A Los Angeles debut of the Finnish director Marjo-Riikka Makela, this production carries that inextricable Eastern European feel: bold, passionate and funny, staying true to Chekhov's assertion of The Seagull as "a comedy in four acts." Freely commenting on American "bonfire of vanities" with its red carpet and hungry paparazzi, the time and space merge in this version, setting the action in a proverbial "Hollywood, Russia" (with a full local style pre-show on Santa Monica Boulevard)!..