On Stage: WCU student, Ciara Grace hits stage at World Cafe Live

By Denny Dyroff, Entertainment Editor, The Times Ciara Grace If you look at some of the talented acts that will be playing in the area over the next few days, Cyndi Lauper’s “Girls Just Want to Have Fun” might just pop into your head. There are plenty of girls/female artists who will be having fun along with their audiences at different venues around the Delaware Valley – Ciara Grace, Kelli...

On Stage: Hadestown comes to Kimmel

By Denny Dyroff, Entertainment Editor, The Times Hadestown The Kimmel Cultural Campus had to suffer through more than a year without productions from early 2020 through the fall of 2021. Back in October, the Kimmel’s The 2021/22 Broadway Philadelphia season got off to a rousing start with a six-week run of “Hamilton” from October 20-November 28 at the Academy of Music. The Broadway Philadelphia...

On Stage: FABBA brings the music of ABBA to Kewswick

By Denny Dyroff, Entertainment Editor, The Times FABBA What is one of the most popular palindromes in the world and is also a name of one of the best-selling bands in the history of popular music? ABBA, of course. ABBA is a Swedish pop group formed in Stockholm in 1972 by Agnetha Fältskog, Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson, and Anni -Frid Lyngstad. The group’s name is an acronym of the first...

On Stage (Extra): All the world’s a stage

Local productions, shows have distinctly international flair this weekend By Denny Dyroff, Staff Writer, The Times Austrailia’s Tai Wilkenfeld comes to The Ardmore, Saturday. If you look at the entertainment calendar for the next week, you’ll detect a very definite international vibe — musical acts from Italy and Australia, a ballet based on a Spanish novel, a musical built around the...