Issue 4352. Last Updated: 03/18/2010

04/20/2007

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Breaking Down Boundaries

For its new album, veteran Russian rock band Auktyon teamed up with a group of leading U.S. musicians. But will that lead to a breakthrough in America?

Wanted

Stop list is a web site for people who have been conned, cheated and done over by the unscrupulous and the pretty.

A Makeover for 'Boris'

Acclaimed filmmaker Alexander Sokurov will direct the Bolshoi's new production of ""Boris Godunov.""

Nymphs and Rap Music

The Mariinsky Theater presents another Petipa revival and its first ballet set to hip-hop.

Punk Trio

Canadian punk band NoMeansNo plays at Ikra this weekend.

Underground Marvels

A once-secret bunker, located 60 meters beneath central Moscow, opens to the public and may soon contain a museum devoted to the Cold War.

Visions of the Supernatural

A retrospective at the Yekaterina Cultural Foundation looks back at the strange career of Vladimir Yankilevsky.

In the Name of the Father

Lev Dodin's forceful staging of ""King Lear"" for the Maly Drama Theater of St. Petersburg cuts the tragedy down to its bare essentials.

Fighting to the Top

""Nevalyashka,"" a comedy about a lightweight boxer determined to make it among the heavyweights, tops the list of this week's Russian releases.

Image

A new exhibition in the picturesque Ruined Annex of the Shchusev Architecture Museum displays sculptures created at an innovative children's art studio.

In the Spotlight

If you were flicking casually through channels, you might think that ""King of the Ring"" was a real boxing match.

Salon

Russian readers, perhaps, mourn Kurt Vonnegut more than others.


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