Weighty harvest in `Orchard'

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From: The Boston Globe
Date: 20070112
Author:Louise Kennedy

Stage Review

The Cherry Orchard

Play by Anton Chekhov, translated by Richard Nelson

Directed by: Nicholas Martin.Sets, Ralph Funicello. Costumes, Robert Morgan. Lights, DonaldHolder. Sound, Drew Levy.Music, Michael Friedman.

At: Huntington Theatre Company, through Feb. 4. Tickets, $44- 75.617-266-0800, huntingtontheatre.org

It's hard to imagine an actress who wouldn't want to play Madame Lyubov Andreevna Ranevskaya. Foolish, charming, impetuous, and irresistible, the woman who owns the eponymous cherry orchard of Anton Chekhov's last play can't help commanding the center of every scene she ...

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