Thursday, March 11th

After Magritte √NEW√ (Posle Magritta): a staging of Tom Stoppard’s surreal play. Chelovek Theater. 7 p.m.

Celestial Beings (Nebozhiteli): Ruslan Malikov directs Igor Simonov’s play about money, success and television. Praktika. 8 p.m.

Fahrenheit 451 (451 po Farengeitu): Adolf Shapiro’s stage version of Ray Bradbury’s sci-fi novel. Et Cetera Theater. 7 p.m.

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

Phaedra: Lukas Hemleb stages Marina Tsvetayeva’s adaptation of the Greek myth. Joint production of the Pushkin Theater, the Chekhov International Theater Festival and Le Phenix Theater (France). Pushkin Theater. 7 p.m.

Salome: Oscar Wilde’s play as staged by Igor Yatsko. School of Dramatic Art. 8 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 Gentleman: √NEW√ Yevgeny Kamenkovich stages Alexander Sumbatov-Yuzhin’s play about Mikhail Morozov, the Russian entrepreneur and collector of paintings known in the late 19th-century as the Gentleman. Sovremennik Theater. 7 p.m.

The Maestro of Dance (Uchitel Tantsev): Yury Yeryomin stages Lope de Vega’s play. Mossoviet Theater. 7 p.m.

The Meek One (Krotkaya): Irina Keruchenko’s staging of Dostoevsky’s story about a widower pondering everything he did wrong. Theater Yunogo Zritelya small stage. 7 p.m.

Wolves and Sheep (Volki i Ovtsy): Ostrovsky’s comedy as staged by Konstantin Bogomolov. Tabakov Theater. 7 p.m.

Friday, March 12th

Auction √PICK√ (Torgi): Dmitry Krymov stages a bittersweet comedy about loss based on Chekhov’s plays. School of Dramatic Art production. Project Otkrytaya Stsena. 8 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.

Fahrenheit 451: (See Thurs. listing.) Et Cetera Theater. 7 p.m.

Funny Money (Smeshniye Dengi): Ray Cooney’s farce directed by Konstantin Raikin. Satirikon Theater. 7 p.m.

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

Pulya: Natalya Moshina’s existential play focuses on a young woman thinking back over her life. Directed by Viktoria Zvyagina. Playwright and Director Center. 8 p.m.

Sheherazade’s Thousand and One Nights (Tysyacha i Odna Noch Shakhrazady): Armen Dzhigarkhanyan’s musical staging of a play by Veniamin Smekhov. Dzhigarkhanyan Theater. 7 p.m.

The Threepenny Opera (Tryokhgroshovaya Opera): Kirill Serebrennikov’s production of the Kurt Weill, Bertolt Brecht gangster tale. Chekhov Moscow Art Theater. 7 p.m.

The Ugly One √NEW√ (Urod): Marius von Mayenburg’s play about the effects of one’s appearing in the contemporary world. Directed by Ramin Gray. Praktika. 8 p.m.

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

Without a Dowry (Bespridannitsa): Pyotr Fomenko directs Alexander Ostrovsky’s play about a young woman’s struggle for happiness in 19th-century Russia. Fomenko Studio New Stage. 7 p.m.

Saturday, March 13th

Auction: √PICK√ (See Fri. listing.) Project Otkrytaya Stsena. 8 p.m.

Genesis No. 2 (Bytiye - 2): monologues and dialogues about a woman’s struggle to understand her identity, written by Ivan Vyrypayev and directed by Viktor Ryzhakov. Praktika. 8 p.m.

Golden Mask Plus: √FEST√ Exhibits (Eksponaty): Vyacheslav Durnenkov’s play about the strife that occurs when big-city businessmen try to turn a small town into a living museum. Directed by Alexei Zhiryakov. Teatr.doc and Playwright and Director Center joint production. Teatr.doc. 8 p.m.

Golden Mask Plus: √FEST√ The Motovilikha Worker (Motovilikhinsky Rabochy): Mikhail Durnenkov, Yury Klavdiyev and Alexander Rodionov present their new documentary play. Teatr.doc. 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.

Rothschild’s Fiddle √PICK√ (Skripka Rotshilda): Kama Ginkas directs his own adaptation of the Chekhov short story about an aging man tormented by the losses life brings. Theater Yunogo Zritelya small stage. 7 p.m.

Salome: (See Thurs. listing.) School of Dramatic Art. 8 p.m.

Sheherazade’s Thousand and One Nights: (See Fri. listing.) Dzhigarkhanyan Theater. 7 p.m.

The Blue Monster (Sineye Chudovishche): Konstantin Raikin directs a commedia dell'arte based on a play by Carlo Gozzi. Satirikon Theater. 7 p.m.

The Masquerade: √NEW√ Rimas Tuminas directs Mikhail Lermontov’s play about a husband’s fatal jealousy of his younger wife. Vakhtangov Theater. 7 p.m.

The White Guard (Belaya Gvardiya): Sergei Zhenovach’s stage adaptation of Mikhail Bulgakov’s novel. Chekhov Moscow Art Theater. 7 p.m.

Triptych: Pyotr Fomenko’s three-part staging of Pushkin’s “Count Nulin” and “The Stone Guest,” and “A Scene From ‘Faust’ by Goethe.” Fomenko Studio New Stage. 7 p.m.

Woe From Wit (Gore Ot Uma): Sergei Zhenovach directs the classic Griboyedov comedy about a witty young man receiving a cool reception from friends when he returns home from abroad. Maly Theater. 6 p.m.

Sunday, March 14th

Genesis No. 2: (See Sat. listing.) Praktika. 8 p.m.

Ivanov and Others (Ivanov i Drugiye): Sergei Shakurov stars in Genrietta Yanovskaya’s riveting interpretation of Anton Chekhov’s play about a group of people’s inability to love or be loved. Theater Yunogo Zritelya small stage. 7 p.m.

Lend Me a Tenor (Odolzhite Tenora): Ken Ludwig’s farce about the world-famous Italian tenor Tito Morelli, who arrives in the United States to perform Othello. Pushkin Theater. 7 p.m.

Moliere: Mikhail Shirvindt and Vera Vasilyeva star in Yury Yeryomin’s staging of Mikhail Bulgakov’s play “A Cabal of Hypocrites.” Satire Theater. 7 p.m.

Salome: (See Thurs. listing.) School of Dramatic Art. 8 p.m.

Sheherazade’s Thousand and One Nights: (See Fri. listing.) Dzhigarkhanyan Theater. 7 p.m.

The Cherry Orchard (Vishnyovy Sad): Anton Chekhov's play about a family being overtaken by social and historical change. Lenkom Theater. 7 p.m.

The Imaginary Invalid (Mnimy Bolnoi): Moliere’s play directed by Sergei Zhenovach. Stars Vasily Bochkaryov. Maly Theater. 6 p.m.

The White Guard: (See Sat. listing.) Chekhov Moscow Art Theater. 7 p.m.

Who Wrote That Nonsense? √NEW√ (Kto Avtor Etogo Bezobraziya?): premiere of Mikhail Levitin’s staging based on Nikolai Erdman’s interludes. Hermitage Theater. 7 p.m.

Monday, March 15th

Figaro: Kirill Serebrennikov’s staging of Beaumarchais’ witty play stars Yevgeny Mironov and Lia Akhedzhakova. The Yevgeny Mironov Theater Company production. Mayakovsky Theater. 7 p.m.

Floor Covering (Polovoye Pokrytiye): Olga Subbotina’s staging of a black comedy by the brothers Vadim and Oleg Presnyakov. Playwright and Director Center. Vysotsky Center. 7 p.m.

Kizhe: Kirill Serebrennikov stages a historical anecdote about a non-existent officer from the times of Emperor Pavel I, described by Yury Tynyanov in the short story “Lieutenant Kizhe.” Chekhov Moscow Art Theater small stage. 7 p.m.

Lessons of Tango and Love √NEW√ (Uroki Tango i Lyubvi) with Alisa Freidlikh and her daughter Varvara Vladimirova, choreographed and staged by Yelena Prokopyeva. Satire Theater. 7 p.m.

The Elder Son (Starshy Syn): Konstantin Bogomolov directs Alexander Vampilov’s comic drama about an intruder who becomes part of the family. Tabakov Theater. 7 p.m.

Three Sisters √PICK√ (Tri Sestry): Pyotr Fomenko’s tragic rendition of Anton Chekhov’s classic. Fomenko Studio New Stage. 7 p.m.

Va Bank: (See Fri. listing.) Lenkom Theater. 7 p.m.

Tuesday, March 16th

All That Fall (Pro Vsekh Padayushchikh): Alexei Levinsky directs Samuel Beckett’s play. Okolo, the Theater Near the Stanislavsky House. 7 p.m.

“Art:” a breezy, entertaining Russian version of Yasmina Reza’s international hit, directed by Patrice Kerbrat, about three friends who clash in their views on avant-garde art. Stars Igor Kostolevsky, Mikhail Yanushkevich and Mikhail Filippov. Dom Muzyki Theater Hall. 7 p.m.

Faust: Mephisto and Faust change places in Boris Yukhananov’s interpretation of Goethe’s exploration of human nature and the nature of life. Scenography by Yury Kharikov. School of Dramatic Art. 8 p.m.

Golden Mask Plus: √FEST√ Lady-Birds Back on the Ground (Bozhyi Korovki Vozvrashchayutsya na Zemlyu): Valery Grishko directs Vasily Sigarev’s play about the early 1990s in Russia. Meyerhold Center. 7 p.m.

Honey √NEW√ (Myod): preview of Tonino Guerro’s poetic parable about life and death, as staged by Yury Lyubimov. Taganka Theater. 7 p.m.

Lessons of Tango and Love: √NEW√ (See Mon. listing.) Satire Theater. 7 p.m.

Poplars and Wind (Topolya i Veter): Konstantin Raikin directs Gerald Sybleyras’ comedy about three war veterans planning their escape from hospital in 1959. Satirikon Theater. 7 p.m.

R&J. Romeo and Juliet: Roman Viktyuk’s updated version of Shakespeare’s tragedy. Viktyuk Theater production. Theater Na Maloi Bronnoi. 7 p.m.

The 39 Steps √NEW√ (39 Stupenei): an upbeat version of the classic Hitchcock film, adapted for stage by Patrick Barlow. Stanislavsky Drama Theater. 7 p.m.

The Hare. A Love Story (Zayats. Love Story): Valentin Gaft and Nina Doroshina co-star in Nikolai Kolyada’s play directed by Galina Volchek. Sovremennik Theater. 7 p.m.

The Pretty One √NEW√ (Khoroshenkaya): a play by Sergei Naidyonov directed by Yekaterina Polovtseva. Sovremennik Theater Drugaya Stage. 7:30 p.m.

The River Potudan √PICK√ (Reka Potudan): Sergei Zhenovach’s delicate dramatization of Andrei Platonov’s story about fragile love. Studio of Theatrical Art. 7 p.m.

The Tambourine of the Upper World (Buben Verkhnego Mira): a dramatization of Viktor Pelevin’s tale. Pushkin Theater affiliate. 7 p.m.

The Visit (Vizit Damy): Alexander Morfov directs Friedrich Durrenmatt’s classic play about a wealthy woman returning to her hometown for revenge. Lenkom Theater. 7 p.m.

War and Peace. The Beginning of the Novel (Voina i Mir. Nachalo Romana): Pyotr Fomenko’s dramatization of sections of Leo Tolstoy’s novel. Fomenko Studio New Stage. 7 p.m.

Wednesday, March 17th

A Profitable Post √PICK√ (Dokhodnoye Mesto): Konstantin Raikin’s strikingly modern version of Alexander Ostrovsky’s drama about corruption and sexual politics. Satirikon Theater. 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.

Golden Mask: √FEST√ Life is Grand (Zhizn Udalas): Mikhail Ugarov stages Pavel Pryazhko’s play about the illusory values of contemporary life. Playwright and Director Center. Meyerhold Center. 8 p.m.

Golden Mask Plus: √FEST√ Natasha’s Dream (Natashina Mechta): the confessions of a young woman, written by Yaroslava Pulinovich. Production of the Saratov Theater Yunogo Zritelya. Meyerhold Center. 7 p.m.

Honey: √NEW√ (See Tues. listing.) Taganka Theater. 7 p.m.

How They Quarreled (Kak Possorilis): Sergei Artsibashev directs a comedy based on Gogol’s story “The Tale of How Ivan Ivanovich Quarreled With Ivan Nikiforovich.” Mayakovsky Theater. 7 p.m.

The 39 Steps: √NEW√ (See Tues. listing.) Stanislavsky Drama Theater. 7 p.m.

The Breath of Life (Dykhaniye Zhizni): In David Hare’s play two women spend an evening discussing the man who was the lover of one and the husband of the other. Directed by Yelena Nevezhina. Chekhov Moscow Art Theater Novaya Stage. 7 p.m.

The Degenerate (Izverg): Mikhail Levitin’s satirical fantasy about a woman who hated Alexander Pushkin. Hermitage Theater. 7 p.m.

The Devils (Besy): Andrzej Wajda’s staging of Albert Camus’ dramatization of Dostoevsky’s novel about 19th-century revolutionaries. Sovremennik Theater. 7 p.m.

The Marriage √PICK√ (Zhenitba): Mark Zakharov stages an all-star version of Nikolai Gogol’s classic comedy. Lenkom Theater. 7 p.m.

The Pillow Man (Chelovek-Podushka): Martin McDonagh’s dark comedy focuses on a fiction writer in a totalitarian state who is interrogated when bizarre incidents occur in his town that closely resemble the gruesome content of his short stories. Directed by Kirill Serebrennikov. Chekhov Moscow Art Theater small stage. 7 p.m.

Without a Dowry: (See Fri. listing.) Fomenko Studio New Stage. 7 p.m.

and Beyond…

Devichnik Club: (See Fri. listing.) Pushkin Theater. March 18, 7 p.m.

Golden Mask: √FEST√ The Third Period (Tretya Smena): Pavel Pryazhko’s play about kids in a summer camp, directed by Filipp Grigoryan for the Joseph Beuys Theater. Aktovy Zal. March 18, 8 p.m.

Scorched √PICK√ (Pozhary): Quebec-based playwright/director Wajdi Mouawad stages his own play about love, hatred and reconciliation. Et Cetera Theater. March 18, 7 p.m.

Secret Notes of a Secret Counselor (Tainiye Zapiski Tainogo Sovetnika): Mikhail Levitin’s staging based on a Chekhov story, focuses on an aging professor of medicine (Mikhail Filippov). Hermitage Theater. March 18, 7 p.m.

Sheherazade’s Thousand and One Nights: (See Fri. listing.) Dzhigarkhanyan Theater. March 18, 7 p.m.

The Marriage: √PICK√ (See Wed. listing.) Lenkom Theater. March 18, 7 p.m.

The Robbers (Razboiniki): Schiller’s first and most acclaimed play. Stars Alexander Peskov. Pushkin Theater affiliate. March 18, 20 and 21, 7 p.m.

Who Wrote That Nonsense?: √NEW√ (See Sun. listing.) Hermitage Theater. March 19, 7 p.m.

Medea: Kama Ginkas fuses texts by Seneca, Jean Anouilh and Joseph Brodsky in his interpretation of the Greek myth about the woman whose love for her husband turns to violent hatred when he betrays her. Theater Yunogo Zritelya small stage. March 21, 7 p.m.