Broadway found room this spring for classics from two titans of modern drama — Henrik Ibsen’s “An Enemy of the People” and Anton Chekhov’s “Uncle Vanya.” It’s thrilling that at such an uncertain time ...

Benedict Andrews’s production in London offers perfectly pitched comedy where other directors find somber tragedy. By Houman Barekat Sleek, lucid, amusing, often beautiful, it’s Chekhov with ...

Vermont Repertory Theatre will present a bold and traditional staging of Anton Chekhov's Uncle Vanya this winter, with the ...

I will be the first to admit I am not an expert on the works of Chekhov. Widely regarded as one of the fathers of modernism in theater, Anton Chekhov is known for his storytelling realism. His ...

Fans of Russian playwright Anton Chekhov’s “Three Sisters” can allow rich language and character development to reveal complex women who cling to their hopes and dreams under the suffocating weight of ...

Jay Scheib’s messy avant-production of Platonov, or The Disinherited, a play Chekhov wrote at around 21 years old, reminds me of too many other experimental productions with more joie de vivre and ...

“The Three Sisters” is purportedly about the Prozorov sisters, but it’s the men that are the center of attention in Anton Chekhov’s 1901 classic comedy-drama. But what really was going on behind the ...

The Baylor University and McLennan Community College theater departments go back to the classics this week, opening productions of works by Anton Chekhov and Charles Dickens. The Chekhov work, ...

Despite being more than 100 years in his grave, Anton Chekhov seems to be kind of hot right now. Two adaptations of works by that great Russian playwright will be seen on local stages this month.

Thanks in large part to the acting, and to the surreal implications of a self-aware play, “Stupid F*cking Bird” is a fascinating exploration of some complex concepts. Just don’t tell anyone that it’s ...

MOSCOW (Reuters Life!) - Literature lovers around the world on Friday held celebrations and paid tribute to Anton Chekhov on the 150th birthday of Russia's most universally acclaimed playwright.

Peter Eotvos’s “Three Sisters,” based on the 1900 play by Anton Chekhov, is at the festival this year for the first time. By A.J. Goldmann What is it about Chekhov’s melancholy inaction hero that ...