I went to see the âThe Memory Of Waterâ yesterday afternoon. It was pretty wonderful. All the actors were great, the set superb, and the direction tight. It was a community theater homerun.
Author: BIll Potter (Peter Kuo)
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(A. Renaldi) The Price Is Right
The Price, a drama by Arthur Miller that premiered on Broadway in 1968, was nominated for two Tony Awards, and revived four times, came to the Chapel Street Players stage Friday. Director Ray Barto (The Fantasticks) is at the helm of this latest CSP production that stars: Dan Tucker, Cindy Starcher, Bob Barto, and Curtis...
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(NewsJournal) Chapel Street’s ‘The Price:’ Cathartic coming to grips with the past
âThe Price,â the 1968 play by Arthur Miller and third show of the season for Chapel Street Players, is cathartic. Itâs cathartic to watch and must be cathartic to perform, with lifelong conflicts finally resolving into a peace with the past, fictional as it is. Directed by Ray Barto, who also designed and constructed the detailed...
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(A. Renaldi) Youâre A Good Man, Charlie Brown
Chapel Street Players continues their 83rd season with Youâre A Good Man, Charlie Brown, a lighthearted romp based on the book by John Gordon and featuring the lovable Peanuts created by cartoonist Charles M. Shultz. After the powerfully provocative 1984, a fun musical with beloved characters is just what the doctor ordered, and the doctor...
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(NewsJournal) Chapel Street’s ‘Charlie Brown’ is holiday delight
This holiday season in local theater has brought noticeably fewer Christmas shows than in the past. Whether in response to the countryâs political climate or by coincidence, most of the theaters in Northern Delaware are skipping the sleigh bells and carols in favor of productions that capture the feel of the season without trumpeting Christmas....
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(NewsJournal) Chapel Street’s ‘1984:’ funny, romantic, horrifying
You might have heard about Robert Icke and Duncan Macmillanâs â1984â on Broadway this summer, a version so graphic that people reportedly vomited and passed out during shows. Chapel Street Players arenât doing that version, which just ended its Broadway run. Theyâre doing an adaptation of George Orwellâs dystopian horror story by Robert Owens. Wilton E....
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(A. Renaldi) 1984: More Relevant Than Ever
Chapel Street Players launch their 83rd season with 1984, the powerful and disturbingly provocative dystopian tale of a world ruthlessly controlled by a totalitarian government. Based on George Orwellâs chilling classic novel, 1984, adapted for the stage by Robert Owens, Wilton E. Hall, and William A. Miles, Jr., is a horrifying view of a society...
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(A. Renaldi) The Pillowman
submitted By Anthony Renaldi The Pillowman, is a 2003 play in three acts by Irish playwright Martin McDonagh. This black comedy tells the story of Katurian (Jimmy Van Buren), an amoral writer of fiction, who lives in an unnamed totalitarian state and who is interrogated regarding the gruesome content of his short stories because they...
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(DEArtsInfo) Chapel Street Tells a Dark Tale in “The Pillowman”
By Mike Logothetis Somewhere at the confluence of Poe, Kafka and Tarantino lies Martin McDonaghâs spellbinding play,The Pillowman. While some would label this as black comedy, I believe it is more dramatic realism. The feelings I had when processing the Chapel Street Players production on my walk home from the theater dealt more with unhealthy...