Sarsgaard and Gyllenhaal to Star in CSC's UNCLE VANYA
Sarsgaard and Gyllenhaal to Star in CSC's UNCLE VANYA
#1Sarsgaard and Gyllenhaal to Star in CSC's UNCLE VANYA
Posted: 12/11/08 at 11:38am
"The new Austin Pendleton-directed production of Anton Chekhov's Uncle Vanya, for Off-Broadway's Classic Stage Company in early 2009, will feature Maggie Gyllenhaal as Yelena and Peter Sarsgaard as Astrov, the troupe announced.
The real-life couple join Tony Award winner Denis O'Hare as Vanya, Mamie Gummer as Sonya, Louis Zorich as Waffles, George Morfogen as Srebryakov, Delphi Harrington as Maria and Cyrilla Baer as Marina.
Previews begin Jan. 17, 2009. An official opening date will be announced. The limited run plays to March 1.
Sarsgaard (of the films "Shattered Glass," "Boys Don't Cry," "Kinsey") will jump from his current Chekhov play (he's Trigorin in Broadway's The Seagull) into rehearsals for Vanya, about an old professor (Morfogen) and his young wife (Gyllenhaael) returning to his old estate, arousing old tensions with Vanya and his niece (Gummer).
Gyllenhaal is known for the films "The Dark Knight," "Sherrybaby," "Secretary," "Donnie Darko" and more..."
http://www.playbill.com/news/article/124203.html
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#2re: Sarsgaard and Gyllenhaal to Star in CSC's UNCLE VANYA
Posted: 12/11/08 at 2:37pmbump.
Tonya Pinkins: Then we had a "Lot's Wife" last June that was my personal favorite. I'm still trying to get them to let me sing it at some performance where we get to sing an excerpt that's gone.
Tony Kushner: You can sing it at my funeral.
Tony Kushner: You can sing it at my funeral.
#2re: Sarsgaard and Gyllenhaal to Star in CSC's UNCLE VANYA
Posted: 12/11/08 at 6:28pmReally excited about this production. And, CSC is one block away from me, so I will have no problem getting to the venue!
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#3re: Sarsgaard and Gyllenhaal to Star in CSC's UNCLE VANYA
Posted: 12/11/08 at 6:45pmThat's exciting. I wasn't a fan of Chekov before "The Seagull," so maybe this one will change my mind as well. Now lets talk dollars and cents. Do they do a student rush or anything, or should I spring for real tickets?
#4re: Sarsgaard and Gyllenhaal to Star in CSC's UNCLE VANYA
Posted: 12/11/08 at 8:12pmBetween this, The Seagull, and The Cherry Orchard at BAM there's a lot of Chekhov... not that that's a big thing though!
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#5re: Sarsgaard and Gyllenhaal to Star in CSC's UNCLE VANYA
Posted: 12/11/08 at 9:00pmI haven't been able to look at Gyllenhaal the same way since Secretary
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#6re: Sarsgaard and Gyllenhaal to Star in CSC's UNCLE VANYA
Posted: 12/11/08 at 9:04pm
This announcement just made my day. Just snagged my ticket so I have an Ibsen Saturday night (Hedda Gabler) and a Chekhov Sunday afternoon. Color me psyched! 
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#7re: Sarsgaard and Gyllenhaal to Star in CSC's UNCLE VANYA
Posted: 12/11/08 at 11:26pmI hope they don't run out of "A"s on their marquee.
#8re: Sarsgaard and Gyllenhaal to Star in CSC's UNCLE VANYA
Posted: 12/11/08 at 11:28pmIs this play really as boring as it was made out to be on Family Guy?
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#9re: Sarsgaard and Gyllenhaal to Star in CSC's UNCLE VANYA
Posted: 12/12/08 at 11:52amIt's the LEAST boring of Chekhov's full length plays.
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#10re: Sarsgaard and Gyllenhaal to Star in CSC's UNCLE VANYA
Posted: 12/12/08 at 12:34pmThis is exciting, although CSC's lack of student rush means I probably won't be going. I really don't understand what they're thinking. You'd think a theatre company doing classic shows in particular would want to reach out to interested young people whenever possible. Oh well.
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#11re: Sarsgaard and Gyllenhaal to Star in CSC's UNCLE VANYA
Posted: 12/12/08 at 8:25pm
> Is this play really as boring as it was made out to be on Family Guy?
do you generally get your theater tips from a CARTOON??????
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#12re: Sarsgaard and Gyllenhaal to Star in CSC's UNCLE VANYA
Posted: 12/13/08 at 12:58am
Is this play really as boring as it was made out to be on Family Guy?
It's boring if you think Family Guy is high-end comedy.
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#13re: Sarsgaard and Gyllenhaal to Star in CSC's UNCLE VANYA
Posted: 12/13/08 at 1:06am
It's boring if you think Family Guy is high-end comedy.
do you generally get your theater tips from a CARTOON??????
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#14re: Sarsgaard and Gyllenhaal to Star in CSC's UNCLE VANYA
Posted: 12/13/08 at 8:57am
Sorry, can't get interested in this. Sarsgaard was totally wrong for Trigorin and now they turn around and put him into Uncle Vanya?
As for seeing Roundabout's Hedda on Saturday night and Vanya for Sunday matinee, well, if that's what makes you happy.
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#15re: Sarsgaard and Gyllenhaal to Star in CSC's UNCLE VANYA
Posted: 12/13/08 at 8:57amBump.
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Updated On: 12/13/08 at 08:57 AM
#16re: Sarsgaard and Gyllenhaal to Star in CSC's UNCLE VANYA
Posted: 12/13/08 at 10:20amI think I'm the only person who liked Sarsgaard in The Seagull.
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#17re: Sarsgaard and Gyllenhaal to Star in CSC's UNCLE VANYA
Posted: 12/13/08 at 11:32am
TS3: now let's think about this: you've got your knickers in a knot because not one but two posters called you out for using a TV cartoon as a source of literary criticism?!?!? no pedestal required, bro -- that was an obvious response from right down here in the gutter. =:o
but, seriously, haven't you noticed that the writers on family guy make fun of EVERYTHING -- stuff they like ... stuff they don't like ... opinions they agree with ... opinions they disagree with ... EVERYTHING. it's what makes the show so great.
and so completely inapt for picking plays to see.
(edited a typo.)
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Updated On: 12/13/08 at 11:32 AM
#18re: Sarsgaard and Gyllenhaal to Star in CSC's UNCLE VANYA
Posted: 12/13/08 at 4:18pm
Vespertine, CSC had student rush for The Seagull earlier this year; it was $20, two hours prior to curtain. They had rush for New Jerusalem, too. Are you sure that rush has been disbanded?
Volunteer ushering is an option, as well.
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#19re: Sarsgaard and Gyllenhaal to Star in CSC's UNCLE VANYA
Posted: 12/14/08 at 1:16amI didn't care for Sarsgaard in Seagull either. He wasn't horribly miscast, but he just wasn't that great. His accent seemed all wrong, and just his whole approach.
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