Moscow Academic Theater of Satire: history, repertoire, troupe

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The Moscow Academic Satire Theater opened in 1924. His repertoire includes comedies, as the name suggests. For the last 16 years, the post of artistic director of the theater has been occupied by Alexander Anatolyevich Shirvindt.

History of the theater

The Moscow Academic Theater of Satire, the photo of the building of which is presented in this article, opened its doors, as mentioned above, in 1924. Its first premises were the basement of a house in Bolshoy Gnezdnikovsky Lane, where the cabaret "The Bat" had previously lived.

The very first head of the theater was David Gutman. The troupe was immediately accepted by the audience. The repertoire included plays, parodies and satirical reviews, which is called the topic of the day. This was not seen in other theatres. Reviews consisted of interludes, dances, verses.

GBUK of Moscow (Moscow Academic Theater of Satire) soon received a new building, which was located on Sadovo-Triumfalnaya Street. Comedies and vaudevilles were added to the repertoire, plays in which irony was predominant.

Valentin Nikolaevich Pluchek in1950 came to the theater of satire. With him, a new era began. The repertoire became wider, his productions excited the capital, they were among the most notable, successful and bright. Despite the fact that the performances of the theater aroused the admiration of the public, many of them were banned from showing and removed from the repertoire. The productions of V. Pluchek and the young M. Zakharov, who began his directing career in the theater of satire, were banned.

B. Pluchek is also famous for the fact that he gathered a magnificent troupe, thanks to him they came here: Olga Aroseva, Tatyana Peltzer, Andrey Mironov, Z. Vysokovskiy, Raisa Etush, Anatoly Papanov, Vera Vasilyeva, Alexander Shirvindt, Georgy Menglet, Mikhail Derzhavin, Zoya Zelinskaya, Nina Kornienko and many others.

The Moscow Academic Theater of Satire in 1964 moved to the building on Mayakovskaya Shchad, where the circus had previously been located. And then in the 70s. moved to the premises on Triumfalnaya Square.

The year 1987 was tragic for the theatre. Two legendary artists have passed away: Andrey Mironov and Anatoly Papanov. In this regard, thirteen productions in which they played leading roles were removed from the theater's repertoire. But this did not affect the love of the public. During the difficult years of perestroika, the theater reduced the cost of tickets to enable people to continue attending performances during the crisis period for the country.

Alexander Anatolyevich Shirvindt (artistic director of the theater) strives to preserve the traditions laid down by V. Pluchek.

Repertoire

Moscow Academic Theater of Satire has the following productions in its repertoire:

• "Molière";
• "Inheritance proceeds";
• "Ornifl";
• "Talents and fans";
• "Dog in the manger";
• "Scream of Women";
• "Tears invisible to the world";
• "Wedding in Malinovka";
• "Too married taxi driver";
• "Nightmare on Lursin Street";
• "Mad money";
• "A Night of Mistakes";
• "Fools";
• "The Taming of the Shrew";
• "The Old Man and the Sea";
• "Suitcase";
• "Unforgettable acquaintances";
• "Baby and Carlson" and others.

Troup

The Moscow Academic Theater of Satire has gathered wonderful artists into its troupe. Many of them are known to a wide audience for their roles in films and TV shows.

Croup:

• S. Beskakotov;
• Yu. Vorobyov;
• A. Shirvindt;
• F. Dobronravov;
• K. Karasik;
• Z. Matrosova;
• Yu. Nifontov;
• A. Barilo;
• R. Vyushkin;
• M. Derzhavin;
• E. Podkaminskaya;
• A. Cherniavsky;
• A. Buglak;
• L. Ermakova;
• Oh. Cassin;
• I. Lagutin;
• S. Ryabova;
• S. Belyaev;
• A. Voevodin;
• B. Rukhmanov;
• S. Lopatin;
• N. Feklisova;
• A. Yakovleva;
• Yu. Vasiliev;
• B. Guriev;
• T. Titova and many others.

Artistic Director

The artistic director of the theater for 16 years has been the actor and director Alexander Shirvindt. People's Artist of Russia was born on July 19. He graduated from the Higher Shchukin School and was immediately accepted as an actor in the Lenkom troupe. After 12 years, he moved to the drama on Malaya Bronnaya. Alexander Anatolyevich came to the Moscow Academic Theater of Satire in 1970, first as an actor. He received the position of artistic director in 2000. A. Shirvindt is famous for his roles not only in the theater, but also in the cinema. He starred in such films as "Come Tomorrow", "Princess of the Circus", "Irony of Fate, or Enjoy Your Bath", "Station for Two", "Sky Swallows", "The Most Charming and Attractive", "Motley Twilight", "Russian Ragtime" and many others.