NEW YORK, NY.- Andrew Scott, the Irish actor who has parlayed his Fleabag hot-priest-ness into a thriving stage and screen career, will perform a one-man version of Uncle Vanya off-Broadway in the spring.
This will not be Scotts first go at the Anton Chekhov classic: He previously performed all the plays parts in Londons West End last year; critic Houman Barekat, writing in The New York Times, was underwhelmed, but critics for British outlets were far more positive, and the production won this years Olivier Award for best revival.
The New York production is scheduled to begin previews March 11 and to open March 18 at the Lucille Lortel Theater in the West Village. It is a commercial production, led by Wessex Grove, Gavin Kalin Productions and Kater Gordon.
The original play was first staged in 1899 and is oft-revived; the most recent Broadway production, starring Steve Carell, closed just three months ago, and there was a small-scale off-Broadway production, staged in a loft, in 2023.
This one-performer version was adapted by playwright Simon Stephens, who also wrote the Tony-winning stage adaptation of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time. Stephens and Scott previously collaborated on Sea Wall, a short one-man play that Stephens wrote and Scott performed onstage (in Britain) and on film.
The one-man Vanya, directed by Sam Yates, is scheduled to run just eight weeks.
Scott, 47, who had his big breakthrough with Fleabag (where he played the hot priest), is also known for the British TV series Sherlock, the 2023 film All of Us Strangers and the recent streamer Ripley. He has appeared on Broadway once, in the 2006 play The Vertical Hour.
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The New York Times.