WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE DELAWARE ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT WORLD
November 2012
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11/12/12Two Words: du Pont and Camels“If ‘Anything to Declare?’ has one redeeming quality, it’s laughter,” says director Steve Tague. “The play is all about sex, but sex in a world of old-fashioned innocence where young women remain chaste until their wedding night and husbands would do anything—including a visit to a working girl—to prove how much they love their wives.” “Anything to Declare?” presented by UD’s Resident Ensemble Players, opens at The Thompson Theatre on Nov. 17. Billed as a question—wacky farce or camel drama?—the hilarious play tells the tale of Robert, who, after marrying into the du Pont family, returns from his honeymoon in desperation. “In a French farce, of course, the innocence is wrapped in a wacky story... Posted at 02:36 PM | Permalink |
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11/05/12Unforgettable OperaMascagni’s Cavalleria rusticana and Leoncavallo’s Pagliacci are known as opera’s best double bill. With three murders, four love affairs and a string of greatest hits between them, it’s no wonder. From the rousing Easter Hymn and the stunning Intermezzo in Cavalleria rusticana to Pagliacci’s heart-rending “Vesti la giubba,” one of the greatest of all tenor arias, the music dips and soars in ways you never imagined possible. That’s not to mention all the jealousy, betrayal, lust and revenge that makes classic drama. Tenor John Pickle, lauded for his portrayal of Canio the clown in Michigan Opera’s production of Pagliacci last year, reprises the role and sings as Turiddu in Cavalleria. Soprano Kara Shay Thomson, who amazed... |
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10/29/12The Best in BluesNot any ol’ blues singer can have her albums produced by music legends like Dr. John and Steve Cropper. Shemekia Copeland can. Officially honored as the new “Queen of the Blues” at the Chicago Blues Festival last year by no less than the daughter of the extraordinary Koko Taylor, Copeland is one of the most exciting young voices in blues today. She plays at Arden Gild Hall on Nov. 2. Hear cuts from her latest album, "33 1/3," and see why it has earned rave reviews. 475-3126, ardenclub.org Gone Fishman Called “an important force in creative music” by the All-Music Guide, singer-guitarist Howard Fishman filters his deep passion for New Orleans jazz, gritty pop, fervent gospel, and open-hearted country music through a completely... |
