Best performances of Moscow: rating

Moscow posters are full of various proposals: classic and comedy, drama and melodrama, parody and tragedy. What are the best performances of Moscow to choose: high-profile entertainments or scandalous staging of fashion directors? In what productions are the well-known actors involved , whose game you so much want to see?

We bring to your attention an overview of contemporary performances, which are aimed not only at the audience, but also directors, actors and critics. We will help you to understand this abundance and present the rating of the best performances of Moscow - the reflection of modern life in the classical repertoire. After all, if the theater limits itself exclusively to the classics in its unchanged form, then it risks becoming "academically dead" (VI Nemirovich-Danchenko).

"Triptych" (Pyotr Fomenko Workshop)

Here are the best performances of Moscow. A small-scale production of the "Triptych" by P. Fomenko was once opened by the Small Theater Hall. The literary basis of the production is Pushkin's works "Count Nulin", "Stone Guest", scenes from "Faust". Three parts, two intermission.

The first part - light, airy, in the spirit of the director: a swing, poems, a "sentimental anecdote in verse form." In the second part of P.Fomenko the spectators and the stone Spanish city are transferred. Gravestones, bars, monastery, prayer. All this confuses non-obviousness. The third part is the denouement, where the viewer is immersed in a completely realistic sea and then he, along with the stage and actors, covers with a silk wave.

All these metaphors, illusions, associations excite and impress: "In the boardwalk of this booth, you can, as in the universe, go through all the tiers in a row, to descend from heaven through the earth to hell." This is what P.Fomenko proposes to his audience.

The talented play of Kirill Pirogov, Galina Tyunina, Karen Badalov is a real "paradise" for theatrical "gourmets".

"Eugene Onegin" (Vakhtangov Theater, directed by Rimas Tuminasov)

This performance is worth a look to see how the director breaks the stereotypes of poetic flair, lyricism and rhythm in the construction of phrases. The play is author's, it opens new facets in character of characters and a plot. He is called performance-impression-meditation.

The entire production takes place in a hazy haze. This makes it more like a fantasy that shines through the vices of the Russians and makes the virtue obvious. Russian life is represented by the visible and tangible, with its humor and refinement its bad sides are shown.

But the main thing is a pleiad of actors who make the performance perfect: S.Makovetsky, V.Dobronavov, M.Sevrinovsky, V.Vdovichenkov, J.Borisova, I.Kupchenko, M.Volkova, N.Vinokurova, L.Maksakova.

"The Seagull" (Theater "Satyricon")

The great eccentric Y. Butusov plays in the play actor's fate. The heroes of this play are clowns, cheerful funny idiots, pensive lunatics and aging, playful in prim, beauties. What happens on the stage is ingenious and spontaneous. Madame Arkadina, with her eyes drawn, looks like a witch, Treplev in the finals will try to drown his mother in a rusty bathroom, and Butusov will dance an unknown dance to no one.

Here you will see the bright stars of the Satyricon - Pauline Raikin, Timofei Tribuntsev, Agrippina Steklov, Lika Nifontova. And by the way: "The Seagull" received the "Golden Mask" for the direction, for which the best performances of Moscow were nominated.

"Anarchy" (Theater "Contemporary")

Untouchable "hooligan" Garik Sukachev is the director of the play, and Mikhail Efremov as Billy "Miscarriage" - the director of this nonconformist action, staged on the play of British Mike Packer. The effect that produced the performance is compared with a "burst bomb" - so unusual, entertaining and unlike "Contemporary". What does it cost a mate on stage, drunken quarrels and anti-government demagogy!

The story of the elderly punks, who are united in the hope of earning - is spectacular and convincing. In the company with M. Efremov you will see D.Pevtsov, V.Mishchenko, M.Selyansky, O.Drozdov

"No. 13D" (Moscow Art Theater, staged by V. Mashkov)

Every theater in the capital to the question: "What are the best comedy performances in Moscow?", Invariably replied: "Number thirteen." The production lasted ten years and was accompanied by constant notices. But in 2012 she was removed from the repertoire of the theater.

The play revived again.

In the new cast and new fashionable format, the cheerful play on the play of the crazy story of Ray Cooney returned . Instead of the Leontief Vanguard, the role of a politician who wants to "surrender" with his secretary is played by Igor Vernik. The role of the "corpse" is depicted by the unchanging Leonid Timtsunik. A dedicated secretary - "the virgin virgin", which in the last production was played by Yevgeny Mironov, and now Sergey Ugryumov, is still insanely afraid of his mother and her nurse. Charming Paulina Andreeva (secretary) and touching Irina Pegova (nun) are running around the stage in lace underwear.

In the thirteenth room everything sparks, falls and explodes. The performance is full of special effects and even full-screen video. In general, there are enough rides. Apparently, Mashkov offers the viewer to digress from the absurdity in life and observe the absurdity on the stage.

The video-joke ending adds pluses to the moneybox of the remake: "Chekhov's" seagull flies to Kamergersky lane, succeeding on the way to touch the Kremlin's two-headed eagle and Big Ben. In general, the comedy acts on the audience as vitamins: it improves tone and improves mood.

Theater for kids

What are the best performances in theaters in Moscow, where you can go with small spectators? After all, theater is for them emotions, surprise and excitement. Another Stanislavsky said: "For children it is necessary to play, as for adults, but only better".

So, the best children's performances in Moscow - Topovaya five of the productions, which must be seen:

• "Peter Pen" (Theater named after Vakhtangov) - director Alexander Koruchenkov involved in the play based on James Barry 's play of young actors - students "Pike".
• "Pippi Longstocking" (Theater "Cherry Orchard") - a bright, burlesque staging about the famous red-haired mischief. A story told for toddlers who continue to believe in a miracle.
• "The Wizard of Oz" (Meyerhold TCC) - the head of the theater Lev Ehrenburg will present a magic performance based on the work of LF Baum.

• "Alice in the Looking Glass" (Theater "Workshop PN Fomenko") - a classic fantasy for children and adults. This is the first debut of director I. Popovski, who turned the play into a fairy tale. After all, the best performances of Moscow are held in the studio of Fomenko, not only for adults, but also for children.
• "The Cat's House" (Moscow Theater of the Young Spectator) - a performance by G. Yanovskaya based on the work of S. Marshak. The performance is remarkable in that the decorations are made in the form of large cubes that turn to the spectators by different sides and, like puzzles, make up pictures. And the children will watch the production on pillows located in the foyer.