The Present review: Cate Blanchett dares to find truth in Chekhov's trickiest play
Ethel Barrymore Theater, New YorkAndrew Upton's Platonov is set in 1990s Russia, a country between communism and oligarchy. Between them, its star and Richard Roxburgh bring it fully to life Oh to be bored like Cate Blanchett! In The Present, Andrew Upton's adaptation of an early Chekhov play, her character, Anna Petrovna, seems tired of everything " life and love, food and drink, women and men, hope and chess. "I'm …