Celia Keenan-Bolger, Joel Grey & More Set for The Cherry Orchard, Starring Diane Lane, on Broadway
http://www.broadway.com/buzz/185374/celia-keenan-bolger-joel-grey-more-set-for-the-cherry-orchard-starring-diane-lane-on-broadway/

Along with Keenan-Bolger (The Glass Menagerie) as Varya and Grey (Cabaret) as Firs, the newly announced cast includes Tony winner John Glover (Love! Valour! Compassion!) as Gaev, Tavi Gevinson (The Crucible) as Anya and Harold Perrineau (Lost) as Lopakhin. They will be joined by Tina Benko, Susannah Flood, Maurice Jones, Quinn Mattfeld, Aaron Clifton Moten, Peter Bradbury, Philip Kerr, Lise Bruneau, Jacqueline Jarrold, Ian Lassiter and Carl Hendrick Louis.

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Diane Lane Will Return to Broadway This Fall in Stephen Karam's Adaptation of THE CHERRY ORCHARD#6
Posted: 7/7/16 at 5:11pm

How in the HELL does Tavi Gevinson continue to be employed as an actor???

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Diane Lane Will Return to Broadway This Fall in Stephen Karam's Adaptation of THE CHERRY ORCHARD#7
Posted: 7/7/16 at 5:26pm

DressedInYourPajamas said: "How in the HELL does Tavi Gevinson continue to be employed as an actor???"

My second thought, after "yay Celia Keenan-Bolger!"

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Diane Lane Will Return to Broadway This Fall in Stephen Karam's Adaptation of THE CHERRY ORCHARD#8
Posted: 7/7/16 at 5:31pm

I've only seen Gavinson in *The Crucible* but based on that, I would jump at the chance of seeing her in something like this. I thought her work as Mary Warren was bold and haunting, so was that entire production. This is bound to be one of the best ensembles of the season, I wish I was keener on Lane in general but I hear she's great on stage.

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Diane Lane Will Return to Broadway This Fall in Stephen Karam's Adaptation of THE CHERRY ORCHARD#9
Posted: 7/7/16 at 5:33pm

That's a pretty incredible cast outside of Tavi Gevinson.

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Diane Lane Will Return to Broadway This Fall in Stephen Karam's Adaptation of THE CHERRY ORCHARD#10
Posted: 7/7/16 at 5:37pm

Celia!!! Thrilled.

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Posted: 7/7/16 at 5:44pm

I wasn't previously interested in this but am very excited about this cast

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Diane Lane Will Return to Broadway This Fall in Stephen Karam's Adaptation of THE CHERRY ORCHARD#12
Posted: 7/7/16 at 5:49pm

Agh Celia plus Joel Grey? Sign me up.

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Diane Lane Will Return to Broadway This Fall in Stephen Karam's Adaptation of THE CHERRY ORCHARD#13
Posted: 7/7/16 at 6:16pm

The article mentions that this will be a limited run, but there's no closing date announced. How long do you guys think this will run? Very excited for both the casting, and Karam's involvement in the project.

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Diane Lane Will Return to Broadway This Fall in Stephen Karam's Adaptation of THE CHERRY ORCHARD#14
Posted: 7/7/16 at 6:22pm

IBDB lists December 4th as the closing date, which is a pretty standard run for Roundabout.

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Diane Lane Will Return to Broadway This Fall in Stephen Karam's Adaptation of THE CHERRY ORCHARD#15
Posted: 7/7/16 at 7:31pm

Joel Grey's understudy will be wonderful in the role of Firs.

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Diane Lane Will Return to Broadway This Fall in Stephen Karam's Adaptation of THE CHERRY ORCHARD#16
Posted: 7/7/16 at 8:07pm

Tavi Gevinson thrilled me in The Crucible (the ending of the second act was one of my favorite parts, and her character arc managed to move me, something it has never done in the past) and Joel Grey and Celia Keenan-Bolger? Yes, please.

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Diane Lane Will Return to Broadway This Fall in Stephen Karam's Adaptation of THE CHERRY ORCHARD#17
Posted: 7/7/16 at 8:30pm

I really hope this extends, I won't be in NYC until December 9th.

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Diane Lane Will Return to Broadway This Fall in Stephen Karam's Adaptation of THE CHERRY ORCHARD#18
Posted: 7/8/16 at 2:06am

what a killer cast....except for Tavi, ugh , bye girl

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Diane Lane Will Return to Broadway This Fall in Stephen Karam's Adaptation of THE CHERRY ORCHARD#19
Posted: 7/8/16 at 5:59am

Happy to be see Grey back on Broadway.

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Diane Lane Will Return to Broadway This Fall in Stephen Karam's Adaptation of THE CHERRY ORCHARD#20
Posted: 7/8/16 at 8:07am

Beautiful casting. She's an impeccable choice. Hell, they all are.

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Diane Lane Will Return to Broadway This Fall in Stephen Karam's Adaptation of THE CHERRY ORCHARD#21
Posted: 7/8/16 at 11:49am

Can I ask a stupid question- since this is an adaptation by Stephen Karam, did he himself do a new translation? Is he using someone else's translation & basically re-writing the play? I know Christopher Hampton for example did the translation & adaptation of Dangerous Liaisons- (and I'm asking this a fan of Karam's work- just genuinely how an adaptation is defined here)

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Diane Lane Will Return to Broadway This Fall in Stephen Karam's Adaptation of THE CHERRY ORCHARD#22
Posted: 7/8/16 at 11:52am

The use of the word "adaptation" leads me to believe that Karam will be working from a literal translation of the Russian text, rather than preparing a translation himself. That was the case when Roundabout had Christopher Shinn adapt HEDDA GABLER for their 2009 production. Basically, the person doing the translation is given a literal, word for word translation of the text, and creates his adaptation from there.

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