La Mirada Presents NT Live's THE CHERRY ORCHARD, Broadcast 7/22
By: Gabrielle Sierra
La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts is thrilled to announce the seventh and final production of National Theatre Live's second season - broadcast live from the National's Olivier Theatre in London, Zoë Wanamaker starring in Anton Chekhov's THE CHERRY ORCHARD, directed by Howard Davies. THE CHERRY ORCHARD will be broadcast on FRIDAY, JULY 22 at 8pm at La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts, 14900 La Mirada Blvd. in La Mirada.
Chekhov's THE CHERRY ORCHARD, in a version by Andrew Upton, with Zoë Wanamaker as Ranyevskaya, is the next in the series of National Theatre LIVE broadcasts to cinemas and performing arts venues around the world. Directed by Howard Davies, ‘Britain's most consistently satisfying interpreter of Russian drama' (London Evening Standard), the production will be filmed live at the National's Olivier Theatre.Set at the very start of the twentieth century, THE CHERRY ORCHARD captures a poignant moment in Russia's history as the country rolls inexorably towards 1917. Ranyevskaya returns more or less bankrupt after ten years abroad. Luxuriating in her fading moneyed world and regardless of the increasingly hostile forces outside, she and her brother snub the lucrative scheme of Lopakhin, a peasant turned entrepreneur, to save the family estate. In so doing, they put up their lives to auction and seal the fate of the beloved orchard.Tickets to this extraordinary event are still available by calling the Box Office at 562-944-9801. Tickets are $20 per screening and are available by calling the Box Office at 562-944-9801 or 714-994-6310 or online at www.lamiradatheatre.com.
LA MIRADA THEATRE FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS is located at 14900 La Mirada Boulevard in La Mirada, near the intersection of Rosecrans Avenue where the 91 and 5 freeways meet. Parking is free.Videos