Thursday The 24th
Antigone: a staging of Sophocles' tragedy. Sobytiye Theater. 8 p.m.
NEW Mashenka: Ivan Orlov's adaptation of Vladimir Nabokov's story. Mossoviet Theater Stage Pod Kryshei. 7 p.m.
Murlin Murlo: Nikolai Kolyada's black comedy about life in the Soviet Union, performed by young members of the company. Sovremennik Theater production. Yauza Palace. 7 p.m.
Noises Off (Shum za Stsenoi): Michael Frayn's comedy-within-a-comedy recounts the misadventures of a third-rate British theater troupe as they tour a sex farce titled "Nothing On" through the hinterlands. Mossoviet Theater. 7 p.m.
Sergei and Isadora: The love story of Russian poet Sergei Yesenin and American dancer Isadora Duncan as staged by Roman Viktyuk. Roman Viktyuk Theater production. Theater Yunogo Zritelya. 7 p.m.
Tender Is the Night (Noch Nezhna): a dramatization of F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel. Stars Dmitry Pevtsov. Theater Luny. 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. 7 p.m.
The Legend of the Sun (Legenda o Solntse): a musical circus show. Aquamarine Circus. 7 p.m.
The Sunshine Boys Russian-Style (Veselchaki Po-Russki): a version of Neil Simon's comedy. Theater U Nikitskikh Vorot new stage. 7 p.m.
The Territory of Love (Territoriya Lyubvi): Vladimir Pankov stages a melodrama starring Yelena Yakovleva. Art-Partner XXI Agency production. Commonwealth of Taganka Actors. 7 p.m.
Top Hat (Tsilindr): Eduardo de Filippo's comedy about a poor married couple who make their living by deceiving and fleecing passersby. Sfera Theater. 7 p.m.
UFO: a circus show. Circus Na Prospekte Vernadskogo. 7 p.m.
Friday The 25th
An Ardent Heart (Goryacheye Serdtse): Yegor Peregudov stages a dark version of Alexander Ostrovsky's comedy about a town full of people with corrupted hearts. Sovremennik Theater. 7 p.m.
Gambrinus: a musical based on Alexander Kuprin's story. Theater U Nikitskikh Vorot new stage. 7 p.m.
Mata Hari: Yelena Gremina's play about the notorious exotic dancer and spy directed and choreographed by Darya Popova. Theater Luny. 7 p.m.
Penelope: (Penelopa na Vse Vremena): Yekaterina Yelanskaya stages Somerset Maugham's comedy. Sfera Theater. 7 p.m.
Perfect Wedding (Shikarnaya Svadba): Robin Hawdon's comedy as staged by Yelena Maryasina and Maria Makarskaya. Sobytiye Theater. 8 p.m.
The God of Carnage (Bog Rezni): Sergei Puskepalis directs Yasmina Reza's play about two pairs of parents brought into contact by their sons' altercation while playing. Sovremennik Theater production. Yauza Palace. 7 p.m.
The Kingdom of Father and Son (Tsarstvo Otsa i Syna): Yury Yeryomin's staging based on A.K. Tolstoy's historical chronicles. Mossoviet Theater. 7 p.m.
The Maids (Sluzhanki): Roman Viktyuk's staging of Jean Genet's play about maids acting out their secret desires and fantasies. Performed by an all-male cast. Roman Viktyuk Theater. Theater Yunogo Zritelya. 7 p.m.
UFO: a circus show. Circus Na Prospekte Vernadskogo. 7 p.m.
Saturday The 26th
A Fiancee for a Banker (Nevesta Dlya Bankira): a contemporary Russian comedy. Commonwealth of Taganka Actors. 7 p.m.
An Honest Crook (Chestny Aferist): a romantic comedy based on a play by German expressionist writer Walter Hasenclever. Sfera Theater. 6 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.
Cinderella (Zolushka!): Yevgeny Shvarts' fairy tale directed by Yekaterina Polovtseva. Sovremennik Theater. 1 and 6 p.m.
Mary Poppins — Next: a musical for kids and parents. Theater Luny. 6 p.m.
Perfect Wedding (see Fri. listing). Sobytiye Theater. 7 p.m.
The Legend of the Sun (Legenda o Solntse): a musical circus show. Aquamarine Circus. 1 and 6 p.m.
Sunday The 27th
Dangerous Liaisons (Opasniye Svyazi): Pavel Khomsky's staging of Christopher Hampton's play based on Choderlos de Laclos' 18th-century novel about the Marquise de Meurteil and the Vicomte de Valmont who test the limits of their will in a conspiracy of sexual seductions. Mossoviet Theater. 7 p.m.
Diagnosis: Edith Piaf: a play written and directed by Sergei Prokhanov. Theater Luny small stage. 7 p.m.
Mary Poppins — Next: a musical for kids and parents. Theater Luny. 6 p.m.
MT PICK The Gentleman: Yevgeny Kamenkovich stages Alexander Sumbatov-Yuzhin's play about an ambitious, vain young man making his way in the world. Sovremennik Theater. 7 p.m.
The Legend of the Sun (Legenda o Solntse): a musical circus show. Aquamarine Circus. 1 and 6 p.m.
Monday The 28th
Ladies' Night: Viktor Shamirov's staging of a comedy by Stephen Sinclair and Anthony McCarten. Independent Theater Project Enterprise. Mossoviet Theater. 7 p.m.
Redroom: Nailya Nabiullina stages Sartre's play "No Exit." Sobytiye Theater. 8 p.m.
The Gin Game (see Thurs. listing). Sovremennik Theater. 7 p.m.
The Master and Margarita: an adaptation of Mikhail Bulgakov's novel. Roman Viktyuk Theater production. Theater Yunogo Zritelya. 7 p.m.
Woe From Wit (Gore Ot Uma): Rimas Tuminas' unorthodox staging of the classic Griboyedov comedy. Sovremennik Theater production. Yauza Palace. 7 p.m.
Tuesday The 29th
A Time of Women (Vremya Zhenshchin): Yegor Peregudov's staging based on Yelena Chizhova's novel about several generations of Russian women. Sovremennik Theater Drugaya Stage. 7:30 p.m.
Five Evenings (Pyat Vecherov): Alexander Ogaryov's production of Alexander Volodin's Thaw-era play about two former lovers who meet again. Sovremennik Theater. 7 p.m.
Ladies' Night (see Mon. listing). Mossoviet Theater. 7 p.m.
Striptease: a staging of Slawomir Mrozek's play. Sobytiye Theater. 8 p.m.
The Encore Wife (Zhena na Bis): Pavel Ursul stages a romantic comedy on the themes of Italian writer Jaja Fiastri. Theater Luny. 7 p.m.
The Intruder (Nezvanny Gost): Theatrical Marathon Project production of Leonid Filatov's family comedy. Theater Kinoaktyora. 7 p.m.
The Legend of the Sun (Legenda o Solntse): a musical circus show. Aquamarine Circus. 7 p.m.
The Masquerade of Marquis de Sade: Andrei Maximov's interpretation of the literary and social rebel. Roman Viktyuk Theater production. Theater Yunogo Zritelya. 7 p.m.
Wednesday The 30th
Puttane (Putany): a comedy by Italian actor and playwright Nino Manfredi. Roman Viktyuk Theater production. Theater Yunogo Zritelya. 7 p.m.
Sirena and Viktoria: Mikhail Mertsen's staging of Alexander Galin's comedy. Sobytiye Theater. 8 p.m.
The Scissors (Noznitsy): Independent Theater Project Enterprise production of Paul Portner's comedy "Sheer Madness." Theater Kinoaktyora. 7 p.m.
The Wedding (Svadba): Nina Chusova stages a vaudeville based plays by Mikhail Zoshchenko, Ilya Ilf and Yevgeny Petrov. Millennium Theater House production. TsDKZh. 7 p.m.
Three Sisters (Tri Sestry): Galina Volchek revives an older version of Chekhov's play. Sovremennik Theater. 7 p.m.
and Beyond…
MT PICK Casting (see Sat. listing). Mossoviet Theater. July 31, 7 p.m.
Salome: Oscar Wilde's play as staged by Roman Viktyuk. Roman Viktyuk Theater production. Theater Yunogo Zritelya. July 31, 7 p.m.
The Legend of the Sun (Legenda o Solntse): a musical circus show. Aquamarine Circus. July 31, 7 p.m.
Three Comrades (Tri Tovarishcha): a dramatization of Erich Marie Remarque's novel about three friends struggling to find their place in society in the uneasy period after one war and before another. Sovremennik Theater. July 31, 7 p.m.
You Must Marry, Master (Zhenitsya Vam Nado, Barin): a comedy based on Nikolai Nekrasov's play "Autumn Boredom." Stars Marat Basharov. Contemporary Enterprise Theater production. Theater Kinoaktyora. July 31, 7 p.m.
The Mistakes of a Night (Oshibki Odnoi Nochi): Oliver Goldsmith's 18th-century comedy "She Stoops to Conquer," about an aristocratic woman who wins the love of a bashful man by tricking him into believing she is of low birth. Mossoviet Theater. Aug. 1, 7 p.m.
The Territory of Love (see Thurs. listing). Commonwealth of Taganka Actors. Aug. 4, 7 p.m.
Striptease (see Tues. listing.) Sobytiye Theater. Aug. 5, 8 p.m.
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