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Review: MOON OVER BUFFALO at Candlelight Music Theatre


by Greer Firestone - May 20, 2024

Candlelight’s MOON OVER BUFFALO is an uproariously funny comedy by Tony Award winning playwright Ken Ludwig. Last year they mounted his LEND ME A TENOR which was both parts as hilarious and charming. Ludwig’s plays have starred Carol Burnett, Alec Baldwin and Tony Shaloub, to name a few.nk of MOON O...

Review: FIRST STATE BALLET THEATRE AT THE GRAND OPERA HOUSE at The Grand Opera House


by Greer Firestone - May 10, 2024

It is not surprising to those who work in the live arts, performing arts or fine arts, that we understand a vibrant arts community attracts visitors who spend money and help keep local businesses thriving. They keep Delaware residents spending their money locally, vital income for local merchants....

Sutton Foster Comes to the Playhouse in Wilmington This November


by Stephi Wild - May 09, 2024

Sutton Foster is coming to the Playhouse in Wilmington, Delaware this November with THE PLAYHOUSE PRESENTS AN EVENING WITH SUTTON FOSTER. The performance is set for November 2, 2024....

Previews: FIRST STATE BALLET THEATRE at The Grand Opera House


by Greer Firestone - May 10, 2024

It is not surprising to those who work in the live arts, performing arts or fine arts, that we understand a vibrant arts community attracts visitors who spend money and help keep local businesses thriving. They keep Delaware residents spending their money locally, vital income for local merchants....

Previews: DANCING AT LUGHNASA at City Theatre


by Greer Firestone - April 08, 2024

City Theater Company gets their Irish on with Dancing At Lughnasa by Brian Friel, April 19-27, 2024 at The Delaware Contemporary....

COME FROM AWAY To Make Wilmington Debut At The Playhouse On Rodney Square


by Chloe Rabinowitz - April 03, 2024

The heartwarming Broadway musical, COME FROM AWAY will make its Wilmington, DE debut at The Playhouse on Rodney Square this month. Learn how to purchase tickets. ...

STOMPIN' AT THE SAVOY World Premiere & More Set for Delaware Theatre Company 24/25 Season


by Chloe Rabinowitz - March 27, 2024

Delaware Theatre Company has revealed its 2024/25 Season. See full programming and learn how to purchase tickets....

The Resident Ensemble Players to Present DEATHTRAP By Ira Levin


by Chloe Rabinowitz - March 18, 2024

Experience the thrilling suspense of DEATHTRAP, a masterpiece by Ira Levin, presented by The Resident Ensemble Players. Don't miss this captivating theatrical event....

Student Playwrights Honored In Playwriting Competition At Delaware Theatre Company


by A.A. Cristi - March 07, 2024

Delaware Theatre Company recognizes student playwrights in its playwriting competition, celebrating the creativity and talent of young writers. Discover the next generation of theatre talent....

Past Shows

THE FLATLANDERS
4/17 - 5/5/2024

ALWAYS…PATSY CLINE
2/21 - 3/10/2024


The Lyceum Theatre transforms into the Grand Old Opry as the woman who epitomized country music in the late 50s and 60s takes to the ...

Man of La Mancha
Man of La Mancha
4/12 - 4/30/2023


Man of La Mancha  is one of the world’s most popular musicals. Winner of five Tony Awards including Best Musical,  Man of La Mancha  features ...

One Man, Two Guvnors
4/12 - 4/30/2023


One Man, Two Guvnors delighted both critics and audiences during its hugely popular debut at UK’s National Theatre and its subsequent productions in London’s West ...

One Man, Two Guvnors
One Man, Two Guvnors
2/1 - 2/19/2023


One man, two jobs—how hard could it be? Down on his luck and permanently hungry, Francis finds himself employed by two bosses as an engagement ...

Plaid Tidings: A Special Holiday Edition of Forever Plaid


PLAID TIDINGS:A SPECIAL HOLIDAY EDITION OF FOREVER PLAIDby Stuart Rossoriginal Forever Plaid vocal and musical arrangements by James Raittvocal and musical arrangements by James Raitt, ...

Black Angels Over Tuskegee
Black Angels Over Tuskegee
10/12 - 10/30/2022


BLACK ANGELS OVER TUSKEGEEby Layon Graydirected by Layon GrayOCTOBER 12-30, 2022Vibrantly energetic and emotionally captivating, Black Angels Over Tuskegee continues to enlighten and educate audiences. ...

Here You Come Again
Here You Come Again
9/14 - 10/2/2022


WORLD PREMIERE MUSICAL!A touching and rollickingly funny celebration of the music of Dolly Parton, who appears to a struggling comedian quarantining in his parents' attic. ...

Brighton Beach Memoirs
5/11 - 5/22/2022

My Life On A Diet
4/6 - 4/17/2022

Other World
2/23 - 3/20/2022

John Manzari
6/15 - 6/19/2021

Rob McClure – Smile
5/4 - 5/8/2021

The Lifespan of a Fact
10/21 - 11/8/2020


Delaware Theatre Company Jeremy Kareken & David Murrell and Gordon Farrell, based on the book by John D'Agata and Jim Fingal...

An Act of God
9/16 - 10/4/2020


David Javerbaum Delaware Theatre Company...

Million Dollar Quartet
Million Dollar Quartet
4/15 - 5/10/2020


MILLION DOLLAR QUARTETbook by Colin Escott & Floyd Mutruxoriginal concept & direction by Floyd Mutruxinspired by Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, & Carl ...

Outside Mullingar
Outside Mullingar
2/12 - 3/1/2020


TONY AWARD NOMINEE FOR BEST PLAYOUTSIDE MULLINGARby John Patrick Shanleydirected by Bud MartinFEBRUARY 12 - MARCH 1, 2020From the author of Doubt comes a romantic ...

Outside Mullingar
Outside Mullingar
2/12 - 3/1/2020


TONY AWARD NOMINEE FOR BEST PLAYOUTSIDE MULLINGARby John Patrick Shanleydirected by Bud MartinFEBRUARY 12 - MARCH 1, 2020From the author of Doubt comes a romantic ...

Outside Mullingar
2/12 - 3/1/2020


This is a new romantic comedy from the Pulitzer-, Oscar-, and Tony Award-winner John Patrick Shanley, writer of Doubt and Moonstruck. Anthony and Rosemary are ...

A Christmas Carol
A Christmas Carol
12/4 - 12/29/2019


A CHRISTMAS CAROLby Charles Dickensa new adaptation by Patrick Barlowdirected by Brendon FoxDECEMBER 4 - 29, 2019A holiday story and tradition unlike any other returns. ...

One November Yankee
One November Yankee
10/23 - 11/10/2019


STARRING HARRY HAMLIN & STEFANIE POWERSONE NOVEMBER YANKEEwritten & directed by Joshua RavetchOCTOBER 23 - NOVEMBER 10, 2019Hollywood stars come to Wilmington! Starring L.A. Laws ...

The Hound of the Baskervilles


THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLESbySir Arthur Conan Doyleadapted bySteven Canny & John Nicholson directed byMatt PfeifferSEPTEMBER 11 29,2019Sir Arthur Conan Doyles most beloved Sherlock Holmes ...

Honk!
Honk!
4/17 - 5/12/2019


book & lyrics by Anthony Drewe music by George Stiles directed by Bud Martin This delightful and award-winning adaptation of one of the world’s most ...

Saint Joan
Saint Joan
2/6 - 2/24/2019


by Bernard Shaw adapted by Chelsea Marcantel directed by Bud Martin A French country girl finds herself on trial for her life after the nation’s ...

The Soap Myth


by Jeff Cohen directed by Pamela Berlin starring Ed Asner & Tovah Feldshuh JANUARY 24, 2019 More than a half century after WWII at the ...

A Sign of the Times
11/28 - 12/23/2018


book: Richard J. Robin, Bruce Vilanch; dir: Gabriel Barre....

A Sign of the Times: A New 60s Musical


story created by Richard J. Robin book by Bruce Vilanch directed by Gabriel Barre choreographed by JoAnn M. Hunter The year is 1965, when women’s ...

Fully Committed
Fully Committed
10/17 - 11/4/2018


by Becky Mode directed by Kathryn MacMillan This devastatingly funny show follows a day in the life of Sam Peliczowski, an out-of-work actor who mans ...

Sanctions
Sanctions
9/12 - 9/30/2018


by Bruce Graham directed by Bud Martin When a university athletic department returns to the big business of college football after its NCAA probation is ...

Ella: First Lady of Song
Ella: First Lady of Song
4/18 - 5/13/2018


ELLA: FIRST LADY OF SONG conceived & directed by Maurice Hines book by Lee Summers APRIL 18 - MAY 13, 2018 REGIONAL PREMIERE! The astonishing ...

Heisenberg
2/7 - 2/25/2018


Amidst the bustle of a crowded London train station, Georgie spots Alex, a much older man, and plants a kiss on his neck. This electric ...


Tommie J. Moore; dir: Bud Martin....


book: Brian Hill; lyrics: Neil Bartram; music: Neil Bartram; dir: Rachel Rockwell. World Premiere...

Hetty Feather
4/19 - 5/14/2017


Roll up and join Hetty on her escape from the Foundling Hospital. Tremble as she faces Matron Stinking Bottomly. Thrill as she discovers the squirrel ...

White Guy on the Bus
2/1 - 2/19/2017


A wealthy white businessman and a struggling black single mom ride the same bus week after week. As they get to know each other, their ...

City of Conversation
10/26 - 11/13/2016


Anthony Giardian; dir: William Roudebush....

City of Conversation
10/26 - 11/13/2016


Anthony Giardian; dir: William Roudebush....

The War of The Roses
9/14 - 10/2/2016


Warren Adler; music: Broken Chord; dir: Bud Martin....

The War of The Roses
9/14 - 10/2/2016


Warren Adler; music: Broken Chord; dir: Bud Martin....

The Explorers Club
4/27 - 5/15/2016


Nell Benjamin; dir: Bud Martin....

Nureyev's Eyes
3/2 - 3/20/2016


David Rush; dir: Michael Mastro....

Diner
12/2 - 12/27/2015


book: Barry Levinson; lyrics: Sheryl Crow; music: Sheryl Crow; dir: Kathleen Marshall....

Playing The Assassin
10/21 - 11/8/2015


David Robson; dir: Joe Brancato....


Maurice Hines; dir: Jeff Calhoun....


A revue with a difference? A revue that tells a story? A show that covers one night and forty years? A show that takes place ...

Because of Winn Dixie
4/8 - 5/3/2015


Nell Benjamin; lyrics: Nell Benjamin; music: Duncan Sheik; dir: TBD ....

Nora
2/4 - 2/22/2015


Ingmar Bergman; dir: Michael Mastro....

AIN'T MISBEHAVIN'
4/9 - 5/4/2014


The outrageously prodigious comic and musical soul of 1930's Harlem lives on in this rollicking, swinging, finger-snapping revue that is still considered one of Broadway's ...

The Exonerated
2/19 - 3/9/2014


Jessica Blank, Erik Jensen; dir: David Bradley....

THE STORY OF MY LIFE
12/4 - 12/22/2013


A richly melodic musical,  THE STORY OF MY LIFE  is a soaring tribute to the power of friendship and the people who change our lives ...

Lend Me a Tenor
10/16 - 11/3/2013


Winner of 3 Tony Awards Lend Me A Tenor is set in September 1934. Saunders, the general manager of the Cleveland Grand Opera Company, is ...

My Fair Lady
My Fair Lady
4/17 - 5/5/2013


Professor Henry Higgins is the consummate London bachelor, but his life is turned upside down when he meets Cockney fl ower girl Eliza Doolittle. Complications ...

South Pacific
South Pacific
4/10 - 5/5/2013


Set in an island paradise during World War II, two parallel love stories are threatened by the dangers of prejudice and war. Nellie, a spunky ...

Love, Loss, and What I Wore
3/6 - 3/17/2013


- Delia Ephron, Nora Ephron....

Boeing Boeing
1/23 - 2/10/2013


Based on the film starring Tony Curtis and Jerry Lewis, Boeing-Boeing is the story of Bernard, a successful architect living in Paris juggling three flight ...

A CHRISTMAS CAROL
A CHRISTMAS CAROL
12/12 - 12/30/2012


Charles Dickens' timeless tale of Ebenezer Scrooge, Tiny Tim and the Sprits of Christmas Past, Present and Future gets a merry retelling in this world ...

THE OUTGOING TIDE
THE OUTGOING TIDE
10/10 - 10/28/2012


In a summer cottage on Chesapeake Bay, Gunner has hatched an unorthodox plan to secure his family's future but meets with resistance from his wife ...

Crowns
Crowns
4/11 - 4/29/2012


A young woman who moves down South to live with her aunt is given a lesson in “hat-titude” in this toe-tapping musical. From fur hats ...

Time Stands Still
Time Stands Still
1/18 - 2/5/2012


Time Stands Still follows Sarah and James, a photojournalist and a foreign correspondent trying to find happiness in a world that seems to have gone ...

A Cappella Humana
A Cappella Humana
11/30 - 12/18/2011


A mythical journey that explores the power and boundaries of the human voice and its ability to make war, bring peace and celebrate our common ...

All My Sons
All My Sons
10/19 - 11/6/2011


Joe Keller wants the American Dream. His son wants to marry the girl next door. His wife wants their eldest son--missing-in-action--to come home. An explosive ...

Videos


The Sound of Music in Delaware The Sound of Music
Griffin Theatre (6/7 - 6/23)
Hadestown in Delaware Hadestown
The Playhouse on Rodney Square (5/2 - 5/4)
A Murder, A Mystery, A Marriage in Delaware A Murder, A Mystery, A Marriage
Patchwork Playhouse (7/12 - 7/27)
Annie Jr. in Delaware Annie Jr.
Seigel JCC - Auditorium (6/1 - 6/1)
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TINA - The Tina Turner Musical in Delaware TINA - The Tina Turner Musical
The Playhouse on Rodney Square (10/11 - 10/13)
Dear Evan Hansen in Delaware Dear Evan Hansen
The Playhouse on Rodney Square (4/11 - 4/13)
Hadestown in Delaware Hadestown
The Playhouse on Rodney Square (5/2 - 5/4)
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