In 2004, Baryshnikov appeared in "Forbidden Christmas or The Doctor And The Patient" at New York City's Lincoln Center, and in 2007 in "Beckett Shorts" at New York Theatre Workshop. On April 11–21, 2012, he starred in "In Paris," a new play directed by Dmitry Krymov. It was presented on the Santa Monica College Performing Arts Center's Broad Stage and co-starred Anna Sinyakina. Baryshnikov then appeared in the stage adaptation of Anton Chekhov's "Man in a Case". Of the production, he said: