The very first theaters appeared in Moscow in the 16-17th centuries. To date, there are more than 150 of them in the capital of our country, including acting associations that work in various genres.
Theaters in Moscow
In the capital there are a huge number of them, both classical and modern, both familiar and unusual, original, which will be interesting to all viewers, and those that are accessible for understanding only to certain categories of the public. This article gives lists and addresses of theaters in Moscow, both the most famous ones that are known even to foreign audiences, and those with which the general public is not too familiar.
List of Moscow theaters
- Moscow Operetta (Bolshaya Dmitrovka, 6);
- “Vernadsky, 13” (Vernadsky Avenue, 13);
- Chamber musical entreprise "Arbat-opera";
- Classical ballet theater under the direction of Natalia Kasatkina and Vladimir Vasiliev (Leningradsky Prospekt 25);
- Musical Theater of National Art, director Vladimir Nazarov ;
- Film actor theater;
- The conceptual author's theater of Cyril Ganin;
- Theater of Nations (Petrovsky Lane, 3);
- ApARTe;
- Children's Variety Theater;
- Chamber Puppet Theater (9 Bazhova Street);
- Variety Theater (Bersenevskaya embankment, 20);
- Musical folklore theater;
- "Firebird";
- named after Vladimir Mayakovsky (Bolshaya Nikitskaya, 19);
- "Involvement";
- Historical and Ethnographic (3 Rudneva Street);
- Children's musical theater under the direction of Gennady Chikhachev;
- Musical Theater of Plastic Ballet;
- “Sphere” (Karetny Ryad, 3);
- Chamber Musical Theater named after Boris Pokrovsky (Nikolskaya, 17);
- Satyricon (Sheremetyevskaya, 8);
- Children's Musical Theater named after Natalia Sats (Prospect Vernadsky, 5);
- “Benefit” by Anna Nerovna (street Garibaldi, 23);
- The Shadow (October 5);
- “Sovremennik” (located on Chistoprudnyi Boulevard, 19A);
- "Near the house of Stanislavsky";
- "School of Modern Drama";
- "On the fifth floor";
- "New Opera" named after Evgeny Kolobov;
- Vernissage
- “Workshop of Petr Fomenko” (29 Taras Shevchenko Embankment);
- Drama Theater named after Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin (on Tversky Boulevard, 23);
- "Buff" (Lesnaya, 59);
- “Et Cetera” (Frolov Lane, 2);
- Youth Theater;
- Drama named after A.N. Ostrovsky;
- Theater named after Ruben Simonov (Kaloshin Lane, 10);
- "New Dramatic";
- "Romen" (Leningradsky Prospekt, 30);
- “Shalom” (on Warsaw highway, 71);
- Modern by S. Vragova;
- Theater of illusion.
- Theater of the Moon (Malaya Ordynka, 53);
- Clownery Theater Teresa Durova;
- Christian Drama and Music Theater "Leviticon";
- Moscow Art Theater;
- Moscow Art Theater;
- Amadeus
- Optical theater;
- Theological Theater "Glass";
- Psychological theater;
- “On the Taganka” (Zemlyanoy Val, 76);
- Chamber scene;
- Parajanovskoye foyer;
- "Parsley";
- "Art Nest";
- "Practice".
- "A PIECE OF CHALK"
- "I am an artist myself";
- "Monologue";
- "Russian house";
- "Flint";
- "On Presnya";
- Radius Hall
- Cabaret "The Bat";
- "Man" (Skatertny Lane, 23A);
- "Mansion".
Here, of course, not a complete list of Moscow theaters is presented, since there are a lot of them and it is difficult to fit everything into the framework of one small article.
The central part of the city
There are some theaters in the center of Moscow. Their list is as follows:
- S. Meyerhold Theater Center;
- Theater Center "Innovation";
- Theater Center "Dressing Room";
- Art Voyage;
- Musical circus theater "Aquamarine";
- Theater named after Mikhail Bulgakov;
- International Theater Center of Glory Polunin;
- “The Cherry Orchard” under the direction of A. Vilkin;
- Opera Center Galina Vishnevskaya;
- Gogol Center;
- Center on Strastnoy;
Rating
According to the results of audience surveys, the best theaters in Moscow were selected. The list includes the ones with the most votes:
- Bolshoi Opera and Ballet Theater;
- Small dramatic;
- Puppet named after Sergei Vladimirovich Obraztsov;
- Moscow Operetta;
- Helikon-Opera;
- Lenkom;
- Moscow Art Theater;
- Youth Theater;
- Moscow Art Theater;
- "Contemporary";
- behalf of the Moscow City Council.
For young viewers
In theaters for children, fairy tales and magic always reign. Here, small spectators join the beautiful, develop, experience many different exciting emotions, moral principles are laid in their minds, they learn and educate. Today, the young audience is offered a large repertoire, for all ages and for every taste - these are musical performances, puppet shows, and with the participation of animals, which all children love so much!
Children's Theaters of Moscow (list):
- Cat Theater, founder - Yuri Kuklachev ;
- Grandfather Durov's Corner;
- "Magic lamp";
- "AND I";
- Fairy-tale children's theater;
- "Semitsvetik";
- Puppet Theater "Albatross";
- Interactive Theater "Courage".
The musical Theater of Young Actors Alexander Fedorov is very interesting. Its uniqueness lies in the fact that not adults play in it, but the same children as they sit in the auditorium. The principle of the theater is “children for children”. The age of the artists is from 9 to 16 years old, while they work professionally, excellent teachers deal with them, who teach them the same way they teach students, and no one gives them discounts on age, here they join the beautiful and get professional skills that useful to those of them who seriously decide to connect their lives with the acting profession - to study at a university or college, and in the future to serve art and become famous artists.
The famous Obraztsovsky
The list of Moscow theaters, which are designed to delight young spectators, is headed by the most famous and most important in the country S.V. Puppet Theater Obraztsova. It was created by Sergey Vladimirovich in 1931. There is a unique largest museum, which contains theater puppets from different eras and countries, viewers can watch its collection before the performance (the museum begins its work 40 minutes before the start of the performance) and during the intermission. The repertoire is extensive and covers all ages - there are performances for both children and adults. The world-famous production of “An Extraordinary Concert” is listed in the Guinness Book of Records and has been a hallmark for over a decade. Since 1970, the troupe has a new building, its facade has been decorated with unique watches, every hour they play the tune “Is there a garden in the garden”, and around the dial, casements in drawers open, each of which has a fairy-tale character.
Musical theaters
The musical theaters of Moscow have become incredibly popular now . List of sites that provide viewers with the opportunity to plunge into such a popular genre today as a musical:
- Musical Theater in the Palace of Culture named after Gorbunov;
- Rock Order "Temple";
- MESS;
- Moscow Operetta;
- Musical Theater "Wolves of Mibu" (all actors are women);
- Creative workshop of Alexey Rybnikov;
- Youth musical theater "Lotus".
For lovers of classical musical productions, there are opera houses in Moscow. The list of them is not so great, but at the same time they are very popular both among residents of Moscow and among city guests:
- The Bolshoi Theatre;
- named after Konstantin Stanislavsky and Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko;
- Helikon-Opera;
- Chamber Theater named after Boris Pokrovsky;
- on Basmannaya;
- "New Opera";
- The Galina Vishnevskaya Opera Center, where artists study and give performances.
Music and Drama Theater of Stas Namin
The list of Moscow theaters, which are famous for their multi-genre productions, is not particularly extensive, one of the most prominent representatives is the Stas Namin Theater, which is quite young, which appeared at the turn of the 20th and 21st centuries. The repertoire is very wide and varied, it includes dramatic performances, musicals, ballets, rock operas. The actors here are unique and versatile, who own acting, vocals and choreography at the highest level. The first production was the legendary Broadway rock musical "Hair", which Stas Namin saw and heard in America. He also inspired the musician at the time to create his brainchild. Each year, the troupe pleases its audience with five premieres. The auditorium is small, designed for only 230 seats, but it is precisely this chamber and close contact of the public with artists that helps make the performances even more unforgettable.
Moscow Operetta
Another famous stage of the country, which is included in the list of theaters in Moscow, showing the public musical performances, is the Moscow operetta. It was opened in 1922. This is one of the leading stage venues not only in the capital, but throughout the country, famous and popular throughout the world. The repertoire consists of the classical operettas by I. Kalman, I. Strauss, F. Lehar, as well as from the works of Soviet composers: I. Dunaevsky, T. Khrennikov, D. Shostakovich and others. The head of the Moscow operetta today is Vladimir Isidorovich Tartakovsky. In addition to traditional performances, musicals that are nowadays fashionable in our time, both foreign, translated into Russian, and ours, Russian, have appeared in the repertoire. The very first musical staged on this stage was the Metro project, then Notre Dame de Paris and Romeo and Juliet appeared, now it is Monte Cristo and Count Orlov.
Drama
The most common type of theater in the capital is drama. There are most of them here, while in all of them there is a diverse repertoire, from classical to modern. Small theaters of Moscow also belong to this genre. There are two of them - the main one, which is located at Teatralny proezd, 1, and its branch on Bolshaya Ordynka, 69.
Moscow small theaters offer spectators performances based on plays by A.N. Ostrovsky, A.K. Tolstoy, A.P. Chekhov, F. Schiller, N.V. Gogol, M.Yu. Lermontova, D.I. Fonvizin, E. Zola and other classics.