On a recent Friday, cameras rolled across a vast stretch of treeless tundra. By Saturday, the setting had shifted to an elegant ballroom, and then on Sunday, to the far reaches of space. All without filmmakers ever...
For actor Dusan Brown ‘24, the recently released Netflix film “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” was both a breakthrough opportunity and a bittersweet experience. Playing Sylvester in the adaptation of August Wilson’s revered...
Recently a colleague extended a traditional Masai greeting to me that gave me great pause before responding: “Kasserian Ingera?” or “And how are the children?” Deceptively simple, this greeting is, yes, an interrogative...
“Incredible” and “surreal” are two words Dime Davis (Class of ’08) uses to describe her Emmy Award nomination. But beyond the excitement, the Chapman University alumna is also aware of the opportunity to make...
Broadway’s popular brand of musical theatre has long regaled its audiences with stories central to the American experience, whether it’s those rumbles between the Sharks and Jets of “West Side Story” or Tevye’s hopeful...
The new rankings are out, and Chapman University's Dodge College of Film and Media Arts has climbed to No. 6 on The Hollywood Reporter's annual list of the nation's best film schools.
In a candid Zoom conference attended by students from Chapman University’s College of the Performing Arts and the members of the illustrious Juilliard String Quartet, professional and student musicians alike...
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