This quintessential Chekhov drama--his first success--is both comic and tragic. A group of friends and relations gather at a country estate to see the first performance of an experimental play written and staged by the young man of the house, Konstantin (Frank Langella), an aspiring writer who dreams of bringing new forms to the theatre. Among the audience are Konstantin's self-centered mother, the actress Arkadina, and her lover, the novelist Trigorin. Their glamorous presence not only disrupts the performance, but also soon takes on a more profound significance for the lives of all those present.
Starring:
David Clennon
Blythe Danner
Olympia Dukakis
George Ede
Lee Grant
Studio: Broadway Theater Archive, Image Entertainment
Filmed: 1975 - Released: 1975
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Cate Blanchett and Tom Burke will star in Duncan Macmillan and Thomas Ostermeier's new version of Chekhov's masterpiece The Seagull. Also directed by Ostermeier, the production will play a limited 6 week run at the Barbican Theatre from February 2025.
The Seagull, Anton Chekhov's tragic comedy of unrequited life, will play at Pratt Pullman Yards with Performance Jam from August 28 to September 8, 2024.
Waverley Council has announced this year’s Bondi Festival, boasting an astonishing arts line-up that’s bolder and better than ever before, with first-class theatre, comedy, cabaret and interactive experiences, from Friday 5th to Sunday 21st July 2024.
Captain Cliff & the Seagull Squad is coming to Scarborough’s Stephen Joseph Theatre. The production comes from the same team that created last year’s popular Thor’s Great Big Adventure: writer and director Rob Salmon, with original songs by Alice Kynman.
Tightrope Theatre will present Cold Water, an insightful new production coming to Park Theatre this May. Interweaving extracts from Chekhov’s The Seagull, this intimate and honest production focuses on longing, regret, and the cocktail of fear and overconfidence when first graduating and stepping out into the real world.
Intiman Theatre and The Seagull Project announce the partnerships they have formed for their upcoming co-production of Maxim Gorky's The Lower Depths.
Belgium/Chilian-based Belova ~ Iacobelli Theatre Company comes to La MaMa with their award-winning production Chayka, inspired by Chekhov’s The Seagull. This New York premiere will play the Ellen Stewart Theatre at La MaMa for two performances only.
Intiman Theatre and The Seagull Project have announced the cast for their upcoming co-production of Maxim Gorky's masterpiece, The Lower Depths.
Imara Savage (Director) brings Andrew Upton’s fifth Chekov play adaptation to the stage with a new imagining of THE SEAGULL.
The Oak Park Festival Theatre, Oak Park’s premiere Equity theatre and the oldest professional classical theatre in the Midwest, today released production images for their fall production of SEAGULLS, Beth Hyland’s thrilling rock musical adaptation of Anton Chekhov’s The Seagull.
Stage and screen icon Sigrid Thornton (The Lifespan of a Fact) returns to Sydney Theatre Company’s Roslyn Packer Theatre this November in a new adaptation of The Seagull. Learn more about the upcoming performance here!
The Oak Park Festival Theatre has announced the cast and production team for SEAGULLS, Beth Hyland’s thrilling rock musical adaptation of Anton Chekhov’s The Seagull. Learn more about the musical and how to get tickets here!
San Francisco State School of Theatre and Dance will present Stupid F##king Bird, Aaron Posner’s comedic tragedy that provides a new take on Anton Chekhov’s The Seagull. This play will be part of the San Francisco State School of Theatre and Dance’s Fall 2023 season.
This August, Firebird Players will invites audiences to join them in Park Slope for their outdoor production of Anton Chekhov's The Seagull. Set in the Hamptons in the late 1960s, this world premiere adaptation by Firebird literary director Zoe Senese-Grossberg interrogates the play's conception of power and gender by having the actors for Konstantin and Nina switch roles between Acts 2 and 3.
South Pasadena Theatre Workshop will present two classic plays by Anton Chekhov: The Seagull and The Cherry Orchard. Both productions aim to celebrate the philosophical power of Russian literature while spotlighting a local community of versatile actors in repertory fashion.
South Pasadena Theatre Workshop presents the highly ambitious undertaking of performing two classic plays by Anton Chekhov: The Seagull and The Cherry Orchard.
The stark and riveting version by UK playwright Anya Reiss, first performed at London's Royal National Theatre, will be directed by FutureHome Founding Executive Producer Josh Sobel as part of the 2023 Hollywood Fringe.
While in exile in New York, Alexander Molochnikov is aiming to present The Seagull. Interrupted Flight. Due to the political situation Molochnikov is no longer able to work in Russia. He will present with New York actors excerpts from his ongoing workshop, followed by a discussion.
The Company Theatre’s 2022-23 season continues with THE SEAGULL, April 14-30 at the School of the Arts Black Box Theater, 45 Prince St. Rochester, New York. See photos from inside rehearsal.
A story of unrequited love, creative jealousy, guns and vodka. This spring, Soulpepper Theatre Company brings Anton Chekhov's timeless tragicomedy The Seagull to the stage as part of Act I of their 2023 season.
South Bay audiences can see Game of Thrones star Emilia Clarke in her West End stage debut, when Hammer Theatre Center presents the National Theatre Live (NT Live) screening of The Seagull, directed by Jamie Lloyd (Cyrano de Bergerac).
Read the reviews for The Seagull/Woodstock, NY at The New Group.
The winners have been announced for the 2022 BroadwayWorld South Africa Awards, honoring the best in regional productions, touring shows, and more which had their first performance between October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2022.
3ofCups will present @make_us_scream written and directed by Kasey Connolly, Courtney Stennett, and Elisabeth Yancey.
Get a first look at David Cale, Patrick Foley, Nat Wolff and more in The New Group's world premiere of The Seagull/Woodstock, NY. See how to purchase tickets!
On November 10th at 7pm and November 12th at 1 pm, The National Theatre's The Seagull by Anton Chekhov, starring Emilia Clarke, will be presented at Lark Theater.
This is the Japanese premiere of Leopoldstadt, the latest work by British playwright Sir Tom STOPPARD, whose plays include Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, The Coast of Utopia and Arcadia, many of which have been staged and beloved in Japan. The play was highly anticipated before its run due to the playwright suggesting that it may be his last piece.
Following his critically-acclaimed production of Cyrano de Bergerac, Jamie Lloyd brings Anya Reiss’ new adaptation of Chekhov’s tale of love and loneliness to stage and we've got a video preview featuring Emilia Clarke alongside Daniel Monks, Tom Rhys Harries, Indira Varma and Sophie Wu.
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