Theater

Thursday The 6th

Another's Wife (Chuzhaya Zhena): Nikolai Bendera directs and stars in this French romantic comedy. Co-stars Vladimir Dolinsky. Lyudmila Zhivitchenko Enterprise production. TsDL. 7 p.m.

Enchanted City (Zacharovanny Gorod): a circus show. Aquamarine Circus. 7 p.m.

Krechinsky's Wedding (Svadba Krechinskogo): Pavel Khomsky's staging of Alexander Sukhovo-Kobylin's satire about a social climber who nearly tricks his way into a profitable marriage. Mossoviet Theater. 7 p.m.

On High Heels (Na Vysokikh Kablukakh): Alexander Nesterov directs Alexander Mardan's comedy "The Waiting List." Theater of Russian Song. 7 p.m.

The Preserve (Zapovednik): a dramatization of Sergei Dovlatov's autobiographical story about a conflict between a writer and the powers-that-be. Mossoviet Theater Stage Pod Kryshei. 7 p.m.

Friday The 7th

Blockhead (Bestoloch): Roman Samgin's staging of a comedy by Marc Camoletti. Art-Partner XXI Agency production. Commonwealth of Taganka Actors. 7 p.m.

NEW Chekhov's Witticisms (Shutki Chekhova): Tatyana Bishnevaya's adaptation of two Anton Chekhov one-act farces "The Bear" and "The Proposal." Sobytiye Theater. 5 and 8 p.m.

Dangerous Liaisons (Opasniye Svyazi): Pavel Khomsky's staging of Christopher Hampton's play based on Choderlos de Laclos' 18th-century novel about the Marquise de Meurteil and the Vicomte de Valmont who test the limits of their will in a conspiracy of sexual seductions. Mossoviet Theater. 7 p.m.

Enchanted City (Zacharovanny Gorod): a circus show. Aquamarine Circus. 7 p.m.

The Phantom of the Opera (Prizrak Opery): the Russian version of Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical. MDM. 7 p.m.

Saturday The 8th

NEW Chekhov's Witticisms (see Fri. listing). Sobytiye Theater. 5 and 8 p.m.

Divorce Moscow Style (Razvod Po-Moskovsky): a contemporary comedy with Stanislav Sadalsky. Lekur Theater Agency production. TsDKZh. 7 p.m.

Enchanted City (Zacharovanny Gorod): a circus show. Aquamarine Circus. Noon and 7 p.m.

The Phantom of the Opera (see Fri. listing). MDM. 2 and 7 p.m.

The Silver Age (Serebryany Vek): A boy discovers the world of poetry in Mikhail Roshchin's autobiographical play set in 1949. Mossoviet Theater. 7 p.m.

NEW Vassa: Vyacheslav Tyshchuk stages Maxim Gorky's play about the forces destroying a traditional Russian family. Theater Na Maloi Bronnoi. 7 p.m.

Sunday The 9th

150 Reasons Not to Defend the Homeland (150 Prichin ne Zashchishchat Rodinu): Yelena Gremina's staging about the fall of Constantinople in 1453. Teatr.doc on Maly Kazyonny Pereulok. 8 p.m.

Enchanted City (Zacharovanny Gorod): a circus show. Aquamarine Circus. Noon and 7 p.m.

The Elderlings (Starichki): Oleg Gusev's staging on the themes of Gogol's tale "Old-World Landowners." Theater Na Perovskoi. 7 p.m.

The Phantom of the Opera (see Fri. listing). MDM. 2 p.m.

NEW Vassa: (see Sat. listing). Theater Na Maloi Bronnoi. 7 p.m.

Monday The 10th

All About Men (Vsyo o Muzhchinakh): Yakov Lomkin stages a play by Croatian writer Miro Gavran. Svobodnaya Stsena Company production. Mossoviet Theater. 7 p.m.

Hypnosis Session for a Married Couple (Seans Gipnoza Dlya Semeinoi Pary): a comedy based on Vasily Sigarev's play "Lie Detector." Stars Olesya Zheleznyak, Andrei Ilyin and Daniil Spivakovsky. Art-Partner XXI production. TsDKZh. 7 p.m.

NEW The Bolotnaya Square Case (Bolotnoye Delo): Yelena Gremina's documentary staging about the legal aftermath of "mass disorders" that took place on Bolotnaya Square on May 6, 2012. Teatr.doc on Maly Kazyonny Pereulok. 8 p.m.

The Territory of Love (Territoriya Lyubvi): Vladimir Pankov stages a melodrama starring Yelena Yakovleva. Art-Partner XXI Agency production. Commonwealth of Taganka Actors. 7 p.m.

Tuesday The 11th

About Fedot (Pro Fedota): Leonid Filatov's verse comedy. Sobytiye Theater. 8 p.m.

Antigone: a musical based on Sophocles' tragedy. Sobytiye Theater. 8 p.m.

Enchanted City (Zacharovanny Gorod): a circus show. Aquamarine Circus. 7 p.m.

Roman Comedy (Rimskaya Komediya): Pavel Khomsky stages Leonid Zorin's historical play about an oppressive emperor and his mostly compliant subjects. Mossoviet Theater. 7 p.m.

The Phantom of the Opera (see Fri. listing). MDM. 7 p.m.

Wednesday The 12th

Antigone: a musical based on Sophocles' tragedy. Sobytiye Theater. 5 p.m.

Exercises in the Beautiful (Uprazhneniya v Prekrasnom): a play-within-a-play about the life of actors on tour. Mossoviet Theater Stage Pod Kryshei. 7 p.m.

NEW Sea Voyage 1933 (Morskoye Puteshestviye 1933 Goda): Yury Yeryomin's staging inspired by Stanley Kramer's 1965 film "Ship of Fools." Mossoviet Theater. 7 p.m.

The Elder Son (Starshy Syn): Pavel Safonov's version of Alexander Vampilov's comic drama about an intruder who becomes part of the family. Stars Viktor Sukhorukov. Svobodnaya Stsena Company production. Theater Kinoaktyora. 7 p.m.

The Henpecked (Podkabluchniki): Nikita Grinshpun's staging of a comedy by contemporary Croatian writer Miro Gavran. Art-Partner XXI Agency production. Commonwealth of Taganka Actors. 7 p.m.

The Libertine: Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt's play about the 18th-century philosopher and sensualist Denis Diderot as staged by Vladimir Petrov. Theater Na Maloi Bronnoi. 7 p.m.

The Madness of Love (Bezumstva Lyubvi): a comedy by Nikolai Bendera. Lyudmila Zhivitchenko Enterprise production. TsDL. 7 p.m.

The Phantom of the Opera (see Fri. listing). MDM. 7 p.m.

You Don't Drop Love Like a Hot Potato (Lyubov ne Kartoshka, ne Vybrosish v Okoshko): Alexander Pankratov-Chyorny, Igor Sklyar and Nina Usatova star in a comedy set in a Siberian village. Teleteatr Agency production. Theater of Russian Song. 7 p.m.

and Beyond…

NEW Chekhov's Witticisms (see Fri. listing). Sobytiye Theater. Aug. 13 and 14, 5 and 8 p.m.

Enchanted City (Zacharovanny Gorod): a circus show. Aquamarine Circus. Aug. 13 and 14, 7 p.m.

Formalin: Sergei Golomazov stages Anatoly Korolyov's detective-like memory play about a kidnapping and the killing of a dog. Theater Na Maloi Bronnoi. Aug. 13, 7 p.m.

Khanuma: Giya Kancheli's musical based on a charming Georgian comedy about a matchmaker set in the 19th-century Tiflis. Directed by Nina Chusova for the Millennium Theater. TsDKZh. Aug. 13, 7 p.m.

Roman Comedy (see Tues. listing). Mossoviet Theater. Aug. 13, 7 p.m.

The Naked Truth (Golaya Pravda): Stanislav Sadalsky and Tatyana Vasilyeva in a comedy about actors. Teleteatr Agency production. Theater of Russian Song. Aug. 13, 7 p.m.

The Phantom of the Opera (see Thurs. listing). MDM. Aug. 13, 7 p.m.

Two-Scented Rose (Roza s Dvoinym Aromatom): Nina Chusova stages Emilio Carballido's comedy about two women who seek to bail their shared lover out of jail. Theatrical Marathon production. TsDL. Aug. 13, 7 p.m.

A Gentle Creature (Krotkaya): an adaptation of Dostoevsky's short story. Theater Na Perovskoi. Aug. 14, 7 p.m.

Almost. Meine (Pochtigorod): Sergei Golomazov stages John Cariani's nine short plays that explore love and loss in a remote, mythical place. Theater Na Maloi Bronnoi. Aug. 14, 7 p.m.

Noises Off (Shum za Stsenoi): Michael Frayn's comedy-within-a-comedy recounts the misadventures of a third-rate British theater troupe as they tour a sex farce titled "Nothing On" through the hinterlands. Mossoviet Theater. Aug. 14, 7 p.m.

Carlo, The Honorable Scoundrel (Karlo — Chestny Avantyurist): Mikhail Levitin's staging based on Carlo Goldoni's memoirs and his comedy "The Honorable Scoundrel." Hermitage Theater production. Fomenko Workshop Theater. Aug. 15 and 16, 7 p.m.

About Fedot (Pro Fedota): Leonid Filatov's verse comedy. Sobytiye Theater. Aug. 16, 7 p.m.

English Conspiracy (Zagovor Po-Angliiski): Sergei Aldonin's multigenre staging based on Eugene Scribe's comedy "The Glass of Water" about a spilled glass of water throwing British politics into chaos. Bulgakov Theater. Aug. 16, 7 p.m.

He in Argentina (On v Argentine): Lyudmila Petrushevskaya's tragicomedy directed by Nina Chusova. Milenium Theater production. TsDKZh. Aug. 16, 7 p.m.

Perfect Wedding (Shikarnaya Svadba): Robin Hawdon's comedy as staged by Yelena Maryasina and Maria Makarskaya. Sobytiye Theater. Aug. 16, 4 p.m.

NEW Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf (Kto Boitsya Virdzhinii Vulf?): Vladimir Pankov stages a soundrama version of Edward Albee's play. Stars Yelena Yakovleva. Art-Partner XXI Agency production. Commonwealth of Taganka Actors. Aug. 17, 7 p.m.

A Baby for Rent (Mladenets Naprokat): a farcial family comedy starring Sergei Drobotenko, Nina Ruslanova and Vladimir Dolinsky. Theatrium Na Serpukhovke. Aug. 19, 7 p.m.

NEW Vassa: (see Sat. listing). Theater Na Maloi Bronnoi. Aug. 19, 7 p.m.

Theater Addresses

Amadeus Musical Theater
Reservations 925-846-3377

ARTO Theater
6/1 Sretensky Bulvar, Bldg. 2. M. Turgenevskaya. 495-624-5990

Aquamarine Circus
7 Ulitsa Melnikova. M. Proletarskaya. 495-792-3072, circ-a.ru

Bolshoi Theater
1 Teatralnaya Ploshchad. M. Teatralnaya. 495-455-5555

Bulgakov House
10 Bolshaya Sadovaya. M. Mayakovskaya. 495-970-0619

Bulgakov Theater
10 Bolshaya Sadovaya Ul. through the arch, Apt. 50. M. Mayakovskaya. 495-775-9461, dombulgakova.ru

Chekhov Moscow Art Theater
3 Kamergersky Pereulok. M. Teatralnaya. 495-646-3646, 692-6748

Chekhov International Theater Festival
chekhovfest.ru/en

Circus Na Prospekte Vernadskogo
7 Prospekt Vernadskogo. M. Universitet. 495-930-0272/0300, bolshoicircus.ru

Commonwealth of Taganka Actors
76/21 Zemlyanoi Val, Taganskaya Ploshchad. M. Taganskaya (circle line). 495-915-1148

Contemporary Play School
29/14 Neglinnaya Ulitsa. M. Tsvetnoi Bulvar. 694-0738

Co-Working Svobodnoye Plavaniye
28A Varshavskoye Shosse. M. Nagatinskaya. 499-426-0626, freecoworking.ru

DK Imeni Alexandra Petlyury
28/2 Ulitsa Petrovka, Bldg. 1, entrance by way of Petrovsky Pereulok. M. Chekhovskaya. facebook.com/DkPetlura

DK Imeni Zuyeva
18 Lesnaya Ulitsa. M. Belorusskaya. 499-973-3461

Dom Aktyora
35 Ulitsa Arbat. M. Arbatskaya. 499-248-1805, rfcda.ru

Drugoi Theater
at DK Imeni Zuyeva. 18 Lesnaya Ulitsa. M. Belorusskaya. 499-973-2141, 4095-777-9181, dteatr.ru/afisha.html

Dzhigarkhanyan Theater
17 Lomonosovsky Prospekt. M. Universitet. 495-930-70

Et Cetera Theater
2 Frolov Pereulok, Turgenevskaya Ploshchad. M. Turgenevskaya, Chistiye Prudy. 495-781-7811

Freelabs
10 Bolshaya Sadovaya Ulitsa. M. Mayakovskaya. 8-968-404-0505, usadbafreelabs.ru

Fomenko Workshop Theater
30/32 Kutuzovsky Prospekt. M. Kutuzovskaya. 499-249-1921/1740

Fomenko Studio New Stage
29 Naberezhnaya Tarasa Shevchenko. M. Kutuzovskaya. 499-249-1921/1740

Gogol Theater
8A Ulitsa Kazakova. M. Kurskaya. 499-262-9214, 499-261-5528, (website currently being reconstructed)

The Golden Mask Theater Festival
goldenmask.ru

Gubernsky Theater
121 Volgogradsky Prospekt. M. Kuzminki. 495-378-6575, m-g-t.ru

Helikon Opera on Arbat
11 Novy Arbat, Bldg. 2. M. Arbatskaya. 495-695-6584, 690-6592, helikon.ru/eng

Hermitage Theater
3 Karetny Ryad, Hermitage Garden. M. Pushkinskaya. 495-650-6742

Kuzminki House of Arts
121 Volgogradsky Prospekt. M. Kuzminki. 495-378-6575, modi-kuzminki.ru/en

Lenkom Theater
6 Malaya Dmitrovka. M. Pushkinskaya. 495-699-9668/0708

Maly Theater
1/6 Teatralnaya Ploshchad. M. Teatralnaya. 495-624-4046

Maly Theater Affiliate
69 Ulitsa Bolshaya Ordynka. M. Dobryninskaya. 499-237-3181, maly.ru

Masterskaya
3 Teatralny Proyezd. M. Okhtny Ryad, Teatralnaya. 495-625-6836, mstrsk.ru

Mayakovsky Theater
19 Bolshaya Nikitskaya Ulitsa. M. Pushkinskaya, Arbatskaya. 495-290-4658/6241

Mayakovsky Theater Affiliate
21 Pushkaryov Pereulok. M. Sukharevskaya. 495-290-4658/6241

MDM
28 Komsomolsky Prospekt. M. Frunzenskaya. 499-248-6688, mdmpalace.ru

Meyerhold Center
23 Novoslobodskaya Ulitsa. M. Mendeleyevskaya. 495-363-1048

Moskva Ballet
16 Novoryazanskaya Ulitsa. M. Komsomolskaya. 495-607-0129, baletmoskva.ru/en

Mossoviet Theater
16 Bolshaya Sadovaya Ulitsa. M. Mayakovskaya. 495-699-2035

Moscow Musical Theater
27 Novozavodskaya Ulitsa. M. Bagrationovskaya. 495-797-6300

National Show of Russia
nationalrussianshow.ru/en/rnds

National Youth Theater
2 Teatralnaya Ploshchad. M. Teatralnaya. 495-692-0069/1879

Natalya Sats Children's Musical Theater
5 Prospekt Vernadskogo. M. Universitet. 495-930-5177, teatr-sats.ru

NET Festival (New European Theater)
10 Strastnoi Bulvar, office 46. M. Chekhovskaya. Tickets 965-224-2466, netfest.ru/en/bilety, netfest.ru/en/home

Nikulin Circus Na Tsvetnom Bulvare
13 Tsvetnoi Bulvar. M. Tsvetnoi Bulvar. 495-625-8970, circusnikulin.ru

Novaya Opera
3 Karetny Ryad. M. Mayakovskaya, Chekhovskaya. 495-694-0868

Okolo, the Theater Near the Stanislavsky House
9a Voznesensky Pereulok. M. Pushkinskaya. 495-690-2557

Operetta Theater
6/2 Bolshaya Dmitrovka. M. Chekhovskaya. 495-925-5050, mosoperetta.ru

Pavel Slobodkin Center
48 Ulitsa Arbat. M. Smolenskaya. 499-241-6226/6588, center-slobodkina.ru

Platforma at Winzavod Center
14th Syromyatnichesky Pereulok, Bldg. 6. M. Chkalovskaya, Kurskaya. platformaproject.ru, 495-917-1799, bigbilet.ru, winzavod.ru

Playwright and Director Center Na Begovoi
5 Begovaya Ulitsa. M. Begovaya, Dinamo. 495-945-3245, cdr.theatre.ru

Playwright and Director Center Na Sokole
71 Leningradsky Prospekt. M. Sokol. 499-390-6004, cdr.theatre.ru

Polytheater
3/4 Novaya Ploshchad, Entrance 9. M. Lubyanka. 495-730-5491, 544-5545, polyteatr.ru

Praktika
30 Bolshoi Kozikhinsky Pereulok. M. Mayakovskaya. 495-544-5545, praktikatheatre.ru

Playwright and Director Center
35 Arbat. M. Arbatskaya, Smolenskaya. 499-795-9282, 495-945-3245

Project Otkrytaya Stsena
(Formerly the School of Dramatic Art) 20 Povarskaya Ulitsa. M. Arbatskaya, Barrikadnaya. 495-691-4443

Pushkin Theater
23 Tverskoi Bulvar. M. Pushkinskaya. 495-694-1289

Pushkin Theater Affiliate
3/25 Sytinsky Pereulok, Bldg. 5. M. Pushkinskaya. 495-650-1896

Rossiya Theater
2 Pushkinskaya Ploshchad. M. Pushkinskaya, Chekhovskaya, Tverskaya. 495-788-4646

Russian Song Folk Theater
14 Olimpiisky Prospekt. M. Prospekt Mira. 495-681-3410, folkteatr.ru

Russian Army Theater
2 Suvorov Square. M. Novoslobodskaya. 495-681-5120, teatrarmii.ru

S.A.D. Theater
26 Prospekt Mira at the Aptekarsky Ogorod Garden. M. Prospekt Mira. 8-903-249-6740, teatr-sad.ru

Satire Theater
2 Triumfalnaya Ploshchad. M. Mayakovskaya. 495-699-3642

Satirikon Theater
8 Sheremetyevskaya Ulitsa. M. Marina Roshcha. 495-689-7844

School of Dramatic Art
19 Ulitsa Sretenka. Metro Sukharevskaya. 495-632-9344

Sfera Theater
3 Karetny Ryad, in the Hermitage Garden. M. Chekhovskaya. 495-699-9645/27, spheratheatre.ru

Sobytiye Theater
11A Seleznyovskaya Ulitsa, Bldg. 2. M. Novoslobodskaya. 499-408-6075, teatrsobytie.ru

Sovremennik Theater
19A Chistoprudny Bulvar. M. Chistiye Prudy. 621-6473

Summer Ballet Seasons
ballet-letom.ru

Stanislavsky Electrotheater
23 Tverskaya Ulitsa. M. Tverskaya. 495-699-7224, electrotheatre.ru

Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Musical Theater
17 Bolshaya Dmitrovka. M. Tverskaya, Chekhovskaya. 495-723-7325

Stas Namin Theater
9 Krymsky Val, Bldg. 33, in the Gorky Park. M. Oktyabrskaya, Frunzenskaya, Shabolovskaya. 945-633-9924, stasnamintheatre.ru

STD Boyar Chambers (Boyarskiye Palaty)
10 Strastnoi Bulvar. M. Chekhovskaya. Tickets 965-224-2466, netfest.ru/en/bilety, netfest.ru/en/home

Tabakov Theater
1A Ulitsa Chaplygina. M. Chistiye Prudy. 495-628-9685, reservations 495-628-779, 624-46472

Taganka Theater
76/21 Zemlyanoi Val. M. Taganskaya (circle line). 495-915-1217

Theater Millenium at TsDKZh
teatr-millenium.org

Theater na Perovskoi
75 Perovskaya Ulitsa. M. Novogireyevo. 8-916-789-3657, teatrperovo.ru

Theater of Russian Song
14 Olimpiisky Prospekt. M. Prospekt Mira. 495-681-3410, folkteatr.ru

Teatrium na Serpukhovke
6 Pavlovskaya Ulitsa. Metro Serpukhovskaya. 499-237-1689

Teatr.doc on Maly Kazyonny
19 Maly Kazyonny Pereulok. M. Kurskaya. 8-919-765-8402, teatrdoc.ru

Ten Theater
5 Oktyabrskaya Ulitsa. M. Dostoevskaya, Maryina Roshcha. 495-681-1516/3590, tttttttttt.ru

Theater Center Na Strastnom
8A Strastnoi Bulvar. M. Chekhovskaya. 495-694-4681

Theater Club Na Tishinke
5/7 Sredny Tishinsky Pereulok. M. Belorusskaya. 499-340-6653, teatr-mti.ru

Theater Kinoaktyora
33 Ul. Povarskaya. M. Arbatskaya, Barrikadnaya. 495-690-2811, 691-1461

Theater Luny
31 Malaya Ordynka. M. Dobryninskaya. 495-953-1317

Theater Na Maloi Bronnoi
4 Malaya Bronnaya. M. Tverskaya. 495-690-6731, reservations 495-728-6649

Theater Na Yugo-Zapade
125 Prospekt Vernadskogo, M. Yugo-Zapadnaya. 495-433-1191

Theater of Nations
3 Petrovsky Pereulok. M. Chekhovskaya, Pushkinskaya. 495-629-3739

Theater U Nikitskikh Vorot
Ulitsa Bolshaya Nikitskaya (at the corner of Bolshaya Nikitskaya and Nikitsky Bulvar). M. Arbatskaya, Pushkinskaya. 495- 695-8219

Theater Yunogo Zritelya
10 Mamonovsky Pereulok. M. Pushkinskaya. 495-699-4995/5360

TsDKZh Dom Kultury Zheleznodorozhnikov
4 Komsomolskaya Ploshchad. M. Komsomolskaya. 495-266-29-38.

TsDL
Tsentralny Dom Literatorov 53 Bolshaya Nikitskaya Ulitsa. M. Barrikadnaya. 495-691-6316, cdlart.ru

UVS Gallery
1/13 Ul. Pokrovka, entrance by way of Armyansky Pereulok. 495-621-2828, uvsartgallery.com

Vakhtangov Theater
26 Arbat. M. Arbatskaya. 499-241-1679

Vladimir Nazarov Musical Theater
Michurinsky Prospekt, 1 Olimpiiskaya Derevnya. M. Yugo-Zapadnaya. 495-430-0410, 437-8626, mtvn.ru

Vysotsky Center
3 Nizhny Tagansky Tupik. M. Taganskaya. 495-915-4558

Yelena Kamburova Theater of Music and Poetry
53/55 Bolshaya Pirogovskaya Ulitsa. M. Sportivnaya. 499 246-8175

Yermolova Theater
5/6 Tverskaya Ulitsa. M. Okhotny Ryad, Ploshchad Revolyutsii. 495-629-0594/4587

ZIL Cultural Center
4 Vostochnaya Ulitsa, Bldg. 1. M. Avtozavoskaya. 495-675-7872, zilcc.ru

Zverev Center of Contemporary Art
29 Novoryazanskaya Ul., Bldg. 4. M. Baumanskaya. 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. 499-265-6166, zverevcenter.ru