Moscow Pushkin Drama Theatre, Federal cultural heritage theatre in Presnensky District, Moscow, Russia.
The Moscow Pushkin Drama Theatre occupies an 18th-century mansion at 23 Tverskoy Boulevard. Its pale yellow stucco facade is divided by four white fluted pilasters, with raised Cyrillic lettering naming the theatre between the middle two. Tall rectangular windows sit above a lower level clad in pale grey stone blocks, where "ТЕАТР" appears on the dark fascia.
The earliest records of house No. 23 date to Catherine the Great's reign; in 1779 Prince I. A. Vyazemsky sold the stone chambers to A. S. Dmitrieva-Mamonova for 3,300 gold rubles. Alexander Tairov's Chamber Theatre opened here on 12 December 1914 with Kalidasa's Shakuntala, after a hall and stage were added beside the Church of John the Theologian. Closed in 1949, the building reopened on 21 October 1950 as the Pushkin Theatre with Shalva Dadiani's From a Spark.
The theatre takes its name from Alexander Pushkin, whose monument was unveiled on Tverskoy Boulevard in 1880. Its long-running production of The Scarlet Flower, staged from a Russian fairy tale, has been performed over 5,000 times in more than 60 years. The foyer displays an exhibition on the theatre's history from 1950 to 2000.
The theatre stands at 23 Tverskoy Boulevard, in the Presnensky District of central Moscow. The main hall, rebuilt in 1950, has crimson velvet and gilding, with a crystal chandelier above the stage. The enfilade rooms known as the Pushkin Halls opened to visitors after the 1984 restoration.
Alisa Koonen's flat, linked to the theatre by a corridor with its own entrance, was joined to the building after her death in 1974; the space became dressing rooms and a small rehearsal hall. In the main hall the orchestra pit was closed and turned into part of the stage.
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