Stupid F***ing Bird Sort Of An Adaptation of The Seagull Reviews
Los Angeles Times- Recommended
"...This is the playful spirit of a comedy that urges us, in the gentle spirit of Chekhov, to live a little better. Whether it will have a salutary effect is anyone's guess, but this top-notch, exuberantly performed production will definitely buoy your mood."
LA Weekly- Recommended
"...Stupid Fucking Bird is the most authentic, self-aware, playful, pathos-filled, unassuming and world-wise adaptation of Chekhov I've seen since Louis Malle's 1992 film, Vanya on 42nd Street. How does one have Chekhov speak to 21st-century America? See this production."
Stage and Cinema- Recommended
"...Michael Michetti and a typically great Boston Court ensemble (casting by Julia Flores) nail this sacred cow's head to the floor and stomp it for three fun, disquieting, un-comforting acts."
The Hollywood Reporter- Somewhat Recommended
"...Regrettably, the dizziness finally unmoors the text in the final scenes, where Posner paints himself into a too preciously aware corner from which no panicked exertions can plausibly extricate. Bradley struggles manfully against the arbitrariness of the "open" ending(s) but ironically finds himself trapped by the quandaries created by Posner's determination to break with Chekhov's dictum that the gun must go off in the final act, and so all ends with a compulsive whimper instead of a bang."
Stage Scene LA- Recommended
"...Edgy and cutting-edge as you'd expect a Theatre @ Boston Court/Circle X Theatre Company co-production to be, Stupid Fucking Bird is also as accessible and entertaining as any production I've seen at Pasadena's premier intimate theater. And it's not stupid at all. No fucking way."
StageHappenings.com- Recommended
"...I think this is the best new play I have seen this year."
Examiner- Recommended
"...One day, Boston Court and Circle X Theatre Company decided to collaborate on a production, "Stupid F**king Bird." I f**king declare this a must-see production for all those who love Anton Chekov but are open to new artistic forms and for all those who can laugh at the pretensions of artists and the ironies of life."
TheatreTimes.org- Recommended
"...The West Coast premiere of Stupid Fucking Bird is a deliriously irreverent co-production by The Theatre at Boston Court and Circle X Theatre Company (through July 27 at Boston Court). Director Michael Michetti's seven cast members do a Janus-dance along the actor-character seam, managing simultaneously to be performers and observers."
KCRW- Recommended
"...The reason you need to stop and buy tickets now – is it closes July 27th and the rest of this ensemble cast is remarkable. Throw in the fact that it's beautifully designed and crisply directed – really please don't miss this one – it's worth the trip to Pasadena."
Broadway World- Recommended
"...Chekhov aficionados open to the humanizing of his high-brow archetypes will delight in playwright Aaron Posner's smartly written and irreverent take on Anton Chekhov's classic The Seagull. As briskly directed by Michael Michetti, the first act whizzes by with the prerequisite introductions and conflicting relationships identified, eliciting loads of laughter and unexpected audience interactions. Michetti adroitly navigates his talented cast of seven through a deceptively whimsical opener to a number of devastating incidents. Michetti, also The Theatre @ Boston Court's co-artistic director, makes the tightrope balancing of the off-the-cuff quips to the high dramatics work ever so breathtakingly fluid."