Uncle Vanya Reviews
Stage Scene LA- Highly Recommended
"...Neil LaBute gives Anton Chekhov’s Uncle Vanya a more contemporary-sounding tweak in the Tony nominated playwright’s third visit to Santa Monica’s City Garage Theatre, and the result is a Vanya that even Chekhov “non-fans” like this reviewer can enjoy."
LA Theatrix- Highly Recommended
"...Anton Chekhov’s 1899 play “Uncle Vanya,” adapted by Neil LaBute in 2020 and directed by Frédérique Michel at City Garage Theatre, unfolds on a Russian country estate where the routine of maintaining the property has hardened into resignation."
Night Tinted Glasses- Highly Recommended
"...City Garage's current production of Uncle Vanya offers what I most desire in such a thing--a reimagining that feel utterly true yet re-sets how I perceive the play. What a gift, and I thank everyone involved from the depths of my heart!"
Stage Raw- Recommended
"...This production ultimately finds the pulse of Chekhov’s work: the uneasy blend of longing, resentment, and endurance that defines ordinary lives. In the hands of LaBute and Michel, “Vanya” feels less like a museum piece than a living argument about regret, the dawning suspicion that, despite all yearning and self-reflection, nothing will actually happen — an unsettling and tragic realization."