KJ Johnson's Young Simba in "The Lion King" on Broadway. (Courtesy of Kenneth E Johnson)

Cab student plays Young Simba in ‘Lion King’ on Broadway

Ken MammarellaCulture, Headlines

The first Broadway show that KJ Johnson saw was “The Lion King.” And now the Cab Calloway School of the Arts student is in the hit Disney musical, as one of two actors playing Young Simba. When KJ and his father, Kenneth E. Johnson, got the news that he was cast, “There was a lot of jumping and screaming and …

Ardensingers cancel fall Gilbert & Sullivan revue

Ken MammarellaCulture, Headlines

An Ardensingers rehearsal. From Ardensingers’ Facebook page. Ardensingers has cancelled their fall Gilbert & Sullivan revue, scheduled for Nov. 13-14. “We had hoped to see a more convincing end to the pandemic by then, but with the continuing number of breakthrough infections in our community, we decided that it would be risky for our audiences and the cast to gather …

Live, indoor theater is coming back

Betsy PriceCulture, Featured, Headlines

Hasan Minhaj (Eric Hobbs photo) “Intermission is ending,” the Grand teased in an email on Tuesday. “Please prepare to return to your seats.” Live, indoor theater was quickly eliminated in the early days of the pandemic last March, and now it’s coming back. Here’s the latest from Bootless Stageworks, Chapel Street Players, the Delaware Theatre Company, the Grand, the University of …

Summer’s filling up with entertainment outdoors

Betsy PriceCulture, Featured, Headlines

Summer doesn’t officially begin until next week, but outdoor summertime entertainment is already on tap by multiple organizations. Here’s a roundup. Delaware Art Museum The Delaware Art Museum is hosting drive-in movies in its parking lot or movies on a big screen in its sculpture garden, 2301 Kentmere Parkway, Wilmington. “Dead Poets Society,” famously filmed in Delaware, is at 9 …