Chekhov In Greenpoint: Exploring ‘Uncle Vanya’
For the past year, the Brooklyn Center for Theater Research has been immersed in an evolving production of Uncle Vanya , ...
Review: Edvard Munch portraits, Indian film Sister Midnight, Chekhov's The Seagull with Cate Blanchett
They’ve been to see Cate Blanchett in Anton Chekhov’s play The Seagull at the Barbican Centre. The classic drama still features characters from Russian nobility – but it’s given a modern-day treatment ...
‘The Seagull’ Theater Review: Cate Blanchett Leads a First-Class Ensemble in Glorious Chekhov Adaptation
Director Thomas Ostermeier brings a combination of devil-may-care boldness and truth to Duncan Macmillan's witty new ...
New Haven Independent8d
Love Made Real
Anton Chekhov and Olga Knipper-Chekhov never made it to a villa they dreamed of on Italy's Lake Como. Adriana Zabala shed a ...
In ‘The Seagull,’ Cate Blanchett Outshines a Director’s Tired Tropes
Thanks to Blanchett’s charismatic turn as a fading actress, this new Chekhov adaptation in London hangs together in spite of ...
The Seagull at the Barbican review: Cate Blanchett-led production is exhilarating and vital
"The gravitational pull of Cate’s star power is magnified in the role of Irina, a famous actress dismissive of an ...
The Hollywood Reporter8d
‘The Seagull’ Theater Review: Cate Blanchett Leads a First-Class Ensemble in Glorious Chekhov Adaptation
By Demetrios Matheou While Anton Chekhov always thought of The Seagull as a comedy, that fact has frequently been forgotten through productions that fall into the soporific trap set by angsty ...