Maly Drama Theatre: about the theatre, repertoire, troupe

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The Maly Drama Theater is one of the oldest in Russia. Since 1988, the actor Yuri Solomin has been its artistic director. Address - Theater passage, house number 1.

About the theater

The Moscow Maly Drama Theater was founded in 1756. It was then that his first troupe was assembled. The opening of the institution took place on the orders of Empress Elizabeth Petrovna. Maly was the first professional theater in our country.

The troupe presented its first performance of The Marriage of Figaro to the public in January 1787. The repertoire then included Russian and foreign classics.

In 1803, the theater was divided into two troupes - drama and opera. Each had its own repertoire. But the directorate and the building of both troupes was the same.

In 1824 the theater received its own premises - the former mansion of the merchant Vargin. It is located in it to this day.

In 1822, a new actor appeared in the troupe - the legendary M. S. Shchepkin. In the second half of the 19th century, plays by A. N. Ostrovsky, I. S. Turgenev and many others were written for the theater.

Here the triumphant debut took place and the career of the great actress M. N. Yermolova began. M. Shchepkinopened a school for future actors at the theater. In 1938 it was transformed into a school. And since 1943 - to the university.

Today the Maly Drama Theater is an adherent of the traditions of the past. The basis of the repertoire is classical works.

Every season the theater presents 4-5 premiere performances. The troupe tours all over the world. "Small" is the organizer of the All-Russian festival "Ostrovsky in the Ostrovsky House". It is held to support provincial troupes.

The Maly Theater is a national treasure.

Repertoire

Maly Drama Theater in the 2015-2016 season offers the following performances to the audience:

• "School of taxpayers".
• Mad Money.
• Filumena Marturano.
• "Power of darkness".
• "Streetcar" Desire".
• "No day to day."
• "Mystery Box".
• Children of the Sun.
• "A heart is not a stone."
• Cinderella.
• "Wedding, wedding, wedding."
• "Imaginary sick".
• “Almost all about love.”
• "Heirs of Rabourdain".
• The Last Idol.

And so on.

Troup

The Maly Drama Theater has a huge troupe. There are many famous names among the artists.

Theatre actors:

• Maxim Khrustalev.
• Elina Bystritskaya.
• Polina Dolinskaya.
• Yuri Solomin.
• Ekaterina Porubel.
• Boris Klyuev.
• CatherineVasilyeva.
• Vitaly Konyaev.
• Philip Martsevich.
• Irina Muravyova.
• Valery Knyazeva.
• Boris Nevzorov.
• Gleb Podgorodinsky.
• Vladimir Nosik.
• Mikhail Martyanov.
• Lyudmila Titova.
• Yuri Ilya.
• Zinaida Andreeva.

And many more.