In the heat of summer, Sonya and her Uncle Vanya (Toby Jones) while away their days on a crumbling estate deep in the countryside, visited occasionally only by the local doctor Astrov (Richard ...
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The contemporary setting of Heidi Schreck’s translation of “Uncle Vanya” feels so natural that one could miss the change entirely. Even as the setting of a 19th century Russian estate is transformed ...
Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Critic’s Notebook What is it about Chekhov’s melancholy inaction hero that makes him, and the play he stars in, so meaningful at all ages? By Jason ...
Anton Chekhov is reported to have been very disturbed that the comedies he wrote were played as intense dramas. The plot of his play, “Uncle Vanya,” is about middle-aged and elderly people who live ...
Actor Richard Esteras will tell you, he has always played a certain type. At over 6 feet tall and festooned with tattoos, the long-haired, deep-voiced, barrel-chested actor of Mexican heritage has a ...