Thursday The 21st
MT PICK An Ideal Husband. A Comedy (Idealny Muzh. Komediya): Konstantin Bogomolov's staging on the themes of Oscar Wilde, set in contemporary Moscow. Chekhov Moscow Art Theater. 7 p.m.
Come On In (Zakhodite-Zakhodite): Yury Butorin's adaptation of Meir Shalev's novel "As a Few Days," also called "The Four Meals" and "The Loves of Judith." Fomenko Workshop Theater Old Stage. 7 p.m.
NEW Don't Leave Your Planet (Ne Pokidai Svoyu Planetu): Artur Smolyaninov in a multimedia show on the themes of Oscar Wilde's tale "The Happy Prince." Live music by the Soloists of Moscow Chamber Ensemble conducted by Yury Bashmet. Yauza Palace. 7 p.m.
Electra: Timofei Kulyabin stages Euripides' tragedy about a sister and brother seeking revenge on their mother for their father's murder. Theater of Nations small hall. 8 p.m.
NEW I Was at Home Waiting... (Ya Byla v Dome i Zhdala...): Anatoly Shulyev stages Jean-Luc Lagarce's play "J'??tais dans Ma Maison et J'attendais que la Pluie Vienne" about five women waiting for happiness, men or at least rain. Mayakovsky Theater small stage. 7 p.m.
Krechinsky's Wedding (Svadba Krechinskogo): Pavel Khomsky's staging of Alexander Sukhovo-Kobylin's satire about a social climber who nearly tricks his way into a profitable marriage. Mossoviet Theater. 7 p.m.
Middle Age (Sredny Vozrast): Sergei Shchedrin stages Lyudmila Petrushevskaya's plays about midlife crisis — "Cinzano" with all-male cast and "Smirnova's Birthday Party" with all-female cast, that run simultaneously on two different stages. Meyerhold Center. 8 p.m.
Miss Julie: Mikhail Durnenkov's adaptation of August Strindberg's drama of sexual and class conflict is set in contemporary Russia. Directed by Thomas Ostermeier. Stars Chulpan Khamatova and Yevgeny Mironov. Theater of Nations. 7 p.m.
NEW Prince (Knyaz): Konstantin Bogomolov's staging on the themes of of Dostoevsky's novel "The Idiot." Lenkom Theater. 7 p.m.
ENGLISH FRENCH Rhinoceros (Nosorog): Ivan Popovski directs Eugene Ionesco's play about the people of a town turning into animals. English and French subtitles available. Fomenko Workshop Theater New Stage. 7 p.m.
MT PICK The Demon. The View From Above (Demon. Vid Sverkhu): Dmitry Krymov's innovative production inspired by Mikhail Lermontov's poem. School of Dramatic Art. 7 p.m.
NEW The Dog in the Manger (Sobaka na Sene): Pavel Safonov stages Lope de Vega's comedy dealing with love, jealousy and envy. The haughty countess Diana rejects her many aristocratic suitors and falls in love instead with her handsome young secretary, Teodoro, who is the lover of her maid. Satire Theater. 7 p.m.
The Girl and the Revolutionary (Devushka i Revolyutsioner): Igor Simonov's play centers on a romantic encounter of Stalin and his future wife Nadezhda Alliluyeva. Vladimir Ageyev's staging. Praktika. 8 p.m.
NEW The Locks of Epiphany (Epifanskiye Shlyuzy): Marina Brusnikina's adaptation of Andrei Platonov's 1927 story about Bertrand Perry, a lovelorn engineer from Newcastle, whom Peter the Great employs to build a canal between the Don and Oka rivers.? Tabakov Theater. 7 p.m.
NEW The Rebels (Buntari): Alexander Molochnikov's view of Russia. Chekhov Moscow Art Theater small stage. 7 p.m.
MT PICK Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Kto Boitsya Virdzhinii Vulf?): Kama Ginkas stages a bracing version of Edward Albee's play about the adversarial relationship that somehow keeps a middle-aged couple's marriage together. Theater Yunogo Zritelya. 7 p.m.
Friday The 22nd
NEW Be Silent, Oedipus (Molchi, Edip): Vladimir Mirzoyev stages Maksym Kurochkin's contemporary interpretation of the Ancient Greek myth about the King of Thebes who unwittingly killed his father and married his mother. Teatr.doc on Maly Kazyonny Pereulok. 8 p.m.
NEW Coriolanus: Anna Potapova's staging of the Shakespeare drama. Taganka Theater. 7 p.m.
Count Nulin (Graf Nulin): Igor Lesov's stage version of Pushkin's comic verse tale of Russian country life. School of Dramatic Art. 8 p.m.
MT PICK Mitya's Love (Mitina Lyubov): a dramatic production by Latvian director Vladislav Nastavshev based on Ivan Bunin's story. Gogol Center small stage. 8:30 p.m.
ENGLISH Olympia: Olga Mukhina's family saga follows changes in Russia from the 1970s to the present. Staged by Yevgeny Tsyganov. English subtitles available. Fomenko Workshop Theater New Stage. 7 p.m.
MT PICK The Constant Principle. Part One (Stoiky Printsip): Boris Yukhananov's experimental nine-hour production? based on Calderon's "The Constant Prince" and Pushkin's "A Feast in the Time of Plague." Stars Igor Yatsko. Stanislavsky Electrotheater. 7 p.m.
MT PICK The Demon. The View From Above (Demon. Vid Sverkhu): Dmitry Krymov's innovative production inspired by Mikhail Lermontov's poem. School of Dramatic Art. 7 p.m.
NEW The House That Swift Built (Dom, Kotory Postroil Swift): Yevgeny Pisarev stages Grigory Gorin's play about Jonathan Swift. Pushkin Theater. 7 p.m.
The Lioness of Aquitaine (Akvitanskaya Lvitsa): Gleb Panfilov stages James Goldman's screenplay, "The Lion in Winter," about the gamesmanship between Henry II of England (Dmitry Pevtsov) and his wife Eleanor of Aquitaine (Inna Churikova). Lenkom Theater. 7 p.m.
NEW The Little Vixen. Love (Lisichka. Lyubov): a musical staging based on Janacek's opera "The Cunning Little Vixen." Natalya Sats Children's Musical Theater. 7 p.m.
MT PICK The Muller Machine (Mashina Muller): Kirill Serebrennikov's staging based on plays "Hamletmachine" and "Quartet" by German dramatist and theater director Heiner Mullerhis, on his diaries and letters.? Gogol Center. 8 p.m.
NEW The School for Wives (Shkola Zhyon): Mikhail Krylov's interpretation of Moliere's comedy about a middle-aged man who battles a young rival for the attentions of his pretty ward. Fomenko Workshop Theater Old Stage. 7 p.m.
MT PICK The Suicide (Samoubiitsa): Nikolai Erdman's classic comedy about a man who is almost convinced to kill himself as a sign of support for others' causes. Studio of Theatrical Art. 7 p.m.
Two for the Seesaw (Dvoye na Kachelyakh): William Gibson's love story about an iconoclastic young man and a would-be dancer in beatnik America. Galina Volchek renews her 1962 staging with Chulpan Khamatova in the lead. Sovremennik Theater production. Yauza Palace. 7 p.m.
Zhanna: Ilya Rotenberg directs Yaroslava Pulinovich's play that focuses on a successful, contemporary woman. Stars Ingeborga Dapkunaite. Theater of Nations. 7 p.m.
Saturday The 23rd
A Ridiculous Man (Smeshnoi Chelovek): Fyodor Malyshev's one-man musical show, based on Dostoevsky's short story "The Dream of a Ridiculous Man," features live performance by the Besy band. Fomenko Workshop Theater Old Stage. 7 p.m.
Autumn Sonata (Osennyaya Sonata): Yekaterina Polovtseva stages Ingmar Bergman with Marina Neyolova and Alyona Babenko in the leads. A celebrated classical pianist is confronted by her neglected daughter. Sovremennik Theater production. Yauza Palace. 7 p.m.
NEW Energetic People (Energichniye Lyudi): Pavel Khomsky stages Vasily Shukshin's satirical play about Soviet businessmen. Mossoviet Theater. 7 p.m.
MT PICK Mitya's Love (Mitina Lyubov): a dramatic production by Latvian director Vladislav Nastavshev based on Ivan Bunin's story. Gogol Center small stage. 8:30 p.m.
MT PICK Opus No. 7: Dmitry Krymov's production in two parts — "Genealogy" (Rodoslovnaya) with texts by Lev Rubinshtein and music by Alexander Bakshi, and "Shostakovich." School of Dramatic Art. 7 p.m.
Pagans (Yazychniki): Valeria Surkova stages Anna Yablonskaya's family drama. Teatr.doc on Maly Kazyonny Pereulok. 8 p.m.
Peer Gynt: Mark Zakharov's staging on the themes of Henrik Ibsen's verse drama. Choreography by Oleg Glushkov. Lenkom Theater. 7 p.m.
NEW Rabbit Hole (Krolichya Nora): Sergei Golomazov stages David Lindsay-Abaire's Pulitzer Prize-winning play about the ways family members survive a major loss with Yulia Peresild in the lead. Theater Na Maloi Bronnoi. 7 p.m.
NEW The Caucasian Chalk Circle (Kavkazsky Melovoi Krug): Nikita Kobelev staged Bertolt Brecht's classic play about the dispute between two communes in the Caucasus. Mayakovsky Theater. 6 p.m.
MT PICK The Constant Principle. Part Two (Stoiky Printsip): Boris Yukhananov's experimental nine-hour production? based on Calderon's "The Constant Prince" and Pushkin's "A Feast in the Time of Plague." Stars Igor Yatsko. Stanislavsky Electrotheater. 7 p.m.
NEW The House That Swift Built (Dom, Kotory Postroil Swift): Yevgeny Pisarev stages Grigory Gorin's play about Jonathan Swift. Pushkin Theater. 7 p.m.
MT PICK The Price (Tsena): Arthur Miller's heart-wrenching drama about two brothers and the price they must pay for the choices they have made in life. Directed by Leonid Kheifets. Mayakovsky Theater Stage Na Sretenke. 6 p.m.
The Year I Was Not Born In (God, Kogda Ya ne Rodilsya): Konstantin Bogomolov's staging based on Viktor Rozov's comedy "The Nest of the Wood Grouse." Tabakov Theater production. Chekhov Moscow Art Theater. 7 p.m.
NEW Volemir: Yevgeny Kamenkovich stages Fridrikh Gorenshtein's play about a man discovering his evil nature. Fomenko Workshop Theater New Stage small hall. 7 p.m.
Zhanna: Ilya Rotenberg directs Yaroslava Pulinovich's play that focuses on a successful, contemporary woman. Stars Ingeborga Dapkunaite. Theater of Nations. 7 p.m.
Sunday The 24th
NEW Be Silent, Oedipus (Molchi, Edip): Vladimir Mirzoyev stages Maksym Kurochkin's contemporary interpretation of the Ancient Greek myth about the King of Thebes who unwittingly killed his father and married his mother. Teatr.doc on Maly Kazyonny Pereulok. 8 p.m.
ENGLISH Constellations: Nick Payne's play explores love, friendship and the notion of free will against the backdrop of quantum physics. Directed by Jonathan Salway for the MET Theater. Stars Jonathan Bex and Emma Dallow. Mayakovsky Theater small stage. 3 and 6 p.m.
Faces (Litsa): Alexander Kalyagin directs and stars in a two-actor comic show based on Chekhov's short stories. Et Cetera Theater. 7 p.m.
Figaro: Kirill Serebrennikov's staging of Beaumarchais' comedy stars Yevgeny Mironov and Lia Akhedzhakova. Theater of Nations. 7 p.m.
MT PICK Flight (Beg): Yury Butusov's avant-garde production of Mikhail Bulgakov's novel. Vakhtangov Theater. 7 p.m.
ENGLISH FRENCH Heartbreak House (Dom, Gde Razbivayutsya Serdtsa): Yevgeny Kamenkovich's staging of George Bernard Shaw's "fantasy in the Russian manner." English and French subtitles available. Fomenko Workshop Theater New Stage. 7 p.m.
How I Became an Idiot (Kak Ya Stal Idiotom): A young man is miserable due to the tragic empathy his profound intelligence causes him to feel. Vladimir Bogatyryov's adaptation of Martin Page's novel raises the question: what is the source of happiness — truth and individuality, or ignorance and conformity? National Youth Theater. 7 p.m.
Measure for Measure? (Mera za Meru): Declan Donnellan stages Shakespeare's play that deals with issues of mercy, justice, and truth. Pushkin Theater. 7 p.m.
MT PICK Opus No. 7: Dmitry Krymov's production in two parts — "Genealogy" (Rodoslovnaya) with texts by Lev Rubinshtein and music by Alexander Bakshi, and "Shostakovich." School of Dramatic Art. 7 p.m.
Ruslan and Lyudmila: Mikhail Krylov stages Pushkin's verse tale. Fomenko Workshop Theater New Stage small hall. 2 p.m.
MT PICK Russian Folk Tales (Russkiye Skazki): Kirill Serebrennikov's staging based on the work of 19th-century Slavist Alexander Afanasyev who published one of the largest folktale collections in the world. Gogol Center. 7 p.m.
Saving Kammerjunker Pushkin (Spasti Kammer-Yunkera Pushkina): Iosif Raikhelgauz stages Mikhail Heifets' play. Contemporary Play School production. Theater Club Na Tishinke. 7 p.m.
NEW The Caucasian Chalk Circle (Kavkazsky Melovoi Krug): Nikita Kobelev staged Bertolt Brecht's classic play about the dispute between two communes in the Caucasus. Mayakovsky Theater. 6 p.m.
MT PICK The Constant Principle. Part One and Two (Stoiky Printsip): Boris Yukhananov's experimental nine-hour production? based on Calderon's "The Constant Prince" and Pushkin's "A Feast in the Time of Plague." Stars Igor Yatsko. Stanislavsky Electrotheater. 2 p.m.
NEW The Homecoming (Vozvrashcheniye Domoi): Chastny Theater production of Harold Pinter's play about a household of men thrown into confusion by the appearance of a woman of loose morals. Directed by Ivan Minevtsev. Yermolova Theater new stage. 8 p.m.
NEW The Lucky Ones (Schastlivchiki): Constanze Dennig's play "Extasy Rave," set in 2034, observes old people passing an IQ test that determines whether they get or lose their permit to continue living. Staged by Oleg Menshikov. Yermolova Theater. 7 p.m.
The Marriage of Figaro (Zhenitba Figaro): a musical version of Beaumarchais' witty play about a commoner who wants to marry his master's servant girl and encounters numerous adventures along the way. Lenkom Theater. 7 p.m.
True Stories of Women, Men and Gods (Podlinniye Istorii Zhenshchin, Muzhchin i Bogov): Writer-director Yelena Gremina reimagines five ancient Greek myths. Teatr.doc on Maly Kazyonny Pereulok. 8 p.m.
Unbearably Long Embrace (Nevynosimo Dolgiye Obyatiya): Ivan Vyrypayev stages his metaphysical play about four people in search of true life. Praktika. 8 p.m.
Monday The 25th
24 Plus: Mikhail Ugarov and Maksym Kurochkin's play about sex, love and freedom. Teatr.doc on Maly Kazyonny Pereulok. 8 p.m.
Helpline (Telefon Doveriya): Maxim Chertanov's comedy as staged by Yury Kravets. Chekhov Moscow Art Theater small stage. 7 p.m.
NEW In the Burning Darkness (V Pylayushchei Tme): Spanish playwright Antonio Buero Vallejo's 1947 allegoric play set an institute for the blind. Directed by Vladimir Bogatyryov. National Youth Theater. 7 p.m.
Juno and Avos (Yunona i Avos): a musical by Alexei Rybnikov. Lenkom Theater. 7 p.m.
Pygmalion: George Bernard Shaw's classic play about Eliza Doolittle (Alyona Babenko), the cockney flower girl whom the irascible Professor Henry Higgins (Sergei Makovetsky) "makes into a lady."? Sovremennik Theater production. Yauza Palace. 7 p.m.
MT PICK The Good Person of Setzuan (Dobry Chelovek iz Sezuana): Yury Butusov directs Bertolt Brecht's play about three disillusioned gods who come to earth in search of a "good human being." Pushkin Theater. 7 p.m.
NEW The Storm (Groza): Ulanbek Bayaliyev's updated version of Ostrovsky's tragedy about a young woman hounded to death by the ignorance and insensitivity of a backward Russian town. Vakhtangov Theater new stage. 7:30 p.m.
The Swedish Matchstick (Shvedskaya Spichka): Nikita Grinshpun's lively staging based on Chekhov's short stories features young actors. Theater of Nations. 7 p.m.
The Taming (Ukroshcheniye): Yakov Lomkin's adaptation of Shakespeare's comedy "The Taming of the Shrew." Satirikon Theater KVN Stage. 7 p.m.
ENGLISH FRENCH GERMAN War and Peace. The Beginning of the Novel (Voina i Mir. Nachalo Romana): Pyotr Fomenko's dramatization of sections of Leo Tolstoy's novel. English, German and French subtitles available.? Fomenko Workshop Theater New Stage. 7 p.m.
Tuesday The 26th
MT PICK A Midsummer Night's Dream (Son v Letnyuyu Noch): Ivan Popovski stages Shakespeare's comedy of love and magic in a wood near Athens. Fomenko Workshop Theater New Stage. 7 p.m.
Devichnik Club:? Three widows meet once a month for tea before visiting their husbands' graves. Roman Kozak's staging of Ivan Menchell's play "The Cemetery Club." Pushkin Theater. 7 p.m.
MT PICK Eugene Onegin: Rimas Tuminas stages a bold remake of, and commentary on, Pushkin's classic verse novel. Vakhtangov Theater. 7 p.m.
Forgiving Betrayal (Prostit Izmenu): Yelena Gremina's interactive piece about love, infidelity and revenge. Teatr.doc on Maly Kazyonny Pereulok. 8 p.m.
MT PICK King Lear (Korol Lir): Konstantin Raikin stars in Shakespeare's tragedy directed by Yury Butusov. Satirikon Theater KVN Stage. 7 p.m.
MT PICK Mitya's Love (Mitina Lyubov): a dramatic production by Latvian director Vladislav Nastavshev based on Ivan Bunin's story. Gogol Center small stage. 8:30 p.m.
NEW The Homecoming (Vozvrashcheniye Domoi): Chastny Theater production of Harold Pinter's play about a household of men thrown into confusion by the appearance of a woman of loose morals. Directed by Ivan Minevtsev. Yermolova Theater new stage. 8 p.m.
MT PICK The Muller Machine (Mashina Muller): Kirill Serebrennikov's staging based on plays "Hamletmachine" and "Quartet" by German dramatist and theater director Heiner Mullerhis, on his diaries and letters.? Gogol Center. 8 p.m.
NEW The Rebels (Buntari): Alexander Molochnikov's view of Russia. Chekhov Moscow Art Theater small stage. 7 p.m.
NEW The School for Wives (Shkola Zhyon): Mikhail Krylov's interpretation of Moliere's comedy about a middle-aged man who battles a young rival for the attentions of his pretty ward. Fomenko Workshop Theater Old Stage. 7 p.m.
The Swedish Matchstick (Shvedskaya Spichka): Nikita Grinshpun's lively staging based on Chekhov's short stories features young actors. Theater of Nations. 7 p.m.
MT PICK We Play Schiller (Igrayem Shillera): a fine version of Schiller's tragedy "Mary Stuart" about the deadly confrontation between the feisty Queen of Scots and her cousin, Elizabeth I, queen of England. Stars Marina Neyolova and Chulpan Khamatova.? Sovremennik Theater production. Yauza Palace. 7 p.m.
Wednesday The 27th
A Ridiculous Man (Smeshnoi Chelovek): Fyodor Malyshev's one-man musical show, based on Dostoevsky's short story "The Dream of a Ridiculous Man," features live performance by the Besy band. Fomenko Workshop Theater Old Stage. 7 p.m.
All About Cinderella (Vsyo o Zolushke): Oleg Glushkov stages a musical based on the famous folk tale. Composer Raimonds Pauls. Moscow Musical Theater. 7 p.m.
All Shades of Blue (Vse Ottenki Golubogo): Konstantin Raikin stages Vladimir Zaitsev's play about a young man whose parents struggle with the news that he is gay. Satirikon Theater KVN Stage. 7 p.m.
Gargantua and Pantagruel: In his staging, based on Francois Rabelais' comic folk epic, Konstantin Bogomolov explores the nature of the human body's functions. Theater of Nations. 7 p.m.
MT PICK Killer Joe: Javor Gardev's staging of Tracy Letts' black comedy about a highly dysfunctional family and a corrupt policeman who enters their midst. Theater of Nations small stage. 8 p.m.
NEW Magadan Cabaret: a new staging by Yury Pogrebnichko. Okolo, the Theater Near the Stanislavsky House. 7 p.m.
No. 13D: Vladimir Mashkov's staging of Ray Cooney's popular comedy. Chekhov Moscow Art Theater. 7 p.m.
Symposium (Pir): Vsevolod Lisovsky stages Plato's dialogue about the purpose and nature of love. Teatr.doc on Maly Kazyonny Pereulok. 8 p.m.
NEW Tell Me, Folks, Where This Train Is Going to... (Skazhite, Lyudi, Kuda Idyot Etot Poyezd...): a post-war story written by Anna Baturina and directed by Marina Brusnikina. Sovremennik Theater production. Yauza Palace. 7 p.m.
NEW The Final Tryst in Venice (Posledneye Svidaniye v Venetsii): Dmitry Krymov's staging on the themes of Hemingway's novel "Across the River and Into the Trees" stars Alexander Fillipenko as Colonel Richard Cantwell. School of Dramatic Art. 7 p.m.
NEW The Gamblers (Igroki): Igor Yatsko's staging of Gogol's comedy about card sharks cheating a cardsharp. School of Dramatic Art. 8 p.m.
NEW Vassa Zheleznova: Maxim Gorky's play about the forces destroying a traditional Russian family as staged by Vladimir Beilis. Maly Theater affiliate. 7 p.m.
and Beyond…
All About Cinderella (Vsyo o Zolushke): Oleg Glushkov stages a musical based on the famous folk tale. Composer Raimonds Pauls. Moscow Musical Theater. April 28, 29 and 30, 7 p.m.
Final Trysts (Posledniye Svidaniya): Yury Titov's stage composition based on Ivan Bunin's short stories. Fomenko Workshop Theater Old Stage. April 28, 7 p.m.
Iolanta. Opus: A musical performance about a blind princess who is cured by the love of a man who violates the king's order not to tell the girl of her blindness. Staged by actors-directors Filipp Avdeyev, Igor Bychkov and Alexander Gorchilin to music by Tchaikovsky, Schnittke, Poulenc and Puccini. Svetlana Mamresheva as Iolanta. Gogol Center small hall. April 28, 8:30 p.m.
Joan of Arc (Zhanna d'Ark): Sergei Zemlyansky's movement production? based on Bernard Shaw's play "Saint Joan" as well as on historical information about the young girl who later became one of France's most beloved saints. Pushkin Theater. April 28, 7 p.m.
Othello: Shakespeare's tragedy staged by Yury Butusov. Satirikon Theater KVN Stage. April 28, 7 p.m.
MT PICK Repress and Excite (Podavlyat i Vozbuzhdat): Alexander Kalyagin directs Maksym Kurochkin's play, an eccentric mix of boulevard melodrama, backstage intrigues and social satire. Et Cetera Theater. April 28, 7 p.m.
MT PICK #shakespearessonnets (#sonetyshekspira): Timofei Kulyabin interprets 13 Shakespearean sonnets through language and movement. Theater of Nations small stage. April 28 and 29, 8 p.m.
MT PICK Shukshin's Stories (Rasskazy Shukshina): Alvis Hermanis' staging of several stories by Vasily Shukshin stars Chulpan Khamatova and Yevgeny Mironov.? Theater of Nations. April 28 and 29, 7 p.m.
NEW The Boldheaded Cupid (Pleshivy Amur): Yevgeny Popov's love story from the 1970s directed by Genrietta Yanovskaya. Theater Yunogo Zritelya. April 28 and 29, 7 p.m.
NEW The Final Tryst in Venice (Posledneye Svidaniye v Venetsii): Dmitry Krymov's staging on the themes of Hemingway's novel "Across the River and Into the Trees" stars Alexander Fillipenko as Colonel Richard Cantwell. School of Dramatic Art. April 28 and 29, 7 p.m.
NEW The Gamblers (Igroki): Igor Yatsko's staging of Gogol's comedy about card sharks cheating a cardsharp. School of Dramatic Art. April 28 and 29, 8 p.m.
MT PICK The Marriage (Zhenitba): Mark Zakharov stages an all-star version of Nikolai Gogol's classic comedy. Lenkom Theater. April 28, 7 p.m.
MT PICK The Russian Novel (Russky Roman): Marius Ivaskevicius' play about great Russian writer Leo Tolstoy includes variations on the theme of his novel "Anna Karenina." Directed by Mindaugas Karbauskis, scenography by Sergei Barkhin. Mayakovsky Theater. April 28, 7 p.m.
The Tale of Arden Forest (Skazka Ardenskogo Lesa): Yuly Kim's adaptation of Shakespeare's "As You Like It," written by Yuly Kim and directed by Pyotr Fomenko. Fomenko Workshop Theater New Stage. April 28, 7 p.m.
NEW The Truth Is Good but Happiness Is Better (Pravda Khorosho, a Schastye Luchshe): Alexander Ogaryov's staging of Alexander Ostrovsky's play. Chekhov Moscow Art Theater small stage. April 28, 7 p.m.
The Yard (Dvor): Yelena Isayeva's play about the 1980s as staged by Vladimir Pankov. Gogol Center. April 28, 8 p.m.
MT PICK Casting: Yury Yeryomin's play, based loosely on the plot of "A Chorus Line," stars Alla Sigalova as the director and choreographer. Mossoviet Theater. April 29, 7 p.m.
NEW Macbeth: Polish director Jan Klata stages Shakespeare. Chekhov Moscow Art Theater. April 29, 7 p.m.
NEW The Dog in the Manger (Sobaka na Sene): Pavel Safonov stages Lope de Vega's comedy dealing with love, jealousy and envy. The haughty countess Diana rejects her many aristocratic suitors and falls in love instead with her handsome young secretary, Teodoro, who is the lover of her maid. Satire Theater. April 29, 7 p.m.
MT PICK Uncle Vanya (Dyadya Vanya): Rimas Tuminas' often grotesque staging of Chekhov's play about people whose lives slip away in the Russian countryside. Stars Sergei Makovetsky.? Vakhtangov Theater. April 29, 7 p.m.
Amadeus Musical Theater
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ARTO Theater
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Aquamarine Circus
7 Ulitsa Melnikova. M. Proletarskaya. 495-792-3072, circ-a.ru
Bolshoi Theater
1 Teatralnaya Ploshchad. M. Teatralnaya. 495-455-5555
Bulgakov House
10 Bolshaya Sadovaya. M. Mayakovskaya. 495-970-0619
Bulgakov Theater
10 Bolshaya Sadovaya Ul. through the arch, Apt. 50. M. Mayakovskaya. 495-775-9461, dombulgakova.ru
Chekhov Moscow Art Theater
3 Kamergersky Pereulok. M. Teatralnaya. 495-646-3646, 692-6748
Chekhov International Theater Festival
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Circus Na Prospekte Vernadskogo
7 Prospekt Vernadskogo. M. Universitet. 495-930-0272/0300, bolshoicircus.ru
Commonwealth of Taganka Actors
76/21 Zemlyanoi Val, Taganskaya Ploshchad. M. Taganskaya (circle line). 495-915-1148
Contemporary Play School
29/14 Neglinnaya Ulitsa. M. Tsvetnoi Bulvar. 694-0738
Co-Working Svobodnoye Plavaniye
28A Varshavskoye Shosse. M. Nagatinskaya. 499-426-0626, freecoworking.ru
DK Imeni Alexandra Petlyury
28/2 Ulitsa Petrovka, Bldg. 1, entrance by way of Petrovsky Pereulok. M. Chekhovskaya. facebook.com/DkPetlura
DK Imeni Zuyeva
18 Lesnaya Ulitsa. M. Belorusskaya. 499-973-3461
Dom Aktyora
35 Ulitsa Arbat. M. Arbatskaya. 499-248-1805, rfcda.ru
Dom Muzyki Theater Hall
52 Kosmodamianskaya Naberezhnaya, Bldg. 8. M. Paveletskaya. 495-730-1011, mmdm.ru
Drugoi Theater
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Dzhigarkhanyan Theater
17 Lomonosovsky Prospekt. M. Universitet. 495-930-70
Et Cetera Theater
2 Frolov Pereulok, Turgenevskaya Ploshchad. M. Turgenevskaya, Chistiye Prudy. 495-781-7811
Freelabs
10 Bolshaya Sadovaya Ulitsa. M. Mayakovskaya. 8-968-404-0505, usadbafreelabs.ru
Fomenko Workshop Theater
30/32 Kutuzovsky Prospekt. M. Kutuzovskaya. 499-249-1921/1740
Fomenko Workshop Theater New Stage
29 Naberezhnaya Tarasa Shevchenko. M. Kutuzovskaya. 499-249-1921/1740
Gogol Theater
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The Golden Mask Theater Festival
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Gubernsky Theater
121 Volgogradsky Prospekt. M. Kuzminki. 495-378-6575, m-g-t.ru
Helikon Opera on Arbat
11 Novy Arbat, Bldg. 2. M. Arbatskaya. 495-695-6584, 690-6592, helikon.ru/eng
Hermitage Theater
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Kuzminki House of Arts
121 Volgogradsky Prospekt. M. Kuzminki. 495-378-6575, modi-kuzminki.ru/en
Lenkom Theater
6 Malaya Dmitrovka. M. Pushkinskaya. 495-699-9668/0708
Maly Theater
1/6 Teatralnaya Ploshchad. M. Teatralnaya. 495-624-4046
Maly Theater Affiliate
69 Ulitsa Bolshaya Ordynka. M. Dobryninskaya. 499-237-3181, maly.ru
Masterskaya
3 Teatralny Proyezd. M. Okhtny Ryad, Teatralnaya. 495-625-6836, mstrsk.ru
Mayakovsky Theater
19 Bolshaya Nikitskaya Ulitsa. M. Pushkinskaya, Arbatskaya. 495-290-4658/6241
Mayakovsky Theater Affiliate
21 Pushkaryov Pereulok. M. Sukharevskaya. 495-290-4658/6241
MDM
28 Komsomolsky Prospekt. M. Frunzenskaya. 499-248-6688, mdmpalace.ru
MET (Moscow English Theater)
moscowenglishtheatre.com
Meyerhold Center
23 Novoslobodskaya Ulitsa. M. Mendeleyevskaya. 495-363-1048
MIDAS (Moscow Interactive Drama Art Studio)
themidastheatre.com
Moskva Ballet
16 Novoryazanskaya Ulitsa. M. Komsomolskaya. 495-607-0129, baletmoskva.ru/en
Mossoviet Theater
16 Bolshaya Sadovaya Ulitsa. M. Mayakovskaya. 495-699-2035
Moscow Musical Theater
27 Novozavodskaya Ulitsa. M. Bagrationovskaya. 495-797-6300
National Show of Russia
nationalrussianshow.ru/en/rnds
National Youth Theater
2 Teatralnaya Ploshchad. M. Teatralnaya. 495-692-0069/1879
Natalya Sats Children's Musical Theater
5 Prospekt Vernadskogo. M. Universitet. 495-930-5177, teatr-sats.ru
NET Festival (New European Theater)
10 Strastnoi Bulvar, office 46. M. Chekhovskaya. Tickets 965-224-2466, netfest.ru/en/bilety, netfest.ru/en/home
Nikulin Circus Na Tsvetnom Bulvare
13 Tsvetnoi Bulvar. M. Tsvetnoi Bulvar. 495-625-8970, circusnikulin.ru
Novaya Opera
3 Karetny Ryad. M. Mayakovskaya, Chekhovskaya. 495-694-0868
Okolo, the Theater Near the Stanislavsky House
9a Voznesensky Pereulok. M. Pushkinskaya. 495-690-2557
Operetta Theater
6/2 Bolshaya Dmitrovka. M. Chekhovskaya. 495-925-5050, mosoperetta.ru
Pavel Slobodkin Center
48 Ulitsa Arbat. M. Smolenskaya. 499-241-6226/6588, center-slobodkina.ru
Platforma at Winzavod Center
14th Syromyatnichesky Pereulok, Bldg. 6. M. Chkalovskaya, Kurskaya. platformaproject.ru, 495-917-1799, bigbilet.ru, winzavod.ru
Playwright and Director Center Na Begovoi
5 Begovaya Ulitsa. M. Begovaya, Dinamo. 495-945-3245, cdr.theatre.ru
Playwright and Director Center Na Sokole
71 Leningradsky Prospekt. M. Sokol. 499-390-6004, cdr.theatre.ru
Polytheater
3/4 Novaya Ploshchad, Entrance 9. M. Lubyanka. 495-730-5491, 544-5545, polyteatr.ru
Praktika
30 Bolshoi Kozikhinsky Pereulok. M. Mayakovskaya. 495-544-5545, praktikatheatre.ru
Playwright and Director Center
35 Arbat. M. Arbatskaya, Smolenskaya. 499-795-9282, 495-945-3245
Project Otkrytaya Stsena
(Formerly the School of Dramatic Art) 20 Povarskaya Ulitsa. M. Arbatskaya, Barrikadnaya. 495-691-4443
Pushkin Theater
23 Tverskoi Bulvar. M. Pushkinskaya. 495-694-1289
Pushkin Theater Affiliate
3/25 Sytinsky Pereulok, Bldg. 5. M. Pushkinskaya. 495-650-1896
Rossiya Theater
2 Pushkinskaya Ploshchad. M. Pushkinskaya, Chekhovskaya, Tverskaya. 495-788-4646
Russian Song Folk Theater
14 Olimpiisky Prospekt. M. Prospekt Mira. 495-681-3410, folkteatr.ru
Russian Army Theater
2 Suvorov Square. M. Novoslobodskaya. 495-681-5120, teatrarmii.ru
S.A.D. Theater
26 Prospekt Mira at the Aptekarsky Ogorod Garden. M. Prospekt Mira. 8-903-249-6740, teatr-sad.ru
Satire Theater
2 Triumfalnaya Ploshchad. M. Mayakovskaya. 495-699-3642
Satirikon Theater
8 Sheremetyevskaya Ulitsa. M. Maryina Roshcha. 495-689-7844, satirikon.ru
Satirikon Theater. Planeta KVN Stage
2 Sheremetyevskaya Ulitsa. M. Maryina Roshcha. 495-689-7844, satirikon.ru
Satirikon Theater. Satirikon Theater Uchebny Teatr Stage
6 Sheremetyevskaya Ulitsa, Bldg. 2. M. Maryina Roshcha. 495-689-7844, satirikon.ru
School of Dramatic Art
19 Ulitsa Sretenka. Metro Sukharevskaya. 495-632-9344
Sfera Theater
3 Karetny Ryad, in the Hermitage Garden. M. Chekhovskaya. 495-699-9645/27, spheratheatre.ru
Sobytiye Theater
11A Seleznyovskaya Ulitsa, Bldg. 2. M. Novoslobodskaya. 499-408-6075, teatrsobytie.ru
Sovremennik Theater
19A Chistoprudny Bulvar. M. Chistiye Prudy. 621-6473
Summer Ballet Seasons
ballet-letom.ru
Stanislavsky Electrotheater
23 Tverskaya Ulitsa. M. Tverskaya. 495-699-7224, electrotheatre.ru
Electrotheater Na Belorusskoi
27 Presnensky Val, Bldg. 7. M. Belorusskaya. 495-699-7224, 8 926-301-14-97, electrotheatre.ru
Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Musical Theater
17 Bolshaya Dmitrovka. M. Tverskaya, Chekhovskaya. 495-723-7325
Stas Namin Theater
9 Krymsky Val, Bldg. 33, in the Gorky Park. M. Oktyabrskaya, Frunzenskaya, Shabolovskaya. 945-633-9924, stasnamintheatre.ru
STD Boyar Chambers (Boyarskiye Palaty)
10 Strastnoi Bulvar. M. Chekhovskaya. Tickets 8-916-767-1619, start-std.ru
Tabakov Theater
1A Ulitsa Chaplygina. M. Chistiye Prudy. 495-628-9685, reservations 495-628-779, 624-46472
Taganka Theater
76/21 Zemlyanoi Val. M. Taganskaya (circle line). 495-915-1217
Theater Millenium at TsDKZh
teatr-millenium.org
Theater na Perovskoi
75 Perovskaya Ulitsa. M. Novogireyevo. 8-916-789-3657, teatrperovo.ru
Theater of Russian Song
14 Olimpiisky Prospekt. M. Prospekt Mira. 495-681-3410, folkteatr.ru
Teatrium na Serpukhovke
6 Pavlovskaya Ulitsa. Metro Serpukhovskaya. 499-237-1689
Teatr.doc on Maly Kazyonny
19 Maly Kazyonny Pereulok. M. Kurskaya. 8-919-765-8402, teatrdoc.ru
Ten Theater
5 Oktyabrskaya Ulitsa. M. Dostoevskaya, Maryina Roshcha. 495-681-1516/3590, tttttttttt.ru
Theater Center Na Strastnom
8A Strastnoi Bulvar. M. Chekhovskaya. 495-694-4681
Theater Club Na Tishinke
5/7 Sredny Tishinsky Pereulok. M. Belorusskaya. 499-340-6653, teatr-mti.ru
Theater Kinoaktyora
33 Ul. Povarskaya. M. Arbatskaya, Barrikadnaya. 495-690-2811, 691-1461
Theater Luny
31 Malaya Ordynka. M. Dobryninskaya. 495-953-1317
Theater Na Maloi Bronnoi
4 Malaya Bronnaya. M. Tverskaya. 495-690-6731, reservations 495-728-6649
Theater Na Yugo-Zapade
125 Prospekt Vernadskogo, M. Yugo-Zapadnaya. 495-433-1191
Theater of Nations
3 Petrovsky Pereulok. M. Chekhovskaya, Pushkinskaya. 495-629-3739
Theater U Nikitskikh Vorot
Ulitsa Bolshaya Nikitskaya (at the corner of Bolshaya Nikitskaya and Nikitsky Bulvar). M. Arbatskaya, Pushkinskaya. 495- 695-8219
Theater Yunogo Zritelya
10 Mamonovsky Pereulok. M. Pushkinskaya. 495-699-4995/5360
TsDKZh Dom Kultury Zheleznodorozhnikov
4 Komsomolskaya Ploshchad. M. Komsomolskaya. 495-266-29-38.
TsDL
Tsentralny Dom Literatorov 53 Bolshaya Nikitskaya Ulitsa. M. Barrikadnaya. 495-691-6316, cdlart.ru
UVS Gallery
1/13 Ul. Pokrovka, entrance by way of Armyansky Pereulok. 495-621-2828, uvsartgallery.com
Vakhtangov Theater
26 Arbat. M. Arbatskaya. 499-241-1679
Vladimir Nazarov Musical Theater
Michurinsky Prospekt, 1 Olimpiiskaya Derevnya. M. Yugo-Zapadnaya. 495-430-0410, 437-8626, mtvn.ru
Vysotsky Center
3 Nizhny Tagansky Tupik. M. Taganskaya. 495-915-4558
Yelena Kamburova Theater of Music and Poetry
53/55 Bolshaya Pirogovskaya Ulitsa. M. Sportivnaya. 499 246-8175
Yermolova Theater
5/6 Tverskaya Ulitsa. M. Okhotny Ryad, Ploshchad Revolyutsii. 495-629-0594/4587
ZIL Cultural Center
4 Vostochnaya Ulitsa, Bldg. 1. M. Avtozavoskaya. 495-675-7872, zilcc.ru
Zverev Center of Contemporary Art
29 Novoryazanskaya Ul., Bldg. 4. M. Baumanskaya. 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. 499-265-6166, zverevcenter.ru