Cast: Alexander Nevsky, Kristanna Loken, Adrian Paul, Robert Davi, Robert Madrid. The Last Hunt (Poslednyaya okhota) (NR)Cast: Alex Chashchin, Ivan. My Favorite Idiot (NR)Cast: Alex Chadov, Roman Shmakov, Ekaterina Vilkova, Vladimir Simonov, Vera Sotnikova. Writer: Alexander Erofeev, Elena Aksenov.
Thursday, February 7th Courage: Bertolt Brecht's classic 'Mother Courage,' as staged by Mikhail Levitin. Hermitage Theater production. Fomenko Studio New Stage. Donky Khot: Dmitry Krymov's whimsical, inventive show based on Cervantes' 'Don Quixote.' School of Dramatic Art. Melkashka pistolet ruchka sdelatj. Project Otkrytaya Stsena.
Dream Orchestra. Brass (Orkestr Mechty. Med): Oleg Menshikov's Brass Orchestra in a theatrical concert. Yermolova Theater.
NEW Eleanor and Her Men (Eleanor i Yeyo Muzhchiny): Alexander Burdonsky stages James Goldman's screenplay, 'The Lion in Winter,' about the gamesmanship between Henry II of England and his wife Eleanor of Aquitaine. Russian Army Theater small hall. Hidden Perspective (Skrytaya Perspektiva): Yevgeny Arye directs Donald Margulies' play 'Time Stands Still,' about two war journalists who find their ambitions and beliefs are pulling them apart. Sovremennik Theater. Ivanov and Others (Ivanov i Drugiye): Sergei Shakurov stars in Genrietta Yanovskaya's interpretation of Anton Chekhov's play about a group of people's inability to love or be loved. Theater Yunogo Zritelya.
MT PICK King Lear (Korol Lir): Konstantin Raikin stars in Shakespeare's tragedy directed by Yury Butusov. Satirikon Theater. Mamma Mia!: the Russian version of the popular musical with songs by ABBA.
Marriage 2.0. First and Second Versions (Brak 2.0. Pervaya i Vtoraya Versii): Alexander Marin's staging based on Chekhov's works. Tabakov Theater. Love and Espionage: Maxim Dunayevsky's musical about the notorious exotic dancer and spy based on Yelena Gremina's play.
Larisa Dolina and Dmitry Kharatyan in the leads. Theatrium Na Serpukhovke. NEW Moscow-Petushki: Venedikt Yerofeyev's 'poem' about a romantic drunkard directed by Sergei Zhenovach. Studio of Theatrical Art. Much Ado About Nothing (Mnogo Shuma iz Nichego): Yevgeny Pisarev's contemporary adaptation of Shakespeare's comedy. Pushkin Theater.
My Dear Mathilde (Moya Dorogaya Matilda): Israel Horovitz's family tale 'My Old Lady,' set in a Paris apartment. Directed by Vladimir Petrov. Chekhov Moscow Art Theater small stage.
MT PICK One Absolutely Happy Village (Odna Absolyutno Schastlivaya Derevnya): Pyotr Fomenko's beautiful dramatization of Boris Vakhtin's 1965 novella. Fomenko Studio. NEW School for Fools (Shkola Dlya Durakov): Sasha Sokolov's famous novel about the fantastic inner adventures of a schizophrenic boy. Directed by Yury Pogrebnicho. Frazi dlya avtootvetchika serjeznie. Okolo, the Theater Near the Stanislavsky House.
MT PICK Scorched (Pozhary): Quebec-based playwright/director Wajdi Mouawad stages his own play about love, hatred and reconciliation. Et Cetera Theater. The Banquet: Sergei Artsibashev's one-act staging based on a romantic comedy by Neil Simon. Mayakovsky Theater. The Girl and the Revolutionary (Devushka i Revolyutsioner): Igor Simonov's play centers on a romantic encounter of Stalin and his future wife Nadezhda Alliluyeva.
Vladimir Ageyev's staging. The Human Voice (Chelovechesky Golos): Igor Yatsko's staging of Jean Cocteau's drama and Francis Poulenc's opera. School of Dramatic Art. The Little Mermaid (Rusalochka): a musical based on Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale. Rossiya Theater. The Lourcine Street Case (Koshmar na Ulitse Lourcine): a vaudeville based on Eugene Labiche's light comedy. Satire Theater.
MT PICK The Marriage (Zhenitba): Mark Zakharov stages an all-star version of Nikolai Gogol's classic comedy. Lenkom Theater. The Moral of Pani Dulska (Moral Pani Dulskoi): Gabriela Zapolska's comedy starring Valentina Talyzina. Mossoviet Theater.
The Rules of Behavior in Contemporary Society (Pravila Povedeniya v Sovremennom Obshchestve): a clever show in which three men from the audience find themselves playing husband, godfather and lover to an eccentric young woman. National Youth Theater small stage. We Cannot Choose the Time We Live In (Vremena Ne Vybirayut): The love story of an American jazz singer and a Russian musician, set in the mid-20th century in New York and Moscow. Musical Theater.
What're You Doing in a Tux? (A Choi-to Ty vo Frake?): a mock-opera, mock-ballet adaptation of Chekhov's one-act play 'The Proposal,' in which a shy landowner seeks the hand of his blustery neighbor's daughter. Contemporary Play School. Friday, February 8th A Family in Decline (Zakhudaly Rod): Sergei Zhenovach stages Nikolai Leskov's character study of the Russian nobility. Studio of Theatrical Art. NEW A Fine Place to Feed the Dogs (Nichego Sebe Mestechko Dlya Kormleniya Sobak): A post-apocalyptic play by French writer Tarik Noui about an arms dealer and two customers.