‘The Cherry Orchard’ gets New York laughing
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Quick summary- 1A perfect place to live as an alcoholic.” A burst of laughter rippled through the Wade Thompson Drill Hall.
- 2The line comes from Song Do-young, the heroine of Simon Stone’s Korean-language adaptation of Anton Chekhov’s “The C
- 3NEW YORK — “I went to New York.
NEW YORK — “I went to New York. It was an amazing city. A perfect place to live as an alcoholic.” A burst of laughter rippled through the Wade Thompson Drill Hall. The line comes from Song Do-young, the heroine of Simon Stone’s Korean-language adaptation of Anton Chekhov’s “The Cherry Orchard,” played by Jeon Do-yeon. Do-young is recalling the 10 years she spent in New York after the death of her son — a detail that, in this version, replaces Chekhov’s Paris. It was an unusually fitting joke for
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