Chekhov

A FAMILY AFFAIR at Plummer Park and Kings Road Park, West Hollywood

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Deborah Klugman – Stage Raw Though just about every serious theatergoer in this country has seen a Chekhov play, few have heard of Alexander Ostrovksy, a prolific 19th century Russian playwright and satirist whose first work, A Family Affair, was not only banned from the stage but even prohibited from being discussed in the press. Read more… Now … Read more

VANYA AND SONIA AND MASHA AND SPIKE at the Mark Taper Forum

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Bob Verini –   Arts in LA So you’re a distinguished playwright in your early 60s: a very Chekhovian age; an age when the mind drifts toward dreams once grasped, then compromised, then lost, and fixates on memories of simpler, happier times. You look around your Bucks County farmhouse and think, “Gosh, this looks a lot … Read more