Sporting floppy hair and a cravat, Redgrave captured the key fact about many Chekhov characters: that it is possible to be comic outside and tragic insideLaurence Olivier wasn't exactly famo…
With several Vanyas to choose from this spring, Round House Theatre is celebrating its take on the Chekhov classic as one of the more authentic — a version of Uncle Vanya that would ma…
This week, we go around our Broadway World to feature stories in Birmingham, Washington, DC., New Orleans, Germany and more. Check out our top 10 stories around our Broadway World below, whi…
Among incurable theatre geeks like myself, there are a couple buzzwords that come up frequently when we see productions like Round House's new version of Anton Chekhov's classic play, Uncle …
Uncle Vanya is like the relative you once used to see every decade or so at family reunions. Suddenly, he's been coming to every Thanksgiving. And now you might think he's moved in altogethe…
In a funky, fresh interpretation of what Irish Theatre Magazine has called "[Anton] Chekhov’s greatest play" and hailed as one of the top 10 shows of 2012 by both The New York…
Last fall, when American Theatre Magazine published their annual list of "American Theatre's Top 10 Most-Produced Plays Of 2014-15," one play ruled them all: Christopher Durang's Vanya and S…
I’m always excited to see a show at the West Yorkshire Playhouse in Leeds. This is because they have a knack for creating some fantastic productions, whether they’re bits of new …
West Yorkshire Playhouse, LeedsSamuel Adamson's new adaptation has some uncompromising outbursts, but a defeatist air wafts through the countryside … and the theatre Continue reading...
