Apparently, seeing a live production of “The Sound of Music” is among Candlelight Theatre fans’ list of favorite things. The current production at the Arden theater, which ends Aug. 26, had the largest opening weekends of any show at Candlelight since the COVID-19 pandemic started. “The Sound of Music,” which tells the story of the Von Trapp family and their …
Some maintain that Milton is like Lewes before the tourists arrived. Both are small towns with centuries-old buildings and rich histories. Heavy tourism only came to Lewes in mid-1960s, when the fish factories—and the aroma of menhaden—departed. A Friday stroll through Milton’s historic section gave credibility to the claim. Located on the Broadkill River, the former shipbuilding town was favored …
The Resident Ensemble Players’ 2023-24 season will include a look at the power of words; a stage version of “In the Heat of the Night;” a mash-up of “Waiting for Godot” and “Exodus;” and the crowd-pleasing “Deathtrap.” The season is designed to reflect our lives. “As theater fans you know this, but I never get tired of saying it, these …
Right on schedule, Bodhi Kitchen opened this week in downtown Rehoboth. This is the second new project for the culinary minds behind Drift, and it seems as though Bodhi will make a similar splash in the coastal resort town. There’s no missing the theme. Cocktails sport names like Happy Buddha, East Meets West and Quiet Meditation, and the menu features …
Delaware Shakespeare returns to Rockwood Park this month with the three witches taking on a more central role than usual. “The witches enjoy chaos as a tool for learning,” said AZ Espinoza, who returns to DelShakes to direct the Scottish play, in a press release. “They lean into the power of the natural world to seek balance and to remind …
The 2024 fiscal year community reinvestment fund allocates $45 million to 153 different organizations, a big drop from the $90 million allocated for 2023 fiscal year and the $70 million allocated in 2022. The fund is part of this year’s bond bill and comes from Senate Bill 160, sponsored by Sen. Jack Walsh, D-Stanton, which allocates $1,409,448,938 to address capital …
Candlelight Theatre patrons often ask actor Shawn Yates as he’s serving their dinner for hints about who the killer is in the Arden playhouse’s production of “The Musical Comedy Murders of 1940.” Yates, who plays composer Roger Hopewell, always tries to give a vague sort of hint, but it’s easier said than done. Many of the 10 actors in the …
Delaware audiences got an upclose look at one of last night’s Tony Award winners last year when she starred in a play at Delaware Theatre Co. Bonnie Milligan, who won on Sunday night won the 2022 Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical for her role in “Kimberly Akimbo,” was in “Other World,” a special effects musical extravaganza that also featured …
The Buccini/Pollin Group, which has been called Wilmington’s largest private landowner, has rebranded its downtown holdings. Market West is the new name for five blocks that go from Market to West streets and Delaware Avenue and 12th Street. It features five buildings BPG bought from the DuPont Co. in 1999 and 2017 as the company downsized and moved to the …
Fifteen tech-enabled startups with at least one team member from an underrepresented demographic are sharing $198,000 in non-dilutive grant funding from the third Startup302 competition, coordinated by Delaware Prosperity Partnership and its partners. The contest attracted 169 applicants from throughout Delaware and across the United States, plus Canada, Brazil, Uruguay, Italy, Armenia and Kyrgyzstan. Startup302 winners Delaware Tech-Enabled (sponsored by …
