The Aims of ‘Uncle Vanya,’ Starring Steve Carell, Are Off
by Vulture
Vulture— Steve Carell & Co. are individually appealing in Heidi Schreck’s translation, but the show itself never comes to life.
New York Post—'Uncle Vanya' review: Steve Carell's Broadway play is funny, not feeling. While the revival of Anton Chekhov’s play has got the jokes down pat, it is quite a bit shakier when it comes to the pathos and hardship that spring from them.
The Guardian—Uncle Vanya review – Steve Carell leads excellent cast in Chekhov reimagining. Vivian Beaumont Theater, New YorkThe star makes a convincing Broadway debut in a tragicomic winner staged with thought and deft flashes of modernityAs with Appropriate, another outstanding, claustrophobic family drama directed by Lila Neugebauer on Broadway this season, the new Broadway revival of Uncle Vanya, now playing at Lincoln Center, plays to the sound of oppressive heat. The trill of crickets, the buzz of cicadas – from the first minute, the setting is effectively muggy, at once...
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