The hectic rhythms of this age are not those of an Anton Chekhov play. Yet the Russian writer is very much in evidence right now. More consumed with questions than with answers, Chekhov's plays depict ...

Peter Eotvos’s “Three Sisters,” based on the 1900 play by Anton Chekhov, is at the festival this year for the first time. By A.J. Goldmann What is it about Chekhov’s melancholy inaction hero that ...

“The Seagull: Malibu” and the seldom-revived “Strife,” two ambitious offerings in Theatricum Botanicum’s outdoor season, are reset in the American past. Ellen Geer, the director, calls her version of ...

Despite being more than 100 years in his grave, Anton Chekhov seems to be kind of hot right now. Two adaptations of works by that great Russian playwright will be seen on local stages this month.

MOSCOW (Reuters Life!) - Literature lovers around the world on Friday held celebrations and paid tribute to Anton Chekhov on the 150th birthday of Russia's most universally acclaimed playwright.

I will be the first to admit I am not an expert on the works of Chekhov. Widely regarded as one of the fathers of modernism in theater, Anton Chekhov is known for his storytelling realism. His ...