Andrew Scott is currently wowing audiences in a one-man version of Chekhov’s Vanya at the Lucille Lortel Theatre Off-Broadway. Before the show began performances, he discussed reprising the play after his Olivier-winning performance in London’s West End. Watch the interview above.
Uncle Vanya, with its portrayals of a group of people dissatisfied with their lives while trying to offload their family estate, has been widely revived (the most recent Broadway revival was just last year). But Scott says he's learned something new about the play when doing it as a one-person show: "When there was one voice, it just sounded like a sort of an insane person talking to themselves—as we all do...We’re all much more similar to each other than we think. Once you remove the surface of what people say they are (beautiful or young or old, or all that kind of stuff), human beings all essentially want the same things."
Vanya runs until May 11, in a newly adapted version by Simon Stephens.
Sam Yates directs, alongside designer Rosanna Vize. The creative team also includes lighting designer James Farncombe, sound designer Dan Balfour, video designer Jack Phelan, movement director Michela Meazza, composer Kelly Moran, and costume designer Natalie Pryce. Wessex Grove, Gavin Kalin Productions, and Kater Gordon are again producing.
