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`Sea Gull' doesn't rise to great heights.(Metropolitan Times)(Arts & Entertainment)(Theater)

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From: The Washington Times
Date: 19960305
Author:Pressley, Nelson

Theatre X's production of Anton Chekhov's "The Sea Gull" follows in the affectation-free footsteps of Louis Malle's "Vanya on 42nd Street," the film version of Andre Gregory's staging of Chekhov's "Uncle Vanya."

In "Vanya," the actors performed without scenery or costumes. All Mr. Gregory was concerned with was the relationships between Chekhov's yearning characters.

Likewise, the District of Columbia Arts Center's stage is bare for director Lawrence Henry's "The Sea Gull." The actors, who haul chairs, sofas and tables onstage as needed, wear casual modern clothes ...

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