The Taming of the Shrew — Delaware Shakespeare Festival in Rockwood Park
Bucolic Rockwood Park, with its greenery, meadows, and mansion on the hill, provides the perfect setting for a show set in sunny Italy but costumed by Kayla Speedy to suggest … Continue reading
Rest, In Pieces — Delaware Theatre Company
Steve Bluestein must have been bitten by what I call the Harvey Spiegelgass bug. Harvey Spiegelgass does not exist. He is an amalgam of playwrights like Harvey Perr, Leonard Spiegelgass, … Continue reading
Love Letters — Delaware Theatre Company
As I often say with fondness, there’s no pro like an old pro. By “old,” I am not referring to age as much as to experience and seasoning that gives … Continue reading
Million Dollar Quartet — National Tour — DuPont Theatre
December 4, 1956 is a significant date in rock and roll history. On that single occasion, four performers who received their first encouragement and recorded their first tunes on Sam … Continue reading
Ain’t Misbehavin’ — Delaware Theatre Company
“Ain’t Misbehavin’” began an era of shows built around one songwriter, singer, or artist by taking a man’s music, Fats Waller’s, and using it as the basis for a smart, … Continue reading
The Exonerated — Delaware Theatre Company
When Ryan Ferguson was released from a Missouri prison in November after spending almost 10 years locked up for a murder he did not commit and for which there was … Continue reading
The Story of My Life — Delaware Theatre Company
The Delaware Theatre Company production of “The Story of My Life” proves how potently polished theater can triumph over facile and sentimental literature. Individually, and as a team, Ben … Continue reading
West Side Story — National Tour — DuPont Theatre
Some ’50s touches, like the constant use of the term, “buddy boy” and other hip lingo that may have been neat or cool when “West Side Story” was new in … Continue reading
Lend Me a Tenor — Delaware Theatre Company
“Lend Me a Tenor” is so well crafted, every line, plot twist, and gimmick is an invitation to laugh. Employing everything from confusing twin Othellos to rapidly spoiling shrimp … Continue reading
