Description of the attraction
The Moscow Drama Theater on Malaya Bronnaya is one of the most famous and visited Moscow theaters. Today the main director of the theater is Sergei Golomazov.
The theater on Malaya Bronnaya has a rich history. It was created in 1946 and was called the Moscow Drama Theater. The main director of the theater was Sergei Mayorov. The theater was originally located on Spartakovskaya Street. Actors from other theaters and graduates of the theater school named after V. I. M. S. Schepkina. The theater opened with the performance "The Golden Hoop" (play by M. Kozakov and A. Mariengof).
During Mayorov's leadership, the theater's repertoire consisted of plays by contemporary playwrights. For 11 years, 45 premieres have passed. In 1957, the director Mayorov was transferred to the Lenin Komsomol Theater. Since 1958 A. Goncharov was the chief director of the theater.
The theater received its current name in 1968. The name comes from the location of the theater since 1962 on Malaya Bronnaya Street. The theater building was built in 1902, designed by the architect K. K. Gippius. It was built as a tenement house of the "Society for the Benefit of Needy Students of the Imperial Moscow University".
In 1968 A. L. Dunaev was appointed the chief director of the theater. At the same time, A. Efros moved from another theater to the theater on Malaya Bronnaya. He took over as director. Efros and Dunaev, in a fruitful creative collaboration, turned the theater into the most interesting and visited theater in Moscow. Efros staged performances that have gone down in the history of the theater: "Romeo and Juliet" and "Othello" by Shakespeare. "Three Sisters" by Chekhov. "A Month in the Country" I. Turgenev. "The Marriage" by N. Gogol. "Don Juan" by Moliere.
In 2007, the artistic director of the theater is Sergei Golomazov. His students, graduates of his acting and directing course at the Academy of Theater Arts, also successfully work in the troupe of the theater.
The theater has a rich repertoire, in which Russian classics side by side with foreign classics and performances - fairy tales for children.
Many famous artists have worked and are still working in the troupe of the theater: G. Martynyuk, I. Rozanova, L. Durov, T. Krechetova. People's Artists of the RSFSR S. Sokolovsky, L. Sukharevskaya. Honored Artists of the RSFSR M. Andrianova, L. Bronevoy, I. Kastrel, L. Perepelkina, M. Kozakov. O. Yakovleva, L. Durov, A. Dmitrieva and many others.
The theater on Malaya Bronnaya is one of the ten most visited theaters in Moscow.
