Bratton Late Night Cabaret to cap 2015 CTC conservatory’s season
Chautauqua Theater Company’s one-night only Bratton Late Night Cabaret is always full of surprises.
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Townsend, Savage set stage for ‘Henry V’
On paper, Shakespeare is all about the language and grappling with the text. But on stage, Shakespeare is a whole new ballgame: Through the actors’ craft, costumes and lights, the words are brought to life.
CTC Alum Ketch returns to tell Rosenberg’s story
On June 19, 1953, a couple was executed at the Sing Sing Prison in Ossining, New York. The two were charged with conspiring against the United States and passing atomic secrets to the Soviets.
Review: Despite shortcomings, CTC’s ‘Henry V’ offers ‘wonderful glimpse’ of conservatory’s talent
One particularly compelling throughline in Shakespeare’s history plays is the maturation of Henry V. When does he morph from the prank-loving, bawdy-house-frequenting Prince Hal into the sage, shrewd, continent-conquering King Henry? Judging from Evan Cabnet’s crisp but thematically questionable production of Henry V, featuring all 13 members of this year’s acting Chautauqua Theater Company Conservatory, that crucial day has yet to arrive.
CTC fellows face curveballs in producing NPW ‘Afterlove’
Playwright David West Read is the master of “foul papers.” His plays neither smell bad nor are about immorality; he…
NPW ‘Afterlove’ explores real, supernatural love
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.
CTC’s ‘Intimate Apparel’ prepares to tie up final threads
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.
Benesch, CTC colleagues to speak on art as reflection of wider world
The Interfaith Lecture podium is normally a platform for outside perspectives, but today audiences will hear an insider’s view of…
‘Intimate Apparel’ ladies best friends on, off stage
In Lynn Nottage’s Intimate Apparel, Esther and Mayme are leading ladies and best friends.
Special evening performance to take attendees to Lee’s ‘Church’
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.
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