On Tuesday: Festivals and More Festivals

By The Moscow Times

Sep. 21, 2015

Amfest: Me and Earl and the Dying Girl: High schooler Greg, who spends most of his time making parodies of classic movies with his co-worker Earl, finds his outlook forever altered after befriending a classmate who has just been diagnosed with cancer. Directed by Alfonso Gomez-Rejon, stars Thomas Mann, RJ Cyler and Olivia Cooke. In English; Russian subtitles.

Formula Kino Gorizont. 21/10 Komsomolsky Prospekt. Metro Frunzenskaya. 800-250-8025. At 7:30 p.m.

Trainwreck: A commitment-phobic career woman must face her fears when she meets a good guy. Judd Apatow's comedy starring Amy Schumer, Bill Hader, Brie Larson. In English; Russian subtitles.

Pioner. 21 Kutuzovsky Prospekt. Metro Kutuzovskaya. 499-240-5240. At 3 and 9:15 p.m.

Russian National Orchestra performs Scriabin's "Dreams," his Piano Concerto and Symphony No. 2. Soloist Mikhail Pletnev, conductor Hobart Earle. Tchaikovsky Concert Hall. 4/31 Triumfalnaya Ploshchad. Metro Mayakovskaya. 495-232-0400. At 7 p.m.

Virtuosos of Moscow Chamber Orchestra performs Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro Overture, his Symphony No. 29 and No. 40. Soloist and conductor Julian Rachlin (violin). Dom Muzyki Svetlanov Hall. 52 Kosmodamianskaya Naberezhnaya, Bldg. 8. Metro Paveletskaya. 495-730-1011. At 7 p.m.

DanceInversion: Now: contemporary one-act ballet choreographed by Carolyn Carlson. Theatre National de Chaillot and Carolyn Carlson Company production. Bolshoi Theater New Stage. 1 Teatralnaya Ploshchad. Metro Teatralnaya. 495-455-5555. At 7 p.m.

Aida: Verdi's opera about the forbidden love between an Ethiopian slave girl and an Egyptian army commander. Directed by Peter Stein. Performed in Italian. Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Musical Theater. 17 Bolshaya Dmitrovka. Metro Tverskaya, Chekhovskaya. 495-723-7325. At 7 p.m.

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