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Seagull Box Office to Open Aug. 25; Casting Now Complete
By Andrew Gans
21 Aug 2008
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Kristin Scott Thomas as Arkadina in the London production of The Seagull.
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| photo by Johan Persson | The box office at the Walter Kerr Theatre, the home of the forthcoming revival of The Seagull, will open for business Monday, Aug. 25, the same day rehearsals for the Broadway production begin in London under the direction of Ian Rickson.
The revival, which co-stars Kristin Scott Thomas and Peter Sarsgaard, is scheduled to begin previews at the Kerr Sept. 16 with an official opening Oct. 1. The 14-week limited engagement will continue through December 21.
Rickson's acclaimed production of Anton Chekhov's The Seagull, which played a January-March 2007 run at London's Royal Court, features a new translation by playwright Christopher Hampton (Les Liaisons Dangereuses, The Philanthropist).
Kristin Scott Thomas will reprise her Olivier Award-winning performance as Arkadina for New York audiences. She will be joined onstage by Peter Sarsgaard, who will also be making his Broadway debut, as Trigorin. The cast will also feature members of the original Royal Court Theatre cast, including Mackenzie Crook as Konstantin, Art Malik as Dorn, Carey Mulligan as Nina, Pearce Quigley as Medvedenko, Peter Wight as Sorin, Christopher Patrick Nolan as Yakov and Mary Rose as the Maid.
The production will also feature Zoe Kazan as Masha as well as the newly announced Ann Dowd as Polina and Julian Gamble as Shamrayev.
Chekhov wrote The Seagull in 1895. The classic play, according to press notes, concerns "the romantic entanglements and regrets of a group of actors, writers and artists gathered on a Russian estate."
The production will feature designs by Hildegard Bechtler, lighting by Peter Mumford, sound by Ian Dickinson and music by Stephen Warbeck.
Kristin Scott Thomas won the 2007 Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Play for her performance as Arkadina in The Seagull. She received an Academy Award nomination for her performance in "The English Patient" and has also been seen in "Four Weddings and a Funeral," "Gosford Park," "Random Hearts," "Life as a House," "The Horse Whisperer," "Angels and Insects," "The Other Boleyn Girl" and "The Walker" as well as the upcoming ""Easy Virtue," "Confessions of a Shopaholic" and "I've Loved You So Long."
Peter Sarsgaard made his screen debut in "Dead Man Walking" and has since appeared in "Kinsey," "Shattered Glass" (National Society of Film Critics Award), "Garden State," "Boys Don't Cry," "Rendition," "The Dying Gaul," "Jarhead," "The Skeleton Key," "Flightplan," "Year of the Dog" and the upcoming "In the Electric Mist," "Orphan," "Elegy," "An Education" and "The Mysteries of Pittsburgh." He trained at the Actor's Studio and appeared Off-Broadway in Signature Theatre's production of Burn This and Laura Dennis and Drama Dept.'s Kingdom of Earth.
The Seagull will be produced on Broadway by Sonia Friedman Productions, Bob Boyett, Robert G. Bartner, Dede Harris, Fox Theatricals, Dena Hammerstein, Sharon Karmazin, Olympus Theatricals, Spring Sirkin, Tara Smith, Mort Swinsky,
Karl Sydow, The Weinstein Company, Falkenstein/deRoy and Jay & Cindy Gutterman.
Show times will be Tuesdays-Saturdays at 8 PM with matinees Wednesdays and Saturdays at 2 PM and Sundays at 3 PM. There will be an extra performance Sunday, Oct. 5 at 8 PM.
The Walter Kerr Theatre is located in Manhattan at 219 West 48th Street.
Tickets, priced $41-$110 with premium seats available for $252, can be purchased by calling (212) 239-6200 or by visiting www.telecharge.com.
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