Kasi Campbell delivers a lusty reading of Chekhov's repertory piece, here in an articulate rendering by Stoppard that brings allusions to Shakespeare front and center. Campbell's handling of the ending, unfortunately, is too heavy-handed, with Dr. Dorn braying the news of Konstantin's suicide and the cast caught in a freeze before the lights go down.

Karl Miller is an electric, volatile Konstantin. Megan Anderson does less well with Nina; as we come to see her more around town, she reveals a overreliance on a wincing-simpering expression that suggests Renée Zellweger's excesses.

posted: 6:16:07 PM  

Take the Estimation Quiz. Go ahead, try it, even if it is a little Britain-centric. I scored 45% (139 out of a possible 310 points). My score sheet (with answers!) is here. I haven't quite figured out the scoring algorithm. It seems to reward precise wrong answers almost as much as imprecise correct ones.

(Thanks to Netsurfer Digest.)

posted: 4:34:06 PM