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Review: DANCING AT LUGHNASA at City Theatre
by Greer Firestone - April 20, 2024
Celebrating its 30th year as Delaware’s off-Broadway theatre, City Theatre delivers DANCING IN LUGHNASA, a stunning tour de force in ensemble acting, direction (Mary Catherine Kelley), linguistics/dialect (Michael Toner), scenic design (Rick Neidig) and every musical and technical aspect imaginable....
Review: THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD at Candlelight Music Theatre
by Greer Firestone - March 25, 2024
What did our critic think of TCandlelight Music Theatre normally plays it safe when scheduling a season. That’s’ why Aisle Say was surprised that “THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD” was part of this year’s season. And more so for the musical was written by Rupert Holmes, whose most prominent claim to fame ...
Review: HELLO DOLLY! at Candlelight Music Theatre
by Greer Firestone - January 29, 2024
Hello Dolly! Opened on Broadway in 1964 with the irrepressible, wide-eyed, charismatic Carol Channing in the title role, winning 10 Tony’s including Best Musical and Best Actress for Channing. The show was her signature and, to understate, she held it close. An understudy once remarked that she was ...
Review: WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? at Walnut Street Theatre
by Greer Firestone - January 26, 2024
It’s 23 years into George and Martha’s minefield marriage, and passion has long since cooled into contempt The play is a cruel and competitive game of escalating insults between career-stalled history professor George (a riveting Greg Wood) and Martha (a boozy and absolutely compelling Susan Riley S...
Review: IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE at Candlelight Music Theatre
by Greer Firestone - November 27, 2023
Aisle Say considers something we’ve all thought about it. During episodes of grave doubt and seemingly unrelenting anxiety – whether it be family or financial or health – we have considered maybe the world would be a better place if we had not been born....
Review: IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT at Resident Ensemble Players
by Greer Firestone - November 13, 2023
Aisle Say has had the privilege of reviewing this staggering talented ensemble since 2008. Still do I remember their second show of the season, THE IMAGINARY INVALID. Forever imprinted in my mind are the enema gloves of Michael Gotch and Mic Matarrese. These two actors and many of their colleagues f...
Review: INTO THE WOODS at Candlelight Music Theatre
by Greer Firestone - September 27, 2023
Candlelight Theatre continues to astound. While regional professional theatres are going from six week runs to three (see DE Theatre Co), the funky old barn in the bowels of sylvan Arden continues to welcome sold out crowds for a full six....
Review: SOUND OF MUSIC at Candlelight Music Theatre
by Greer Firestone - July 20, 2023
What did our critic think of SOThe Preludium (i.e. prelude) begins Candlelight Music Theatre’s Sound of Music. Sung in Latin and – one must believe – meticulously rehearsed by Music Director Douglass Lutz and Sisters Margaretta (Neena Boyle) Berte (Lindsey Grant), Sophia (Leah Senseney) and Mother A...
Review: FREAKY FRIDAY at Wilmington Drama League
by Greer Firestone - June 15, 2023
Community theatre is where it all begins. Children attain their first production in community theater; life experiences never to be forgotten. A nurturing Mom and Dad could say, “Hey, why not try this. It’s a cool.” Or a friend might comment, “Hey, I auditioned for this show. Come on. Let’s have fun...
Review: THE MUSICAL COMEDY MURDERS OF 1940 at The Candlelight Theatre
by Rosanne DellAversano - May 24, 2023
The Candlelight Dinner Theatre, the only dinner theater in Delaware, offers a topsy-turvy murder mystery to go along with your dinner & drinks....
Past Shows
CATCH ME IF YOU CAN
9/14 - 10/27/2019
Catch Me If You Can is a musical drama based on the 2002 Steven Spielberg film of the same name, which itself is based on ...
GUYS & DOLLS
1/19 - 2/24/2019
The slickest high rollers are in town, and they’re depending on Nathan Detroit to score a secret spot for their floating craps game. Throw in ...
SHE LOVES ME
11/17 - 12/23/2018
She Loves Me follows Amalia and Georg, two parfumerie clerks who aren't quite the best of friends. Constantly bumping heads while on the job, the ...
DISNEY'S ALICE IN WONDERLAND JR
6/29 - 6/30/2018
AKTP continues with Disney's beloved movie musical. Join the madcap adventures of Alice as she chases the White Rabbit and escapes from the evil Red ...
THE DROWSY CHAPERONE
3/17 - 4/22/2018
The Drowsy Chaperone is a hilarious and meta-theatrical musical that injects a dose of nostalgia and playful satire into the world of classic Broadway musicals. ...
DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS
1/20 - 2/25/2018
Based on the popular 1988 film, DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS is the musical story of two con men living on the French Riviera. After meeting on ...
DISNEY'S BEAUTY AND THE BEAST
11/11 - 12/23/2017
Disney's Beauty and the Beast, an international sensation that has been produced in 37 countries worldwide. Based on the Academy Award-winning animated feature, the stage ...
HAIRSPRAY
9/17 - 10/30/2016
This fun-loving new musical delights audiences by sweeping them away to 1960's Baltimore, where the 50's are out-- and change is in the air. Lovable ...
THE MUSIC MAN
7/16 - 8/26/2016
You don't want to miss meeting the fast-talking traveling salesman, Harold Hill (starring Marriott favorite Bernie Yvon), as he cons the people of River City, ...
SWEENEY TODD
9/19 - 11/1/2015
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, by Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler, is a darkly gripping musical thriller that has garnered numerous accolades, ...
SHREK THE MUSICAL JR
7/31 - 8/1/2015
Beauty is in the eye of the ogre in Shrek The Musical JR., based on the Oscar-winning DreamWorks Animation film and fantastic Broadway musical. It's ...
DISNEY'S ARISTOCATS KIDS
6/26 - 6/27/2015
Madame's jealous butler Edgar cat-naps Duchess and her Aristokittens and abandons them in the Parisian countryside. What's a cat to do? Luckily, Thomas O'Malley and ...
HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS...TRYING
3/14 - 4/19/2015
Power, sex, ambition, greed... it's just another day at the office. brbrFrom the authors of "Guys And Dolls" comes one of the most delightfully irreverent ...
YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN
1/17 - 2/22/2015
From the creators of the record-breaking Broadway sensation, The Producers, comes this monster new musical comedy. The comedy genius, Mel Brooks, adapts his legendarily funny ...
FIDDLER ON THE ROOF
9/12 - 11/2/2014
In the little village of Anatevka, Tevye, a poor dairyman, tries to instill in his five daughters the traditions of his tight-knit Jewish community in ...
THE FULL MONTY
1/25 - 3/16/2014
Seeing how much their wives enjoy watching male strippers during their "Girls' Night Out," unemployed steelworkers in Buffalo, New York come up with a bold ...
FOREVER PLAID
7/12 - 8/25/2013
FOREVER PLAID is one of the most popular and successful musicals in recent memory. This deliciously goofy revue centers on four young, eager male singers ...
LEGALLY BLONDE
8/2 - 8/3/2013
Harvard's beloved blonde takes the stage by pink storm in this fun, upbeat musical about self-discovery. Based on the adored movie, LEGALLY BLONDE: THE MUSICAL ...
DISNEY'S CINDERELLA KIDS
6/28 - 6/29/2013
The timeless fairy tale meets the magic of Disney in this adaptation of the treasured animated film. Poor Cinderella is endlessly mistreated by her wicked ...
LEGALLY BLONDE
4/5 - 5/19/2013
Sorority star Elle Woods doesn't take "no" for an answer. So when her boyfriend dumps her for someone "serious," Elle puts down the credit card, ...
THE PRODUCERS
1/25 - 3/21/2013
Bialystock and Bloom! Those names should strike terror and hysteria in anyone familiar with Mel Brooks ' classic cult comedy film. Now as a big ...
THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE
9/8 - 10/21/2012
Six young people in the throes of puberty, overseen by grown-ups who barely managed to escape childhood themselves, learn that winning isn't everything and that ...
FOLLIES CONCERT VERSION
9/28 - 9/30/2012
A true theatrical event, this legendary masterpiece is considered by many to be the greatest musical ever created. Surreal, sophisticated, compelling, heart wrenching and epic ...
THE WEDDING SINGER
3/30 - 5/12/2012
In strongTHE WEDDING SINGER/strong, it's 1985 and rock-star wannabe Robbie Hart is New Jersey's favorite wedding singer. He's the life of the party, until his ...
MISS SAIGON
1/27 - 3/11/2012
A classic love story is brought up-to-date in one of the most stunning theatrical spectacles of all time. In ?Miss Saigon,? Alain Boublil and Claude-Michael ...
Videos
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The Wild Women of Winedale
Patchwork Playhouse (5/3 - 5/18) | |
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Meredith Willson's THE MUSIC MAN
Milford's Second Street Players at the Riverfront Theater (7/12 - 7/21) | |
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A Murder, A Mystery, A Marriage
Patchwork Playhouse (7/12 - 7/27) | |
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Wild Women of Winedale
Highlight of Vacation (3/5 - 5/17) | ||
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The Simon & Garfunkel Songbook: An Evening of Songs & Stories featuring Aztec Two-Step 2.0 with narration by Tony Traguardo
The Baby Grand (5/11 - 5/11) | |
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