Thursday The 3rd

NEW A Ridiculous Man (Smeshnoi Chelovek): Fyodor Malyshev's one-man musical show, based on Dostoevsky's short story "The Dream of a Ridiculous Man," features live performance by the Besy band. Fomenko Workshop Theater Old Stage. 8 p.m.

Babies Spoil Relationships (Deti Portyat Otnosheniya): Semyon Strugachyov stages a musical comedy based on a play by Jean de Letraz. Mayakovsky Theater. 7 p.m.

Cinderella (Zolushka): Joel Pommerat's contemporary reimagining of the fairy tale as staged by Marfa Gorvits. Praktika. 7 p.m.

Don't Forget Your Umbrella, Madame Gauthier! (Vozmite Zont, Madame Gauthier!): Vladimir Ivanov stages a French comedy starring Yulia Borisova. Vakhtangov Theater small stage. 7:30 p.m.

Electra: Timofei Kulyabin stages Euripides' tragedy about a sister and brother seeking revenge on their mother for their father's murder. Theater of Nations small stage. 8 p.m.

NEW Energetic People (Energichniye Lyudi): Pavel Khomsky stages of Vasily Shukshin's satirical play about Soviet businessmen. Mossoviet Theater. 7 p.m.

MT PICK Eugene Onegin: Rimas Tuminas stages a bold remake of, and commentary on, Pushkin's classic verse novel. Vakhtangov Theater. 7 p.m.

Happy New Year! (S Nastupayushchim!): Sergei Garmash and Leonid Yarmolnik co-star as two friends in Rodion Ovchinnikov's New Year story. Sovremennik Theater production. Yauza Palace. 7 p.m.

NEW Life Is No Bed of Roses (Ne Vsyo Kotu Maslennitsa): Viktor Shamirov's production of Ostrovsky's play about a poor young woman weighing the advantages of marriage with a boorish, rich man or his meek and poor nephew. Mossoviet Theater Stage Pod Kryshei. 7 p.m.

MT PICK Mitya's Love (Mitina Lyubov): a dramatic production by Latvian director Vladislav Nastavshev based on Ivan Bunin's story. Gogol Center small stage. 8:30 p.m.

Pagans (Yazychniki): Valeria Surkova stages Anna Yablonskaya's family drama. Teatr.doc on Maly Kazyonny Pereulok. 8 p.m.

Sasha, Take Out the Garbage (Sasha, Vynesi Musor): Viktor Ryzhakov stages Natalya Vorozhbyt's play about men, women, love and war. Meyerhold Center. 7 p.m.

NEW The Collector (Kollektsioner): Pavel Artemyev's staging based on John Fowles' novel of the same name. Theater Yunogo Zritelya. 7 p.m.

The Cripple of Inishmaan (Kaleka s Inishmana): Sergei Fedotov's staging of Martin McDonagh's play. Taganka Theater. 7 p.m.

MT PICK The Good Person of Setzuan (Dobry Chelovek iz Sezuana): Yury Butusov directs Bertolt Brecht's play about three disillusioned gods who come to earth in search of a "good human being." Pushkin Theater. 7 p.m.

The Lioness of Aquitaine (Akvitanskaya Lvitsa): Gleb Panfilov stages James Goldman's screenplay, "The Lion in Winter," about the gamesmanship between Henry II of England (Dmitry Pevtsov) and his wife Eleanor of Aquitaine (Inna Churikova). Lenkom Theater. 7 p.m.

MT PICK The Story of Happy Moskva (Rasskaz o Schastlivoi Moskve): Mindaugas Karbauskis' adaptation of Andrei Platonov's 1936 unfinished novel about a new, Soviet, generation of people. Tabakov Theater. 7 p.m.

ENGLISH FRENCH GERMAN Theatrical Novel (Teatralny Roman): Kirill Pirogov and Pyotr Fomenko stage an adaptation of Mikhail Bulgakov's novel. English, German and French subtitles available. Fomenko Workshop Theater New Stage. 7 p.m.

Unforgettable Meetings (Nezabyvayemiye Znakomstva): Sergei Nadtochiyev's staging based on one-act plays by Nina Sadur and Edward Albee. Satire Theater Cherdak stage. 7 p.m.

Friday The 4th

Duck Hunting (Utinaya Okhota): Alexander Vampilov's classic play about a man from Siberia who squanders his life on vodka and woman-chasing. Directed by Vladimir Pankov in the style of soundrama. Et Cetera Theater. 7?  p.m.

NEW Elizaveta Bam: Daniil Kharms's Russian absurdist play about a young woman who gets arrested for no good reason. Directed by Konstantin Mukhanov. Yermolova Theater new stage. 8 p.m.

Forgiving Betrayal (Prostit Izmenu): Yelena Gremina's interactive piece about love, infidelity and revenge. Teatr.doc on Maly Kazyonny Pereulok. 8 p.m.

MT PICK K.I. From "Crime" (K.I. iz Prestupleniya): Kama Ginkas' influential production of the segments of Dostoevsky's novel "Crime and Punishment" that concern Katerina Ivanovna, the widow of the drunken Marmeladov. Stars Oksana Mysina. Theater Yunogo Zritelya. 8 p.m.

Much Ado About Nothing?  (Mnogo Shuma iz Nichego): Yevgeny Pisarev's contemporary adaptation of Shakespeare's comedy. Pushkin Theater. 7 p.m.

Sneakers (Kedy): Ruslan Malikov stages Lyubov Strizhak's play about a 26-year-old loafer. Praktika. 8 p.m.

The Hammer (Molotok): Pavel Pavlov's sports drama directed by Pavel Makarov. Contemporary Play School production. Theater Club Na Tishinke. 7 p.m.

The Jester Balakirev (Shut Balakirev): Grigory Gorin's tragicomedy based on the real story of nobleman Sergei Frolov. Lenkom Theater. 7 p.m.

The Madwoman of Chaillot (Bezumnaya iz Chaillot): Nikolai Druchek's updated version of Pyotr Fomenko's staging of Jean Giraudoux's play about an old woman no one takes seriously. Fomenko Workshop Theater New Stage. 7 p.m.

NEW The Muller Machine (Mashina Muller): Kirill Serebrennikov's staging based on plays "Hamletmachine," "Quartet" by German dramatist and theater director Heiner Mullerhis, on his diaries and letters.?  Gogol Center. 8 p.m.

The Northern Odyssey (Severnaya Odisseya): Yekaterina Granitova stages an "Eastern" about an adventurous expedition during the Perestroika years. Music by Pyotr Nalich. National Youth Theater. 7 p.m.

NEW MT PICK The Russian Novel (Russky Roman): Marius Ivaskevicius' play about great Russian writer Leo Tolstoy includes variations on the theme of his novel "Anna Karenina." Directed by Mindaugas Karbauskis, scenography by Sergei Barkhin. Mayakovsky Theater. 7 p.m.

Travels (Pokhozhdeniye): Mindaugas Karbauskis' staging based on Gogol's comic novel "Dead Souls." Tabakov Theater production. Chekhov Moscow Art Theater. 7 p.m.

Two for the Seesaw (Dvoye na Kachelyakh): William Gibson's love story about an iconoclastic young man and a would-be dancer in beatnik America. Galina Volchek renews her 1962 staging with Chulpan Khamatova in the lead. Sovremennik Theater production. Yauza Palace. 7 p.m.

MT PICK Uncle Vanya (Dyadya Vanya): Rimas Tuminas' often grotesque staging of Chekhov's play about people whose lives slip away in the Russian countryside. Stars Sergei Makovetsky.?  Vakhtangov Theater. 7 p.m.

We're Awaited Far Away From Here?  (Nas Zhdut Daleko-Daleko, Ne Zdes): Yury Klepikov directs a love story on the themes of Isaac Bashevis Singer. Dzhigarkhanyan Theater. 7 p.m.

Woe From Wit — Woe to Wit — Wit's Woe?  (Gore Ot Uma — Gore Umu — Gore Uma): Yury Lyubimov's staging of the classic Griboyedov comedy. Taganka Theater. 7 p.m.

Saturday The 5th

24 Plus: Mikhail Ugarov and Maksym Kurochkin's play about sex, love and freedom. Teatr.doc on Maly Kazyonny Pereulok. 8 p.m.

NEW Eduard the Rabbit (Krolik Eduard): Ruzanna Movsesyan's adaptation of Kate DiCamillo's tale "The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane." National Youth Theater. 7 p.m.

Fatal Attraction (Rokovoye Vlecheniye): Vera Vasilyeva stars as a former Hollywood star in Andrei Zhitinkin's new play. Satire Theater. 7 p.m.

ENGLISH FRENCH Heartbreak House (Dom, Gde Razbivayutsya Serdtsa): Yevgeny Kamenkovich's staging of George Bernard Shaw's "fantasy in the Russian manner." English and French subtitles available. Fomenko Workshop Theater New Stage. 7 p.m.

NEW Helpline (Telefon Doveriya): Maxim Chertanov's comedy as staged by Yury Kravets. Chekhov Moscow Art Theater small stage. 7 p.m.

NEW In Search of Julia (V Poiskakh Dzhulii): Ira Gonto's adaptation of Somerset Maugham's novel "Theater" directed and choreographed by Konstantin Mishin. School of Dramatic Art. 7 p.m.

NEW Rabbit Hole (Krolichya Nora): Sergei Golomazov stages David Lindsay-Abaire's Pulitzer Prize-winning play about the ways family members survive a major loss with Yulia Peresild in the lead. Theater Na Maloi Bronnoi. 7 p.m.

MT PICK The Bacchae (Vakkhanki): Theodoros Terzopoulos stages Euripides' great tragedy that explores the dual nature of human beings. The tragedy is based on the Ancient Greek myth about the God of Wine who introduced Dionysian rites into Thebes to take revenge on his city and prove he was indeed born a god. Stanislavsky Electrotheater. 8 p.m.

NEW The Event (Sobytiye): Olesya Nevmerzhitskaya's dramatization of the Vladimir Nabokov novel. Yermolova Theater new stage. 8 p.m.

The Fruits of Enlightenment (Plody Prosveshcheniya): Mindaugas Karbauskis' version of Leo Tolstoy's play about peasants outwitting their masters. Mayakovsky Theater. 7 p.m.

The Lake (Ozero): Sergei Vinogradov stages Mikhail Durnenkov's new drama about contemporary people torn by egoistic wishes and fears. Gogol Center small stage. 8:30 p.m.

NEW The Lucky Ones (Schastlivchiki): Constanze Dennig's play "Extasy Rave," set in 2034, observes old people passing an IQ test that determines whether they get or lose their permit to continue living. Staged by Oleg Menshikov. Yermolova Theater. 7 p.m.

The Master and Margarita: Mikhail Bulgakov's satirical fantasy about Satan's visit to Moscow. Chekhov Moscow Art Theater. 7 p.m.

NEW The Muller Machine (Mashina Muller): Kirill Serebrennikov's staging based on plays "Hamletmachine," "Quartet" by German dramatist and theater director Heiner Mullerhis, on his diaries and letters.?  Gogol Center. 8 p.m.

Unbearably Long Embrace (Nevynosimo Dolgiye Obyatiya): Ivan Vyrypayev stages his metaphysical play about four people in search of true life. Praktika. 8 p.m.

Walpurgis Night (Valpurgiyeva Noch): Mark Zakharov's staging on the themes of Venedikt Yerofeyev. Lenkom Theater. 7 p.m.

Sunday The 6th

NEW A Brief History of Russian Dissent (Kratkaya Istoriya Russkogo Inakomysliya): Yelena Gremina's staging based on documents from the 17th to the 21st century. Teatr.doc on Maly Kazyonny Pereulok. 8 p.m.

NEW A Ridiculous Man (Smeshnoi Chelovek): Fyodor Malyshev's one-man musical show, based on Dostoevsky's short story "The Dream of a Ridiculous Man," features live performance by the Besy band. Fomenko Workshop Theater Old Stage. 8 p.m.

An O. Henry Christmas Musical (Rozhdestvo O. Genri): Peter Ekstrom's musical based on classic O. Henry stories. Pushkin Theater affiliate. 7 p.m.

NEW Don Giovanni: Viktor Shamirov stages Don Nigro's play about the notorious lover with Dmitry Pevtsov and Gosha Kutsenko in the leads. Yermolova Theater. 7 p.m.

FESTIVAL Golden Mask Plus: Fuel (Toplivo): Maxim Fomin's one-man show, based on an interview with scientist and businessman David Young. St. Petersburg Pop-up Theater production. Meyerhold Center. 7 p.m.

MT PICK Illusions (Illyuzii): The complex tale of two married couples written and directed by Ivan Vyrypayev. Praktika. 7 and 9 p.m.

NEW In Search of Julia (V Poiskakh Dzhulii): Ira Gonto's adaptation of Somerset Maugham's novel "Theater" directed and choreographed by Konstantin Mishin. School of Dramatic Art. 7 p.m.

Let's Dance (Potantsuyem): Lyudmila Ulitskaya's play about three Russian women meeting in New York in the 1990s. Sovremennik Theater Drugaya Stage. 7:30 p.m.

MT PICK The Bacchae (Vakkhanki): Theodoros Terzopoulos stages Euripides' great tragedy that explores the dual nature of human beings. The tragedy is based on the Ancient Greek myth about the God of Wine who introduced Dionysian rites into Thebes to take revenge on his city and prove he was indeed born a god. Stanislavsky Electrotheater. 8 p.m.

The Comedy of Errors?  (Komediya Oshibok): Robert Sturua stages Shakespeare's early comedy about twins that were accidentally separated at birth. Music by Gia Kancheli. Et Cetera Theater. 7 p.m.

The Lake (Ozero): Sergei Vinogradov stages Mikhail Durnenkov's new drama about contemporary people torn by egoistic wishes and fears. Gogol Center small stage. 8:30 p.m.

The Mother Cat (Mama-Kot): a family musical based on Luis Sepulveda's story about a cat who taught a baby seagull to fly. Mayakovsky Theater. Noon and 4 p.m.

NEW The Muller Machine (Mashina Muller): Kirill Serebrennikov's staging based on plays "Hamletmachine," "Quartet" by German dramatist and theater director Heiner Mullerhis, on his diaries and letters.?  Gogol Center. 8 p.m.

NEW Volemir: Yevgeny Kamenkovich stages Fridrikh Gorenshtein's play about a man discovering his evil nature. Fomenko Workshop Theater New Stage small hall. 7 p.m.

MT PICK Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Kto Boitsya Virdzhinii Vulf?): Kama Ginkas stages a bracing version of Edward Albee's play about the adversarial relationship that somehow keeps a middle-aged couple's marriage together. Theater Yunogo Zritelya. 7 p.m.

Monday The 7th

MT PICK A Midsummer Night's Dream (Son v Letnyuyu Noch): Ivan Popovski stages Shakespeare's comedy of love and magic in a wood near Athens. Fomenko Workshop Theater New Stage. 7 p.m.

An O. Henry Christmas Musical (Rozhdestvo O. Genri): Peter Ekstrom's musical based on classic O. Henry stories. Pushkin Theater affiliate. 2 and 7 p.m.

NEW An Unnamed Star (Bezymyannaya Zvezda): Alexander Marin stages Mihail Swbastian's play about a mysterious woman (Anya Chipovskaya) who stops in a small town unexpectedly and brings fleeting love to a local school teacher (Pavel Tabakov). Tabakov Theater. 7 p.m.

Dream Orchestra. Brass (Orkestr Mechty. Med): Oleg Menshikov's Brass Orchestra in a theatrical concert. Yermolova Theater. 7 p.m.

Faces (Litsa): Alexander Kalyagin directs and stars in a two-actor comic show based on Chekhov's short stories. Et Cetera Theater. 7 p.m.

FESTIVAL Golden Mask Competition: Tatiana: John Neumeier's ballet to music by Lera Auerbach is based on Pushkin's verse novel "Eugene Onegin." Co-production of the Hamburg State Opera and Ballet and the Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Musical Theater. Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Musical Theater. 7 p.m.

FESTIVAL Golden Mask Plus: The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant (Gorkiye Slyozy Petry fon Kant): Yulia Aug stages a psychological drama based on R.W. Fassbinder's 1972 film. Krasnoyarsk Theater Yunogo Zritelya production. Meyerhold Center. 7 p.m.

MT PICK Russian Romance (Russky Romans): Dmitry Volkostrelov's staging based on 19th-century Russian romances. Theater of Nations small stage. 8 p.m.

MT PICK The Bacchae (Vakkhanki): Theodoros Terzopoulos stages Euripides' great tragedy that explores the dual nature of human beings. The tragedy is based on the Ancient Greek myth about the God of Wine who introduced Dionysian rites into Thebes to take revenge on his city and prove he was indeed born a god. Stanislavsky Electrotheater. 8 p.m.

The Cherry Orchard (Vishnyovy Sad): Anton Chekhov's play about a family being overtaken by social and historical change. Directed by Mark Zakharov. Lenkom Theater. 7 p.m.

The Gin Game (Igra v Dzhin): Donald L. Coburn's play about a couple that meets in an old folks home, and spars over heated card games. Directed by Galina Volchek, stars Lia Akhedzhakova and Valentin Gaft. Sovremennik Theater production. Yauza Palace. 7 p.m.

NEW The Muller Machine (Mashina Muller): Kirill Serebrennikov's staging based on plays "Hamletmachine," "Quartet" by German dramatist and theater director Heiner Mullerhis, on his diaries and letters.?  Gogol Center. 8 p.m.

The Pit (Yama): Yegor Druzhinin's movement staging on the themes of Alexander Kuprin's once-controversial novel (1909-15) about prostitution. Theater Na Maloi Bronnoi. 7 p.m.

NEW MT PICK The Russian Novel (Russky Roman): Marius Ivaskevicius' play about great Russian writer Leo Tolstoy includes variations on the theme of his novel "Anna Karenina." Directed by Mindaugas Karbauskis, scenography by Sergei Barkhin. Mayakovsky Theater. 6 p.m.

NEW The School for Wives (Shkola Zhyon): Mikhail Krylov's interpretation of Moliere's comedy about a middle-aged man who battles a young rival for the attentions of his pretty ward. Fomenko Workshop Theater Old Stage. 7 p.m.

NEW The Truth Is Good but Happiness Is Better (Pravda Khorosho, a Schastye Luchshe): Alexander Ogaryov's staging of Alexander Ostrovsky's play. Chekhov Moscow Art Theater. 7 p.m.

True Stories of Women, Men and Gods (Podlinniye Istorii Zhenshchin, Muzhchin i Bogov): Writer-director Yelena Gremina reimagines five ancient Greek myths. Teatr.doc on Maly Kazyonny Pereulok. 8 p.m.

Tuesday The 8th

Autumn Sonata (Osennyaya Sonata): Yekaterina Polovtseva stages Ingmar Bergman with Marina Neyolova and Alyona Babenko in the leads. A celebrated classical pianist is confronted by her neglected daughter. Sovremennik Theater production. Yauza Palace. 7 p.m.

MT PICK Casting: Yury Yeryomin's play, based loosely on the plot of "A Chorus Line," stars Alla Sigalova as the director and choreographer. Mossoviet Theater. 7 p.m.

Dream Orchestra. Brass (Orkestr Mechty. Med): Oleg Menshikov's Brass Orchestra in a theatrical concert. Yermolova Theater. 7 p.m.

Final Trysts (Posledniye Svidaniya): Yury Titov's stage composition based on Ivan Bunin's short stories. Fomenko Workshop Theater Old Stage. 7 p.m.

Flowers for Algernon (Tsvety Dlya Elzhernona): Yury Grymov's adaptation of Daniel Keyes' sci-fi novel. National Youth Theater. 7 p.m.

FESTIVAL Golden Mask: Tatiana: John Neumeier's ballet to music by Lera Auerbach is based on Pushkin's verse novel "Eugene Onegin." Co-production of the Hamburg State Opera and Ballet and the Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Musical Theater. Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Musical Theater. 7 p.m.

FESTIVAL Golden Mask Plus: Mumu: Talgat Batalov stages a school lesson on Ivan Turgenev's short story of the same name. Novokuznetsk Drama Theater production. Pushkin Theater affiliate. 6 and 8 p.m.

Lear — Kleshch: former convict Marina Kleshchyova tells her life story, recites Shakespeare, her songs and verses. Teatr.doc on Maly Kazyonny Pereulok. 8 p.m.

No. 13D: Vladimir Mashkov's staging of Ray Cooney's popular comedy. Chekhov Moscow Art Theater. 7 p.m.

Notes of a Deadman (Zapiski Pokoinika): Sergei Zhenovach stages a composition based on Bulgakov's works. Studio of Theatrical Art. 7 p.m.

MT PICK Pushkin's Fairy Tales (Skazki Pushkina): Robert Wilson's multimedia staging to music by CocoRosie. Theater of Nations. 7 p.m.

MT PICK The Bacchae (Vakkhanki): Theodoros Terzopoulos stages Euripides' great tragedy that explores the dual nature of human beings. The tragedy is based on the Ancient Greek myth about the God of Wine who introduced Dionysian rites into Thebes to take revenge on his city and prove he was indeed born a god. Stanislavsky Electrotheater. 8 p.m.

NEW The Muller Machine (Mashina Muller): Kirill Serebrennikov's staging based on plays "Hamletmachine," "Quartet" by German dramatist and theater director Heiner Mullerhis, on his diaries and letters.?  Gogol Center. 8 p.m.

The Odd Couple (Razvod po Muzhski): Sergei Artsibashev and Sergei Poselsky stage a play by Neil Simon. Mayakovsky Theater. 6 p.m.

Wednesday The 9th

August. Osage County (Avgust. Grafstvo Oseidzh): Mindaugas Karbauskis stages Tracy Letts' family drama. Mayakovsky Theater. 7 p.m.

MT PICK Flight (Beg): Yury Butusov's avant-garde production of Mikhail Bulgakov's novel. Vakhtangov Theater. 7 p.m.

Flowers for Algernon (Tsvety Dlya Elzhernona): Yury Grymov's adaptation of Daniel Keyes' sci-fi novel. National Youth Theater. 7 p.m.

FESTIVAL Golden Mask Plus: Odyssey: Alexei Kriklivy stages Ksenia Gasheva's adaptation of Homer's ancient Greek epic poem. Theater-Theater production (Perm). Et Cetera Theater. 7 p.m.

FESTIVAL Golden Mask Plus: The Winners (Pobediteli): Dmitry Yegorov's staging about war for the Tomsk Theater Yunogo Zritelya. Meyerhold Center. 7 p.m.

MT PICK Pushkin's Fairy Tales (Skazki Pushkina): Robert Wilson's multimedia staging to music by CocoRosie. Theater of Nations. 7 p.m.

Summer Wasps Bite Us Even in November (Letniye Osy Kusayut Nas Dazhe v Noyabre): Ivan Vyrypayev's one-act comedy directed by Sigrid Strom Reibo. Fomenko Workshop Theater New Stage small hall. 7 p.m.

Tasty Tales?  (Syedobniye Skazki): Mikhail Bronner's musical for kids and parents. Natalya Sats Children's Musical Theater. 6 p.m.

Testosterone: Andrzej Saramonowicz's comedy as staged by Mikhail Morskov. Pushkin Theater affiliate. 7 p.m.

MT PICK The Death of a Giraffe (Smert Zhirafa): Dmitry Krymov directs seven monologues about loneliness. School of Dramatic Art. 8 p.m.

The Grasshopper (Poprygunya): Mark Zakharov's staging on the themes of Aristophanes and Chekhov. Formerly "Celestial Pilgrims" (Nebesniye Stranniki). Lenkom Theater. 7 p.m.

NEW The Locks of Epiphany (Epifanskiye Shlyuzy): Marina Brusnikina's adaptation of Andrei Platonov's 1927 story about Bertrand Perry, a lovelorn engineer from Newcastle, whom Peter the Great employs to build a canal between the Don and Oka rivers.?  Tabakov Theater. 7 p.m.

The Musketeers. Saga. Part One (Mushketyory. Saga. Chast Pervaya): Konstantin Bogomolov's absurdist staging on the themes of Alexandre Dumas saga. Chekhov Moscow Art Theater. 7 p.m.

The Switch?  (Vyklyuchatel): Dmitry Brusnikon's students in a staging based on Maksym Kurochkin's plays. Teatr.doc on Maly Kazyonny Pereulok. 8 p.m.

Two for the Seesaw (Dvoye na Kachelyakh): William Gibson's love story about an iconoclastic young man and a would-be dancer in beatnik America. Galina Volchek renews her 1962 staging with Chulpan Khamatova in the lead. Sovremennik Theater production. Yauza Palace. 7 p.m.

and Beyond…

FESTIVAL Golden Mask Plus: The Young Guard (Molodaya Gvardiya): This three-part staging (The Myth, The Document and Life) explores the underground anti-fascist Komsomol organization in the German-occupied city of Krasnodon and Alexander Fadeyev's novel of the same name. Directed by Maxim Didenko and Dmitry Yegorov for Masterskaya Theater production (St. Petersburg). Theater Center Na Strastnom. March 10, 6 p.m.

Illusions (Illyuzii): Viktor Ryzhakov stages Ivan Vyrypayev's complex tale of two married couples. Chekhov Moscow Art Theater small stage. March 10, 7 p.m.

Iolanta. Opus: A musical performance about a blind princess who is cured by the love of a man who violates the king's order not to tell the girl of her blindness. Staged by actors-directors Filipp Avdeyev, Igor Bychkov and Alexander Gorchilin to music by Tchaikovsky, Schnittke, Poulenc and Puccini. Svetlana Mamresheva as Iolanta. Gogol Center small stage. March 10 and 11, 8:30 p.m.

Lady Macbeth of Our District (Ledi Makbet Nashego Uyezda): Kama Ginkas' stage version of a classic story by Nikolai Leskov is a withering portrait of lives on a slippery slope leading to sin and death. Theater Yunogo Zritelya. March 10, 7 p.m.

Nine Months, 40 Weeks (9 Mesyatsev, 40 Nedel): An all-male cast plays pregnant women in Alexei Kulichkov and Sergei Shevchenko's documentary play.?  Teatr.doc on Maly Kazyonny Pereulok. March 10, 8 p.m.

ENGLISH Olympia: Olga Mukhina's family saga follows changes in Russia from the 1970s to the present. Staged by Yevgeny Tsyganov. English subtitles available. Fomenko Workshop Theater New Stage. March 10, 7 p.m.

MT PICK Pushkin's Fairy Tales (Skazki Pushkina): Robert Wilson's multimedia staging to music by CocoRosie. Theater of Nations. March 10 and 11 at 7 p.m., March 12 at 2 and 7 p.m.

Smile Upon Us, Lord (Ulybnis Nam, Gospodi): Rimas Tuminas' staging on the themes of novels by Jewish writer Grigory Kanovich.?  Vakhtangov Theater. March 10, 7 p.m.

MT PICK The Demon. The View From Above (Demon. Vid Sverkhu): Dmitry Krymov's innovative production inspired by Mikhail Lermontov's poem. School of Dramatic Art. March 10 and 11, 7 p.m.

MT PICK We Play Schiller (Igrayem Shillera): a fine version of Schiller's tragedy "Mary Stuart" about the deadly confrontation between the feisty Queen of Scots and her cousin, Elizabeth I, queen of England. Stars Marina Neyolova and Chulpan Khamatova. Sovremennik Theater production. Yauza Palace. March 10, 7 p.m.

Hamlet: Valery Sarkisov stages Shakespeare with young actor Alexander Petrov in the lead. Yermolova Theater. March 11, 7 p.m.

MT PICK The Price (Tsena): Arthur Miller's heart-wrenching drama about two brothers and the price they must pay for the choices they have made in life. Directed by Leonid Kheifets. Mayakovsky Theater Stage Na Sretenke. March 11, 7 p.m.

MT PICK Berdichev: Nikita Kobelev stages Fridrikh Gorenshtein's play that tells the story of two sisters and their family living in the Ukrainian town of Berdichev. Mayakovsky Theater. March 12, 6 p.m.

Theater Addresses

Amadeus Musical Theater
Reservations 925-846-3377

ARTO Theater
6/1 Sretensky Bulvar, Bldg. 2. M. Turgenevskaya. 495-624-5990

Aquamarine Circus
7 Ulitsa Melnikova. M. Proletarskaya. 495-792-3072, circ-a.ru

Bolshoi Theater
1 Teatralnaya Ploshchad. M. Teatralnaya. 495-455-5555

Bulgakov House
10 Bolshaya Sadovaya. M. Mayakovskaya. 495-970-0619

Bulgakov Theater
10 Bolshaya Sadovaya Ul. through the arch, Apt. 50. M. Mayakovskaya. 495-775-9461, dombulgakova.ru

Chekhov Moscow Art Theater
3 Kamergersky Pereulok. M. Teatralnaya. 495-646-3646, 692-6748

Chekhov International Theater Festival
chekhovfest.ru/en

Circus Na Prospekte Vernadskogo
7 Prospekt Vernadskogo. M. Universitet. 495-930-0272/0300, bolshoicircus.ru

Commonwealth of Taganka Actors
76/21 Zemlyanoi Val, Taganskaya Ploshchad. M. Taganskaya (circle line). 495-915-1148

Contemporary Play School
29/14 Neglinnaya Ulitsa. M. Tsvetnoi Bulvar. 694-0738

Co-Working Svobodnoye Plavaniye
28A Varshavskoye Shosse. M. Nagatinskaya. 499-426-0626, freecoworking.ru

DK Imeni Alexandra Petlyury
28/2 Ulitsa Petrovka, Bldg. 1, entrance by way of Petrovsky Pereulok. M. Chekhovskaya. facebook.com/DkPetlura

DK Imeni Zuyeva
18 Lesnaya Ulitsa. M. Belorusskaya. 499-973-3461

Dom Aktyora
35 Ulitsa Arbat. M. Arbatskaya. 499-248-1805, rfcda.ru

Dom Muzyki Theater Hall
52 Kosmodamianskaya Naberezhnaya, Bldg. 8. M. Paveletskaya. 495-730-1011, mmdm.ru

Drugoi Theater
at DK Imeni Zuyeva. 18 Lesnaya Ulitsa. M. Belorusskaya. 499-973-2141, 4095-777-9181, dteatr.ru/afisha.html

Dzhigarkhanyan Theater
17 Lomonosovsky Prospekt. M. Universitet. 495-930-70

Et Cetera Theater
2 Frolov Pereulok, Turgenevskaya Ploshchad. M. Turgenevskaya, Chistiye Prudy. 495-781-7811

Freelabs
10 Bolshaya Sadovaya Ulitsa. M. Mayakovskaya. 8-968-404-0505, usadbafreelabs.ru

Fomenko Workshop Theater
30/32 Kutuzovsky Prospekt. M. Kutuzovskaya. 499-249-1921/1740

Fomenko Workshop Theater New Stage
29 Naberezhnaya Tarasa Shevchenko. M. Kutuzovskaya. 499-249-1921/1740

Gogol Theater
8A Ulitsa Kazakova. M. Kurskaya. 499-262-9214, 499-261-5528, (website currently being reconstructed)

The Golden Mask Theater Festival
goldenmask.ru

Gubernsky Theater
121 Volgogradsky Prospekt. M. Kuzminki. 495-378-6575, m-g-t.ru

Helikon Opera on Arbat
11 Novy Arbat, Bldg. 2. M. Arbatskaya. 495-695-6584, 690-6592, helikon.ru/eng

Hermitage Theater
11 Ulitsa Novy Arbat. M. Arbatskaya. 905-541-6416, 495-650-2076, ermitazh.theatre.ru

Kuzminki House of Arts
121 Volgogradsky Prospekt. M. Kuzminki. 495-378-6575, modi-kuzminki.ru/en

Lenkom Theater
6 Malaya Dmitrovka. M. Pushkinskaya. 495-699-9668/0708

Maly Theater
1/6 Teatralnaya Ploshchad. M. Teatralnaya. 495-624-4046

Maly Theater Affiliate
69 Ulitsa Bolshaya Ordynka. M. Dobryninskaya. 499-237-3181, maly.ru

Masterskaya
3 Teatralny Proyezd. M. Okhtny Ryad, Teatralnaya. 495-625-6836, mstrsk.ru

Mayakovsky Theater
19 Bolshaya Nikitskaya Ulitsa. M. Pushkinskaya, Arbatskaya. 495-290-4658/6241

Mayakovsky Theater Affiliate
21 Pushkaryov Pereulok. M. Sukharevskaya. 495-290-4658/6241

MDM
28 Komsomolsky Prospekt. M. Frunzenskaya. 499-248-6688, mdmpalace.ru

MET (Moscow English Theater)
moscowenglishtheatre.com

Meyerhold Center
23 Novoslobodskaya Ulitsa. M. Mendeleyevskaya. 495-363-1048

MIDAS (Moscow Interactive Drama Art Studio)
themidastheatre.com

Moskva Ballet
16 Novoryazanskaya Ulitsa. M. Komsomolskaya. 495-607-0129, baletmoskva.ru/en

Mossoviet Theater
16 Bolshaya Sadovaya Ulitsa. M. Mayakovskaya. 495-699-2035

Moscow Musical Theater
27 Novozavodskaya Ulitsa. M. Bagrationovskaya. 495-797-6300

National Show of Russia
nationalrussianshow.ru/en/rnds

National Youth Theater
2 Teatralnaya Ploshchad. M. Teatralnaya. 495-692-0069/1879

Natalya Sats Children's Musical Theater
5 Prospekt Vernadskogo. M. Universitet. 495-930-5177, teatr-sats.ru

NET Festival (New European Theater)
10 Strastnoi Bulvar, office 46. M. Chekhovskaya. Tickets 965-224-2466, netfest.ru/en/bilety, netfest.ru/en/home

Nikulin Circus Na Tsvetnom Bulvare
13 Tsvetnoi Bulvar. M. Tsvetnoi Bulvar. 495-625-8970, circusnikulin.ru

Novaya Opera
3 Karetny Ryad. M. Mayakovskaya, Chekhovskaya. 495-694-0868

Okolo, the Theater Near the Stanislavsky House
9a Voznesensky Pereulok. M. Pushkinskaya. 495-690-2557

Operetta Theater
6/2 Bolshaya Dmitrovka. M. Chekhovskaya. 495-925-5050, mosoperetta.ru

Pavel Slobodkin Center
48 Ulitsa Arbat. M. Smolenskaya. 499-241-6226/6588, center-slobodkina.ru

Platforma at Winzavod Center
14th Syromyatnichesky Pereulok, Bldg. 6. M. Chkalovskaya, Kurskaya. platformaproject.ru, 495-917-1799, bigbilet.ru, winzavod.ru

Playwright and Director Center Na Begovoi
5 Begovaya Ulitsa. M. Begovaya, Dinamo. 495-945-3245, cdr.theatre.ru

Playwright and Director Center Na Sokole
71 Leningradsky Prospekt. M. Sokol. 499-390-6004, cdr.theatre.ru

Polytheater
3/4 Novaya Ploshchad, Entrance 9. M. Lubyanka. 495-730-5491, 544-5545, polyteatr.ru

Praktika
30 Bolshoi Kozikhinsky Pereulok. M. Mayakovskaya. 495-544-5545, praktikatheatre.ru

Playwright and Director Center
35 Arbat. M. Arbatskaya, Smolenskaya. 499-795-9282, 495-945-3245

Project Otkrytaya Stsena
(Formerly the School of Dramatic Art) 20 Povarskaya Ulitsa. M. Arbatskaya, Barrikadnaya. 495-691-4443

Pushkin Theater
23 Tverskoi Bulvar. M. Pushkinskaya. 495-694-1289

Pushkin Theater Affiliate
3/25 Sytinsky Pereulok, Bldg. 5. M. Pushkinskaya. 495-650-1896

Rossiya Theater
2 Pushkinskaya Ploshchad. M. Pushkinskaya, Chekhovskaya, Tverskaya. 495-788-4646

Russian Song Folk Theater
14 Olimpiisky Prospekt. M. Prospekt Mira. 495-681-3410, folkteatr.ru

Russian Army Theater
2 Suvorov Square. M. Novoslobodskaya. 495-681-5120, teatrarmii.ru

S.A.D. Theater
26 Prospekt Mira at the Aptekarsky Ogorod Garden. M. Prospekt Mira. 8-903-249-6740, teatr-sad.ru

Satire Theater
2 Triumfalnaya Ploshchad. M. Mayakovskaya. 495-699-3642

Satirikon Theater
8 Sheremetyevskaya Ulitsa. M. Marina Roshcha. 495-689-7844

School of Dramatic Art
19 Ulitsa Sretenka. Metro Sukharevskaya. 495-632-9344

Sfera Theater
3 Karetny Ryad, in the Hermitage Garden. M. Chekhovskaya. 495-699-9645/27, spheratheatre.ru

Sobytiye Theater
11A Seleznyovskaya Ulitsa, Bldg. 2. M. Novoslobodskaya. 499-408-6075, teatrsobytie.ru

Sovremennik Theater
19A Chistoprudny Bulvar. M. Chistiye Prudy. 621-6473

Summer Ballet Seasons
ballet-letom.ru

Stanislavsky Electrotheater
23 Tverskaya Ulitsa. M. Tverskaya. 495-699-7224, electrotheatre.ru

Electrotheater Na Belorusskoi
27 Presnensky Val, Bldg. 7. M. Belorusskaya. 495-699-7224, 8 926-301-14-97, electrotheatre.ru

Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Musical Theater
17 Bolshaya Dmitrovka. M. Tverskaya, Chekhovskaya. 495-723-7325

Stas Namin Theater
9 Krymsky Val, Bldg. 33, in the Gorky Park. M. Oktyabrskaya, Frunzenskaya, Shabolovskaya. 945-633-9924, stasnamintheatre.ru

STD Boyar Chambers (Boyarskiye Palaty)
10 Strastnoi Bulvar. M. Chekhovskaya. Tickets 8-916-767-1619, start-std.ru

Tabakov Theater
1A Ulitsa Chaplygina. M. Chistiye Prudy. 495-628-9685, reservations 495-628-779, 624-46472

Taganka Theater
76/21 Zemlyanoi Val. M. Taganskaya (circle line). 495-915-1217

Theater Millenium at TsDKZh
teatr-millenium.org

Theater na Perovskoi
75 Perovskaya Ulitsa. M. Novogireyevo. 8-916-789-3657, teatrperovo.ru

Theater of Russian Song
14 Olimpiisky Prospekt. M. Prospekt Mira. 495-681-3410, folkteatr.ru

Teatrium na Serpukhovke
6 Pavlovskaya Ulitsa. Metro Serpukhovskaya. 499-237-1689

Teatr.doc on Maly Kazyonny
19 Maly Kazyonny Pereulok. M. Kurskaya. 8-919-765-8402, teatrdoc.ru

Ten Theater
5 Oktyabrskaya Ulitsa. M. Dostoevskaya, Maryina Roshcha. 495-681-1516/3590, tttttttttt.ru

Theater Center Na Strastnom
8A Strastnoi Bulvar. M. Chekhovskaya. 495-694-4681

Theater Club Na Tishinke
5/7 Sredny Tishinsky Pereulok. M. Belorusskaya. 499-340-6653, teatr-mti.ru

Theater Kinoaktyora
33 Ul. Povarskaya. M. Arbatskaya, Barrikadnaya. 495-690-2811, 691-1461

Theater Luny
31 Malaya Ordynka. M. Dobryninskaya. 495-953-1317

Theater Na Maloi Bronnoi
4 Malaya Bronnaya. M. Tverskaya. 495-690-6731, reservations 495-728-6649

Theater Na Yugo-Zapade
125 Prospekt Vernadskogo, M. Yugo-Zapadnaya. 495-433-1191

Theater of Nations
3 Petrovsky Pereulok. M. Chekhovskaya, Pushkinskaya. 495-629-3739

Theater U Nikitskikh Vorot
Ulitsa Bolshaya Nikitskaya (at the corner of Bolshaya Nikitskaya and Nikitsky Bulvar). M. Arbatskaya, Pushkinskaya. 495- 695-8219

Theater Yunogo Zritelya
10 Mamonovsky Pereulok. M. Pushkinskaya. 495-699-4995/5360

TsDKZh Dom Kultury Zheleznodorozhnikov
4 Komsomolskaya Ploshchad. M. Komsomolskaya. 495-266-29-38.

TsDL
Tsentralny Dom Literatorov 53 Bolshaya Nikitskaya Ulitsa. M. Barrikadnaya. 495-691-6316, cdlart.ru

UVS Gallery
1/13 Ul. Pokrovka, entrance by way of Armyansky Pereulok. 495-621-2828, uvsartgallery.com

Vakhtangov Theater
26 Arbat. M. Arbatskaya. 499-241-1679

Vladimir Nazarov Musical Theater
Michurinsky Prospekt, 1 Olimpiiskaya Derevnya. M. Yugo-Zapadnaya. 495-430-0410, 437-8626, mtvn.ru

Vysotsky Center
3 Nizhny Tagansky Tupik. M. Taganskaya. 495-915-4558

Yelena Kamburova Theater of Music and Poetry
53/55 Bolshaya Pirogovskaya Ulitsa. M. Sportivnaya. 499 246-8175

Yermolova Theater
5/6 Tverskaya Ulitsa. M. Okhotny Ryad, Ploshchad Revolyutsii. 495-629-0594/4587

ZIL Cultural Center
4 Vostochnaya Ulitsa, Bldg. 1. M. Avtozavoskaya. 495-675-7872, zilcc.ru

Zverev Center of Contemporary Art
29 Novoryazanskaya Ul., Bldg. 4. M. Baumanskaya. 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. 499-265-6166, zverevcenter.ru