Perspective | The most promising theater to see in D.C. and N.Y. this spring

Carell makes his Broadway debut in a new translation of the Anton Chekhov staple, courtesy of “What the Constitution Means to Me” playwright Heidi Schrek. Carell plays Vanya, a bitter man wrestling with regret while overseeing his brother-in-law’s estate, in a cast that also includes Alison Pill, Anika Noni Rose, William Jackson Harper, Jayne Houdyshell and Alfred Molina. Lila Neugebauer, the director behind the blazing, Sarah Paulson-starring staging of “Appropriate” on Broadway through June 23, helms this production as well. April 2-June 16 at Lincoln Center’s Vivian Beaumont Theater, 150 W. 65th St., New York. lct.org.