Want to film a Chekhov play? First, you’ll need a house. Then some costumes and props, probably a samovar. Muster the money troubles, the love troubles, the antic clowning, the bone-crushing despair, ...

Phoebe Lloyd, left, and LIsa Velten Smith, portray Constantine and Arkadina in "Seagull" at Quantum Theatre. This is WESA Arts, a weekly newsletter by Bill O'Driscoll providing in-depth reporting ...

The Australian star will perform as Arkadina in a new version of Anton Chekhov's play at the Barbican Theatre in London from February. By Lily Ford Cate Blanchett will return to the stage for the ...

The Seagull, one of Chekhov’s most popular plays and a favorite among actors, will return with a vital new production directed by Chekhov expert and actor Bruce Katzman, author of Secrets of Chekhov, ...

The world premiere of “The Seagull: Malibu,” an evocative retelling of Anton Chekhov’s timeless masterpiece as re-imagined by Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum artistic director Ellen Geer, opens this ...

In German director Thomas Ostermeier’s engrossing update of Anton Chekhov’s The Seagull, moody aspiring playwright Konstantin rages against an establishment that won’t appreciate his talents. “Theatre ...

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, moping, lovelorn characters ...

Swelling, as it does, toward an exquisite climactic monologue on the subject of endurance itself, Anton Chekhov’s what’s-it-all-for? comedy The Seagull can afford to demand a bit of patience. But ...

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