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Mikhail Baryshnikov, at seventy-four years old, isn’t done experimenting. At the midtown venue that bears his name, Baryshnikov Arts Center, he stars in “The Orchard”, a four-dimensional adaptation of Chekhov’s “The Cherry Orchard,” conceived by the Ukrainian-born director Igor Golyak.

You've probably seen Jessica Hecht on the small screen, big screen, Broadway or off-Broadway. You might recognize her as Ross' ex-wife's wife Susan from "Friends" or her role on "Breaking Bad" or turn on Broadway in "Fiddler on the Roof." And now she's starring in the off-Broadway play, "The Orchard."

The Orchard is an unlikely adaptation of The Cherry Orchard by Anton Chekhov. I say “unlikely” because it is super high tech and one of the main characters is a robot?!! (A non-binary robot with it’s own Instagram handle, I might add: follow instagram.com/ronintherobot for quality content!)

The Orchard invites us into the fragile world of a family yearning for connection and struggling with the end of their world as they know it. Threatened with foreclosure and the loss of their beloved orchard, they face unstoppable, destructive forces that dismantle their lives like the breaking of a...

The Orchard: Trailer

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