A masterpiece of indecision

Annette Bening and Alfred Molina

head the cast in Anton Chekhov’s classic “The Cherry Orchard,” adapted by Martin Sherman and directed by Sean Mathias. Triple Academy Award nominee Bening has the role of Madame Ranyevskaya, grande dame and the matriarch of a

hapless aristocratic family whose self-

deceiving members are blind to the social upheaval swirling around them as their

fortunes decline in pre-revolutionary

Russia. Molina, a two-time Tony Award nominee, plays Lopakhin, a wealthy peasant-turned-businessman.

“The Cherry Orchard,” Mark Taper Forum, 135 N. Grand Ave., L.A. Opens 2:30 p.m. Sunday. $20 to $55. (213) 628-2772. www.ctgla.com.* Runs 8 p.m. Tuesdays to Saturdays, 7:30 p.m. Sundays, 2:30 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays; ends March 19.