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The Bolshoi Theater in WWII: The show must go on

May 8, 2012 Daria Gonzales
Although Moscow was bombed during the World War II, it didn’t prevent the Bolshoi Theater’s actors and actresses from performing on the stage

Russian actress wins kudos in D.C.

May 7, 2012 Nora FitzGerald
Artistic directors from Georgia and actors from Russia create original theater in a family atmosphere in the most unlikely city

Off the beaten track: hidden Russia revealed

April 25, 2012 Roger Williams
A major investment program is helping to transform Russia’s more remote regions into world-class tourist destinations

Devils and dictators

March 30, 2012 Phoebe Taplin
London’s theatres are exploring connections between Russian literature, history and politics this spring in a range of exciting productions

Russian directors take on Yale Drama playwrights

March 17, 2012 John 
Freedman
It was politics and Bertolt Brecht that brought David Chambers to Russian theater many years ago. As Chambers recalls it now, he could feel the great Russian director Vsevolod Meyerhold “looming in the background” as he studied the work of Brecht

New York's Met explores Russian history

March 9, 2012 Ayano Hodouchi
The Metropolitan Opera in New York will perform Mussorgsky's opera "Khovanshchina" describing one of the most robust and full-blooded episode of Russia's history

Music finds a new home in Russia

February 18, 2012 Alexandra Mashukova, Vedomosti Friday
A musical which portrays an American journalist, who discovers his Russian roots, will open at the Gorbunov Palace of Culture

Hvorostovsky takes on The Met

February 15, 2012 Ayano Hodouchi
Beloved Russian baritone's acting stands out while his voice is overshadowed

Dramatizing Russia’s protests

February 14, 2012 Phoebe Taplin
A talented British playwright is turning his spotlight on the recent demonstrations against electoral fraud in Russia

Dmitry Hvorostovsky will perform in New York

January 31, 2012 Ayano Hodouchi
Baritone Dmitry Hvorostovsky returns to New York's Metropolitan Opera in beginning of February as King Carlos in Verdi’s opera “Ernani”

And I am telling you I am not going…

December 22, 2011 Marina Shimadina
Like the Dreamgirl spurned, the Russian musical had had to fight for survival. But it’s safe to say it’s here to stay

American playwright uses Russian language to say what can't be said

December 19, 2011 Nora FitzGerald
In “Close Up Space,” the Russian language expresses a gulf of grief between father and daughter

The Mariinsky faces new challenges

December 2, 2011 Anisia Boroznova
While people anticipate the construction of the Mariinsky Theater's second stage, the urgent need of repairing its old building has become more pressing

A Bolshoi adrift in Mariinsky's shadow

December 1, 2011 Ayano Hodouchi
Russian conductor and artistic director Valery Gergiev has emerged as a charismatic cultural ambassador. His vision for the Mariinsky Theater overshadows the Bolshoi today, but his best performances are not at home

Stages far from Moscow defy regional stereotypes

November 11, 2011 John 
Freedman, The Moscow Times
Perm’s U Mosta Theater has explored Irish writer Martin McDonough’s eerie world of outsiders, savants and crazies

Lights on at the Bolshoi!

October 29, 2011 Paul Duvernet
A dark theater for six years, the Bolshoi Theater’s main stage and opera house hopes to reclaim its role as Russia’s cultural heart

Kings of the Dance kick-start tour in Moscow

October 21, 2011 Anna Galaida, Vedomosti.ru
The Russian-U.S. ballet project Kings of the Dance, which five years ago revolutionized ballet, is back in Moscow with new dancers and a new program

Rock-'n-Roll for those who care

September 22, 2011 Alena Legostaeva
Tom Stoppard and the characters in his play to help raise money for Russian hospice patients

So, do theater and politics mix in Russia?

August 12, 2011 John 
Freedman, The Moscow Times
Jailed businessman Mikhail Khodorkovsy and writer Lyudmila Ulitskaya came together to discuss the state of the State of Russia – on a theatre stage

The reality of nostalgia

July 20, 2011 Anastasia Gorokhova
SSSR Productions invite the audience to participate in their vibrant soul-searching stage performance
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