Rehearsals for Chekhov's Three Sisters are underway in the theater. The team creating the performance is entangled in complicated relationships, they feel pressure. Success or failure no longer depends only on them, but they still try to realize their own ambitions and dreams.
Anton Çehov'un Vanya Dayı adlı oyununu beyaz perdeye uyarlayan Vanya 42.Caddede, oyunun, harcanmış hayatlar, yalnızlık, umut ve umutsuzluk temasını öne çıkartan bir yapım. Eski dostlar bir araya gelir ve Manhattan sokaklarından geçerek ilk buluşmalarına giderler. Daha biz ne olduğunu anlamadan oyun sahnelenmeye başlar. Oyuncular hâlâ sokak kıyafetleri içindedir ve fakat seyirci kendini bir anda Rusya'da bulur. Vanya Dayı, yıllardan beri ölmüş kızkardeşinin kocası Serbryakov'un malikanesini idare etmiştir. Şimdi, yeni karısı Yelenayla eve gelmektedir.
A poor, struggling South Carolinian mother and daughter face painful choices with their resolve and pride. Bone, the eldest daughter, and Anney her tired mother, grow both closer and farther apart: Anney sees Glen as her last chance.
Middle-aged widow Beatrice Hunsdorfer and her daughters Ruth and Matilda are struggling to survive in a society they barely understand. Beatrice dreams of opening an elegant tea room but does not have the wherewithal to achieve her lofty goal. Epileptic Ruth is a rebellious adolescent, while shy but highly intelligent and idealistic Matilda seeks solace in her pets and school projects, including one designed to show how small amounts of radium affect marigolds.
When Tragedy Strikes three Families, their Destiny forces them on a coverging path and mercy as the challenges of their fate could also resurrect their beliefs