Goodman’s ‘The Cherry Orchard’ is superbly cast and staged in sublime production by Robert Falls

Kareem Bandealy as Lopakhin and Kate Fry as Ranevskaya in the Goodman Theatre’s production of Anton Chekhov’s “The Cherry Orchard.” (Liz Lauren)

Comedy is not usually compassionate but cruel.

“Jesus, you’re boring,” the pretentious young servant Yasha (Felipe Carrasco) says to the old, old, old servant Firs (Francis Guinan) in “The Cherry Orchard,” now playing at the Goodman Theatre. “Why don’t you get it over with and die.”