Why ‘Uncle Vanya’ Is the Play for Our Anxious Era Despite debuting 125 years ago, Anton Chekhov’s drama of claustrophobia, resentment and despair feels perfectly suited to present day America.

The contemporary setting of Heidi Schreck’s translation of “Uncle Vanya” feels so natural that one could miss the change entirely.

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Unrequited love swirls through this prestige-cast production of Anton Chekhov’s play, in a Manhattan loft. By Laura Collins-Hughes Leaning close ...

Uncle Vanya. Vivian Beaumont Theater . By Anton Chekhov. Adapted by Heidi Schreck. Directed by Lila Neugebauer. With Steve Carell, William Jackson Harper, Anika Noni Rose, Alison Pill, Alfred ...

NEW YORK — Filled with sad-sack characters living lives of soul-sucking boredom, Anton Chekhov’s “Uncle Vanya” ain’t ever a walk in the park to produce or, for that matter, to watch.

Chekhov wrote “Uncle Vanya” more than 130 years ago, yet it remains relevant to modern times. “This is a play about family and the choices we make during life’s biggest crises,” Black said.

A Broadway revival of Anton Chekhov’s classic Uncle Vanya, with a new translation by playwright Heidi Schreck, will be staged this spring by Lincoln Center Theater.Lila Neugebauer (The Waverly ...

Uncle Vanya’s breakdown at the end of the play was truly remarkable. He has an intense scene at the dining table, with the rest of the family, where he convulses with his anger towards the Professor ...

I wonder what Anton Chekhov would have thought about his “Uncle Vanya” being performed inside a factory that manufactures titanium anodizing racks — a venue that is a proud member of the ...

“Uncle Vanya” runs Friday, Dec. 6 through Sunday, Dec. 8, at Marroney Theater on the University of Arizona campus. Julius Schlosburg, via Arizona Sonoran News ...

'Uncle Vanya' gets little help from staging in factory, but sublime performances are not to be missed This is a highly intimate production with an amazingly accomplished cast, and some of the ...

T. Charles Erickson Photo. Samuel Douglas as Uncle Vanya and Rebeca Robles as Sonya. The David Geffen School of Drama at Yale’s production of Anton Chekhov’s masterpiece Uncle Vanya — running now at ...