Arts & Entertainment in the Brandywine Valley & Wilmington, DE

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The Brandywine Valley, quite frankly, is known for its daylight attractions and not its night life. However, there are options for those looking for entertainment after dark. Below some of the venues in the area listed with links to their Web sites.

Brandywine Ballet

Emilie K. Asplundh Concert Hall, West Chester, Pennsylvania 19382 | 610.696.2711

The Brandywine Ballet Theatre brings the best of innovative contemporary choreography and classic ballet repertoire to the Chester County Stage in its home at the Emilie K. Asplundh Concert Hall in the Philips Memorial Building on the campus of West Chester University. The company presents three full performance series a year and maintains a growing repertoire enriched annually by the inclusion of new works by recognized choreographers.

Greater Brandywine Cultural Alliance

28 West Market Street, West Chester, PA 19382 | 610.696.8211

The goal of the Greater Brandywine Cultural Alliance is to help build a strong, vibrant, diverse community by fostering appreciation, participation and support of the arts and culture. The Alliance maintains an online Calendar of Events where you will find a listing of performances, exhibits and events happening in the Greater Brandywine Valley.

Theatre N at Nemours

Nemours Building, 11th & Tatnall Streets, Wilmington, DE | 302.658.6070

A new art film theatre in downtown Wilmington, the first in more than 40 years is located on the first floor of a 14-story building that used to be owned by the DuPont Company. Theatre N is operated by the City of Wilmington show independent and foreign films on Friday and Saturday night. Tickets at the Box Office, 7-8PM night of, or buy online.

Candlelight Music Dinner Theatre

2208 Millers Road, Ardentown, Delaware 19382 | 302.475.2313

Located in historic Ardentown, Delaware (45 minutes from Philadelphia), Candlelight Music Dinner Theatre combines fine dining with superb musical theatre entertainment. It is Delaware's first dinner theatre. Shows and events are listed online. Reservations online as well.

Comedy Cabaret

Ground Round, Concord Pike (Rt. 202) Wilmington, DE | 302.65.AMUSE
Ground Round, 1209 West Chester Pike, (Rt. 3) West Chester, PA 610.65.AMUSE

See comics plying their trade in the only comedy clubs in the area. Call for information and reservations. West Chester shows are Friday and Saturday nights. Wilmington performances, Saturday online.

Delaware Children's Theatre

1014 Delaware Avenue, Wilmington, DE 19808 | 302.655.1014

The DCT's goal is to produce quality theatre for the young and family audience, and to provide training in Theatre Arts. The company is housed in the former New Century Club, an historic TheatreHouse in Wilmington. You can review the season's offerings and order tickets online.

Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts

200 South Madison Street, Wilmington, DE | 302.656.6466

The DCCA at 35,000 sq. ft., houses seven galleries, 26 artists' studios, a gift shop, high-tech auditorium, and a classroom. On the rejuvenated Wilmington Riverfront, DCCA presents over thirty exhibitions annually of regionally, nationally and internationally recognized artists.

Delaware Symphony Orchestra

818 N. Market Street, Wilmington, DE 19801 | 302.656.7442

The DSO performs at several venues in Delaware including the Grand Opera House and Hotel DuPont in Wilmington, the University of Delaware in Newark, DE and more.

Delaware Theatre Company

200 Water Street, Wilmington, DE | 302.594.1100

A professional regional theater company, presents an annual season of contemporary and classic comedies, dramas and musicals in their own Wilmington theater on the Christina riverfront.

DuPont Theatre

Hotel DuPont, Wilmington, DE | 800.338.0881, 302.656.4401

"Wilmington's Little Broadway" presents an annual season of touring Broadway shows, from dramas and comedies to full-scale musicals. The cast uses Wilmington as a tune-up for New York and you are the beneficiary.

First State Ballet Theatre

641 West Newport Pike, Wilmington, DE | 302.633.1577

A core of classically trained Russian dancers augmented by visiting artists, performs classical and contemporary ballet at a variety of local venues.

Grand Opera House

818 North Market Street, Wilmington, DE | 800.37.GRAND, 302.652.557

A magnificently restored 1871 Victorian showplace that has hosted acts ranging from the Neville Brothers, James Whitmore in Will Roger' U.S.A. to symphonies, theater troupes and dance, ballet and opera companies.

The Grand also serves as home to the fully professional Delaware Symphony Orchestra, which presents a yearly season of classical, chamber and pops concerts, and to Opera Delaware, which offers classic, full-length operas and original commissions as well as a family-friendly Family Opera Theatre.

Kennett Symphony

105 S. Broad St., Kennett Square, PA 19348 | 610-444-6363

The Kennett Symphony of Chester County is Chester County's only professional orchestra. The orchestra performs at the Longwood Gardens Open Air Theatre and other area venues.

Three Little Bakers

P.O. Box 3819, Greenville, DE 19807 | (302) 652-5577 Reservations

Three Little Bakers Dinner Theatre closed its banquet and theatre operations in early 2007. Vicki Immediato-Winton continues the family legacy by taking Three Little Bakers' traditional holiday show, produced and directed by Weber-Prianti Productions, and presented by VR Hospitality Group, to the baby grand, an intimate 300 seat theatre, at the Grand Opera House in the city of Wilmington, Delaware.

Wilmington Drama League

10 W. Lea Blvd., Wilmington, DE 19808 | 302.764.1172

The Wilmington Drama League traces back to 1933, when plays were staged on the third floor of an old grist mall at 18th and Market Streets. Today the Drama League stages productions at its own facility. See this years season listed online.

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