This Week’s Top Headlines Include: COMMUNITY Old Swedes to hold its first Swedish summer festival Big Brothers, Sisters snags $900,000 MacKenzie Scott donation ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ dancer performs male, female roles Symphony’s new season will include ‘Cold Mountain,’ ‘Harry Potter’ 2 of Delaware’s favorite summer festivals return FOOD AND DINING Oysters, burgers, brews among new Delaware beach eats GOVERNMENT …
‘Fiddler on the Roof’ dancer performs male, female roles
Lauren Blair Smith sometimes portrays a woman in the national tour of “Fiddler on the Roof,” coming to Wilmington this week. Sometimes, she’s one of the guys. Smith, who snagged the role as a dancer and understudy to two of the featured characters right out of college, dances as a woman in the first big musical scene, “Tradition.” Then she …
Pie, anyone? Playhouse’s long intermission ends with ‘Waitress’
Bailey McCall plays Jenna in ‘Waitress,’ set for November at the Playhouse on Rodney Square. Photo by Jeremy Daniel The Playhouse on Rodney Square will reopen in November and feature two beloved musicals, Riverdance’s 25th anniversary show and — hot stuff — a musical featured Donna Summer’s disco tunes. The 108-year-old Playhouse, located in the Hotel Du Pont …