Italian syndrome: Celentano in MDM and Moliere in Naples

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Everything will be Celentano! 12+

The Broadway Moscow Theater Company presents the premiere of the adventurous hit musical "Everything will be Celentano!". This is a driving adventurous comedy about great love and one witty scam that takes you into the atmosphere of an Italian resort and festival in Sanremo.

The main character is madly in love and, in order to finally conquer the girl, frivolously promises to bring Adriano Celentano himself to the City Day. The performance features Susanna, L'italiano, Soli, Salut, Ciao Bambino, Sorry and a dozen more of his hits, as well as songs by Toto Cutugno, Joe Dassin and Mireille Mathieu.

From November 6 at the MDM Theater

Music

Russian rock hits, 6+

The Russian Philharmonic Orchestra presents a program where iconic compositions acquire a symphonic sound. The audience will travel through the main pages of Russian rock culture: from the mysticism of "The King and the Fool" and the ballads of Nautilus Pompilius to the legendary anthems of the bands "Cinema" and "Gorky Park". Songs that have become a cultural code for several generations will be performed by Nikita Kurilov, Anna Panfilova, Yana Karpova and Ostap Dautov.

November 7 at the MMDM

Rap Platoon, 16+

The concert of the Rap Platoon 2.0: Without Borders project will take place on the Underground Stage, where his idea originated. He has two albums already. Active servicemen of the Russian Armed Forces, Vadim Samoilov ("Agatha Christie"), Sergey Bobunets, RICH and other performers took part in the recording of the latter. It also includes the last song of the deceased military commander of the Izvestia Military Center, Semyon Yeremin, "Camera! Motor!", in which the voice of the journalist is preserved. At this evening, the audience will find a powerful live sound from Pasha Nero and the Lampasy band. Poetess Anna Revyakina will be a special guest. She will read her poems to the live accompaniment of "Lampas".

November 7 at the Underground Stage in Donetsk

XII Embassy Gifts Festival, 6+

The festival will open on November 11 with a concert "With Scotland in my Heart", where for the first time a real bagpipe accompanied by the City Pipes orchestra will be performed in the museum. Guests will hear old Scottish and Irish dance tunes. Evenings of Celtic music, European Baroque and works by Russian composers of the XVIII–XIX centuries are also planned. Honored Artist of the Russian Federation Lyubov Kazarnovskaya has compiled a program for her concert from fragments of the operas Macbeth, Faust and The Demon.

From November 11 to November 24 at the Armory

"Loud and together: Bond with a button", 16+

The documentary project "Loudly and Together", dedicated to the younger generation of indie artists, is preparing for its finale. After the premiere of four films about the duets "Bazaar" and Ubel, the singer Yunsn and the group "Settlers", the audience will see a tape about the Bond with a Button team. A key role in the documentary will be played by the performance of musicians with a choir for 350 people. Kirill Alyokhin, who has been repeatedly awarded at film festivals in Russia, the USA, Brazil and Germany, became the director of the project.

November 7 on the VK Video platform

What to see

"Summer in Baden", 18+

The first film adaptation of Leonid Tsypkin's novel, where the fate of a Soviet intellectual from the 1970s is intertwined with episodes from the life of Fyodor Dostoevsky. When his son's emigration ruins his father's career and position, the main character goes all in: having lost everything, he decides to write a book about his favorite classic in order to find a new meaning in life. The script is based on the biography of the author and the diaries of Anna Dostoevskaya. Starring Philip Yankovsky, Maria Smolnikova, Pavel Tabakov and Alexandra Mareeva.

In the cinema from November 5th

Beehive, 16+

The premiere of Sergey Osipyan's mystical detective story with elements of Erzya folklore. At the opening of the festival, the leading actor of the Mordovian Drama Theater dies right on the stage. The director refuses to cancel the show, turning the theater into a trap where everyone is under suspicion. While the investigation insists on an accident, the tire iron and the actress begin their own investigation. Starring Agrippina Steklova, Pavel Vorozhtsov, Ksenia Kutepova, Polina Kutepova, Vera Strokova, Ilya Lyubimov, Igor Kuznetsov and Evgeny Tsyganov.

Starting November 5 at Amediatek

"Scapin", 16+

The premiere of Moliere's comedy takes place in a car service station in the middle of modern Naples. In Danil Ivanov's production, not only engines are being repaired, but also other people's destinies: while parents are making career plans for their children, the street rascal and manipulative genius Scapin intervenes. Denis Paramonov, Andrey Mikhalev, Alexander Mizev, Ivan Litvinenko, Alexander Golubkov, as well as Oleg Savtsov, winner of the Golden Mask, are on stage.

November 11 at the Na Strastnoy shopping center

"Theater", 16+

Vladimir Pankov's play based on the famous novel by Somerset Maugham tells about the life of Julia Lambert, the main actress of the English stage, who is used to constantly acting both in life and on the stage. The production is based on jazz polyphony and the aesthetics of silent films — black and white tones with bright flashes of red. The main roles in this story about behind the scenes, acting masks and real feelings are played by Elena Yakovleva and Sergey Yushkevich.

November 6 at the Sovremennik Theater

Academy of Laughter, 16+

The premiere of Alexei Zolotovitsky's play based on the play by Koki Mitani within the framework of the New People Festival. The plot revolves around a psychological duel: the fate of the comedy depends on a harsh Censor without a sense of humor. To save the text, the author agrees to the most absurd edits, until the destroyer of creativity himself suddenly gets carried away with the process of creation. Dmitry Lysenkov is the Censor, and Vladimir Somerfeld is the Author.

On November 7 and 8, at the Art Platform in the New Manege

Exhibitions

Lev Bakst, 6+

The exhibition is dedicated to the 160th anniversary of the birth of Lev Bakst, a key artist of the Silver Age who changed world stage design and fashion. The exhibition combines paintings, graphics, sketches of theatrical costumes, photographs and fabrics. Its sections reflect the Russian, European and American periods of the master's work: from the cult association "World of Art" to the famous "Russian Seasons" by Sergei Diaghilev. A special place is occupied by Bakst's personal archive, which was transferred to the gallery by his heirs.

From November 10 to April 18 in the Engineering Building of the Tretyakov Gallery

Malevich. Simple shapes, 0+

The project from the collection of the State Russian Museum will introduce the supremacist triptych of 1923 — "Black Square", "Black Cross" and "Black Circle". The works are exhibited as a single whole in a cross-shaped space. The exhibition also features a three-dimensional Malevich architecton from 1927, a kinetic interactive room and author's audio guides from Yuri Avvakumov and Marina Alexandrova.

Until January 31 at Zvenigorod Manege

14 new exhibitions at the CUBE

The project combines contemporary art and the backstage of Moscow's main theaters. At the central exhibition "Results of Season No. 63" from the STD of the Russian Federation, you can see sketches by Nikolai Simonov for "The Cabal of Saints" with Nikolai Tsiskaridze (Chekhov Moscow Art Theater), set design by Vladimir Arefyev for "The Maid of Orleans" (MAMT) and costumes by Maria Danilova for "The Tsar's Bride" (Novaya Opera). 13 leading galleries will also present their works, including ARTMAG, KultProekt, Sintax, LUCH, Triptych, Monart, Kupol and the pop-up Culture project.

From November 7 to December 9 in the space of the CUBE art platform