Anton Chekhov News

Stupid F@#%ing Bird at the Omaha Community Playhouse will run October 13 - November 12, 2017 in OCP's Howard Drew Theatre.

New York City Opera will honor the 90th birthday of Pulitzer Prize-winning American composer Dominick Argento with a concert featuring two of his one-act operas on November 9, 2017 at Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall. Soprano Heather Buck will perform Miss Havisham's Wedding Night and baritone Aaron Engebreth will sing A Water Bird Talk with Gil Rose conducting the New York City Opera Orchestra.

Columbia University School of the Arts is proud to present its graduating class of MFA Acting students, appearing in a pair of thesis productions in its new theatre at the Lenfest Center for the Arts.

Nottingham Playhouse Theatre Company announces casting for Anton Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard.

The SSG 2017 CLASSIC FEST featuring SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER by Oliver Goldsmith and THE THREE SISTERS by Anton Chekhov opens next week.

Columbia University School of the Arts is proud to present its graduating class of MFA Acting students, appearing in a pair of thesis productions in its new theatre at the Lenfest Center for the Arts.

Stupid F@#%ing Bird at the Omaha Community Playhouse will run October 13 - November 12, 2017 in OCP's Howard Drew Theatre.

The second production scheduled for American Repertory Theater of WNY's 2017-18 season features American playwright Aaron Posner's 2013 adaptation of Anton Chekhov's 1896 play THE SEAGULL entitled Stupid F**CKING BIRD. Directed by ART/WNY alumni Michael Lodick (JESUS HATES ME), STUPID F**CKING BIRD will open on October 19th and run to November 11th.

More than a century after the death of arguably Russia's greatest playwright, The Long Island Repertory Co. is gearing up to debut a new, full-length play based on an Anton Chekhov short story complete with a cast of more than a dozen performers.

Some days we're pretty sure that life sucks. Other days we might feel that life is full of beauty and wonder.

A Misfortune makes its world premiere tonight at The Charlottetown Festival. Sponsored by Key Murray Law, the bittersweet Canadian musical is playing a short run at the Centre's cabaret theatre, The Mack until Sept 22.

More than a century after the death of arguably Russia's greatest playwright, The Long Island Repertory Co. is gearing up to debut a new, full-length play based on an Anton Chekhov short story complete with a cast of more than a dozen performers.

Tickets for Stupid F@#%ing Bird at the Omaha Community Playhouse are now on sale through the OCP box office. The production will run October 13 - November 12, 2017 in OCP's Howard Drew Theatre.

On Her Shoulders is pleased to present a staged reading of THE CAMP by Griselda Gambaro, directed by Kristin Heckler on Thursday, September 21, 2017. Doors open at 6:45pm for a prompt start at 7:00pm with The Play in Context Introduction by Melody Brooks, who situates the script in its historical time and place.

Fortune's Fool Theatre will produce the world premiere of a new musical, The Lady with a Lap Dog, book and lyrics by Daniel Pinkerton and music by Robert Elhai, adapted from the story by Anton Chekhov. It will be performed at the Open Eye Figure Theatre in Minneapolis for 8 performances only from September 15-24. The production will star the outstanding singing actors Andrea Leap as Anna, Joel Liestman as Dmitri, and Laurel Armstrong as the four other characters. It will be directed by Nicole Wilder and music directed by Jill Dawe. 

Brave New World Repertory Theatre (BNW) presents The Plantation, the bold new adaptation of Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard set in 1870 Virginia after the emancipation of the slaves but before the onset of Jim Crow.

Known for high-quality productions and successful collaborations with Kansas City and nationwide theatre companies, and ranked by Hollywood Reporter as having the #17 best graduate acting program in the English-speaking world, UMKC Theatre announces its 2017-18 season.

REBEL AND MISFITS PRODUCTIONS is thrilled to announce 'Uncle Vanya: Valiantly Accepting Next Year's Agony,' the second piece in its' series called The Immersive Theatre Project. This production, directed by Kelly Hummert, Artistic Director of the company, will feature a two-hour interpretation of Russian playwright Anton Chekhov's 'Uncle Vanya.' The event will run for two weeks, Today through Monday, from August 24 through September 3 at a private residence at 110 Dielman Road in Ladue.

Some days we're pretty sure that life sucks. Other days we might feel that life is full of beauty and wonder.

Brave New World Repertory Theatre (BNW) presents The Plantation, the bold new adaptation of Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard set in 1870 Virginia after the emancipation of the slaves but before the onset of Jim Crow.