What s On This Weekend
Our picks for April 23-25 Updated: The Cherry Orchard at Mossoviet
Film and theater director Andrei Konchalovsky has put on a trilogy of plays by Anton Chekhov at Mossoviet Theater, starting with “Uncle Vanya” in 2009, “Three Sisters” in 2012, and ending with “The Cherry Orchard” this year. “The Cherry Orchard” is something of a family affair, starring Konchalovsky’s wife, Yulia Vysotskaya as Ranevskaya and many of the same off-stage artists and on-stage performers that contributed to his other two Chekhov plays. As Ranevskaya, Vysotskaya plays the landowner brought home from France grieving over the death of her son as so removed from reality that she is incapable of understanding that her estate and its famous cherry orchard must be sold at auction to pay off debts. The production, designed by Rushan Ismagilov with magnificent costumes by Tamara Eshba, has been nominated for a slew of awards. Tickets are still a