Diane Lane Will Star In ‘The Cherry Orchard’ On Broadway This Fall

A new adaptation of Anton Chekhov’s modern classic The Cherry Orchard is set for the fall under the auspices of the Roundabout Theatre Company, with Diane Lane starring as family matriarch Mme. Ranevskaya. Lane (Trumbo, Unfaithful) has a long and varied stage career in addition to her work on film and television. This production marks for her a return of sorts: At age 12 she played a child in the ensemble of Andrei Serban’s landmark Broadway staging of The Cherry Orchard at the Vivian Beaumont Theatre, in a production that starred Irene Worth as Ranevskaya and Raúl Juliá as her unlikely nemesis, Lopakhin. Read More…