What happens in Anton Chekhov’s final play, “The Cherry Orchard,” now on the boards at ACT Theatre? On the surface, very little. A motley group of Russians gather in springtime at a country estate.

Although the star-studded cast of "The Cherry Orchard" gives the project a strong dose of sex appeal, the virtue of this production has more to do with Belgrader's decision to present the play as the ...

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Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Critic’s Pick Nina Hoss stars as a melancholic matriarch in Benedict Andrews’s immersive rendition of the classic at St. Ann’s Warehouse in Brooklyn.

Many Soviet citizens remember Soviet actress Faina Ranevskaya for starring in the movies in the 1940s and 1950s. She was also a brilliant theater actress, however, and throughout the ups and downs of ...

It's only fitting that for his swan song at Goodman Theatre Artistic Director Robert Falls has adapted and directed Anton Chekhov's THE CHERRY ORCHARD, a play that's also very much a swan song. With ...

This, by my reckoning, is the fourth Cherry Orchard that the National has given us in 27 years. But, even if Trevor Nunn's new production does not efface memories of its predecessors, it is a good, ...

Faina Georgiyevna Ranevskaya (born Faina Girschevna Feldman, on August 27th, 1896 in Taganrog), was a Soviet theatre and film actress. She is also very well known for her cheeky aphorisms. In ...

It's no match for this season's haunting reinvestigation of another Chekhov play, "The Seagull," but Sam Mendes' robust staging of Stoppard's witty new adaptation boasts strong ensemble work, centered ...