Cate Blanchett / Sydney Theater Company's Uncle Vanya coming to NYC

Sorry if this was already discussed (and, truth be told...I didn't really check all that hard...) but according to a Lincoln Center mailing I received, it's one of the productions during the Lincoln Center Festival this summer.

Couldn't be more excited! I don't think I've ever enjoyed a production of UV as much as the STC production...what a treat to see it again in NYC! Especially during the doldrums of summer.

This along with two other performances are being offered to patrons of Lincoln Center (Allan Cummings in a one man Macbeth and a piece by Baryshnikov are the others). Starting donation is 5k for a set to all three.

Blanchette has a week's worth of performances at the Barbican in the summer. Not a long-term commitment.

Did it say which theater this was going into?

Do you know the dates for Uncle Vanya?

Thanks for those dates. I'm not familiar with the various levels of patronage at LCT. Can anyone tell me what level of patron I would have to be in order to score tickets to Macbeth and Uncle Vanya without paying a scalper? Is $2500 the minimum? Or would one of the smaller "friends" contributions do the trick?

And someone please correct me...but is this Cate's first stage performance on the island (i.e. not BAM)?

According to the materials i received, Cummings' one-man rendition of the Scottish play runs July 5-14 @ the Rose Theater, Cate's Uncle Vanya is the 18th to the 29th @ City Center, and Baryshnikov's In Paris is at the Lynch from August 1-5.

vegas2, you can become a Friend of Lincoln Center starting at a modest $75; that gives you a three- to seven-day jump on single tickets for a number of the campus' activities: LCF, Mostly Mozart, American Songbook, Lincoln Center Presents, yadda yadda. If memory serves,

LCF single tickets do indeed go on sale in April -- though last year's Royal Shakespeare residency started much sooner; in any case, they send you email and snail mail reminders (sometimes not until perilously close to the actual on-sale dates).

Though if you can afford more I'm sure they'd appreciate it.

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Thanks, ajh, but many of us would feel far luckier had Ullman's uncommonly fine Streetcar made a BAM to Broadway transfer with Blanchett's extraordinary Blanche on it!

Updated On: 12/17/11 at 02:00 PM

Thanks for this information. I've just booked a hotel for one week in July, in hopes that I can catch the last performance of Macbeth and the first performance of Uncle Vanya. Now I just need to score the tickets and a decent airfare . . .

Yes, there are 2 small theaters at the City Center in addition to the very large auditorium. The Manhattan Theater Club and the Pearl Theater Company are among those who perform in the smaller venues.

Beat the NY Times...halla.

Also...many New Yorkers have seen her in Streetcar...I'm all about seeing her again in Vanya, which she hasn't done in NYC.
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