“Dzhigarkhanyan is to blame for everything!”

Moscow police opened a criminal case after a complaint from theater and film actor Armen Dzhigarkhanyan, who reported the theft of his passport. About it RIA News said a law enforcement source.

Armen Dzhigarkhanyan himself, who announced his intention to divorce Vitalina Tsymbalyuk-Romanovskaya, who served as the director of his theater, promised that he would invite back everyone who is for last years was fired or quit because of Vitalina.

“This woman made a mess in the theater, I intend to correct the situation,” the master made a statement.

Have you already been offered to return? - we asked Dana Nazarova a question. The actress, who served in Dzhigarkhanyan’s theater for eight years, broke up ugly - she gave birth to a child, and the contract with her was not renewed.

Haven't called yet. I won’t go to Armen Borisovich with this question. I feel uncomfortable, he has a lot of problems even without me now, including health problems. But if he or the new director is invited, I will certainly return to the theater with pleasure.

The People's Artist himself now assures that his wife hid from him almost all the information about the true state of affairs in the theater. She said about the fired artists (to whom she literally showed the door) that they were leaving of their own free will.

For example, about Armen Borisovich’s favorite Alexei Shevchenkov, she said that he intended to go to Oleg Tabakov. Dzhigarkhanyan was terribly angry with his artists, considered them traitors...

But I didn’t understand what was happening: earlier Armen Borisovich said that I was a wonderful artist, one of the best in his theater, he called me “baby” - and suddenly the contract was not renewed. Now I understand that he simply did not know what was really happening; he was given distorted information,” says Nazarova.

Why does she need all this? It’s very simple: reduce the size of the troupe and stage your own musical performances instead of dramatic ones, which is what Vitalina did. After all, every performance is an income,” says costume designer Margarita Cheres, another one fired by Tsymbalyuk-Romanovskaya.

Unlike Nazarova, she does not intend to return to the Dzhigarkhanyan Theater. Even if they beg.

I serve in a very worthy place - the Musical Theater. And happy!

Former artists of the troupe act in films, play in enterprises and are generally satisfied with their lives: Alexey Shevchenkov, Elena Ksenofontova, Stas Duzhnikov, and many others. Will they come back? Unlikely.

Armen Borisovich himself is to blame for everything, says Margarita Cheres. - They told him, and smart people, that Vitalina was deceiving. But he waved it off. He renounced everyone who had served him faithfully for many years. And now the reckoning has come.

Meanwhile, from the inside the theater split in two. Some support the ex-director, assuring that “she did everything for the theater and for the sake of Armen Borisovich.” Others hiss that “that’s what she needed: there was nothing to intrigue.”

Today it became known about the raider seizure of the building of the Moscow drama theater. As the representative of the wife of People's Artist of the USSR Armen Dzhigarkhanyan Elina Mazur told the 360 TV channel, the theater was seized by an “Armenian group.” The entire management has been removed, the accounting department has been seized, and Dzhigarkhanyan himself is “sitting locked in his office without telephones.” The representative of Dzhigarkhanyan’s wife did not provide any other details.

Marta Cheremnova.

Despite its rather young age and the youth of the troupe members, Dzhigarkhanyan’s theater confidently and firmly wins the favor of the audience with its complex but vibrant performances. Even the most experienced artists consider the works of Bulgakov, Pushkin and Moliere to be very difficult, but the actors, led by maestro Armen Dzhigarkhanyan, easily embody the images of classical characters on stage. Along with these world-famous plays, the theater plays performances based on such writers as Beckett and Vampilov. The youth and enthusiasm of the artists, combined with the colossal creative experience and life wisdom of the founder of this temple, Melpomene, allow such a diverse repertoire to successfully exist.

From the historical past of Theater "D"

The Dzhigarkhanyan Theater (its address is Lomonosovsky Prospekt, 17) often tours other cities of Russia. Over the 20 years of its existence, the troupe has visited such settlements as Saratov, St. Petersburg, Cherepovets, Lipetsk, Perm and others. The artists also visited countless cities in the Moscow region.

Initially, Dzhigarkhanyan’s theater was called Theater “D”. It was founded in the early spring of 1996. The base of the troupe at that time was made up of VGIK graduates, whose course was led by Armen Borisovich. At that time, the establishment was located in a tiny room with a small auditorium located on Cooperative Street. The troupe’s first performance was Professor Dzhigarkhanyan’s one-man show “Krapp’s Last Tape” based on S. Beckett. Then there were the premieres of such performances as “Twelfth Night, or As You Want”, “And the Theater Lives!”, “Mozart and Salieri” and others. The institution’s repertoire also included productions for children, for example “ Good country Australia" and "Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves".

This is a very versatile repertoire, which even venerable theaters are not always able to handle. But the young troupe successfully accomplished the difficult task that was set before them. The performances gained unprecedented success with both the public and critics, and Dzhigarkhanyan himself proved himself to be an unusually talented teacher.

Troupe led by Gazarov

Armen Borisovich invited Sergei Gazarov to his theater in 1998 for the vacancy of chief director. Together, during the 1998-1999 season, they almost completely renewed the troupe. So, of the artists who “opened” the establishment, only Pyotr Stupin and Alexey Shevchenkov remain today. Also to this day, the “first” sound engineer, Mrs. Gridneva, and the head of the costume department, Margarita Cheres, are still working. The leading actors from the “second set” are now V. Kapustin, Yu. Anpilogov, A. Bukharov, D. Nadtochiy and A. Annenkov. The basis of the modern repertoire was laid by the play “The Inspector General” based on the play by Nikolai Gogol. The director of the performance was S. Gazarov.

In the 1999-2000 season, the Dzhigarkhanyan Theater was replenished with such artists as S. Eventov, E. Ksenofontova, V. Chetkov, E. Medvedeva, I. Gordienko and A. Bashenkova. At this time, the play “Coming Home” was released, in which Dzhigarkhanyan played the main role, and the children’s production “Tales of the Learned Cat”. The latter was produced by Alexey Kiryushchenko. Next season, Gazarov leaves the post of chief director.

Moving to a new building

By 2002, the Armen Dzhigarkhanyan Theater was already an incredibly successful institution. This November the Melpomene Temple is moving to a new building. It is located in one of the most picturesque areas of the Russian capital - on the Sparrow Hills. This building used to house a theater called “Progress”. In the new premises, the theater under the direction of the star can accommodate much larger number spectators. After all, five thousand people can fit here.

Along with the large premises, the Armen Dzhigarkhanyan Theater had the opportunity to expand its repertoire. Now, in addition to popular dramatic performances, the public has the opportunity to enjoy the wonderful vaudeville “And the Theater Lives!” Productions for young spectators are also created.

What do they put on in the theater?

The Dzhigarkhanyan Theater, whose playbill is extremely diverse, has a main and small stage. At the first of them, viewers can watch such performances as “Vassa”, “Queen of Beauty”, “Theater of the Times of Nero and Seneca”, “Joan of Arc - White crow", "Nameless Star" and many others.

The following masterpieces are staged on the small stage: “Poem of Love”, “Sophia”, “And It’s Not Funny...”, “Molly”, “Theatre... Eternal Love” and other productions.

Children's performances

The Dzhigarkhanyan Theater, whose playbill also includes children's plays, deeply respects its young viewers. And therefore he prepares work for them too. Thus, among the children's repertoire there are such productions as “Children's Scenes”, “Tales of the Learned Cat”, “The Extraordinary Adventures of Little Red Riding Hood”, “The Ugly Duckling”, “Twelve Months” and a number of other works.

March 12, 1996: Based on a group of graduates of Armen Dzhigarkhanyan’s VGIK course, the Moscow Drama Theater under the direction of Armen Dzhigarkhanyan was created by Decree of the Committee on Culture of the Moscow Government (originally called “Theater “D”).
The theater receives premises on Kooperativnaya Street with a tiny hall with 96 seats. Armen Dzhigarkhanyan’s one-man show “Krapp’s Last Tape” by S. Beckett was transferred to this stage, the premieres of “Twelfth Night, or As You Like” by W. Shakespeare (both performances directed by Krikor Azaryan), “Cossack, or Camisole by Mascarille” by J. Molière were released. (directed by Karen Nersisyan), “...And the theater lives!” (based on the vaudeville by A. Lensky and A. Bondi “Lev Gurych Sinichkin”, director Vlad Druzhinin), “Mozart and Salieri” by A. Pushkin (director Valery Sarkisov), two children's performances.
An appeal to the classics, to the plays of Moliere, Bulgakov, Vampilov, to the immortal “Little Tragedies” by A.S. Pushkin, even for venerable theaters, sometimes turns out to be a difficult task. That is why the success of the young theater, which created for short term such a diverse and significant repertoire: “Little Tragedies” by A.S. Pushkin, “Cossack or Camisole from Mascarille” by J.B. Moliere, "Twelfth Night" by W. Shakespeare, "Krapp's Last Tape" by S. Beckett, "Good People" by A. Vampilov, vaudeville "Lev Gurych Sinichkin", children's plays "Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves" and "The Good Country Australia" . The most valuable thing about this undoubted success is that all the work was carried out relying only on our own strengths and resources. Armen Dzhigarkhanyan, who also proved himself to be a talented teacher, gave a “start in life” to many young actors.
On November 23, 2002, in one of the most picturesque areas of the capital - on Vorobyovy Gory - the doors of the theater hospitably opened at a new address: Lomonosovsky Prospekt, building 17 (Progress cinema), with a hall for 500 seats.
The theater under the direction of Armen Dzhigarkhanyan tours a lot. The geography of the tour is wide: Perm and Yekaterinburg, Cherepovets and Saratov, Kaluga and St. Petersburg, Kostroma and Yaroslavl, Lipetsk, Murmansk and numerous cities in the Moscow region.

A divorce-related scandal involving a famous actor and artistic director the private theater of 82-year-old Armen Dzhigarkhanyan and his current wife, 38-year-old Vitalina Tsymbalyuk-Romanovskaya, seemingly began recently. Until recently, she was the general director of this theater, and even, as she herself admitted in a television program, under her leadership successes appeared and debts were reduced.

It turned out that back in 2011, Vitalina was targeted by newspaper reporters.

“Dzhigarkhanyan’s favorite keeps the entire theater in fear,” the press wrote six years ago. And she tirelessly fought for the attention of the figure. As the man got used to his passion, the girl’s demands also increased.

As you know, the owner of the sonorous surname Tsymbalyuk-Romanovskaya came to conquer the capital of Russia from Ukraine. Initially she taught at the Maimonides Jewish Academy at the Faculty of World Studies musical culture, and then director Vladimir Yachmenev recommended her to the Dzhigarkhanyan Theater.

Vitalina quickly achieved great influence on the artistic director, which is why everyone’s favorite artists lost their jobs: Alexander Bukharov, Andrei Merzlikin, Alexey Shevchenkov and his wife Olga, Vladimir Kapustin and Valentin Samokhin, Olga Prikhudaylova and, finally, Stanislav Duzhnikov, wrote Mir24 ".

Later the media wrote that because of Vitalina, many actors left or were fired. She allegedly gave the main roles to a friend, Oksana Golubeva, and she not so long ago said something inappropriate and was also fired.

The theater's latest loss is actress Elena Ksenofontova, the prima on whom the repertoire was based.

Ulyana Chilindina, who left because of Tsymbalyuk-Romanovskaya, starred in several popular TV series and films - “Indigo”, “Yarik”, “Love as Love”, “The Kukotsky Incident”.

The star of the series “The Eighties” Natalya Zemtsova also left of her own free will, but according to rumors, she was fired for being too beautiful.

Alexey Shevchenkov served at the Theater under the direction of Armen Dzhigarkhanyan from 1997 to 2010. Since 2010 he moved to the Moscow Art Theater. Chekhov.

Stanislav Duzhnikov became famous in a number of films, but especially in the STS sitcom "Voronin", which was included in the Guinness Book of Records.

Andrei Merzlikin in 2001-2011 was an actor at the Moscow Drama Theater under the direction of Armen Dzhigarkhanyan. Played 108 roles in films and TV series.