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CTC stages ‘Comedy of Errors’ at circus
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CTC stages ‘Comedy of Errors’ at circus

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In Andrew Borba’s eyes, William Shakespeare’s The Comedy of Errors is true entertainment.

“What’s funny and what’s flip, those are two different things,” said Borba, director of Comedy and Chautauqua Theater Company associate artistic director. “I’m very much interested in what’s really funny, and I think that comes from true, human behavior. There isn’t a human being who can’t associate or wonder who they are, or have been in a situation where the world started acting against them and they had no idea why. It’s completely universal.”

Ross stresses need for context in Middle East discussions
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Ross stresses need for context in Middle East discussions

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When Dennis Ross served under the Reagan administration as the director of the Near East and South Asian affairs for the National Security Council, he worked with a team of three. But almost 25 years later, when he served as special adviser for the Persian Gulf and Southwest Asia to former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, he worked with a team of 33.

“We’re looking at a region that is, at this point, undergoing upheaval,” Ross said, “and it’s frankly unprecedented. It’s not surprising that we’re wrestling with profound challenges that we haven’t really seen before.”

Big top rises under Bratton roof as CTC prepares Bard’s ‘Comedy of Errors’
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Big top rises under Bratton roof as CTC prepares Bard’s ‘Comedy of Errors’

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For the next two weeks, Bratton Theater will turn into a turn-of-the-20th-century circus, complete with trapezes and side-show attractions. The occasion is Chautauqua Theater Company’s production of The Comedy of Errors, which will debut this Friday at 8 p.m. at Bratton Theater. The show will be directed by Andrew Borba and staged on a set designed by Tom Buderwitz.

FES performer Jonas uses found objects for musical purpose
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FES performer Jonas uses found objects for musical purpose

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After devising his own instrument called the “Nimbus 2000” out of a curtain rod, a broomstick and a tambourine, you can think of Billy Jonas as a modern-day musical MacGyver.

The musician generally comes up with a new instrument each month, reinventing the use of numerous household objects. At 5 and 7 p.m. tonight at Smith Wilkes Hall, Jonas will make his fourth appearance at Chautauqua Institution as part of the Family Entertainment Series, in which he will most likely introduce some familiar objects in a whole new form.