THEATER - 11/14/2008

THEATER

Friday the 14th

Baralgin: Roman Gabria’s experimental movement performance. Gabria Visual Theater (St. Petersburg) at the Theater Center Na Strastnom. 7 p.m.

Cet Enfant (This Child, Etot Rebyonok): Joel Pommerat’s staging about child-parent relationships. Praktika. 8 p.m.

Divorce Female-Style (Razvod po Zhensky): Sergei Artsibashev’s staging of Claire Booth Luce’s 1936 play “The Women.” Mayakovsky Theater. 7 p.m.

Don Juan and Sganarelle: Vladimir Mirzoyev’s staging of Moliere’s play stars Maxim Sukhanov. Vakhtangov Theater. 7 p.m.

Five Evenings (Pyat Vecherov): Alexander Ogaryov’s production of Alexander Volodin’s Thaw-era play about two former lovers who meet again (Sergei Garmash and Yelena Yakovleva). Sovremennik Theater. 7 p.m.

Golden Mask: Life and Fate (Zhizn i Sudba): Lev Dodin’s adaptation of Vasily Grossman’s novel. Maly Drama Theater of St. Petersburg at the Maly Theater. 7 p.m.

Kasatka: Alexei Tolstoy’s 1914 light romantic comedy as staged by Vitaly Ivanov. Maly Theater affiliate. 7 p.m.

Letters to Felice (Pisma k Felitsii): Kirill Sbitnev’s character study based on Franz Kafka’s letters to his fiancee Felice Bauer. Meyerhold Center. 8 p.m.

Libertine: Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt’s play about the 18th-century philosopher and sensualist Denis Diderot as staged by Vladimir Petrov. Theater Na Maloi Bronnoi. 7 p.m.

Litsedei. Semyanyuki: a fascinating mime and clown show by a talented ensemble from St. Petersburg. Dom Muzyki Theater Hall. 7 p.m.

Molly Sweeney: Brian Friel’s play about love and despair directed by Yury Klepikov. Dzhigarkhanyan Theater. 7 p.m.

NET: √FEST√ An Intimate History: a short musical performance by Jake Oldershaw (Britain). In English without translation. Maria Yermolova Museum. 8 p.m.

Opus No. 7: Dmitry Krymov’s new staging in two parts — “Genealogy” (Rodoslovnaya) with texts by Lev Rubinshtein and music by Alexander Bakshi, and “Shostakovich.” School of Dramatic Art. 8 p.m.

The Hidden Man and the Covered Woman (Spryatanny i Zakutannaya): a comedy by Pedro Calderon as staged by Roman Samgin. Theater Yunogo Zritelya. 8 p.m.

Trash (Khlam): Mikhail Durnenkov’s character study of losers as staged by Marat Gatsalov. Playwright and Director Center. 7 p.m.

Va Bank: Mark Zakharov’s show based on Alexander Ostrovsky’s comedy “The Final Sacrifice.” Lenkom Theater. 7 p.m.

Saturday the 15th

Fathers and Sons (Otsy i Deti): Konstantin Bogomolov’s adaptation of Ivan Turgenev’s novel. Tabakov Theater. 7 p.m.

Kapital Vladimir Sorokin’s skewed play about a bank president making sacrifices for the company. Praktika. 8 p.m.

Litsedei. Semyanyuki: (See Fri. listing.) Dom Muzyki Theater Hall. 7 p.m.

Little Zaches (Kroshka Tsakhes): Pavel Derevyanko stars in Nina Chusova’s staging of E.T.A. Hoffmann’s fairy tale about a monster child who becomes prime minister. Mossoviet Theater Stage Pod Kryshei. 7 p.m.

NET: An Intimate History: (See Fri. listing.) Maria Yermolova Museum. 8 p.m.

Office: Roman Kozak stages Ingrid Lausund’s comedy “Slipped Disc. A Study of the Upright Walk.” Five young office workers struggle to cope with a tyrannical, unseen boss. Pushkin Theater affiliate. 7 p.m.

Opus No. 7: (See Fri. listing.) School of Dramatic Art. 8 p.m.

Rhinoceros (Nosorog): Ivan Popovski directs Eugene Ionesco’s play about the people of a town turning into animals. Fomenko Studio New Stage. 7 p.m.

Scorched (Pozhary): Quebec-based playwright/director Wajdi Mouawad stages his own play about love, hatred and reconciliation. Et Cetera Theater. 7 p.m.

The Accidental Death of an Anarchist (Sluchainaya Smert Anarkhista): Dario Fo’s satire of police corruption as staged by Mikhail Borisov. Satire Theater Cherdak stage. 7 p.m.

The Tricks of Scapin (Prodelki Skapena): Sergei Golomazov directs Moliere’s comedy about a tricky servant who helps the sons of two miserly merchants marry the girls they love. Theater Na Maloi Bronnoi. 7 p.m.

Sunday the 16th

Coriolanus (Koriolan): Igor Yatsko’s 5-hour production of the Shakespeare drama. School of Dramatic Art. 6 p.m.

Cyrano de Bergerac: Vladimir Mirzoyev’s staging of Rostand’s comedy about the romantic poet with a long nose (Maxim Sukhanov). Vakhtangov Theater. 7 p.m.

Faust: Goethe’s classic drama as staged by Yury Lyubimov. Taganka Theater. 7 p.m.

Golden Mask: Molly Sweeney: Brian Friel’s play directed by Lev Dodin for the St. Petersburg Maly Drama Theater. Meyerhold Center. 7 p.m.

NET: An Intimate History: (See Fri. listing.) Maria Yermolova Museum. 8 p.m.

Niagara: French choreographer Regis Obadia stages Agneta Pleijel’s play about love and hatred. Praktika. 8 p.m.

Office: (See Sat. listing.) Pushkin Theater affiliate. 7 p.m.

Repress and Excite (Podavlyat i Vozbuzhdat): Alexander Kalyagin directs Maxim Kurochkin’s play, an eccentric mix of boulevard melodrama, backstage intrigues and social satire. Et Cetera Theater. 7 p.m.

The Battle of Life The Battle of Life (Bitva Zhizni): Sergei Zhenovach stages Charles Dickens’ tale of love. Studio of Theatrical Art. 7 p.m.

The Final Sacrifice (Poslednyaya Zhertva): Alexander Ostrovsky’s comedy features Oleg Tabakov and Marina Zudina in the leading parts. Chekhov Moscow Art Theater. 7 p.m.

Three Sisters (Tri Sestry): Galina Volchek revives an older version of Chekhov’s play. Sovremennik Theater. 7 p.m.

What a Pity (Kak Zhal): Pyotr Fomenko’s staging on the themes of Gabriel García Marquez’s play “Diatribe of Love Against a Seated Man.” Stars Lyudmila Maksakova. Fomenko Studio. 7 p.m.

Monday the 17th

Golden Mask: Molly Sweeney: (See Sun. listing.) Meyerhold Center. 7 p.m.

NET: Antidote a movement staging about white-collar workers. Production of the Liquid Theater at the Aktovy Zal. 8 p.m.

NET: I Think About You. Episode 20: a documentary experience from Didier Ruiz (France). Mossoviet Theater Stage Pod Kryshei. 8 p.m.

The Story of Happy Moskva (Rasskaz o Schastlivoi Moskve): Mindaugas Karbauskis’ adaptation of Andrei Platonov’s 1936 unfinished novel about a new, Soviet, generation of people. Tabakov Theater. 7 p.m.

The White Rabbit (Bely Krolik): Yevgeny Kamenkovich stages Mary Chase’s 1944 Pulitzer play “Harvey” about a mild-mannered man (Andrei Myagkov) who says he has an invisible friend resembling a 6-foot rabbit. Chekhov Moscow Art Theater small stage. 7 p.m.

Woe From Wit (Gore Ot Uma): Rimas Tuminas’ unorthodox staging of the classic Griboyedov comedy. Sovremennik Theater. 7 p.m.

Tuesday the 18th

Break of Noon (Poludenny Razdel): Paul Claudel’s autobiographical play about adultery. Playwright and Director Center at the Vysotsky Center. 7 p.m.

Coriolanus: (See Sun. listing.) School of Dramatic Art. 6 p.m.

K.I. From “Crime” (K.I. iz Prestupleniya): Kama Ginkas’ influential production of the segments of Dostoevsky’s novel “Crime and Punishment” that concern Katerina Ivanovna, the widow of the drunken Marmeladov. Stars Oksana Mysina. Theater Yunogo Zritelya. 7 p.m.

Marienbad: Yevgeny Kamenkovich’s adaptation of Sholom Aleichem’s novel in letters that are exchanged between Warsaw and the resort town of Marienbad as husbands and wives attempt to convince each other of their honorable behavior. Studio of Theatrical Art. 7 p.m.

NET: Antidote: (See Mon. listing.) Aktovy Zal. 8 p.m.

NET: Call Cutta in a Box: a telephone happening produced by the Rimini Protokoll (Germany-Switzerland). In English without translation. 4 to 10 p.m. www.netfest.ru, tickets@netfest.ru

NET: I Think About You. Episode 20: (See Mon. listing.) Mossoviet Theater Stage Pod Kryshei. 8 p.m.

The Beauty Queen of Leenane (Koroleva Krasoty): Konstantin Raikin directs Martin McDonagh’s black comedy that observes the relationship between a naive spinster in her forties and her manipulative mother. Satirikon Theater small stage. 7:30 p.m.

Viy: Nina Chusova’s staging of Gogol’s mystical folk story. Pushkin Theater affiliate. 7 p.m.

White Acacia (Belaya Akatsiya): Dunayevsky’s musical performed by young actors. Vakhtangov Theater. 7 p.m.

Women Unlimited (Zhenshchiny Bez Granits): Alexander Shirvindt directs Yury Polyakov’s romantic comedy. Satire Theater. 7 p.m.

Wednesday the 19th

Break of Noon: (See Tues. listing.) Vysotsky Center. 7 p.m.

Delirium for Two (Bred Vdvoyem): Igor Lysov’s staging of Eugene Ionesco’s play about the complete misunderstanding between a man and his wife. School of Dramatic Art. 8 p.m.

Divorce Masculine-Style (Razvod po Muzhski): Sergei Artsibashev and Sergei Poselsky stage a play by Neil Simon. Mayakovsky Theater. 7 p.m.

Freedom for Love? (Svobodu za Lyubov?): Alexander Shirvindt stages a musical comedy on ancient Roman themes. Satire Theater. 7 p.m.

King Lear (Korol Lir): Konstantin Raikin stars in Shakespeare’s tragedy directed by Yury Butusov. Satirikon Theater. 7 p.m.

Moscow. Psycho (Moskva. Psikho): Andrii Zholdak’s contemporary take on the Medea myth. Contemporary Play School. 7 p.m.

NET: Call Cutta in a Box: (See Tues. listing.) 4 to 10 p.m. www.netfest.ru, tickets@netfest.ru

NET: I Think About You. Episode 20: (See Mon. listing.) Mossoviet Theater Stage Pod Kryshei. 8 p.m.

Poor Williams (Bedny Williams): Vadim Dantsiger stages a comedy about women’s struggle for a sense of identity and independence, based on Tennessee Williams’s play “A Lovely Sunday for Creve Coeur.” Playwright and Director Center. 8 p.m.

Shylock: Robert Sturua’s staging of Shakespeare’s “The Merchant of Venice” stars Alexander Kalyagin as Shylock. Et Cetera Theater. 7 p.m.

Tartuffe: Nina Chusova’s kitschy production of Moliere’s play. Chekhov Moscow Art Theater. 7 p.m.

The Bullet Collector (Sobiratel Pul): Yury Klavdiyev’s play about a young misfit battling his parents and peers alike. Praktika. 8 p.m.

Thursday the 20th

Eugene Onegin: Yury Lyubimov’s lively one-act show celebrates Taganka-style theater more than narrating Pushkin’s verse novel. Taganka Theater. 7 p.m.

Golden Mask: Long Day’s Journey Into Night (Dolgoye Puteshestviye v Noch): Lev Dodin’s production of Eugene O’Neill’s autobiographical play about a family torn by alcoholism and drug abuse. St. Petersburg Maly Drama Theater at the Meyerhold Center. 7 p.m.

Moscow. Psycho: (See Wed. listing.) Contemporary Play School. 7 p.m.

My Elder Sister (Moya Starshaya Sestra): the story of two sisters by Alexander Volodin as staged by Mikhail Levitin. Hermitage Theater. 7 p.m.

NET: Call Cutta in a Box: (See Tues. listing.) 4 to 10 p.m. www.netfest.ru, tickets@netfest.ru

Product: Mark Ravenhill’s satire of a Hollywood producer who wants to make a movie of a terrorist love story. Stars Alexander Filippenko. Praktika. 8 p.m.

The Hurdy Gurdy (Sharmanka): Mikhail Yefremov directs Andrei Platonov’s play. Sovremennik Theater. 7 p.m.

The Trial (Protsess): Konstantin Bogomolov’s adaptation of Franz Kafka’s novel about a man arrested and judged for an unspecified crime. Tabakov Theater. 7 p.m.

Troilus and Cressida: Rimas Tuminas’ take on Shakespeare’s most ambiguous and unconventional play. Vakhtangov Theater. 7 p.m.

CONCERT, OPERA, DANCE, THEATER ADRESSES

Aktovy Zal
18 Perevedenovsky Pereulok, entrance 1. M. Baumanskaya, Elektrozavodskaya. 265-3935, www.aktzal.ru

Alexei Tolstoy Apartment Museum
4 Spiridonovka. M. Pushkinskaya. 290-0956

Amadeus Musical Theater
Reservations 290-0956, www.amadei.ru

Bolshoi Theater
1 Teatralnaya Ploshchad. M. Teatralnaya. 250-7317, www.bolshoi.ru

Chekhov Moscow Art Theater
3 Kamergersky Pereulok. M. Teatralnaya. 229-8760, 692-6748, www.art.theatre.ru

Concert Hall Na Prechistenke
32 Ulitsa Prechistenka. M. Kropotkinskaya. 213-2719, 201-3564

Conservatory Great Hall
13 Bolshaya Nikitskaya Ulitsa. M. Pushkinskaya, Biblioteka Imeni Lenina. 629-9401/7412/8183

Conservatory Rachmaninov Hall
11 Bolshaya Nikitskaya Ulitsa. M. Pushkinskaya, Biblioteka Imeni Lenina. 629-9401/7412/8183

Conservatory Small Hall
13 Bolshaya Nikitskaya Ulitsa. M. Pushkinskaya, Biblioteka Imeni Lenina. 629-9401/7412/8183, www.mosconsv.ru

Dom Muzyki
Moscow International House of Music, 52 Kosmodamianskaya Naberezhnaya, Bldg. 8. M. Paveletskaya. 730-4350, reservations and delivery 730-1011/1860/2224, www.mmdm.ru

Dom Zhurnalista
House of Journalists. 8A Nikitsky Bulvar. M. Arbatskaya. 291-2474

Dzhigarkhanyan Theater
17 Lomonosovsky Prospekt. M. Universitet. 930-0347/4269, www.dzigartheater.ru

Et Cetera Theater
2 Frolov Pereulok, Turgenevskaya Ploshchad. M. Turgenevskaya, Chistiye Prudy. 781-7811, 625-2161, www.et-cetera.ru

Fomenko Studio
30/32 Kutuzovsky Prospekt. M. Kutuzovskaya. 8-499-249-1136/1703/8105

Fomenko Studio New Stage
29 Naberezhnaya Tarasa Shevchenko. M. Kutuzovskaya. 8-499-249-1136/1703/8105

Galina Vishnevskaya Opera Center
25 Ulitsa Ostozhenka, Bldg. 1. M. Kropotkinskaya, Park Kultury. 201-4378, www.opera-centre.ru

Glinka Museum
4 Ulitsa Fadeyeva. M. Mayakovskaya. 639-6226

Gnesin Academy of Music
1 Maly Rzhevsky Pereulok. M. Arbatskaya. 290-6737, 290-2422

Gnesin Hall Na Povarskoi
38 Povarskaya Ulitsa. M. Arbatskaya, Barrikadnaya. 291-3086

Golitsyn Manor
5 Kozitsky Pereulok. M. Pushkinskaya. 299-2262/4204

Helikon Opera on Arbat
11 Novy Arbat, Bldg. 2. M. Arbatskaya. 202-6584, 290-0971, www.helikon.ru

Hermitage Theater
3 Karetny Ryad, Hermitage Garden. M. Pushkinskaya. 209-6742, www.ermitazh.theatre.ru

Lenkom Theater
6 Malaya Dmitrovka. M. Pushkinskaya. 699-9668/0708, www.lenkom.ru

Maly Theater
1/6 Teatralnaya Ploshchad. M. Teatralnaya. 623-2621, 624-4083, reservations 507-3925, www.maly.ru

Mayakovsky Theater
19 Bolshaya Nikitskaya Ulitsa. M. Pushkinskaya, Arbatskaya. 290-4658, reservations 290-6241/4658, www.mayakovsky.ru

Mayakovsky Theater Affiliate
21 Pushkaryov Pereulok. M. Sukharevskaya. 208-8061, reservations 290-6241/4658, www.mayakovsky.ru

Meyerhold Center
23 Novoslobodskaya Ulitsa. M. Mendeleyevskaya. 363-1048, www.meyerhold.ru

Mossoviet Theater
16 Bolshaya Sadovaya Ulitsa. M. Mayakovskaya. 299-2035, mossovet.theatre.ru

Novaya Opera
3 Karetny Ryad. M. Mayakovskaya, Chekhovskaya. 694-0868/1830, www.novayaopera.ru

Philharmonic Chamber Hall
29 Tverskaya Ulitsa, Bldg. 3. M. Mayakovskaya. 699-4942

Pokrovsky Chamber Musical Theater
17 Nikolskaya Ulitsa. M. Ploshchad Revolyutsii. 621-0672, reservations 629-1326, www.opera-pokrovsky.ru

Praktika
30 Bolshoi Kozikhinsky Pereulok. M. Mayakovskaya. 299-4492, www.praktikatheatre.ru

Project Otkrytaya Stsena
(Formerly the School of Dramatic Art) 20 Povarskaya Ulitsa. M. Arbatskaya, Barrikadnaya. 623-6204, 291-4443

Pushkin Theater
23 Tverskoi Bulvar. M. Pushkinskaya. 203-8582, http://pushkin.theatre.ru

Pushkin Theater Affiliate
3/25 Sytinsky Pereulok, Bldg. 5. M. Pushkinskaya. 209-1896, http://pushkin.theatre.ru

Satire Theater
2 Triumfalnaya Ploshchad. M. Mayakovskaya. 699-3642/6305, www.satire.ru

Satirikon Theater
8 Sheremetyevskaya Ulitsa. M. Rizhskaya, then trolleybus 18 or 42. 602-6583, 689-7885/7844, www.satirikon.ru

School of Dramatic Art on Sretenka
19 Ulitsa Sretenka. M. Sukharevskaya. Information and reservations 623-7025/6204, www.sdart.ru

Scriabin Museum
11 Bolshoi Nikolopeskovsky Pereulok. M. Okhotny Ryad. 299-1192, 241-1901

Sovremennik Theater
19A Chistoprudny Bulvar. M. Chistiye Prudy. 621-6473, www.sovremennik.ru

St. Andrew’s Anglican Church
8 Voznesensky Pereulok. M. Pushkinskaya. 772-5842

St. Mary’s Cathedral
27/13 Malaya Gruzinskaya Ulitsa. M. Barrikadnaya, Ulitsa 1905 Goda. 252-4051, www.artbene.ru

Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Musical Theater
17 Bolshaya Dmitrovka. M. Tverskaya, Chekhovskaya. 629-8388, www.stanislavskymusic.ru

Stanislavsky Drama Theater
23 Tverskaya Ulitsa. M. Tverskaya. 299-7224

Stary Arbat Theater
11 Filippovsky Pereulok, Bldg. 2. M. Arbatskaya. 291-2156

Tabakov Theater
1A Ulitsa Chaplygina. M. Chistiye Prudy. 928-9685, reservations 928-7792, www.tabakov.ru

Tchaikovsky Concert Hall
4/31 Triumfalnaya Ploshchad. M. Mayakovskaya. 299-3957, 232-5353

Teatr.doc
11-13 Tryokhprudny Pereulok, Bldg. 1, entrance from the side. M. Pushkinskaya. 233-4064, www.teatrdoc.ru

Theater Center Na Strastnom
8A Strastnoi Bulvar. M. Chekhovskaya. 694-4680/86, www.nastrastnom.ru

Theater Luny
31 Malaya Ordynka. M. Dobryninskaya. 953-1121, www.lunatheatre.ru

Theater of Nations
3 Petrovsky Pereulok. M. Chekhovskaya, Pushkinskaya. 629-3739/5397, www.freestage.ru

Theater Yunogo Zritelya
10 Mamonovsky Pereulok. M. Pushkinskaya. 299-9917

TsDRI
9 Pushechnaya Ulitsa. Metro Kuznetsky Most, Lubyanka. 624-9347, 623-9982

Vakhtangov Theater
26 Arbat. M. Arbatskaya. 241-1651, www.vakhtangov.theatre.ru