Chekov

Chekhov and Beckett Grace Los Angeles Stages

Hoyt Hilsman | Posted 05.27.2012

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Hoyt Hilsman

In a memorable production of Chekhov's The Seagull, presented by the Antaeus Company, a marvelous ensemble of classical actors based in LA, director Andrew J. Traister captures the brilliance and realism of Chekhov's rendition of the plight of humanity.

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Stage Door: The Cherry Orchard, The Mountaintop

Fern Siegel | Posted 02.03.2012

Read More: Dianne Wiest, Csc, Samuel L. Jackson, John Turturro, Drama, Theater, Broadway, Civil Rights, New York, Comedy, Angela Bassett, Martin Luther King, Entertainment, Jr., Off-Broadway, Chekov, Arts News
Fern Siegel

Written in 1904, The Cherry Orchard, Chekov's last play, feels wholly modern. Now at the Classic Stage Company, its issues of class, money and romantic ruin seem timeless

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Hottest Authors: 12 We'd Love To Be Haunted By

Posted 12.31.2011

Read More: Langston Hughes, Attractive Authors, Ernest Hemingway, Sexy Authors, Sexy Halloween, Sylvia Plath, Frankenstein, Chekov, Hot Authors, Jack London, Books News

Ghosts and books go hand-in-hand. Be it William Shakespeare or Stephen King, writers have long been penning poltergeists. While most literary ghosts a...

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'Boner' Dead, Suicide: Andrew Koenig, 'Growing Pains' Actor, Body Found

AP | JAIME ARON | Posted 05.25.2011

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VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Former "Growing Pains" actor Andrew Koenig was found dead Thursday in a wooded area of a sprawling downtown park w...

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Exit Ghost, Enter Roth: A Review of The Humbling

Anna Dubenko | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: American Fiction, Houghton Mifflin, Nobel Prize, The Humbling, Nathan Zuckerman, Chekov, Philip Roth, Exit Ghost, Books News
Anna Dubenko

In The Humbling's three fantastic acts, the reader is thrown into a dramatic maelstrom, which has but one Chekovian outcome and raises many novel questions.

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Star Trek's New Coming-of-Age Saga for Generation O

William Bradley | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Star Wars, 1960s, Space Program, Star Trek Movie, William Shatner, Bruce Greenwood, Zoe Saldana, J.J. Abrams, Terminator, Karl Urban, Leonard McCoy, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Peace Corps, Lost, X-Men, Star Trek, Jerry Goldsmith, Uhura, Anton Yelchin, Alias, Leonard Nimoy, Fringe, Roberto Orci, Christopher Pike, Top Gun, John McCain, Kennedy, Colin Powell, Rush Limbaugh, Heroes, Special Forces, Apple Store, Chekov, John Wayne, John Ford, Barack Obama, Alex Kurtzman, John Cho, Jeffrey Hunter, Thirteen Days, Zachary Quinto, Sulu, George Lucas, Michael Giacchino, Samuel Peeples, Starfleet, Spock, Chris Pines, Steve Schmidt, Steve McQueen, Doctor Who, Jfk, James T. Kirk, Gene Roddenberry, Entertainment News
William Bradley

Star Trek's message, focusing on a future of diversity, teamwork, and technology, appropriately used -- is especially attuned to the Obama era.

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The Seagull Revisited: What's So Great About Kristin Scott Thomas?

Pamela Newton | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: I've Loved You So Long, Chekov, Ian Rickson, Kristin Scott Thomas, The Seagull, Arkadina, Entertainment News
Pamela Newton

Scott Thomas is just too young and beautiful to be believed as a fading anything. Her girlish charm was out of joint with her character's panic over losing her boyfriend to a younger woman.

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