The directors Michael DeFilippis, Dmitry Krymov and Aleksandr Molochnikov all infuse their current productions with a burning ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Portrait of the Russian writer Anton Chekov circa 1890-1904. (Keystone-France / Gamma-Keystone via Getty Images) The hectic ...

Anton Chekhov was probably the least statuesque major Russian writer of his generation. He wrote short stories rather than novels, lived modestly, and rarely boomed out complicated philosophical ideas ...

Chekhov’s gun is a dramatic principle that maintains that every element of a play should fulfill its promise to the audience—for example, a loaded gun that appears in the first act must go off by the ...

A new adaptation of Anton Chekhov’s The Cherry Orchard will begin previews at the Baryshnikov Arts Center in Manhattan on June 7. The new play, The Orchard, will be performed live through July 3 and ...

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 ...

Ever found Russian literature a little hard going? Well, luckily a work by Russia's greatest playwright has been propelled into the present by giving it a digital makeover. StoryMax What if each ...

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 ...