Gillespie's comic mashup of Chekhov and the Kardashians premieres at the 2017 Hollywood Fringe.
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Theater Review (Broadway): ‘The Present’ with Cate Blanchett and Richard Roxburgh
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.
Read More »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 »Theater Review (NYC): ‘Collaborators’ by John Hodge
Hodge's Olivier Award-winning play fictionalizes the last years of Mikhail Bulgakov, author of 'The Master and Margarita,' who lived one of the 20th century's most interesting (and saddest) literary lives, and his dealings with the dictator Joseph Stalin.
Read More »Theater Review (San Antonio): ‘Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike’ by Christopher Durang
The Classic Theatre finishes off its 2014-15 season with a well-mounted production of Christopher Durang's Tony-winning comedy.
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 (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): ‘Three Sisters’ by Anton Chekhov at the Secret Theatre
Excellent lead performances help make up for some casting and pacing problems in this production of the classic tale.
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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