First Nighter: The Bedlam Company Shoots and Wounds Chekhov's 'Seagull'

Before I get to the many reasons for my strongly objecting to the Bedlam company's attack on Anton Chekhov's great play, The Seagull, I want strongly to recommend their Sense & Sensibility adaptation, which my Huffington Post colleague has already praised. Having seen that production earlier in their current two-play season -- last year's included Hamlet and Saint Joan -- I was looking forward to The Seagull with great anticipation. So what I saw, at the Steen Center, was not only a major disapp...