Chicago Shakespeare Theater (CST) will close it's production featuring Russia's illustrious Maly Drama Theatre of Saint Petersburg and its production of Anton Chekhov's Uncle Vanya. Hailed by Peter Brook as "the finest ensemble in Europe" and led by Artistic Director Lev Dodin, the Maly Drama Theatre has found worldwide critical acclaim for this production of Chekhov's classic which comes to Chicago for the 150th anniversary of the Russian playwright's birth.
Uncle Vanya is performed in Russian with projected English translation.
International programming at Chicago Shakespeare Theater is supported, in part, by the Julius Frankel Foundation.
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