Legendary actress Marina Neyolova plays the mother and Alyona Babenko plays her daughter in Bergman's exposé of human relationships in “Autumn Sonata” at Sovremennik Theater. Thursday, May 17th MT Pick A Profitable Post (Dokhodnoye Mesto): Konstantin Raikin’s strikingly modern version of Alexander Ostrovsky’s drama about corruption and sexual politics. Satirikon Theater. 7 p.m. A Theatrical Romance...

Jean Anouilh's “The Lark” famously looks at the burning of Joan of Arc at the stake through the prism of the 20th century. Check out Zhenya Berkovich’s new production on Thursday at the New Stage at the Moscow Art Theater. At 7 p.m. Thursday, May 24th New A Dusty Day (Pylny Den): Sasha Denisova directs her play subtitled “Six Morons in Search of Icy Freshness.” Playwright and Director Center. 8 p.m. New Aksyonov, Dovlatov, Duo (Aksyonov, Dovlatov...

Yury Gorsky is not a name a Moscow theater-goer would necessarily know. But he had a face, an expression, a warmth and an enthusiasm that no one who ever encountered him will forget. Yury Gorsky is not a name a Moscow theater-goer would necessarily know. But he had a face, an expression...

The Bolshoi Theater presents its second ballet premiere of the current season Saturday, George Balanchine's "Jewels," widely considered the first-ever full-length abstract ballet. Created 45 years ago for Balanchine's own New York...

... Ballet, the company which George Balanchine founded in 1946 and led until his death 39 years later, is likely to do real justice to all three of the diversely styled ballets that the choreographer collectively titled "Jewels." The Bolshoi Theater, which presented "Jewels" for the very first time over the May holidays, proved no exception. To its credit, however, it did manage to achieve quite respectable results in two of the work's three segments. It came as no surprise to find...

Valery Fokin’s production of Tchaikovsky’s opera based on Pushkin’s story “Queen of Spades” tells of a young officer destroyed by his obsession for winning at cards. On at the Bolshoi Theater Main Stage, 7 p.m. <br /> Thursday, May 17th Falstaff: Verdi’s opera based on Shakespeare’s “Henry IV” and his comedy “The Merry Wives of Windsor.” Helikon Opera on Arbat. 7 p.m. Galina Vishnevskaya...

... new bride. Friday, Saturday at Helikon Opera. 7 p.m. Thursday, May 24th Boris Godunov: Alexander Sokurov stages Mussorgsky’s musical drama based on Pushkin’s tragedy about the tsar (1598-1605) who ruled in the Time of Troubles. Bolshoi Theater Main Stage. 7 p.m. Idomeneo: Mozart’s opera seria in Richard Strauss’ redaction. Pokrovsky Chamber Musical Theater. 7 p.m. L’Elisir d’Amore (Lyubovny Napitok): This Donizetti opera features colorful costumes and clever...

Yury Grigorovich’s version of Adolphe Adam’s ballet “Giselle” will play at the Bolshoi Theater Main Stage with choreography from Jean Coralli, Jules Perrot and Mauris Petipa. 7 p.m. <br /> Thursday, May 17th Giselle: Yury Grigorovich’s version of Adolphe Adam’s ballet. Bolshoi Theater Main Stage. 7 p.m. Igor Moiseyev...

I wonder whether there is anything messier than the inner workings of a Russian theater. The intrigues, the backbiting, the animosities, the hostilities, the egos, the — well, you get the message. I wonder whether there is anything messier than the inner workings of a Russian theater. The intrigues...

... riot police out of Staraya Ploshchad near Kitai-Gorod hours before had moved here to sit beneath a statue to Kazakh poet Abai Kunanbayev and sing songs by Viktor Tsoi and Yury Shevchuk. I hailed Grudovich and asked what was up. I knew his Partisan Theater was supposed to conduct a street performance earlier in the day, but I had looked all over the boulevard, not seeing any traces of them. Grudovich said the schedule had been pushed back from 3 p.m. and that his group would now begin around 6...

Boris Eifman's "Rodin," dedicated to the great sculptor and his muse Camille Claudel, is on Thursday at the Bolshoi Theater. At 7 p.m. Thursday, May 24th Rodin: Boris Eifman’s ballet dedicated to the great sculptor and his muse Camille Claudel. Boris Eifman Ballet production. Bolshoi Theater New Stage. 7 p.m. Friday, May 25th Don Quixote: a ballet by Minkus...

... by riot police from Staraya Ploshchad near Kitai-Gorod hours before had moved here to sit beneath a statue of Kazakh poet Abai Kunanbayev and sing songs by Viktor Tsoi and Yury Shevchuk. I hailed Grudovich and asked what was up. I knew his Partisan Theater was supposed to conduct a street performance earlier in the day, but I had looked all over the boulevard without seeing any trace of them. Grudovich said the schedule had been pushed back from 3 p.m. and that his group would now begin about 6...

Portraits and belongings of famous female dancers, actresses and singers from Russian theater during the late 19th and early 20th centuries are on display at the State Museum of Theater and Music in a new exhibit titled &quot;Beauties of the Russian Stage: Beauty Without Photoshop.&quot;...

The Soviet maxim &quot;initiative is punishable&quot; is only half true for actress Chulpan Khamatova. The Soviet maxim "initiative is punishable" is only half true for actress Chulpan Khamatova. The much-admired film and theater star bubbles with joy when she describes the charity she helped found and which is now one of Russia's most successful and well known. But in the same breath she speaks bitterly about the public outcry over an advertisement she participated in...

... current events. He declared that his impulse in writing is always to create a work of lasting merit but then added, "I feel we are entering a period when we must write plays that no one will care about in 10 or 15 years." This is a problem that theater artists face whenever serious social or political unrest raises its head, as it has done in Moscow since December. Do I engage my contemporaries or a historical perspective? The two are not mutually exclusive. Bertolt Brecht, for instance, had...

... military settlement. Walk along Ozernovskaya Kosa past the statue of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky's namesake Saints Peter and Paul until you reach Lenin Square. Here, you'll see the faces of the local administration building and the city's recently renovated theater. Continue on Leninskaya Ulitsa, make a right onto Ulitsa Krasintzev, and begin climbing up Nikolskaya Hill. At its peak, you'll find a row of cannons, several monuments commemorating local military history and the best view of the bay in the city...

... the end of you. Bulat Okudzhava wrote that in 1959. It is one of his most famous songs and it is called, "Song about the Arbat." It came to mind today because of a press release I received from the Contemporary Play School. Every year this theater conducts a weeklong commemoration of Okudzhava's life with concerts and events held on their indoor stage and on the square in front of the theater on Neglinnaya Ulitsa. These events, which have grown in popularity over the years, roughly coincide...

Nearly 200 of Moscow's museums, parks, theaters and cultural centers are staying open after hours Saturday as part of the city's sixth annual Night at the Museum project. Most participating venues will be open from 6 p.m. until midnight, some much later, and will offer...

... era in the early 1950s. Still, it would be difficult to imagine a timelier question in these modern days of social unrest and political protest in Moscow. Most everything about Zhenya Berkovich's production of "The Lark" at the Moscow Art Theater is washed with the colors of affection and an attempt at understanding. There are plenty of people who could be called villains in this story, including Joan's parents, especially her father, who were so harsh on her; the government and church...

One of the most prestigious prizes in the world of ballet, Benois de la Danse, celebrated its 20th anniversary last week at the Main Stage of the Bolshoi Theater with two evenings of dance, the first starting off with an awards ceremony and featuring some of this year's award nominees, the second given over in large part to appearances by past Benois award winners...