The Brooklyn College
Theatre Department
A MainStage Production
The Seagull
by Anton Chekhov
Directed by Mary Robinson
The audience is placed alongside the actors in this
production of Chekhov's beloved classic about love and
art.
No doubt somewhere along everyone's educational career, The Seagull has been assigned as required reading material. And well it should be, given the significance of this work as literature and as theatre, but to really experience why this is so important a work can only be realized by actually seeing it performed as it was meant to be rather than as a class assignment.
Chekhov revolutionized theatre, giving audiences a realism they had never seen before on the stage. After Chekhov gave Russia and the world his four famous works, Ivanov, Three Sisters, The Seagull, and possibly the most well know, The Cherry Orchard, audiences were transformed by a new realism on the stage and would never go back to the stilted, grand gesturing of what heretofore had been the staple of theatrical style. For the first time, ordinary, real life was portrayed naturally and with language that was part of the common colloquialism rather than artificial oratorio. Chekhov is to theatre as Tarantino is to film. The Seagull solidifies Chekhov's style; he has matured. His ability blossoms in this work as he reveals the poetry in everyday life. It really needs to be seen to be fully appreciated. Here's your chance.
Thursday thru Saturday, November 1, 2, 3, 2007 - 7:30pm
Evenings
Saturday and Sunday, November 3, 4, 2007 - 2pm Matinees
Friday thru Sunday, November 9, 10, 2007 - 7:30pm
Evenings
Saturday and Sunday, November 10, 11, 2007 - 2pm Matinees
Gershwin Theatre
Tickets:
$12 General Admission, $10 Seniors
Subscription for 4 Performances - $36
