First Nighter: Ethan Hawke Superb in a Not Quite Superb Ivanov
David Finkle
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Posted 01.12.2013
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Arts
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Joely Richardson,
"The Cherry Orchard,
Louis Zorich,
" Anton Chekhov,
Roberta Maxwell,
Austin Pendleton,
Classic Stage Company,
George Morfogen,
Carol Rocamora,
Ethan Hawke,
" Vanessa Redgrave,
Juliet Rylance,
"Ivanov,
" "Hamlet,
"Uncle Vanya,
Jonathan Marc Sherman,
Stephanie Janssen,
" Santo Loquasto,
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Austin Pendleton's production of Anton Chekhov's Ivanov at the Classic Stage Company is something of an unsolved puzzle. And that status probably isn't entirely due to Pendleton's direction of a highly competent cast. More likely, it's traceable to the tough challenge posed by the Russian playwright himself.
