Theater Movement Bazaar is both a bazaar of performance art – it includes theater, music, song and dance – and a most bizarre combination thereof. “Track 3,” showing Sept. 27-29 at the Los Angeles Theater Center, is a modernist abstraction of Anton Chekhov’s play “Three Sisters.” While “Track 3” follows a similar narrative of “Three Sisters” – namely three sisters and a brother dealing with love, heartbreak, disillusionment and displacement – “Track 3” keeps the same premise but takes its audience on a whirling ride through a fantastical world complete with Vaudevillian theatrics and a barber shop quartet.

The eight actors are the best takeaway from “Track 3.” Caitlin Conyan plays a mocking, lost and doubtful Irina against her brother Andrei (Mark Skeens), who skillfully maneuvers from hopeless romantic to hopeless gambling addict. These two stand out in particular, though each character is well portrayed and successfully takes on both funny witticism and tragic disappointment.

The first half of the show is lively and over-the-top. It might almost be described as slapstick. What is most enjoyable to watch at this point is the wry play on words and the seamlessly executed choreography. A series of tables and chairs are constantly in flux in the space, with the eight performers deftly moving the furniture without ever distractingly changing the set; everything is choreographed to a tee.

However, it is in the second half that the hammy antics begin to fall away and the characters are revealed to have some very real flaws in their personalities and are in many ways trapped – some in love, others in vice. The audience watches one heart after another break. What is left are three very disillusioned sisters who must pick up the pieces around them and continue with their lives.

The last scene in particular is beautifully set. Director and choreographer Tina Kronis brings the play to a poignant close with the sisters building a house out of their teacups and books. In this way, a metaphor of home is created amidst the repeated devastation and heartbreak that characterizes the second half of the play.

Movement Theater Bazaar’s “Track 3” is well worth the 60 minutes it spans. Taking the audience on a journey both hilarious and deeply tragic, Chekhov’s original play is brought to life in a way that is entertaining, memorable and extremely heartfelt.

“Track 3” is playing through September 29 at Los Angeles Theater Center (514 South Spring St, Los Angeles). Tickets are $15-$25. For more information, visit the Radar L.A. website here.

More coverage of the Radar L.A. Festival 2013 can be found here.

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