Nina Hoss Says Her Role in New Adaptation of Chekhov’s The Cherry Orchard “Came Out of the Blue”

Nina Hoss Says Her Role in New Adaptation of Chekhov’s The Cherry Orchard “Came Out of the Blue”

After starring in Homeland and Tár, Hoss plays a shrewd and swooning matriarch in director Benedict Andrews’s version of the 121-year-old play.

Now at Brooklyn’s St. Ann’s Warehouse, a Most Raucous Presentation of Chekhov’s ‘The Cherry Orchard’

Written and helmed by Benedict Andrews, this new version aggressively captures the tragicomic elements that have always defined this classic: It’s about as subtle as the brightly colored, sometimes mismatched garb worn by its actors.

After playing in Patrie et Goudron, Hoss plays a clever and fainting matriarch in the version of director Benedict Andrews of the 1211-year-old play. Actor Nina Hoss first entered my consciousness in Christian PetzoldFilm raptureous, sad and mysterious 2014 Phoenix, in which Hoss becomes at the center of one of the most [...]