Kenneth MacMillan Ballet Manon, Cymbeline and Neapolitan folk songs — What to do in Moscow on the Weekend

By The Moscow Times

March 5, 2015

The Stone Flower (Kamenny Tsvetok): Yury Grigorovich stages Sergei Prokofiev's last ballet, based on Pavel Bazhov's tale about a folk sculptor who must choose between art and love. Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Musical Theater. 17 Bolshaya Dmitrovka. Metro Tverskaya, Chekhovskaya. 495-723-7325. Fri. at 7 p.m.

Manon: Kenneth MacMillan's ballet set to Massenet's music and based on the novel "Histoire du chevalier des Grieux et de Manon Lescaut" by Antoine-Francois Prevost d'Exiles. Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Musical Theater. 17 Bolshaya Dmitrovka. Metro Tverskaya, Chekhovskaya. 495-723-7325. Sun. at 7 p.m.

Vasily Khoroshev (countertenor), Oleg Polpudin (tenor), Maxim Perebeinos (baritone) and Ruslan Roziyev (bass) perform romances, arias, Russian and Neapolitan folk songs. Dom Muzyki Chamber Hall. 52 Kosmodamianskaya Naberezhnaya, Bldg. 8. Metro Paveletskaya. 495-730-1011. Sat. at 7 p.m.

A Play of Soul and Body (Igra o Dushe i Tele): an allegorical morality play, "Representation of Soul and Body," composed in 1600 by Emilio de Cavaliery. Performed in Russian. Natalya Sats Children's Musical Theater. 5 Prospekt Vernadskogo. Metro Universitet. 495-930-5177. teatr-sats.ru Sat. at 5 p.m.

Fashion and Style in Photography: works by Ricardo Lopez Bueno, Isabel Munoz, Margo Ovcharenko, Michel Platnic and others. Manezh Exhibition Hall. 1 Manezh Square. Metro Okhotny Ryad, Alexandrovsky Sad. 495-645-9277. moscowmanege.ru. Fri., Sat. and Sun. Noon to 10 p.m.

Foreign-Language Movie

American Sniper (2014): Clint Eastwood's biographical war drama based on the book "American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History" by Chris Kyle. Stars Bradley Cooper.

Fakel. 15/16 Shosse Entuziastov. Metro Aviamotornaya. 495-362-1219. www.fakel-cinema.ru. Fri. and Sat. at 1:50 and 7:40 p.m., Sun. at 12:40 and 4:40 p.m. In English; Russian subtitles.

Pioner. 21 Kutuzovsky Prospekt. Metro Kutuzovskaya. 499-240-5240. Fri. at 1:50 and 7:10 p.m., Sat. at 9:10 p.m. and 1:25 a.m., Sun. at 3:45 p.m. In English; Russian subtitles.

Cymbeline (2015): Michael Almereyda's crime tragedy, based on of Shakespeare's play, about a take-no-prisoners war between dirty cops and an outlaw biker gang starring Ethan Hawke, Ed Harris, Milla Jovovich and John Leguizamo.

35MM. 47/24 Ulitsa Pokrovka. Metro Krasniye Vorota, Kurskaya. 495-780-9142. Fri. at 4:10 p.m. and midnight, Sat. at 7:45 p.m., Sun. at 12:10 p.m. In English; Russian subtitles.

Pyat Zvyozd-Novokuznetskaya. In the Arkadia mall, 8 Sredny Ovchinnikovsky Pereulok. Metro Novokuznetskaya. 495-916-9169. Fri., Sat., and Sun. at 9:35 p.m. In English; Russian subtitles.

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