Cate Blanchett, however, is a stage veteran; and in Thomas Ostermeier's "ingenious" production of Chekhov's "The Seagull" – a new version adapted by Ostermeier and playwright Duncan Macmillan – she ...

By Demetrios Matheou While Anton Chekhov always thought of The Seagull as a comedy ... point at all — when the world is falling apart. Blanchett’s diva certainly arrives with a bang.

Blanchett delivers an highly skillful performance in director Thomas Ostermeier’s meta production of the Chekhov class ...

So when Cate Blanchett rolled into town for a new adaptation of Anton Chekhov’s “The Seagull,” at the Barbican Theater, a little trepidation could be forgiven. But Blanchett is different.

In a theatre season already crammed with Hollywood A-listers and record-breaking ticket prices, one show has soared above the ...

“I know that’s not what you expected,” says Zachary Hart’s Simon as he dismounts from his quad bike. Neither did I expect him to whip out a guitar and start belting out Billy Bragg’s The ...

Tom Burke and Emma Corrin also star in this three-hour production of the classic play that’s languid, thoughtful, and often ...

Cate Blanchett, who stars in the new thriller "Black Bag," told Business Insider that sexism in Hollywood has gotten better ...

While Anton Chekhov always thought of The Seagull as a comedy ... the actress Irina Arkadina (Cate Blanchett). Arkadina, of course, is only in love with herself. On the sidelines, the local ...

Cate Blanchett (Arkadina) in The Seagull (Marc Brenner) You keep thinking, as all the characters face their reckoning, that the carapace will crack, but it never does. Even as she begs her lover ...