Theater and Criticism

This section examines specific theatrical works or performances in a critical light. It also includes several academic works that examine theater history and/or the cultural significance of specific plays or performances.

July 28, 2014

The Amazing Moscow Circus

The Bolshoi Circus/Большой Московский Цирк Проспект Вернадского, 7, Москва Ticket offices 10:30-7:30, most shows start at 7pm. Tickets from 300 rubles-4000 rubles www.bolshoicircus.ru I don’t know what I was expecting when I went to the circus, but whatever it was, this was not it. I had heard that Russians give the circus an exalted place […]

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Swan Lake Ballet at the Musical Comedy Theater in St. Petersburg

Circus in Bishkek

Gorky Drama Theater in Vladivostok

Moscow’s Modern Dance Movements

‘Irrational’ Rebellions Against Socialist Realism: Czech and Russian Variations on the Legend of Faust

The Lay of Igor’s Campaign and the Works It Has Inspired

Susanna Weygandt: GITIS Attendee

The Strange Enforcement of Socialist Realism: Soviet Theater 1917-1960 [Excerpt]

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