2120

Actors, producers, theater majors and most reviewers have seen everything Anton Chekhov ever wrote. They know him like Englishmen know Shakespeare -- Chekhov is part of the Russian national character.

Plotnik, on the other hand, has seen only a few Chekhov dramas, so if you want a valid opinion, unsullied by that Theater Arts 203 Final your actor friend failed, ask Plottie. He'll tell you that "The Three Sisters," which premiered last night at Berkeley Rep, is a good one. He'll also mention that you should take a little nap first, because it's easy to run out of gas somewhere approaching the third hour.

You can read the SF Theater Blog Review of "The Three Sisters" here.

Chekhov finished The Three Sisters in 1902. It's the second of his three most famous plays: "Uncle Vanya" and "The Cherry Orchard" are the other two.

And it's 2011.

So if a play The Great Plotnik might write should debut in 2011, and have the kind of success that "The Three Sisters" has had, people will still be watching it in 2120, which is the exact address of the Avon Street House in Stiletto City.

It's destiny, it's fate, it's God's will. Oh, these endless Russian winters!