#‘The Seagull’ Theater Review: Cate Blanchett Leads a First-Class Ensemble in Glorious Chekhov Adaptation

#‘The Seagull’ Theater Review: Cate Blanchett Leads a First-Class Ensemble in Glorious Chekhov Adaptation

While Anton Chekhov always thought of The Seagull as a comedy, that fact has frequently been forgotten through productions that fall into the soporific trap set by angsty, moping, lovelorn characters losing their hearts and minds in the Russian countryside. There’s no such danger with Thomas Ostermeier, who once declared that he wanted to bring…

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#A boring, time-traveling climate change film

#A boring, time-traveling climate change film

“#A boring, time-traveling climate change film” In a classic scene from Mel Brooks’ 1987 comedy “Spaceballs,” President Skroob of Planet Spaceball frantically reaches into his desk drawer for a can of “Perri-Air” canned oxygen. The doofus has overseen the decline of the world’s air supply, so he keeps a six-pack of the stuff to chug…

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