Polaris, Sirius, marimba, beat boxing and juggling. It might be difficult to make a concrete connection among these terms, but Aaron Williams and Bronkar Lee have based their life goals upon them.
Playwright David West Read is the master of “foul papers.” His plays neither smell bad nor are about immorality; he…
When Chautauqua Theater Company conservatory actors Audrey Corsa and Keren Lugo were cast in the season’s second New Play Workshop, Afterlove, opening at 8 p.m. Wednesday in Bratton Theater, they had no idea what they were getting themselves into.
In the 1890s, illustrator Charles Dana Gibson created the “Gibson Girl,” who came to define fashion norms in the early 20th century. Sporting tight corsets and hair often coaxed into a bouffant, the women had hourglass figures that continued to shrink as they cinched their waists.
In Lynn Nottage’s Intimate Apparel, Esther and Mayme are leading ladies and best friends.
The stage is set under a canopy of stars and against the backdrop of Chautauqua Lake. James Dean Palmer, directing fellow at Chautaqua Theater Company, will present an outdoor version of Korean-American playwright Young Jean Lee’s Church at 9:30 p.m. tonight at the School of Art Quad.
Puppets are taking over the world. “The Muppets” are coming to Broadway, courtesy of Disney, and to TV thanks to…
Madonna once sang, “Music makes the people come together.” It’s something that Justin Ellington and Whitney White both believe.
After playwright Lynn Nottage won a Pulitzer Prize in 2009, she said in an interview that she finds her characters and stories in varied places. Sometimes in a newspaper, “obscure historical texts” or dinner party conversations.
A perfect piece of apparel is nothing without the reliable threads that bind it together. The same idea works in theater; a good play is nothing without a strong set of actors.
The Chautauquan Daily 
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