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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

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

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

Cinderella gets a makeover

July 7, 2011 Anastasia Gorokhova
A young director is breathing fresh air into the legendary Moscow Children’s Musical Theatre

Are Russians and Americans really the same?

June 10, 2011 John 
Freedman, the Moscow Times
Russian and American dramatists seem closer than one could think

My Maya: a life’s dance,
 a life’s music

June 8, 2011 Nora FitzGerald
Maya Plisetskaya, 85, will be on hand, with husband and composer Rodion Shchedrin, to open the Lincoln Center Festival next month

True grit causes a real stir on the contemporary stage

April 20, 2011 Emmanuel Grynszpan
A new breed of realist dramatists has surfaced to take on the Moscow mainstream

A poet’s tragic end

February 28, 2011 Ruth Wyneken
Playwright Anna Yablonskaya's work lives on

Belarus Free Theater shares the love

January 5, 2011 Anna Nemtsova, special to Russia Beyond the Headlines
The founders of Belarus Free Theater believe their job is to act with love and without censorship, while the authorities believe their job is to arrest them.

Russia’s ballet prince creates new nutcracker

December 14, 2010 Nora FitzGerald, Russia Now
Alexei Ratmansky left the politics of the Bolshoi to do what he does best: choreography
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