Read through some of our favorite recent reviews and feature articles!
Theatre Journal – Performance Review, Insulted Belarus Worldwide Readings
Below is a link to and a quote from Valleri Robinson’s performance review of the Insulted. Belarus(sia) worldwide readings project in Theatre Journal. “Boston’s Arlekin Players Theatre… presented Insulted. Belarus. several times in Russian and English live via Zoom and Facebook. Under the direction of Igor Golyak, the actors, using black-and-white filters, spare backgrounds, and individual...
The New York Times – ‘chekhovOS /an experimental game/’ Review: Life on a Merry-Go-Round
Below is a link to and a quote from Elisabeth Vincentelli’s review of chekhovOS /an experimental game/ in The New York Times. “Critics Pick! An ingenious interactive show… a leap forward in storytelling and execution.” “Whether you are new to ‘The Cherry Orchard’ or have seen it a half-dozen times,...
The Boston Globe – A game of fate in Arlekin’s spellbinding ‘chekhovOS’
Below is a link to and a quote from Don Aucoin’s review of chekhovOS /an experimental game/ in The Boston Globe. “A game of fate in Arlekin’s spellbinding ‘chekhovOS’” “Mikhail Baryshnikov and Jessica Hecht lead a strong cast in Igor Golyak’s marriage of theater, film, and video game technology” An...
Joyce’s Choices – chekhovOS/an experimental game/
Below is a link to and a quote from Joyce Kulhawik’s review of chekhovOS /an experimental game/ in Joyce’s Choices. “This is the best virtual theater I’ve seen all pandemic. “ “We immediately find ourselves in the thick of these existential questions, which become transparently relatable in this context. Certainly...
Jewish Journal – A modern spin on Chekhov, who’s played by Mikhail Baryshnikov
Below is a link to and a quote from Jules Becker’s review of chekhovOS /an experimental game/ in Jewish Journal. “chekhovOS /an experimental game/ has the kind of wit and inner life that Chekhov would surely embrace. “ “Most of all, the cast makes the characters in question seem to...
LA WEEKLY – THEATER OF EXISTENTIAL GLITCHES: CHEKHOV OS/AN EXPERIMENTAL GAME/
Below is a link to and a quote from Shana Nys Dambrot’s review of chekhovOS /an experimental game/ in LA WEEKLY. “A current web-based production by Igor Golyak and Arlekin’s Zero Gravity Lab takes this classic tale of feckless gentry, class struggle, and shifting social dynamics in expansive new directions....
Theater Pizzazz – CHEKHOVOS/AN EXPERIMENTAL GAME/
Below is a link to and a quote from Marcina Zaccaria’s review of chekhovOS /an experimental game/ in Theater Pizzazz. “Embracing the virtual format, chekhovOS/an experimental game/ offers live, interactive performance, reimagining The Cherry Orchard. “ “As NYC audiences make their way back to the cabarets and larger venues, chekhovOS...
smART Magazine – chekhovOS /an experimental game/
Below is a link to and a quote from Camilla Mikolajewska’s feature article of chekhovOS /an experimental game/ in smART Magazine. “A common misconception with theatre is that it is for a bourgeois crowd, which many of the times it is. Here, however, you are receiving that high level theatre...
The New Yorker – chekhovOS /an experimental game/
Below is a link to and a quote from David Kortava’s mention of chekhovOS /an experimental game/ in The New Yorker. “If the pleasure of conventional theatre lies in forgetting yourself for a time and getting lost in someone else’s story, then the strange thrill of this immersive multi-platform experience...