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30 March 2007
By Anna Malpas
A new exhibition at the Bakhrushin Theater Museum displays the work of Ken Reynolds, a British photographer who specializes in theater. All the photographs on display depict productions of works by Anton Chekhov. On the left is a scene from Robert Sturua's 1995 staging of "The Seagull." On the right is "The Wood Demon," staged by Grigory Kozlov and Ivan Latyshev in 2000. The exhibition runs to April 14 at the museum's Theatrical Gallery, located at 9 Malaya Ordynka. Metro Tretyakovskaya. Tel. 238-6130.
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