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Riverfront Theater

2 S Walnut St
Milford, DE 19963

Riverfront Theater is a theatre in Milford, DE.

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Review: THE ADDAMS FAMILY THE MUSICAL at Walnut Street Theatre

Review: THE ADDAMS FAMILY THE MUSICAL at Walnut Street Theatre

by Greer Firestone · October 9, 2026

Living or dead, to the Addams brood, “We’re all family!” They’re creepy, kooky, mysterious and spooky. And at Philadelphia’s Walnut Street Theatre, they’re singing, dancing, falling in love, and confronting that most terrifying prospect of all: normality. …

Review: FIDDLER ON THE ROOF at The Candlelight Theatre

Review: FIDDLER ON THE ROOF at The Candlelight Theatre

by Rosanne DellAversano · October 2, 2026

There are probably a good number of people in their AARP years who only know one musical, and that one is probably FIDDLER ON THE ROOF. I say this because my 87 years old father recalls he and my mother seeing many Broadway musicals, but can only name one - FIDDLER. …

Review: THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE at Delaware Theatre Company

Review: THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE at Delaware Theatre Company

by Greer Firestone · September 23, 2026

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. Their mission — bringing light to the darkness by creating thea…

Review: HOW I LEARNED WHAT I LEARNED at RESIDENT ENSEMBLE PLAYERS

Review: HOW I LEARNED WHAT I LEARNED at RESIDENT ENSEMBLE PLAYERS

by Greer Firestone · September 10, 2026

A one-man show is a monumental undertaking—and a monumental responsibility. For veteran REP actor Hassan El-Amin – who is Black -there is further gravitas in giving voice to August Wilson’s HOW I LEARNED WHAT I LEARNED, a 90-minute, no-intermission journey through the experiences that forged o…

Review: ANNIE at The Candlelight Theatre

Review: ANNIE at The Candlelight Theatre

by Rosanne DellAversano · July 23, 2026

Who doesn’t enjoy an evening of young musical theater performers strutting their stuff on a professional stage? Not me and certainly not the enthusiastic Opening Night audience of ANNIE now playing at The Candlelight Theatre. …

Review: ARSENIC AND OLD LACE at The Candlelight Theatre

Review: ARSENIC AND OLD LACE at The Candlelight Theatre

by Rosanne DellAversano · May 19, 2026

It doesn’t matter if you know the stage version, or the movie version, or don’t know anything about it, just know ARSENIC AND OLD LACE has an easy to follow plot that leads you down a path of hijinks straight to your funny bone.…

Review: RIDE THE CYCLONE, THE MUSICAL at Wilmington Drama League

Review: RIDE THE CYCLONE, THE MUSICAL at Wilmington Drama League

by Rosanne DellAversano · April 28, 2026

For many, the wild and unpredictable ride of a roller coaster is exhilarating and euphoric, while for others, it is traumatic and elicits multiple phobic fears. The musical RIDE THE CYCLONE is very much like a roller coaster in that the mindset of the viewer makes all the difference. Labeled as a �…

Review: 1776 at Walnut Street Theatre

Review: 1776 at Walnut Street Theatre

by Greer Firestone · April 26, 2026

The Walnut Street Theatre’s opening night production of 1776 is, quite simply, magnificent. It arrives not merely as a theatrical event, but as something more essential—an experience that feels necessary.…

Review: THE CHEQUERBOARD WATCH at Delaware Theatre Company

Review: THE CHEQUERBOARD WATCH at Delaware Theatre Company

by Greer Firestone · April 20, 2026

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. Producers would bring him in—often late in rehearsals or even during out-of-town tryouts—to tighten scripts, sharpen comedy, res…

Past Shows

Ken Ludwig's Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery

Aug 21 – Aug 30, 2026

Based on The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle, Ken Ludwig transforms the classic into a murderously funny adventure. Holmes and Watson must brave the desolate moors to find an ingenious killer before a family curse dooms its newest heir. Six actors portray more...

Gypsy

Jul 10 – Jul 19, 2026

Gypsy is the ultimate tale of an ambitious stage mother fighting for her daughters' success while secretly yearning for her own. Set across America in the 1920s and 30s during the decline of vaudeville and the rise of burlesque, the score by Jule Styne and Stephen Sondheim...

Girls' Weekend

May 8 – May 17, 2026

Second Street Players presents Girls' Weekend, a farce written by Karen Schaeffer and directed by Chris Ennis, running May 8–17, 2026, at the Riverfront Theater in Milford. Meg (Jill Lewandowski), Carol (Rachel Loper), Ellie (Piper Drace), and Dot (Susannah Griffin) head to a...

Meredith Willson's THE MUSIC MAN

Meredith Willson's THE MUSIC MAN

Jul 12 – Jul 21, 2024

“The Music Man,” with music, book, and lyrics by Meredith Willson, based on a story by Meredith Willson and Franklin Lacey, follows fast-talking traveling salesman Harold Hill as he cons the people of River City, Iowa into buying instruments and uniforms for a boys' band he vows...

A CHRISTMAS CAROL: THE MUSICAL

A CHRISTMAS CAROL: THE MUSICAL

Nov 24 – Dec 3, 2023

Based on the well-known book by Charles Dickens, A CHRISTMAS CAROL: THE MUSICAL , written by Lynn Aherns and Mike Ockrent, provides a wonderfully fresh look at Dickens’ classic story of Ebenezer Scrooge and the ghostly visits he receives one Christmas Eve. Music and lyrics are...

Shrek the Musical!

Shrek the Musical!

Jul 13 – Jul 22, 2018

Based on the Oscar-winning DreamWorks Animation film, Shrek The Musical is a Tony Award-winning fairy tale adventure, featuring all new songs from Jeanine Tesori (Thoroughly Modern Millie; Caroline, or Change) and a sidesplitting book by David Lindsay-Abaire. Shrek brings all...

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