Tony award winning musical Dear Evan Hansen will premiere at The Playhouse on Rodney Square from April 11-13, 2025 (Photo by Evan Zimmerman)

Tony-winning musical Dear Evan Hansen to premiere in Wilmington

Claudia EstradaCulture, Arts & Entertainment, Delaware Arts, Entertainment, Headlines

WILMINGTON— The national tour of Dear Evan Hansen, the Tony and Grammy Award-winning musical, will be presented at The Playhouse on Rodney Square from April 11 to 13, 2025. The production is being presented by The Grand as part of the Broadway in Wilmington series.Ā  Dear Evan Hansen opened on Broadway in December 2016 and received six Tony Awards in …

Gingerbread man -- Joe Daigle

DE Gingerbread Man runs, runs, runs as fast as he can on Food Network

Ken MammarellaEntertainment, Food, Headlines

This article contains spoilers (down at the end). BRANDYWINE HUNDRED — Delawarean Joe Daigle, who in 2022 with a friend won $10,000 from the Food Network for his gingerbread skills, was invited back by the cable channel for another challenge. Alone. ā€œNo pastry chef this time,ā€ Daigle said, referring to friend Sean McGovern, who has that job at the Urban …

Delaware Roundup -- Penny -- EasterSeals

Delaware Roundup: Quick Reads (11/22)

Peter OsborneGovernment & Politics, Business, Delaware Nonprofits, Education, Entertainment, Health, Sports

The Delaware Roundup, a compilation of news briefs from across the state from the past week, is published every weekend. Send submissions for News Briefs and Calendar items to [email protected]. If possible, please forward submissions within the email or in a Word document. LEADING OFF: DART statewide services, both fixed route and paratransit, will not operate on Thanksgiving Day. SEPTA …

Christina held its second community town hall of the school year Tuesday night.

Christina town hall: phones, bullying, dress code, SATs

Jarek RutzHeadlines, Entertainment

In the Christina School District’s second town hall this school year Tuesday night, the handful ofĀ  community members that showed up brought concerns of cell phone use, school bullying and test prep.Ā  The goal of the meetings is to allow Christina residents to interact with the district’s board of education. It’s a unique arrangement because in monthly meetings, the board …

Abby Brewster (Kathleen Pirkl Tague) and her nephews Mortimer (Mic Matarrese, center) and Jonathan (Stephen Pelinski) in the University of Delaware Resident Ensemble Players production of ā€œArsenic and Old Lace.ā€

UD REP stages ā€˜Arsenic and Old Lace’

Ken MammarellaCulture, Entertainment, Headlines

Arsenic and Old Lace is a ā€œbit of a love letter to the theater,ā€ according to actor Mic Matarrese. ā€œIt does everything that’s nice and great about theater and is a good time.ā€ The University of Delaware Resident Ensemble Players presents the 1941 comedy through Nov. 20. Matarrese said that his character, Mortimer Brewster, is the ā€œengineā€ of the Joseph …

Friar Alessandro Brustenghi the ā€œVoice From Assisi"

ā€˜Voice From Assisi’ concert benefits Ministry of Caring

Ken MammarellaCulture, Entertainment, Headlines

The first friar signed by a major recording label is giving a concert to benefit Wilmington’s Ministry of Caring. Tenor Alessandro Brustenghi will perform 6 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 8 at the Sacred Heart Oratory, 917 N. Madison St., Wilmington. Brustenghi signed his record deal in 2012, with his first CD called the ā€œVoice From Assisi,ā€ for his Italian hometown. His …

a group of people standing around a sign posing for the camera

Appo, Christina families cope with bus strike; VoTech schools go virtual

Betsy PriceEntertainment, Headlines

Local 326 bus drivers went strike Thursday, affecting Appoquinimink, New Castle County VoTech and Christiana districts.   Appoquinimink Schools were working Thursday morning to get all their students into classes after some bus drivers went on strike. Appo schools planned to stay open, although spokeswoman Lillian Miles said thatĀ  New Castle County Vo-Tech high schools had chosen to go to …

Rockwood Old-Fashioned Ice Cream Festival (New Castle County)

Smaller Rockwood festival – but with lots of ice cream

Betsy PriceEntertainment, Events, Headlines

The Old-Fashioned Ice Cream Festival at Rockwood Park (New Castle County) Rockwood Park will host a scaled-down ice cream festival 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. June 26. Confirmed ice cream vendors include Cinnamon Bun Exchange, Dino’s Ice Cream Truck, the Ice Cream Shoppe, Kilby Cream, Kona Ice, Paleteria y Neveria Tocumbo, UDairy Creamery and Woodside Farm Creamery. Live local music …