DELAWARE

by Greer Firestone - April 26, 2025

Delaware Theatre Company’s latest production, Stompin’ at the Savoy, bursts onto the stage with heart, harmony, and a whole lot of swing. Check here for more information. ...

by Greer Firestone - April 16, 2025

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. Tt is a production that does what great theatre should: it wounds, it awakens, and it leaves us changed....

by Rosanne DellAversano - April 10, 2025

I HATE HAMLET by Paul Rudnick is cute, silly little nod to all you theater nerds. Rudnick wrote I HATE HAMLET in the early ‘90s, while living in the very same New York apartment which housed John Barrymore before he began performing his legendary Hamlet uptown. Rudnick believed the place provided a ...

by Greer Firestone - March 23, 2025

What did our critic think of BRIGHT STAOver recent years, Candlelight has taken a few risks on mainstage shows. Aisle Say had never heard of BIG FISH. It was a stunner with electric choreography and an inspiring, uplisting story; analogous to the current running BRIGHT STAR.R at Candlelight Music Th...

by Greer Firestone - February 12, 2025

The Wilmington Drama League has done it again, delivering a production that is equal parts gut-busting comedy and deeply moving storytelling. THE FULL MONTY, with its mix of raucous humor, tender moments, and an unforgettable finale, is no small undertaking—but under the confident direction of Liz H...

by Greer Firestone - February 07, 2025

Aisle Say is a history junkie. In fact, he wrote an historical novel, ALEXEI and The Mad Monk RASPUTIN. Historical novelists adhere religiously to the facts. With a novel the author inserts fictional characters....

by Greer Firestone - December 20, 2024

Even with a sentimental attachment (more on that later), Aisle Say had not visited Wilmington Drama League for years. I reviewed FREAKY FRIDAY, starring the luminous Becky Kotsifas and antenna then sprung from my ears. Next came KINKY BOOTS (starring Catherine Callahan, who is the titular star pres...

by Greer Firestone - December 18, 2024

City Theatre remains true to its mission with a stunning, joyous, provocative rock n roll SPRING AWAKENING. This story ain’t OKLAHOMA!, wherein the greatest tension was who was going to take Laurey to the Box Social. Or is it anywhere akin to MARY POPPINS, the fantastic and fantastical show I saw th...

by Greer Firestone - December 13, 2024

Delaware Theatre Company serves up a frothy confection of a Christmas juke box musical in HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS -IN THE 302. Juke box refers to the likes of MAMMA MIA, JERSEY BOYS Sand BEAUTIFUL: The Carol King Musical. They are popular for people enjoy hearing the tunes they’re already familiar wit...

by Greer Firestone - November 21, 2024

Aisle Say didn’t have enormous expectations for “Holiday Inn”, mostly because I have zero expectations for society in general right now. Happily, Candlelight abandoned their normal “Christmas by Candlelight” (a grab bag of seasonal ‘heartwarming’ songs). Two words you will never read in this column:...