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Articles by Alexander Feinberg

'Cabaret Terezin': Making Merry at Hell's Gates

A musical the audience did not expect to like. And yet they laughed, wept and gave it a standing ovation.

Russian New Music Gets a Reboot

Russia's music scene is not resting on its historical laurels.

The Binocular Brigade in Moscow Parks

Those folks with binoculars in the Moscow woods at 6 a.m.? They're looking for a yellow wagtail.

Zaryadye Concert Hall Gets New Organ

A spectacular new instrument will debut in February

Freedom Words and Dreams on a Russian Stage

A young American woman helps Russian prison inmates find their creative center and leave the bars behind.

March Music in Moscow

Moscow does stage extravaganzas so well that you might overlook the city's brilliant intimate concerts.

'Yiddish Glory' Rewrites History

An unknown part of Jewish and wartime history was found in an archive.

Not Your Babushka's Museum

If you haven't been to Moscow's Decorative Arts Museum in a while, head on over. It's not just folk arts and porcelain.

Painter Isaac Levitan and the Big Screen

Go to the Jewish Museum and Tolerance Center to see familiar landscape paintings - and the landscapes themselves - in a totally new way.

Five Guys Come to Moscow

"Kalinka" with a bit of Michael Jackson thrown in? Who are these guys? Check them out for free this weekend.

U.S. Group Bangs on a Can in Zaryadye

Free tonight? Well, here's something you won't hear often.

At Home with Galina Ulanova

Russia has always been known as a ballet powerhouse, producing some of the world's best-known dancers. At home, they are national heroes, and abroad --...

A New Concert Hall Opens in Moscow

This weekend Moscow inaugurates its new concert hall in Zaryadye Park. Our correspondent went to the acoustic checks. Verdict: Amazing.

Hear Arvo Pärt in Moscow

This Estonian composer is the most played living composer in the world.

Essential Reading for Russophiles

The history of the improbable English-language Odessa Review.

Jewish Moscow: Eat Pray Learn

Explore Russia's Jewish legacy in Moscow.

Glitz and Gossip at the Bakhrushin Theater Museum

The Moscow Times Club toured the Bakhrushin Theater Museum, where everyone was awed by the exhibits and the extraordinary building that houses them.

Breaking Out of Russian Prison With Words

What happens when an American graduate student and 14 former Russian prisoners meet twice a week? They write a book together.

How Moscow Is Using Food to Lure Voters to the Polls

On Election Day Moscow is reviving an old technique to get out the vote: offer great food and delicacies.

Live and Dine Like Fyodor Chaliapin

Visit the great opera singer Fyodor Chaliapin's house and then dine on a meal from his personal book of recipes at the restaurant Matryoshka.

On Stage This Week in Moscow

Not sure what to see in Moscow's theaters and concerts halls this week? Here are some picks.

Maslenitsa in Moscow

As part of “Moscow Seasons,” the city is organizing spaces all over the city where you can celebrate Maslenitsa. Get ready for theater, dance, carnivals...

Blood Brothers on Stage in Moscow

Brave the snow tonight for a concert of two Count Krolocks, one American, one Russian, making beautiful music together.