WRAL

‘The Seagull’ Brings Chekhov’s Doleful Comedy to Cinemas

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, ...
BroadwayWorld

THE SEAGULL Will Come to New World Shakespeare Company

New World Shakespeare Company will present an adaptation of Chekhov's THE SEAGULL by Élise C. Hanson at the Alliance Theater ...
The Scranton Times-Tribune

Scranton native Stephen Karam brings Chekhov’s ‘The Seagull’ to the big screen

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, ...
The Inlander

The Chekhov Challenge: The Seagull is a noble attempt at translating a literary great to the big screen

Translating a stage play to the big screen already has its built-in complications, but adapting the work of a figure as towering as Anton Chekhov is a whole other minefield to navigate. Chekhov's work ...
BroadwayWorld

Photos: Serenbe Playhouse Tackles Chekhov's THE SEAGULL

1 Video: FIDDLER ON THE ROOF at Atlanta Opera & Alliance Theatre 2 Review: A FIDDLER For Our Time at the Alliance Theatre Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited ...
Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Review: ‘Seagull’ at Pullman gives room for Chekhov’s work to take flight

Anton Chekhov was the first playwright to drastically bend the trajectory of art toward life. His lasting influence — not just on theater but on all the arts and on our everyday understanding — has ...
TwinCities.com

Adaptation of playwright Anton Chekhov’s ‘The Seagull’ soars

When Anton Chekhov’s debut play “The Seagull” premiered in 1896, its revolutionary naturalism rattled audiences and critics. It was considered a disaster until Konstantin Stanislavsky directed and ...
Santa Rosa Press Democrat

‘The Seagull’ stays true to Chekhov, naturalism

When Anton Chekhov’s debut play “The Seagull” debuted on the stage in 1896, its revolutionary naturalism rattled audiences and critics. It was considered a disaster until Konstantin Stanislavsky ...
The Hollywood Reporter

Cate Blanchett to Return to Theater in Chekhov’s ‘The Seagull’ on London Stage

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 ...
New Republic

The First Great Film Adaptation of Chekhov’s The Seagull

The original play is in four acts. It opens at the country estate of Sorin, Irina’s brother. Konstantin, Irina’s son, is staging his first play, an ambitious symbolist work set unfathomably far in the ...
The Conversation

Chekhov called The Seagull ‘a comedy’. The Sydney Theatre Company seems to forget it was a tragedy, too

This is the question I kept coming back to while watching Andrew Upton’s adaptation of Anton Chekhov’s The Seagull, which opened to warm applause – and a touch of controversy – at the Sydney Theatre ...