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A New York Stop for Cate Blanchett, Hugo Weaving and ‘Uncle Vanya’ - NY Times (18dec11) |
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NY Times
James C. McKinley Jr
December 18, 2011
New Yorkers will have a chance to see the Sydney Theater Company’s celebrated production of “Uncle Vanya” with Cate Blanchett and Hugo Weaving next summer. The production, which received rave reviews when it appeared last August at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, will be presented at City Center from July 19 through July 28 as part of the Lincoln Center Festival, a festival spokeswoman, Eileen McMahon, said. Ms. Blanchett plays Yelena, and Mr. Weaving plays Astrov in the farcical-yet-heartbreaking production, which was staged by the Hungarian director Tamas Ascher. Ms. Blanchett’s husband, Andrew Upton, provided the actors a new English translation of Chekov’s in 1897 play in Russian.
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