Uncle Vanya

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The Maly Drama Theatre of St. Petersburg is providing an illuminating, and sometimes even revelatory, staging of Anton Chekhov's Uncle Vanya, now in a brief run at BAM's Harvey Theatre. Director Lev Dodin uncovers not only what theatergoers have always known is inherent in the classic play -- a warm, yet sometimes bittersweet humor that's mixed with a keenly felt sadness -- but also some tantalizing new insights into characters that have become exceedingly familiar to seasoned theatergoers.

Perhaps the most intriguing aspect of the production is Sergey Kuryshev's robust, and rarely melancholy, take on the title character, a man who has spent his life running the farm which was his late sist[...]