The Seagull

Directed by Michael Mayer; Cast: Saoire Ronan, Annette Bening, Corey Stoll, and Elizabeth Moss;

98 mins, PG-13

One summer at a lakeside Russian estate, friends and family gather for a weekend in the countryside. While everyone is caught up in passionately loving someone who loves somebody else, a tragicomedy unfolds about art, fame, human folly, and the eternal desire to live a purposeful life. Adapted by Tony-winning playwright Stephen Karam (The Humans) from Anton Chekhov’s classic play and directed by Tony-winner Michael Mayer (Spring Awakening), THE SEAGULL explores, with comedy and melancholy, the obsessive nature of love, the tangled relationships between parents and children, and the transcendent value and psychic toll of art. “You can feel the heat, temperature and otherwise, in Michael Mayer’s sultry screen adaptation of Anton Chekhov’s classic 1896 play.” —Frank Sheck, Hollwood Reporter