music director, as well as Pam Atkinson, John Cassidy, Lori Citro, Rich Degnars, Trevor William Fayle, Spencer Greene, Rob Hull, Nick Hunchak, Jeff Hunsicker, Righteous Jolly, Dale Martin, Kerry Kristine McElrone, Darby Elizabeth McLaughlin, Emma Orr, Kat Pigliacampi, Dustin Samples, Dominic Santos, Joe Trainor, Ezra Walter and Dionne Williford. Tickets are $35 at TheGrandWilmington.org with special discounts for military personnel, students and youth. Call 652-5577 for discount info.
A Christmas Story — The Musical Dec. 14-30 | Wilmington, Drama League, Wilmington This ‘80s holiday classic now brings to life on the stage everything you loved about the mischievous, bespectacled Ralphie, who dreams of getting a BB-gun for Christmas. Relive the laughs and nostalgia of tongues stuck to a flag pole, leg lamps, pink bunny suits and “Chinese Christmas turkey.” Tickets $12-20 at wilmingtondramaleague.org.
Dazzling Holiday Dance Delaware Dance Company presents The Nutcracker Now–Sunday, Dec. 2 | | Mitchell Hall, University of Delaware, Newark Delaware Dance Company is excited to bring its 35th annual production of the beloved family ballet, The Nutcracker, to the UD campus. This fully staged version of the U.S.’s most popular ballet will feature local ballet students as well as professional actors and dancers. Tickets are $15-35, with a $5 discount for children 10 and younger or seniors 65 and older. Visit delawaredancecompany.org for details. Wilmington Ballet Academy of the Dance — Nutcracker Saturday, Dec. 8, 2 and 7 p.m. and Sunday, Dec. 9, 2 and 6 p.m. The Playhouse on Rodney Square, Wilmington Wilmington's beloved holiday tradition, the 52nd annual Nutcracker at the historic Playhouse on Rodney Square— where Victorians party, mice battle, snowflakes swirl and visions of sugarplums dance in our heads. Special guest artists Unity Phelan and Russell Janzen of the New York City Ballet, the HAC School of Dance, and the Voloshky Ukrainian Dance Ensemble join more than 100 dancers from the Wilmington Ballet and the Wilmington Ballet Orchestra and Chorus. Tickets are $7-32 at TheGrandWilmington.org. ► DECEMBER 2018 | OUTANDABOUTNOW.COM
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