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Delaney Piccoli

Delaney Piccoli, Arts & Culture Editor

Delaney Piccoli is an Arts & Culture Editor for the Wessex Wire. When she isn’t scribbling in her notebook (or reading), she is a part of Masquers and the West Essex Concert choir. Whenever the time arises, she convinces her younger siblings to eat her burnt candy attempts.

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Sutton Foster and Aaron Tveit were announced to play the two leads of “Sweeney Todd” on Broadway, causing controversy among musical fans.

ARTS COMMENTARY: Current theater casting lacks variety

By Delaney Piccoli, Arts & Culture Editor
April 10, 2024
Movies like "Wonka" don't advertise the fact that they're in the musical theater genre, skewing audiences' perception of the movies.

ARTS COMMENTARY: Modern movie marketing hampers musicals’ transition to film

By Delaney Piccoli, Arts & Culture Editor
February 28, 2024
Fans of the Percy Jackson books will not be disappointed by the series.

REVIEW: Percy Jackson revives fans’ hope in book adaptations

By Delaney Piccoli, Arts & Culture Editor
February 26, 2024
Modern Disney animated films feel like they’ve lost the “Disney magic” of the classics.

ARTS COMMENTARY: Disney’s latest films are falling short of their usual magic

By Delaney Piccoli, Arts & Culture Editor
January 29, 2024
Here are the Wire staff's top picks for this years pop culture.

Wrapping up 2023 with the top picks in pop culture

By Sophia Nicholls, Amanda Ippolito and Delaney Piccoli
January 2, 2024
“The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes” conquers theaters with dark themes.

REVIEW: ‘Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes’ embraces the darkness

By Delaney Piccoli, Arts & Culture Editor
December 11, 2023

[Video] Behind the Curtain: a look at “Queens”

By Delaney Piccoli, Arts & Culture Editor
November 15, 2023
Percy Jackson is back, just in time to wish his fellow seniors a goodbye

‘Percy Jackson: Chalice of the Gods’ makes worthy and heartfelt return

By Delaney Piccoli, Arts & Culture Editor
November 2, 2023
The Wire compares the original faces of horror with modern psychological thrillers.

Horror movies: The past’s iconic killers vs. today’s mind thrillers

By Sophia Nicholls and Delaney Piccoli
November 2, 2023
Great Gatsby makes a flashy first musical appearance at the Papermill Playhouse this fall.

“The Great Gatsby” Takes the Stage

By Delaney Piccoli, Arts & Culture Editor
October 12, 2023
Young adult fiction threatened to run the dystopian genre into the ground in years past, but the re-emergence of "The Hunger Games" in 2023 feels somehow different.

COMMENTARY: The rise and fall (and rise again) of YA dystopia

By Delaney Piccoli, Arts & Culture Editor
June 16, 2023
Queer representation as one line sidekicks must become a thing of the past.

Media lacks real queer narratives

By Delaney Piccoli, Arts & Culture Editor
June 8, 2023

[VIDEO] Take a Look Behind the Curtain: “Bye Bye Birdie!”

By Delaney Piccoli, Arts & Culture Editor
March 7, 2023

A peek behind the scenes with “The Wire: The Office Edition”

By Delaney Piccoli, Arts & Culture Editor
February 23, 2023
2 different takes on Top 5 musicals from 2022

2 different takes on Top 5 musicals from 2022

By Delaney Piccoli and Har-El Shrem
February 10, 2023

“The Phantom of the Opera” may be inside your mind, but no it’s longer on Broadway

By Delaney Piccoli, Arts & Culture Editor
January 3, 2023
The Masquers of West Essex put on a play about putting on a play for the aptly named "Play On!" Nov. 18-19.

[REVIEW] “Play On!” brings live theater to the West Essex stage

By Delaney Piccoli and Har-El Shrem
December 5, 2022

[VIDEO] Behind the curtain: A look at “Play On!” from Masquers

By Delaney Piccoli, Arts & Culture Editor
November 16, 2022
School Spotlight for spring 2022

[Video] School Spotlight for spring 2022

By Staff report
June 15, 2022
A Flair for Music

A Flair for Music

By Delaney Piccoli, Arts & Culture Editor
December 14, 2021
As brilliant as the original stage production of "Dear Evan Hansen" was, it didn't translate well to the silver screen due to questionable directing decisions.

REVIEW: Terrible directing choices sink ‘Dear Evan Hansen’ movie

By Delaney Piccoli, Arts & Culture Editor
December 2, 2021
A new addition, a new ally

A new addition, a new ally

By Delaney Piccoli, Arts & Culture Editor
November 22, 2021
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