The atmosphere of the theater of the Russian Army is permeated with history, the greatness of the time and modern culture. On February 6, the theater celebrates its birthday. It was on this date in 1930 that a show was shown on the theme of events on the border with China called “K.A.L.D.”.

The next 10 years of the theater's life were in constant travel, premieres were staged in military units in different parts of the country - from Leningrad to Far East. And only in 1940 the theater got its own new building in Moscow.

In the auditorium, the ceiling is decorated with chic frescoes, which were painted by the outstanding avant-garde artist Lev Bruni. The building itself was created in the Stalinist Empire style. It consists of ten above-ground and ten underground floors. The spacious interiors are finished with natural stone and wood. The walls are decorated with picturesque panels and plafonds above the cupboards. Guests are always greeted by the main marble staircase.

TsATRA includes the Big Hall for 1520 seats and the Small Hall for 400 seats. The largest stage in Europe has been built in the theater, which makes it possible to stage battles with cavalry and tanks. The mechanics on the stage have been working perfectly since Soviet times. Rotating huge circles and lifting platforms allow you to turn a flat plane into a mountainous landscape.

The modern repertoire of the theater includes classics and contemporaries such as Shakespeare, Andersen, Sarman, Ostrovsky, A. Tolstoy and many others. Each performance is distinguished by original scenery, brilliant acting by actors and bright directorial work.

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The huge five-pointed star - the building of the theater of the Red Army - is a monument not only of theatrical architecture. This is a monument to an era of hard trials and great enthusiasm. It was built from 1934 to 1940. The best monumental artists took part in the design of the theater: the frescoes of the acoustic ceiling were painted by Lev Bruni, the reinforced concrete curtain-portal was made according to the sketches of the wonderful graphic artist Vladimir Favorsky by his sons Nikita and Ivan. Plafonds above the cupboards in the amphitheater were created by Alexander Deineka and Ilya Feinberg. Picturesque panels by Pavel Sokolov-Skal and Alexander Gerasimov adorned the main marble staircases. Furniture, plafonds and chandeliers were made according to special orders.

The stage mechanics, designed by engineer Ivan Maltsin, still works practically without repair - two huge circles rotate, and twelve lifting platforms can turn the stage from the stadium into a mountain landscape, helping theater artists to realize all conceivable and unimaginable ideas of scenographic design of performances.

On September 14, 1940, the new building of the theater was opened with the play "Commander Suvorov" by I. Bakhterev and A. Razumovsky - in the Great Hall. Two weeks later, on the Small Stage, the audience saw Maxim Gorky's Petty Bourgeois. Since then, these scenes have presented the audience with more than three hundred premieres and about forty-five thousand performances.

Leading the Army Theater from 1935 to 1958, Alexei Dmitrievich Popov built it as an artistic and original organism, defining a creative credo and program. His passion for harmony, for the creation of the artistic integrity of the performance, his ability to arrange in a space that struck the imagination, folk scenes where human destinies flared up, his simplicity, intelligence, deep human decency, all this determined the level of the Central Theater for many years. Academic theater Russian Army. The performances staged by him - "Commander Suvorov", "A long time ago", "Admiral's Flag", "Stalingraders", "Front", "Wide Steppe", became classics in the history of Russian theatrical art.

The artistic baton from his father was taken over by his son, People's Artist of the USSR Andrei Alekseevich Popov, a wonderful artist, director and teacher who headed the theater from 1963 to 1973.

The main directors of the theater in different years were Y. Zavadsky, A. Dunaev, R. Goryaev, Y. Eremin, L. Kheifets, the main artists - N. Shifrin, P. Belov, I. Sumbatashvili.

Such wonderful performances as "Dance Teacher", "Ocean", "Holy of Holies" and "Drummer", "Death of Ivan the Terrible" and "Paul I", "Mandate" and "Trees die standing" were staged and had success here, "Much Ado About Nothing" and "Sevastopol March", many other plays - classical and modern. Chekhov, Dostoevsky and Ostrovsky, as well as Shakespeare, Lope de Vega, Moliere, Balzac, Brecht, Dreiser, Eduardo de Filippo did not leave the repertory posters of the Big and Small Stages.

Moscow Army Theater located in a grandiose building, which is built in the shape of a pentagonal star. The unique building was erected in 1934-1940 according to the project of architects Vasily Simbirtsev and Karo Alabyan and became not only one of the main masterpieces of the "Stalinist Empire style", but also the largest stage venue in Europe.

Big hall Army Theater designed for 2500 spectators, and no other theater of the Old World can compare with it. In different years, tanks drove along this scene and cavalry galloped, striking the imagination of the audience. Technical equipment allows you to create on stage Army Theater complex stage performances. Interestingly, all 13 lifting mechanisms, created in 1935 by engineer Ivan Maltsin, still work perfectly.

In all years Army Theater famous for its troupe, rightfully considered one of the best in the capital. Today, the audience's favorite actors take the stage: Vladimir Zeldin, Lyudmila Kasatkina, Vladimir Soshalsky, Larisa Golubkina, Fedor Chekhankov, Lyudmila Chursina.

The theater has its own spectators who highly appreciate the professionalism and talent of directors, artists and set designers, go to see their favorite actors and follow all the premieres. Despite the huge auditorium, tickets to Army Theater it is not always possible to find it at the box office, and this is undoubtedly the merit of the troupe and the chief director of the theater, Boris Morozov.

Today in the repertoire Army Theater classical and contemporary plays, among which it is necessary to note the “School of Love” by K. Higgins, “The Heart is Not a Stone” and “ late love" Alexander Ostrovsky, "Accompanist" A. Galina, " Venetian twins» Carlo Goldoni, "Duel of the Queen" by D. Marrell and "Inventive Lover" by Lope de Vega.

Successful recent premiere Army Theater- a performance for young spectators "The Abduction of the Fairy Princess". And, of course, one cannot fail to recall the legendary performance “The Dance Teacher” by Lope de Vega, which has been on the theater stage since 1946 and has withstood about 2000 performances.

Of great interest in the theatrical environment are the productions of the chief director Army Theater Boris Morozov. This is a large-scale tragic musical "Sevastopol March", based on "Sevastopol Tales" by Leo Tolstoy and Alexander Gladkov's comedy "A long time ago", written to the music of Tikhon Khrennikov, which was in the theater back in the 40s and was restored with young actors of the theater .

On the occasion of the 100th anniversary of Dmitri Shostakovich, the immortal Hamlet appeared in the repertoire of the theater, which continued the tradition of Shakespearean productions Army Theater. Experienced theatergoers remember well the classic performances based on the plays The Taming of the Shrew, Macbeth, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Othello and Much Ado About Nothing.

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