Cate Blanchett has signed on to star in a new stage adaptation of Anton Chekhov’s play The Seagull at the Barbican in London. The production will mark Blanchett’s first stage appearance in six years.

Swelling, as it does, toward an exquisite climactic monologue on the subject of endurance itself, Anton Chekhov’s what’s-it-all-for? comedy The Seagull can afford to demand a bit of patience. But ...

Summer 1890. To earn a little money and feed his family, Anton Chekhov, a humble doctor, writes sketches for newspapers under a pseudonym Antosha Chekhonte. An important writer and publisher come to ...

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Jay Scheib, The Disinherited. Photography by Jim Carmody. Jay Scheib shoots the live theater performance from the stage at The Kitchen, and the film is edited in real time and simulcast to AMC Empire ...