Kim Field

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Chekhov in Australia

Saw Cate Blanchett and Richard Roxburgh tonight in an all-Aussie-cast version of Chekhov's "The Present" on Broadway. An updated version of Chekhov's unfinished first play, it started off slowly but ended with a literal bang. It was mostly Roxburgh's show, and he did a fabulous job, but Blanchett was wonderful as well. It was worth it just to see Blanchett fire a shotgun.