Cate Blanchett & the Cast of The Present Are Poised for Their Broadway Debuts
The Present marks the Broadway debut of its entire cast, including Academy Award winner (and wearer of amazing power suits—see above) Cate Blanchett. Playwright and screenwriter (and Blanchett's husband) Andrew Upton adapted Chekhov's Platonov for the production, which is set to begin performances on December 17 and officially open on January 8, 2017. Set post-Perestroika in the mid-1990s, The Present f…