Anton Chekhov News

The Hypocrites have announced casting for the final production of their 2014-15 season, Anton Chekhov's heartbreaking comedy THREE SISTERS, directed by Company Member Geoff Button*, playing April 17 - June 6, 2015 at their new home, The Den Theatre Mainstage, 1329-1333 N. Milwaukee Ave. in Chicago. Tickets are available at ?www.the-hypocrites.com.

On January 15th, 17th, and 18th, 2015, Youth + Blood + Roses, a new play by Michael Joel, will make its New York debut as part of the Venus/Adonis Theater Festival. The play features Aryana Sedarati, Jeremy Landes, Kaitlin Overton, David Acosta, Katie Frazer, and is assisted directed by Mike McQuade.

On Sunday, January 25, Elizabeth and Stuart Hodes are hosting their annual fundraiser for the award-winning Equity professional East Lynne Theater Company at 3:00 p.m. in their home located at the corner of 31st Street and Lexington Avenue in Manhattan.

The Douglas Morrisson Theatre is excited to announce the regional premiere of Anton Chekhov's THREE SISTERS in a new version by playwright-actor Tracy Letts, Feb. 12-Mar. 8.

The Real Thing can be seen within a tradition of plays about theatre artists, and it uses the device of the 'play-within-a-play' to raise questions about the nature of 'reality.' What better way to explore the relationships between a playwright and the two actresses with whom he shares his life?

Screen Actors Guild Foundation and Broadway World have partnered for an filmed Conversations Q&A series to recognize and celebrate the vibrant theatre community in New York City and the union actors who aspire to have a career on the stage and screen. The most recent conversation featured stage and screen legend Vanessa Redgrave, moderated by BroadwayWorld's Richard Ridge. Check out the full interview below!

Garret Storms reprises his performance as David (Crumpet the Elf) in the WaterTower Theatre production of the David Sedaris holiday season comedy The Santaland Diaries, tonight, December 5 to 28, 2014, in the Studio Theatre at the Addison Theatre and Conference Centre. Kelsey Leigh Ervi returns to direct.

Acclaimed playwright Annie Baker will appear in person today, December 4, at the IFC Center movie theater in New York to present and discuss a 35mm print of a personal favorite, FANNY AND ALEXANDER, a film that helped spark her Pulitzer Prize-winning play The Flick.

Acclaimed playwright Annie Baker will appear in person this Thursday, December 4, at the IFC Center movie theater in New York to present and discuss a 35mm print of a personal favorite, FANNY AND ALEXANDER, a film that helped spark her Pulitzer Prize-winning play The Flick.

Due to popular demand BEDLAM is adding three more performances of Jane Austen's Sense & Sensibility adapted by Kate Hamill. Sense & Sensibility is currently playing in rep with a production of Anton Chekhov's The Seagull adapted by Anya Reiss now through December 21 at the Sheen Center (18 Bleecker Street, NYC). The added performances for Sense & Sensibility are Sunday, December 7 at 2pm, Tuesday, December 16 at 8pm, and Sunday, December 21 at 2pm. Tickets can be purchased by calling Ovation Tix at (866) 811-4111 and online at www.theatrebedlam.org

Theatre of NOTE continues its 2014 season with the World Premiere of POSSUM CARCASS, written by David Bucci and directed by Alina Phelan.

Catastrophic is pleased to once again introduce Houston audiences to a fresh voice in American theatre. As it did with Mickle Maher (The Strangerer and Spirits to Enforce) and Miki Johnson (American Falls and Fleaven), Catastrophic will produce 2 plays by Mark Schultz in a single season, beginning with the world premiere of The Blackest Shore and ending with Everything Will Be Different.

The Harold Clurman Lab Theater, the professional wing of the Stella Adler Studio of Acting New York City and the Art of Acting Studio Los Angeles, is proud to announce its 2015 season: Three Sisters by Anton Chekhov, directed by Tom Oppenheim, will open on February 5th, 2015 in New York; a contemporary play directed by Don K. Williams, will open Janaury 22nd, 2015 in Los Angeles; Macbeth by William Shakespeare, directed by Don K. Williams, will open in May of 2015 in Los Angeles; a world premiere of a new play, developed by the Harold Clurman Playwrights Division, will open in June of 2015 in New York; and Uncle Vanya by Anton Chekhov, directed by Tom Oppenheim, will open in September of 2015 in New York.

CURL UP AND DYE emerges as a still relevant piece of theatre some 25 years after its original premiere. Every issue that the play serves up - from racism and the systematic abuse of women to prostitution and the scourge of drugs and alcohol - still haunts this country. It may not be one of the classic greats, but it certainly is a pop culture staple of the South African theatre landscape.

Aaron Posner's Stupid f**king Bird, a 'sort of' adaptation of Anton Chekhov's The Seagull, makes its Michigan premiere beginning tonight, November 14 at Ferndale's The Ringwald Theatre.

Aaron Posner's Stupid f**king Bird, a "sort of" adaptation of Anton Chekhov's The Seagull, makes its Michigan premiere beginning November 14 at Ferndale's The Ringwald Theatre. After previous productions played in Washington, D.C., Chicago, and Los Angeles to great acclaim, The Ringwald is honored to bring the play to Detroit.

Theatre of NOTE continues its 2014 season with the World Premiere of POSSUM CARCASS, written by David Bucci and directed by Alina Phelan.

The Case Western Reserve University/Cleveland Play House MFA (CWRU/CPH MFA) Acting Program will present The Three Sisters in the Helen Rosenfeld Lewis Bialosky Lab Theatre ('The Helen') at PlayhouseSquare for 10 performances only, tonight, November 12-22, 2014. Written by Anton Chekhov and directed by CWRU/CPH MFA Program Director Ron Wilson, this landmark piece of theatre opens the second season for the MFA Class of 2016.

The Hideout Theatre presents Nothing and Everything, a title inspired by the common reaction of the plays of legendary playwright Anton Chekhov, today, Nov. 8-Dec. 20.