On Stage: String Machine taps into anxieties of youth

By Denny Dyroff, Entertainment Editor, The Times String Machine There are a lot of bands whose music is informed by relationships with cars. The Beach Boys alone had more than an album’s worth with songs such as “I Get Around,” “Little Deuce Coupe,’ “Fun Fun Fun,” “This Car of Mine,” “409,” “Little Honda” and “Custom Machine. “ Some of rock music’s other auto-driven...

On Stage: Jersey Boys make it in Wilmington

By Denny Dyroff, Entertainment Editor, The Times They may be “Jersey Boys” but the closest the four main cast members of the touring musical “Jersey Boys” will get to New Jersey for the next five months is this weekend when the show touches down in Wilmington, Delaware. On January 18 and 19, the Playhouse (10th and Market streets, Wilmington, Delaware, https://www.thegrandwilmington.org/productions/6168-jersey-boys/)...

On Stage: Riverdance dances through more than two decades

By Denny Dyroff, Staff Writer, The Times If it seems as if “Riverdance” has been around forever — it’s because it has been around forever. If you’re not of the age to drink legally in Pennsylvania or Delaware, then you weren’t even born yet when “Riverdance” made its stage debut in London Its popularity never seems to wane. Like the Energizer Bunny and Betty White, “Riverdance”...

On Stage: Celebrating 20 years of Riverdance

Also: Fillmore rocks out with busy schedule this weekend By Denny Dyroff, Staff Writer, The Times The 20th year of Riverdance is celebrated at The Kimmel Center now through June 19. Photo by Jack Hardin. Like most weekends during the summer months, the schedule of live entertainment in the area this weekend features a cornucopia of acts and shows. There is something that can please almost any taste. One...