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Steve Tague named head of UD’s REP theater

Betsy PriceCulture, Headlines

The man who will take over the University of Delaware’s professional theatre company and run its theater/dance department is a familiar face who’s been involved with the programs for 32 years. Steve Tague, an actor, director and instructor, has been named producing artistic director of the Resident Ensemble Players, known as the REP, and chair of Theatre and Dance. He …

TSD Review April 4

TownSquareLIVE Weekly Review – April 4, 2024

Sonja FreyTown Square Live, Weekly Review

This Week’s Top Headlines Include April 8 solar eclipse: visibility, safety and watch parties Delaware Theatre Co. unveils fun, thoughtful ’24-25 season From McDonald’s to medicine: a path of opportunity Hologic hopes winning Coolest Thing title will raise its visibility House calls for state to let banks finance cannabis businesses 19 to compete for 8 seats in May 14 school …

“Stompin’ at The Savoy” is a world premiere musical at the Delaware Theatre Company. Martin French illustration courtesy of Delaware Theatre Company.

Delaware Theatre Co. unveils fun, thoughtful ’24-25 season

Ken MammarellaHeadlines, Culture

The 2024-25 Delaware Theatre Company season features a world premiere musical, a Tony-winning musical, a play produced by DTC in 2005 but is newly relevant, a one-man show and a new holiday revue – plus multiple ways to create conversations and connect with the community. The season includes “Kinky Boots,” “Every Brilliant Thing,” “Home for the Holidays in the 302,” …

The five winners will put on a rendition of their plays March 21 at 7:30 p.m. at the Delaware Theatre Company.

5 named young playwrights by Delaware Theatre Co.

Jarek RutzHeadlines, Culture

Five Delaware high schoolers have been honored by the Delaware Theatre Company as 2023-2024 Delaware Young Playwrights winners. This year’s winners are: Amara Harrison (Charter School of Wilmington): “You Remind Me” Emily Howard (Charter School of Wilmington): “Splinter” Valentine Logan (William Penn High School): “Hatshepsuts Djed” Darby Ann Tisdel (MOT Charter High School): “Best Friends” Mia Trotter (Appoquinimink High School): …

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Tony Award winner starred in Delaware Theater play last year

Betsy PriceCulture, Headlines

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 …

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‘Man of La Mancha’s’ Don Quixote: Stuck in the middle with you

Betsy PriceCulture, Headlines

As Delaware Theatre Co.’s musical “Man of La Mancha” opens, the writer Miguel de Cervantes is being escorted into a dungeon during the Spanish Inquisition. Above, light shines through a trapdoor. Below, it’s clear there are worse depths to this jail. Cervantes’ fellow prisoners set upon him, stealing his possessions, including a manuscript, which they threaten to destroy. Instead, Cervantes, …

TSD Review April 13

TownSquareLIVE Weekly Review – April 13, 2023

Sonja FreyTown Square Live, Weekly Review

Click on the image below to view the PDF This Week’s Top Headlines Include: Community Longwood’s 200,000 tulips, other bulbs near full bloom 7,000 to attend UDance, raise $$$ for childhood cancer Delaware’s last Korean War Veterans chapter to dissolve DTC new season: Something old, something new, lots in between Business Limen’s purchase to help 600 more people get sober …

Delaware Theatre Company 2023-24 season

DTC new season: Something old, something new, lots in between

Betsy PriceCharity, Headlines

A classic farce, a look at the first Black-owned pro basketball team, a prequel to ‘Peter Pan,’ a celebration of a country music queen and a world premiere by a favorite Philly playwright will make up the Delaware Theater Co.’s 2023-24 season. The plays include: “Noises Off!” by Michael Frayn, Sept. 20-Oct. 8. The Tony Award-winning play is a backstage …

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Delaware Theatre season to include 2 world premiere musicals

Betsy PriceCulture, Headlines

Delaware Theatre Company’s new season will include three musicals, a drama and a classic comedy.     The Delaware Theatre Company’s 2022-23 season will include two world premiere musicals, including one about Dolly Parton.  The rest of the five-show season will be filled with an off-Broadway musical, a play about the Tuskegee Airmen and a comedy classic, “One Man, Two …

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‘Blue Door,’ ‘Other World:’ 2 riveting theater experiences

Betsy PriceCulture, Headlines

  Much of the action in Delaware Theatre Company’s ‘Other World’ takes place inside a video game, hence the hero avatars and puppet scorpion. Photo by Matt Urban/NuPoint Marketing   Delaware theatergoers have a choice of two spectacular performances this week, one in Newark and one in Wilmington. Both “The Blue Door” by the University of Delaware’s professional Resident Ensemble …