Tchaikovsky’s “Nutcracker” Cutting Edge On London Ice
Anglo-Russian dance sensation marries ice-skating and theater in their production of Nutcracker on...
Read MorePosted by Tatiana Rubleva | 2nd Nov 2013 | Review, Russia, Theatre and Dance
Anglo-Russian dance sensation marries ice-skating and theater in their production of Nutcracker on...
Read MorePosted by John Freedman | 30th Oct 2013 | Directing, Kama Ginkas Black Monk, Review, Russia
Of all the theatrical languages that coexist in Moscow, director Kama Ginkas is an intonation unto himself. You can hear it in his actors’ speech. “They often speak not as they do in life or even on stage for another...
Read MorePosted by Georgy Manaev | 24th Sep 2013 | Essay, Russia, Theatre and Disability
For people with physical or intellectual disabilities, the art of theatre is the powerful mode of...
Read MorePosted by Phoebe Taplin | 21st Sep 2013 | Essay, Russia, Transcultural Collaborations
Some of London’s most innovative theatres and theatre companies are inspired by Russia but in very...
Read MorePosted by Nobuko Tanaka | 12th Sep 2013 | Japan, Review, Russia, Transcultural Collaborations
“I have rarely seen a great production of any Chekhov play in Japan. Sometimes, I’ve even wanted...
Read MorePosted by Alisa Orlova | 3rd Aug 2013 | Essay, Playwriting, Russia
It is impossible to imagine the Russian stage without the works of Alexander Ostrovsky – they are...
Read MorePosted by Paul Duvernet | 28th Jun 2013 | News, Russia, Theatre and Dance
The Bolshoi Theater’s new season opens Sept. 17. It will include seven new productions...
Read MorePosted by Pauline Tillmann | 6th Jun 2013 | Essay, Russia, Theatre and Opera
The new Mariinsky Theatre is a site of pilgrimage in St. Petersburg. Ballet and opera enthusiasts...
Read MorePosted by Ekaterina Vlasova and Moskovskie Novosti | 2nd Jun 2013 | Interview, Russia, Transcultural Collaborations
Cazimir Liske, an American actor at the Praktika Theatre, talks about Russia’s literary...
Read MorePosted by Magda Romanska | 6th May 2013 | Essay, Management, Theatre and Politics, United States of America
Mitt Romney’s offhanded crusade against Big Bird, announced in a presidential debate with...
Read MorePosted by Dmitry Gvozdetsky and Moskoskiye Novosti | 3rd May 2013 | News, Russia, Translation
The Pyotr Fomenko Theatre is offering subtitles on tablet devices for foreign guests and...
Read MorePosted by Phoebe Taplin | 25th Apr 2013 | Review, Russia, Theatre and Politics
A play in which the privileged are out of touch and the poor are getting poorer is all too apt in...
Read MorePosted by Nora Fitzgerald | 11th Apr 2013 | News, Russia, Theatre and Opera
The Washington National Opera and the Bolshoi Theatre enter the third year of an artist exchange...
Read MorePosted by Aleks Sierz | 17th Mar 2013 | Adaptation, London, Review, United Kingdom
Science is an area of perennial fascination for the theatre. In the past, plays as various as Tom...
Read MorePosted by Phoebe Taplin | 16th Mar 2013 | Adaptation, News, Russia
William Boyd’s new play Longing, based on two short Chekov stories, is a sell-out success in...
Read MorePosted by Aleksei Krizhevsky | 11th Mar 2013 | Festivals, News, Russia
The drama program of Russia’s three-week-long, trendsetting, arts extravaganza opened on the first...
Read MorePosted by Stepan Ivanov | 17th Feb 2013 | Design, News, Russia
In an open letter to St. Petersburg, Hermitage Director Mikhail Piotrovsky asked citizens to wait...
Read MorePosted by Walter Byongsok Chon | 8th Feb 2013 | Dramaturgy, Interview, South Korea, Transcultural Collaborations
Walter Byongsok Chon is an assistant professor of dramaturgy and theatre studies at Ithaca...
Read MorePosted by Phoebe Taplin | 17th Jan 2013 | Acting, News, Russia
Born 150 years ago, Stanislavsky created the method that revolutionized 20th-century acting and...
Read MorePosted by Phoebe Taplin | 4th Jan 2013 | Adaptation, Review, Russia
A traditional version of Anton Chekhov’s play gets West End glamor and charm but lacks conviction....
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