On Stage: Getting out of that country rut

Aubrie Sellers and Carrie Rodriguez breaking the mold By Denny Dyroff, Staff Writer, The Times Aubrie Sellers Country music these days has a glut of bland artists singing clichéd songs written in cookie-cutter style by Nashville songwriters and delivered onstage with predictable results. Thankfully, there are artists such as Aubrie Sellers and Carrie Rodriguez who are not afraid to break the mold...

On Stage: Lion King roars into Philly

By Denny Dyroff, Staff Writer, The Times The Lion King is back in Philadelphia now through June 14 at the Academy of Music. Many touring Broadway shows make frequent return visits to Philadelphia but the hit musical “The Lion King” is not one of them. The show made its area debut in 2006 at the Academy of Music and then didn’t come back again until 2010. Now, after another wait of just over...