Mark Rozovsky is a Russian playwright. Artistic director of the theater "At the Nikitsky Gate"

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Mark Rozovsky is a multifaceted personality. He is a composer, playwright and artistic director of the theater all rolled into one. Mark Grigorievich has the title of People's Artist of Russia. He is a holder of the Order of Honor, as well as "For Merit to the Fatherland." M. Rozovsky - Academician of the Pushkin Academy of America. Twice became the "Russian of the Year".

Mark Rozovsky

Born in the city of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky in 1937. In 1960 he was educated as a journalist at Moscow State University named after M. V. Lomonosov. 4 years later, Mark Grigorievich passed the Higher Script Courses. Russian playwright M. Rozovsky in 1976 became a Member of the Writers' Union of the Soviet Union. In 2002 he was awarded the gratitude of the President of Russia. He is a member of the Jewish Congress in Russia. From 1958 to 1969, he directed the Nash Dom theater at Moscow State University, in which students acted as actors. Their performances were very famous. After its closure, Mark Grigoryevich worked with various troupes. He staged performancesin the Leningrad Bolshoi Theater, in the Russian Drama Theater (Riga), in the Moscow Art Theater, in the Lensoviet Theater, in Marinka, in the Sergei Obraztsov Puppet Theater, etc. He also worked on television, on the stage and in the cinema. In the 60s of the 20th century, he worked in magazines, where he kept satirical columns. In 1975, Mark Rozovsky staged a rock opera called Orpheus and Eurydice. It was the very first performance of this genre in our country.

In 1983, M. Rozovsky created a theater called "At the Nikitsky Gates". Until now, he is its artistic director. The first performances that Mark Grigorievich staged at the Nikitsky Gate Theater: The History of the Horse, Romances with Oblomov, Poor Liza, Uncle Vanya, Doctor Chekhov. M. Rozovsky wrote many plays for his theater: "Songs of Our Court", "Vysotsky's Concert at the Research Institute", "Kafka: Father and Son", "Red Corner", "Triumphal Square" and so on. Mark Rozovsky wrote the script for the famous and beloved Soviet film "D'Artagnan and the Three Musketeers". The playwright has a large family. He has three children from three different wives. The current wife is 25 years younger than Mark Grigorievich.

Creativity of Mark Rozovsky

Rozovsky Mark Grigorievich writes plays, poems, scripts, music for performances for the theater called "At the Nikitsky Gate", which he is the head of. And also he is the director of these productions and the performer of roles in some of them. Theater performances:

"How I. I. quarreled with I. N."
"A feast during the plague".
"Songs of our yard".
"Snowstorm".
Gambrinus.
“Marble. Submission.”
"Ecclesiastes".
Rhinos.
"History of the horse".

Work with other theatres:

Rock-opera "Shulamith-Forever!".
"Amadeus" for the Chekhov Moscow Art Theater.

Mark Rozovsky is the scriptwriter and director of the following TV shows:

"Blue Hares, or Musical Journey".
"Two Nabokovs".
"Who is who?".
"Department".
Goldfish.
"D'Artagnan and the Three Musketeers".
"Morality of Mrs. Dulskaya".
"Passion for Vladimir".
"Be ready, Your Highness!".
"Seven notes in silence…".
"Adventure in a city that doesn't exist."

Prose written by M. Rozovsky:

"Transformation" (to help amateur performances).
"Staging Hamlet".
"The Theater of Living Newspaper" (to help amateur performances).
"To Chekhov…".
"Director of the spectacle" (to help amateur performances).
"Horse-stealing case".
"Theater from nothing" (to help amateur performances).
"Caught a bird with a voice."
New Stuff.
"Dad, mom, me and Stalin."
Anthology of satire and humor.
“Dedication: From the experience of one studio. Reflections and Documents.”
"Things".
Reading Uncle Vanya.
"Invention of the theatre".
"Tales for Sasha".

Mark Rozovsky Awards

Mark Rozovsky in 1994became the Honored Art Worker of Russia. After 10 years, he received the title of People's Artist of the Russian Federation. Mark Grigorievich is a laureate of awards: "Crown", "Person of the Year", "Crystal Turandot", "Recognition", "Russian of the Year" and others. Mark Yuryevich was also awarded orders and medals: "For Merit to the Fatherland", Lomonosov, Chekhov, Peacemaker Star. Has other awards.

Mark Rozovsky Theater

The Nikitsky Gate Theater has existed since 1983. It was founded by director and playwright Mark Rozovsky. In 1987, the theater moved to the status of a professional, and in 1991 - state. The repertoire of the theater is rich, unique, which presents performances of different genres: drama, musical, comedy, poetic performances, tragifarce and parables. To date, you can see 30 productions here. These include both new ones and those that have been loved by the audience for many years and do not leave the stage. Theater "At the Nikitsky Gate" took part in a huge number of different festivals both in our country and abroad. In 2012, the troupe's housewarming party took place. The theater received its own building, which he had been waiting for more than twelve years. There is a spacious hall for 198 seats, the latest technical equipment, modern lighting and sound equipment. The theater has a very comfortable lobby. At the same time, the historical appearance of the building, which was built in the 18th century, has been preserved.