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

Every time it feels as if we’re nearing a state of Chekhoverdose, a great production rolls around to remind us of the Russian writer’s uncanny power to pull us into his fold. Andrew Scott’s solo performance of “Vanya” at the Lucille Lortel Theater, which the New York Times’s critic Jesse Green called “a reset,” seems

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‘Vanya on Huron Street’ Review: Chekhov in Brooklyn

It’s not easy to capture a social and cultural hub, but the writer and director Matthew Gasda gave it a good try in “Dimes Square” (2022), a play about a small group of denizens from the title Manhattan scene — a tiny enclave that Gasda portrayed as a petri dish of competing insecurities and rivalries.

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