Back in the day, families would gather around the radio to listen to serials that would be broadcast. Today, we have YouTube, Facebook, Instagram and many other media outlets that still provide “serials” in some fashion. Chapel Street Players took a favorite holiday story (It’s a Wonderful Life) and joined it with a classic way...
When one thinks of the 1980s, one thinks of the extravagance of the time period. Everything was over the top from clothing to music to hair. The 80s were a time when both parents worked and pursued creative outlets. Children were given every opportunity to be a part of everything. It was a time when...
In 1957, Carol A. Murphy joined the Order of Sisters of St. Joseph and became Sister Maureen Murphy. During her time at Our Lady of Lourdes convent in upstate New York, Sister Maureen Murphy also became principal of a primary school and a mother. Fast forward to January 2014, when a Salvadorian nun gives birth...
LES LIAISONS DANGEREUSES began as a 1782 French epistolary novel – the book is composed entirely of letters written by the various characters to each other. It is often claimed to be the source of the saying “Revenge is a dish best served cold.” However, the expression does not actually occur in the original novel...
Chapel Street Players’ production of BLITHE SPIRIT materializes into an evening of wit, humor and ghostly fun. When fussy novelist, Charles Condomine, needs to conduct research for his next book, he invites the eccentric, “happy medium,” Madame Arcati, to a quaint soiree for a friendly séance. Events go awry when Madame Arcati unknowingly conjures Charles’...
The Chapel Street Players have never backed down from putting on challenging shows, but THE 39 STEPS poses a special kind of challenge: Take a 1935 Alfred Hitchcock movie and recreate it on stage using just four actors and a few props. If you haven’t seen the film, it’s got well more than four characters....
It’s been 50 years since Stephen Sondheim’s A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM won its first Tony Award, and 50 years since the Chapel Street Players held their very first FUNdraiser, an annual fundraising event and show to benefit the CSP. 1963 also marked the year CSP fixture Renee G. O’Leary...
The cast of 12 ANGRY JURORS at Chapel Street Players. Some plays are designed to whisk you away to a fantastical world, an alternate reality where folks spontaneously break into song. And then there are plays like 12 ANGRY JURORS, Chapel Street Players’ spring production: an ultra-realistic fly-on-the-wall reality play. Originally set in 1956 and...
One of the measures of a successful Shakespearean production is the reaction of the audience — after all, poorly delivered Shakespeare loses both its poignancy and humor. Chapel Street Players’ THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR, a straight-up comedy, leaves no confusion: it’s straight-up funny and entertaining, with few slow moments. The fast pace, a credit...
I am not a fan of THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW. I mean, I can understand why it’s campy, irreverent nature and out-of-control audience participation appeals to its ardent following, but it is simply not a show I enjoy seeing. So it is a tremendous testament to the quality and energy of the Chapel Street Players’...
