From Galadriel to Queen Elizabeth, Cate Blanchett is known for being a chameleon on film, but her career actually started on the stage. Now as the co-Artistic Director of the Sydney Theatre Company with husband Andrew Upton, Blanchett brings the company’s acclaimed production of Uncle Vanya to the Lincoln Center Festival for performances from July 19-28. Here she talks with fellow actor Richard Roxburgh about the challenges of staging Chekhov’s work for a modern audience.
Read what Playbill.com’s Harry Haun had to say about the very talented Cate Blanchett, who will be performing in the Sydney Theatre Company’s production of Uncle Vanya beginning this Thursday through next Saturday as part of Lincoln Center Festival.
JUST ANNOUNCED: Lincoln Center Festival 2012!
Highlights include:
- The return of the Paris Opera Ballet to NYC after a 16-year absence, dancing three programs
- Mikhail Baryshnikov in a new play, In Paris
- The Sydney Theatre Company’s acclaimed Uncle Vanya
- Alan Cumming in the National Theatre of Scotland’s one-person Macbeth
- DruidMurphy, a play cycle staged by Garry Hynes for the Druid Theatre Company
- A tribute concert celebrating the music of Curtis Mayfield
- China’s TAO Dance Theater with new works
- Émilie, an opera by Kaija Saariaho and Amin Malouf, starring Elizabeth Futral
- Feng Yi Teng, a chamber opera by Guo Wenjing, directed by Atom Egoyan
…and MUCH more! (Read the entire press release here.)
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