fragments inspired by stage and screen
[article as originally published in The Clyde Fitch Report, October 11, 2017.] Sometimes a beautiful woman’s yearning gaze isn’t sufficient to hold a piece of theater together that has too many […]
The Cherry Orchard by Anton Chekhov translated by John Christopher Jones Directed by Andrei Belgrader Featuring Dianne Wiest, John Turturro Classic Stage Company, 136 East 13th Street December 3, 2011 […]
[originally published: http://aislesay.com/CHI-UNCLE.html] UNCLE VANYA by Anton Chekhov Translated by Paul Schmidt Directed by Charles Newell Court Theatre at the Museum of Contemporary Art 220 E. Chicago Avenue / (773) 753-4472 http://www.CourtTheatre.org Through February 11, 2007 Reviewed by Martha Wade Steketee January 20, 2007 In the Court Theatre‘s production of “Uncle Vanya” at the Museum of Contemporary Art, one enters a world […]
[originally published: http://aislesay.com/CHI-UNCHANGING.html%5D UNCHANGING LOVE by Romulus Linney Based on story by Anton Chekhov Directed by Gillian Kelly The Artistic Home 1420 West Irving Park Road / (773) 404-1100 / www.theartistichome.org Through August 20, 2006 Reviewed by Martha Wade Steketee July 14, 2006 “Unchanging Love” at The Artistic Home is an Appalachian, musically nuanced, classically structured tragedy based on a Chekhov short story. […]
