Anton Chekhov News

Bards Bands and Bravura is pleased to announce 'Chekhov is My Valentine', where Anton Chekhov comes off his pedestal for fun and play at a good old fashioned Tent Revival Meeting.

Thus, we are happy to present one of our most popular features: The Nashville Theater Calendar, a comprehensive - maybe even exhaustive (lord knows we're exhausted from putting it together, gathering all the info from all over the interwebs!) - listing of theatrical openings for the 2016 season. We'll update the calendar every Monday, clearing out the shows that have closed and adding additional information on the shows still to come.

Pear Theatre continues its 2015/2016 season with Anton Chekhov's classic UNCLE VANYA, in a world premiere translation by Bay Area writer, actor, and director Dave Sikula.

The Canadian winds are whipping across Lake Erie! Yes, the snow is on the ground, the weather is miserable, but soon the cold winds will subside and many Clevelanders will start their trek to the land of the maple leaf and cross one of the many bridges in their treks north to Canada for wonderful theater.

Riverside Theatre, led by Producing Artistic Director/CEO Allen D. Cornell and Managing Director/COO Jon R. Moses, present Christopher Durang's Tony Award-winning comedy play, Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike playing the Waxlax Stage from February 16 - 28, 2016. Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike is sponsored by Ray and Sonia McGowan and Riverside Theatre's 2015-2016 Patron Producers Group.

Interdisciplinary theater company Source Material Collective is presenting in Portland their new two productions; 'A Thousand Tongues', a love declaration to the human voice and fragility of life; and 'I Should Have A Party For All The Thoughts I Didn't' Say', a love letter to Russian writer Anton Chekhov.

Threatening weather forecasts of freezing rain, snow and otherwise wintry conditions notwithstanding, Nashville's White Orchard Theatre tonight debuts Feels Colder Than Love, premiering Thursday, January 21, at the Ensworth School Auditorium Black Box Theater, running through January 29.

Sacha Wares will be returning to Almeida Theatre to direct the world premiere of Leo Butler's new play Boy, after her directorial success with the critically acclaimed production, Game, by Mike Bartlett, in 2015.  Boy will run at the Almeida Theatre from 5 April until 28 May 2016, with press night on 12 April 2016. Director Sacha Wares is joined by a formidable creative team, including two powerhouse contemporary designers, Miriam Buether for set design (Wild Swans, Sucker Punch, My Child, Generations), who worked with Sacha on Game at the Almeida in 2015, and Ultz for costume (Jerusalem, Hobson's Choice, Fallout, Pied Pier), who will be collaborating with Miriam, on design, for the very first time. Further creative credits include movement by Leon Baugh, lighting by Jack Knowles and sound by Gareth Fry.

Maureen Teefy, the stage and screen star is bringing her one woman-show, 'A Subject for a Short Story' to Solofest 2016 for one performance only at the Whitefire Theatre on Sunday, January 31st at 7pm. 

Gamut Theatre Group's Harrisburg Shakespeare Company (HSC) opens Anton Chekhov's The Seagull on March 12, 2016 on the Select Medical Mainstage at the New Gamut Theatre located at 15 N. 4^th Street in downtown Harrisburg. The box office and bar will open at 6:30 p.m. and the play will begin at 7:30 p.m. Tickets to the performance are $30 for adults, $25 for seniors/military, and $15 for students and can be purchased in advance at www.GamutTheatre.org. Following the performance, a reception will be held where guests can meet and mingle with the cast and crew while enjoying refreshments. Tickets to the opening night reception are sold separately.

Syracuse Stage begins 2016 with an irreverent comedy Stupid F***ing Bird, a contemporary mash-up of Anton Chekhov's modern classic The Seagull. Written by Aaron Posner and directed by Howard Shalwitz, the play comes to Syracuse Stage from the Woolly Mammoth Theatre in Washington, D.C. where it won two Helen Hayes Awards and performed to sold out houses.

 Set in the late nineteenth century on a country estate, The Seagull, written by Russian dramatist Anton Chekhov, tells the touching love story of a young writer, Konstantin, and his quest for a burgeoning actress Nina, and the romantic and artistic conflicts that ensue. The play beautifully portrays the fulfillment as well as disappointments of life.

PlayMakers Repertory Company continues its Mainstage Season Jan. 20-Feb. 7 with a fresh take on a classic drama, "Three Sisters" by Russian playwright Anton Chekhov. Special events associated with the show begin Jan. 11.

The Russian Arts Theater and Studio is pleased to announce acclaimed Russian stage director Aleksey Burago is following his sold-out performances of My Uncle Chekhov at the historic Balcony Theater with The Great Nothing a comedy to be performed in Russian by a renowned cast including Ernst Zorin (Honored Artist of the Russian Federation, Vakhtangov Theater), Gala Orlovsky (Prominent Artist of Ukraine Citation) and Sergey Nagorny.

PlayMakers Repertory Company begins the new year with HIGHWAY 47, a theatrical exploration of family, community and the importance of place written and performed by KJ Sanchez, tonight, Jan. 6-10.

The Chekhov Collective, in association with Theatrus, presents Anton Chekhov's THE CHERRY ORCHARD, directed by Dmitry Zhukovsky January  28 - February 14, 2016 at the Berkeley Street Theatre. Opening Night, January 29, is the 156th anniversary of Chekhov's birthday and 112th anniversary of the play's premiere at Stanislavsky's Moscow Art Theatre.

EMOTION MEMORY and RAVISHED, two riveting one-act plays by Don Nigro, will take the stage at the Players' Ring.

Interdisciplinary theater company Source Material Collective is presenting in Portland their new two productions; 'A Thousand Tongues', a love declaration to the human voice and fragility of life; and 'I Should Have A Party For All The Thoughts I Didn't' Say', a love letter to Russian writer Anton Chekhov.

To honor and spotlight the distinguished achievements in the American circus arts, Circus Now together with the Big Apple Circus, in association with Executive Producer and Director Jonathan S. Cerullo, JSC Theatricals, is proud to present the 2nd Annual Celebration of American Circus at the Big Top at Lincoln Center on January 5, 2016 at 8pm. Part ceremony, part performance, the Celebration of American Circus will honor four artists and/or organizations that have been prominent in the circus arts landscape in America, while spotlighting the thriving state of the circus arts across the nation, and will feature Emcee Thom Wall, with performances from a variety of breath-taking acts.  Tickets start at $25 and are available online at www.circusnow.org/CELEBRATE2016.

EMOTION MEMORY and RAVISHED, two riveting one-act plays by Don Nigro, will take the stage at the Players' Ring.