About halfway through The Present, an adaptation of Chekhov's first play, Cate Blanchett, as a Russian general's widow celebrating her 40th birthday, shoots off a shotgun, dances atop a table, and pours vodka on her head. It is an attention-grabbing moment in Blanchett's Broadway debut performance " and one of the show's few unmitigated pleasures… […]
SOURCE: New York Theater at 07:36PM on January 8, 2017