Anton Chekhov was a lively and sarcastic author, but his plays are sometimes performed quite differently. Director Yuri Muravitsky and the Taganka artists overcome the "Chekhovian melancholy" by presenting "The Cherry Orchard" in a variety show style. Director Yuri Muravitsky continues to explore the nature of Chekhov's humor - biting, ironic, at times almost sarcastic. Chekhov himself, by the way, referred to "The Cherry Orchard" as a comedy and did not accept Konstantin Stanislavsky's interpretation. Can this humor be discerned in the writer's last play, which is usually associated with sadness and not perceived as a funny story? The task is not easy, but the creators of the play take it on. As a result, a production is born about people trying to break free from the "Chekhovian melancholy" but returning to it again and again. And if you look at it from the outside, it unexpectedly becomes funny. The schedule of performances in Moscow is available on KUDAGO.