Anton Chekhov News

Resonance Ensemble will present Arthur Giron's new play The Coffee Trees in repertory with the play that inspired it, Anton Chekhov's classic The Cherry Orchard

Chicago's Greasy Joan & Co dedicated to producing classic plays with a contemporary edge, is pleased to announce the appointment of Ailene Cantelmi as Managing Director, as well as its 2007-2008.

Barrington Stage Company presents Anton Chekhov's Uncle Vanya, directed by BSC Artistic Director Julianne Boyd, playing for a three-week run at Barrington Stage (30 Union Street) from August 9 - 26, opening August 12 at 5PM.

The Alchemy Theatre Company of Manhattan, Inc presents Harvest by David W. Crawford, Off Broadway at The Beckett (Theatre Row), 410 West 42nd Street

Anne Frank meets Anton Chekhov in Days and Nights: page 121, lines 11 and 12, a new play that blends dialogue from The Seagull with the characters and circumstances from Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl, receiving its world-premiere Friday, August 10 at the Lafayette Street Theatre

Medicine Show Theatre will end its 37th Season with The Theory of Color, a new play by Lella Heins about a worldly female artist whose life begins to unravel when she and her husband move from Manhattan to a remote hamlet in the middle of nowhere.

Intiman Theatre, recipient of the 2006 Tony Award for Outstanding Regional Theatre, continues its 35th season with Anton Chekhov's Uncle Vanya, newly adapted by Associate Artistic Director Craig Lucas and directed by Artistic Director Bartlett Sher.

Bernstein, Laurents and Sondheim, Shaffer and Chekhov headline Barrington Stage Company's 2007 summer MainStage season: West Side Story (June 13 - July 14), Black Comedy (July 19 - August 4) and Uncle Vanya (August 9 - 26) will be presented in the company's fully renovated theatre at 30 Union Street in Pittsfield.

The 3rd Annual Classical Theatre Of Harlem Gala by Moët Hennessy The Classical Theatre of Harlem, a not-for-profit theatre dedicated to producing theatre that truly reflects the diversity of ideas and racial tapestry that is New York City, will hold their 3rd annual benefit on Monday, May 7th at the Low Memorial Library at Columbia University

The Royal Court Theatre's recent revival of the Anton Chekhov classic The Seagull, which played the London theatre at the early part of this year, may be bound for Broadway in early 2008

Ripe Time has just announced the world premiere of Betrothed, written and directed by Rachel Dickstein (the Ohio Theatre's Innocents). The show is based on S. Ansky's The Dybbuk, Anton Chekhov's Betrothed, and Jhumpa Lahiri's The Treatment of Bibi Haldar.

Single tickets will be available for the 2007 35th Anniversay Season of the Intiman Theatre on Saturday, March 31 at noon.

THE NEW SCHOOL FOR DRAMA PRESENTS SECOND ANNUAL RANDOM ACTS! ONE-ACT PLAY FESTIVAL Featuring works by John Guare, David Lindsay-Abaire, Tennessee Williams, Terrence McNally, and more

The Intiman Theatre in Seattle will present a 2007 season that includes productions of classics, a world premiere play by Craig Lucas, and Adam Guettel and Lucas' musical The Light in the Piazza.

Second Annual Random Acts! One-Act Play Festival at The School For Drama Feb. 15th through April 28th.

Chekhov, Burton, Martin, Nelson and company provide a theatre experience that reminds us why we go to see live theatre

Classic Stage Company will present the return of its popular 'First Look Festival' - a program of one-night only staged readings of rarely seen classics, performed by notable actors.

Bernstein and Sondheim, Shaffer and Chekhov will be part of Barrington Stage Company's 2007 summer Mainstage season, which will be presented in the company's fully renovated theatre at 30 Union Street in Pittsfield

If it's possible to find yourself enjoying a play while simultaneously feeling rather under whelmed by the whole thing, then The Roundabout Theatre Company's revival of George Bernard Shaw's dark comedy is perhaps the best example of sorry/grateful to be found on Broadway these days.

The bold and ambitious 2007 Soulpepper season will revisit relationships established with specific playwrights and embrace some new and thrilling challenges and discoveries.