It has been called many things: Bizarro MXAT, Evil MXAT, MXAT Alternate Reality Version...the architecture is so imposing it looks as if it could eat you alive from the outside...so imposing in fact, that the theater circles had a secret nickname for the building when it first opened (at least, according to my Stage Tech teacher)...Moscow State Crematorium #1 (yikes!)....But whatever its current hapless nickname, it remains...The Moscow Art Theater named after Gorky...
On June 26th, at 12:00, Maeterlinck's 'The Blue Bird' will be playing at the Gorky Moscow Art...and I am planning on attending. The show has been in repertory since 1908; it is Stanislavky's original production.
I am fascinated by how a piece of theater can be in repertory for 102 seasons....but here it is. They say that the show was intended for adults when it premiered in 1908, but has since become a children's theater piece. In any event, I'm interested in what it will be like, and what the atmosphere is like INSIDE THOSE WALLS...In 8 years in Moscow, I've never been inside this theater, generally fearing my soul will be devoured or permanently stained somehow once I cross the threshold...its that freaky looking...
I'm curious to see what the administrator does when I try to get in on my student ID...I'm not sure the last time they'll have seen one of those from the Shkola-Studia...
...Angels and ministers of grace defend us...
-A
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