle Say celebrated' his 63rd year in Delaware perfo...

by Greer Firestone - April 14, 2020, Delaware
Who would have imagined my 73rd birthday would have been so calamitous? Yes, that was the day the world changed for all of us. 'Normality' will never be the same. There will be fond memories of yesteryear sequestered in your hippocampus. (A brief 2 wks ago)....