The premiere of Nikolai Erdman's tragicomedy "The Suicide" at the Yermolova Theater, a stone's throw from the Kremlin, means this classic Soviet-era play has never been so close to the source of ...

"Hunting for mushrooms is one of Russia's purest traditions, unlike fishing or hunting that involve alcohol or killing," Dmitry Krymov told me. "It's always a childlike or family thing, almost like a ...

Kirill Serebrennikov has a way of developing themes in a big way. He crowned his opening season at the Gogol Center in 2013 with a powerful trilogy of productions that updated and ...

Nothing less than the biblical tale of Sodom and Gomorrah suggests that when societies go into decline, the populace escapes into sex. What else can you do? You might as well have ...

As we prepare for the new theater season, a note of alarm can be heard in the air.

It is called the Lyubimovka festival of young drama and, as everyone knows, youth is a state of mind.

Another theater season bites the dust. And, therefore, wrap it up again we must. For three and twenty years without a break The Moscow Times has listed what is great.

Words can be fashionable. They may be dangerous. The word of this year in Russian culture, I would argue, has shades of both.

It is no secret that following the death of founder Pyotr Fomenko in 2012, the Fomenko Workshop Theater drifted a bit.

Konstantin Raikin knows full well he is sticking his neck out with his production of "All Shades of Blue" at the Satirikon Theater.