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Review: 9 TO 5 at Candlelight Music Theatre
by Greer Firestone - September 19, 2024
We all love Dolly. She wrote all the songs for 9 to 5. On Broadway, the musical had a short life, as did attempts on London’s West End. UK tours and those in Australia met a quick demise. Plan B: license to regional theatres. The show’s producers added a vid with Dolly herself at opening curtain sin...
Review: CARRIE: THE MUSICAL at Wilmington Drama League
by Greer Firestone - September 16, 2024
Aisle Say was never a Stephen King fan. ‘Horror and Supernatural’. ‘Fear and Psychological Terror’. ‘Coming of Age’.
I’ve experienced a ‘come to Jesus” moment. 180 degrees.
I had written an historical novel, ALEXEI and The Mad Monk RASPUTIN and given the opportunity for a book signing at Huxley an...
Review: THE FANTASTICKS at Candlelight Music Theatre
by Greer Firestone - July 21, 2024
Aisle Say cannot imagine any veteran of community theatre who does not some relationship with THE FANTASTICKS; who does not look on the show with fondness and a sense of nostalgia. The original 1960 off-Broadway production closed in 2002 with 17,000 performances and revived from 2006 to 2017. There ...
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....
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....
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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TINA - The Tina Turner Musical
The Playhouse on Rodney Square (10/11 - 10/13) | |
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Disney's Beauty and the Beast the Musical
Griffin Theatre (10/18 - 10/27) | |
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Misery
Resident Ensemble Players (2/13 - 3/2) | |
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The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) (revised) (again)
Resident Ensemble Players (9/19 - 10/6) | |
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Hadestown
The Playhouse on Rodney Square (5/2 - 5/4) | |
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The Cher Show
The Playhouse on Rodney Square (1/31 - 2/1) | |
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Disney's Finding Nemo Jr. the Musical
Griffin Theatre (9/13 - 9/22) | |
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