Wednesday, May 7, 2025

“The Cherry Orchard” By Benedict Andrews: A Stark Mirror For A Collapsing Present by Victoria Zavyalova

Benedict Andrews’ reinvention of Chekhov’s The Cherry Orchard at St. Ann’s Warehouse raises the devastating question of our era: When change comes, what becomes of the world we’re ab…

SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 07:01AM
Tuesday, April 22, 2025

Review: The Cherry Orchard at St. Ann’s Warehouse by Carol Rocamora

Benedict Andrews finds the comedy in Chekhov's final play, but does he lose Chekhov? Carol Rocamora reviews. The post Review: The Cherry Orchard at St. Ann’s Warehouse appeared first on Ex…

SOURCE: exeuntnyc.com at 07:42PM
Saturday, April 5, 2025

The Cherry Orchard (St. Ann’s Warehouse) by Tony Marinelli

The results of this updating are bold, and Andrews’ intellectual ambition is undeniable. At times, his revisions might seem questionable but when the production clicks, it strikes with a t…

SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 09:59PM
Friday, April 4, 2025

The Cherry Orchard by David Walters

Chekov called The Cherry Orchard a comedy, and that designation has been a bone of contention through the years, with many great artists searching to find the comedy he refers to, as the tra…

SOURCE: The Front Row Center at 02:47PM

The Cherry Orchard: Anton Chekhov Gets an Unforgiving Axe by David Finkle

★☆☆☆☆ Adapter-director Benedict Andrews offers a questionable new take on the classic The post The Cherry Orchard: Anton Chekhov Gets an Unforgiving Axe appeared first on New York …

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 09:59AM
Wednesday, April 2, 2025

‘The Cherry Orchard’ Review: A Captivating Take on Chekhov by Elisabeth Vincentelli

Nina Hoss stars as a melancholic matriarch in Benedict Andrews’s immersive rendition of the classic at St. Ann’s Warehouse in Brooklyn.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:24PM
Tuesday, March 25, 2025

Tony-Winner Katrina Lenk To Lead New Musical Adaptation Of Chekhov's THE CHERRY ORCHARD In Concert

On Wednesday, April 2nd, 2025, as a part of Prospect Musicals' IGNITE concert series, the American Theatre Wing Jonathan Larson Award Winner Emily Xu Hall will present a concert performance …

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:48PM
Friday, March 21, 2025
Friday, March 7, 2025

Off Broadway Shows to See in March: ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’ and More by Elisabeth Vincentelli

Underwater drama, a daunting solo undertaking, a gaggle of students and a version of “The Cherry Orchard” that aims to recapture Chekhov’s winking tone.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:32AM

Paul Mescal, Andrew Scott, Nina Hoss and More, Off Broadway in March by Elisabeth Vincentelli

Underwater drama, a daunting solo undertaking, a gaggle of students and a version of “The Cherry Orchard” that aims to recapture Chekhov’s winking tone.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:18AM
Thursday, February 13, 2025
Monday, January 20, 2025

In The Seagull, Cate Blanchett and Thomas Ostermeier could make small details seismic | Michael Billington by Michael Billington

The Oscar winner stars in the German director’s production of the Chekhov classic where ‘everything is open to interpretation’ How does one stage Chekhov? His plays, embodying symphoni…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:42AM
Monday, January 13, 2025

Electra-fying! Captain Marvel’s Brie Larson brings back an ancient avenger by Michael Billington

Sophocles’ classic about the bitter pursuit of justice – now revived by Daniel Fish – reveals fresh truths each time Why do we so rarely see Sophocles’ Electra? John Burgess, in a gu…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:36AM
Wednesday, October 30, 2024
Sunday, September 15, 2024

June Watson: ‘In the 1970s at the National you couldn’t rehearse after lunch because everybody had had too much to drink!’ by Sarah Crompton

The actor on the extraordinary second life of her stage career, learning lines in your 80s, and the secret of her long marriage Born in Edinburgh in 1935, June Watson’s career on stage, te…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:32AM
Wednesday, August 7, 2024

Anthony Edwards, Susannah Flood and Amy Warren to Star in Roundabout's The Counter by Darryn King

Roundabout Theatre Company's world-premiere production of Meghan Kennedy’s The Counter, directed by David Cromer, has completed casting. The show will begin performances at the Laura Pels …

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:00PM
Friday, July 5, 2024

Diane Lane & the Company of THE CHERRY ORCHARD Celebrate the Return of Chekhov! by BroadwayWorld

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: Roundabout Theatre Company's new production of The Cherry Orchard, starringDiane Lane, Chuck Cooper, Tavi Gevinson, John Glover, Celia Keenan-Bolger, Harold Pe…

SOURCE: YouTube at 12:54PM
Saturday, June 8, 2024

The Great Lillian Hall. Jessica Lange Stars. Marian Seldes Hovers. by Jonathan Mandell

Jessica Lange as Lillian Hall, one of the great legends of the American theater, is about to star once again on Broadway in “The Cherry Orchard.” But she  is collapsed on her bed, when…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 11:28PM
Sunday, May 19, 2024

THE CHERRY ORCHARD: 2024 by Ron Fassler

Nina Hoss as Ranevskaya in “The Cherry Orchard.” Photo by Johan Persson.May 19, 2024: Theatre Yesterday and Today, by Ron Fassler. The Cherry Orchard is one of my favorite plays. I was…

SOURCE: ronfassler.medium.com at 07:48AM
Monday, May 13, 2024

Seeing Everybody: Actors on Chekhov by Carey Purcell

Originally published in Lincoln Center Theater ReviewView this story online I never watched horror movies before lockdown. Huddled in my apart­ ment as Covid-19 ravaged the country, I foun…

SOURCE: Carey Purcell at 02:03PM
Sunday, May 12, 2024

The week in theatre: The Cherry Orchard; Minority Report; Laughing Boy – review by Susannah Clapp

Donmar Warehouse; Lyric Hammersmith; Jermyn Street, LondonThe aged servant steals the show in a fast-paced 21st-century Chekhov, Max Webster’s dystopian sci-fi dazzles the eye but skips th…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:18AM
Friday, May 3, 2024

***** THE CHERRY ORCHARD REVIEW – BENEDICT ANDREWS BRINGS CHEKHOV BANG UP TO DATE by Robert Shuman

(Arifa Akbar’s article appeared in the Guardian, 5/3; Photo: The party’s over … Nina Hoss in The Cherry Orchard. Photograph: Johan Persson.) Donmar Warehouse, London Nina Hoss stars i…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 03:30PM

The Cherry Orchard review – Benedict Andrews brings Chekhov bang up to date by Arifa Akbar

Donmar Warehouse, LondonNina Hoss stars in a kookily immersive production but the devastating hammer blow of the Russian tragicomedy is not lost in translation It is initially hard to fathom…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:36PM

‘The Cherry Orchard’ Review: Chekhov in the Fun Zone by Houman Barekat

Benedict Andrews’s production in London offers perfectly pitched comedy where other directors find somber tragedy.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:54AM

The Cherry Orchard review: Chekhov characters banter and vape while the world burns by Tim Bano

Bafta-winner Adeel Akhtar and ‘Tár’ star Nina Hoss are excellent, but Benedict Andrews’s clever but annoying contemporary Chekhov revival insists on a grating quirkiness

SOURCE: The Independent at 04:32AM

THE CHERRY ORCHARD        Donmar. WC1  by Libby Purves and Friends

MODERN ECHOES OF A DYING FALL          Years ago I came out of a dullish production in Yorkshire of Chekhov’s last play, set very traditionally with samovar, parasols and big hats. A …

SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 02:48AM
Sunday, April 28, 2024

German actor Nina Hoss: ‘London is more driven. In the theatre, people are full of positive energy’ by Kate Kellaway

The star of Homeland and Tár on performing In The Cherry Orchard at the Donmar, working with Cate Blanchett, her Green party upbringing, and acting in a second language Nina Hoss, 48, is a …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:48AM
Tuesday, March 19, 2024

Donmar Warehouse's's The Cherry Orchard Finds Full Cast by Meg Masseron

Benedict Andrews will direct his new version of the work.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:12PM
Friday, December 8, 2023

Midnight Mole review – puppet’s cheery takeover of Chekhov’s garden by Chris Wiegand

The Egg theatre, BathSet in the cherry orchard that Madame Ranevsky is preparing to leave, this story leads its young audience on a tactile adventure underground Our host is making a list an…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:06PM
Tuesday, November 21, 2023

Donmar Warehouse Will Stage Primary Trust, The Cherry Orchard, More in 2024 Season by Meg Masseron

The season marks artistic director Michael Longhurt's final season with the company.

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:42AM

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