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Uncle Romeo Vanya Julietbegins casually and ends by breaking your heart.
JoantoSense & SensibilityandPeter Pan is a new kind of experiment for the company.
The tone is light to begin with, almost tossed off.
When two of Chekhovs characters emerge in the casual banter, you hardly notice the shift.
Sonya, full of desire and yet passed over, is forced into retirement before her time.
She has no choice but to play Juliet: The men have put her there.
something deep and true shines out of the characters.
Bonnie Tyler is Chekhov, too.
More shocking still in the simplest, most intimate way are Millonzis final moments as Sonya.
Uncle Romeo Vanya Julietis at the A.R.T./New York Theatres Mezzanine Theatre through October 28.
