«With immense gratitude to all the women in my life.»
Konstantin Khabensky
«For us, the main characters in ‘The Seagull’ are the women,» says Konstantin Khabensky. «At the center is their love, dedication, warmth, and attention to men. And this attention can either lift men to the stars or drive them into the ground, turning them into the extinguished embers of an old fire. This was also true in the lives of great artists, writers, and composers. The story we will tell on the stage of the Moscow Art Theater is about normal human egoism. Every person wants to be treated with attention, to be loved, to be listened to. And not tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, but now. Such ordinary egoism. And in young characters, youthful maximalism is added to this.»
