Blanchett's Anna is as complex a lost soul as Broadway is likely to host this season, her yellow-hot energy as vital and clamorous when she's fuming in silence at the dinner table as when she's swooping in desperate high spirits from friend to friend in Act I. Roxburgh, in the most central role, is just as compelling.
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Theater Review (Off-Broadway NYC): ‘Afterplay’ by Brian Friel at the Irish Repertory Theatre
Twenty years from now, where will you be? This beautifully rendered production's concision and acutely threaded authenticity are a breath of fresh air.
Read More »Theater Review (San Antonio): Chekhov’s ‘The Seagull’ at the Classic Theatre
Chekhov’s seminal classic is given a marvelously entertaining production at the Deco District’s Classic Theatre.
Read More »How Franchot Tone Directed – and Lived – Chekhov’s ‘Uncle Vanya’
Franchot Tone's long-lost 1957 film of Chekhov's great drama helps reveal deep parallels between the actor/director and the Russian playwright.
Read More »Theater Review (LA): ‘The Country House’ by Donald Margulies
Margulies’ new Broadway-bound comedy premieres at the Geffen Playhouse with the feel of a work in progress.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): ‘Seagull 69’ by Anton Chekhov
'Seagull 69' updates Chekhov's classic to Benedict Canyon, Los Angeles 1969. Director Austin Pendleton didn't miss a beat in this production.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): ‘The Cherry Orchard’ at Classic Stage with Dianne Wiest and John Turturro
Occupy Wall Street protesters evicted from their permanent settlements could do a lot worse than visiting (or re-visiting) Anton Chekhov's class-conscious classic.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): The Cherry Orchard at The T. Schreiber Studio
"Why go to the theatre to see a play! Better to see yourselves more often."
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