
The Present (Cate Blanchett)
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Andrew Upton’s contemporary dramatic adaptation 'The Present' arrived at the Barrymore Theatre in 2017, completing a triumphant, highly publicized limited Broadway engagement under the banner of the Sydney Theatre Company. Masterfully re-engineering Anton Chekhov’s unfinished debut play *Platonov*, the textually rich psychological drama unfolds inside an elegant country bungalow home in rural Russia during the mid-1990s, tracking a tight-knit circle of old friends whose lives explode into a minefield of regret, unfulfilled passion, and structural collapse over a chaotic birthday weekend. Directed by John Crowley, the production marked the official Broadway debut of Cate Blanchett.

