The best theaters in Moscow: addresses, prices, repertoire

Ratings are a great opportunity to understand where to go or what to buy: they perfectly reflect the public opinion and help to make the right choice. However, the ratings of theaters, and especially the rating "The Best Theaters of Moscow", are very arbitrary, because in art it's so hard to understand who is the best and who is only on the second or third place.

However, it is possible to make the top 10 theaters in Moscow by the number of sensational premieres or long-playing with sold-out performances, by star names in the company or among the directors, by status or prestige, and by how much the theater is popular with the viewer, how quickly the tickets are disassembled and how often There is a full house.

The Bolshoi Theatre

The first place, of course, given to the Bolshoi Theater. Without a doubt, this is the best theater in Moscow. His rating is so high that for 250 years now the march to the Great is a great event for any theater-goer and an unsophisticated spectator. You can get there by metro to the station "Teatralnaya" or "Okhotny Ryad".

His operas and ballets are the pride of the nation. What kind of names were not on his posters: Galina Ulanova, Elena Obraztsova, Maya Plisetskaya, Maris Liepa, Olga Lepeshinskaya, Alexander Godunov, Galina Vishnevskaya, Ivan Kozlovsky ... And this is only one-hundredth of the names. Today in the repertoire of the theater classical and modern productions, a lot of ballets and musical performances for children from 6 years old. Ticket to the Big one should be booked in advance - at least 3 months before the performance, and you can buy it only by passport - so the administration is struggling with resellers. The average ticket price is 2-3 thousand rubles, although there are 12 thousand.

Small Theater

Is located at: Theater Way, d. 1. The name of the theater was only due to the size - smaller than the Bolshoi. Pieces for him wrote Turgenev and Ostrovsky, and still these performances are in the repertoire of the theater. In addition to them, you can see other performances by Gogol, Zola, Schiller, Dumas, Dostoevsky, Pushkin and other classics.

Tickets are more democratic than in the Big - from 200 to 2500 rubles.

Moscow Art Theater. Chekhov

Big and Small - certainly the best theaters in Moscow and Russia, but apart from them there are other worthy scenes. For example, the Moscow Art Theater. A distinctive feature of this temple Melpomene - in the focus on modern drama. Here the directors and actors are looking for new theatrical forms in the spirit of the best Chekhovian traditions. The most popular productions are "Amadeus", "White Guards", "Pickwick Club". Theater address: Kamergersky lane, 3, metro station "Tretyakovskaya".

The price of tickets - from 1800 rubles. On the balcony to 2800 rubles. In the ground floor.

Theater "Contemporary"

A unique theater that began with just one performance, shown by graduates of the Moscow Art Theater School in 1956. In the 70's it was close to closing, but not only survived, but also became a successful and prosperous theater with a world-wide reputation. Today "Contemporary" is on the list "The best theaters of Moscow", and not only in Moscow, but in the whole country. He is the only one in Russia awarded the American Dramatic Art Award.

Today on its stage play such famous and popular actors as Chulpan Khamatova, Arthur Smolyaninov, Marina Neelova, Sergey Makovetsky and many others. For the ticket to the balcony you will have to pay from 300 to 1000 rubles, and the place in the amphitheater will cost 3-5 thousand rubles depending on the performance. You can watch the plays of Chekhov, Ostrovsky, Griboedov, Shaw, staging works by Remarque, Bergman, etc.

The theater is located on Chistoprudniy Boulevard, 19a. On the metro you need to go to the station "Electrozavodskaya".

"Lenkom"

The list of "The best theaters of Moscow" would not be complete without the theater "Lenkom". It is also called the most stellar, as the legends of the national theater and cinema - Leonid Bronevoi, Inna Churikova, Nikolay Karachentsov, Maria Mironova, Viktor Verzhbitsky and many others - appear on the stage here. The repertoire is very diverse: here Gogol, and Chekhov in the company of Aristotle, and Beaumarchais. The best productions in Moscow theaters and the most popular performances are "Jester Balakirev", the productions of Mark Zakharov "Juno and Avos" and "Per Gynt" with Anton Shagin.

Buy a ticket to the theater can be at the ticket office at Malaya Dmitrovka, 6 or directly on the site. The ticket to the stalls will cost 3,000 rubles, in the amphitheater - about 2000, and in the far rows of the mezzanine you can buy a place for 600 rubles.

Theater-studio of Oleg Tabakov

This is a theater, which is affectionately called Tabakerka. Perhaps, here put the best comedies. In theaters of Moscow you can have a wonderful rest. Here, too, this room is atmospheric, cozy, here, as the inveterate theatergoers say, there are trusting relations between actors and spectators.

Feel the atmosphere of the young and popular Melpomene church at: ul. Chaplygin, 1a, building 1, metro station "Chistye Prudy". Ticket to the ground floor here costs from 1,5 to 3,5 thousand rubles, in the amphitheater or the mezzanine - 1 thousand, and on the balcony you can go for only 600 rubles.

"Theater of Nations"

The best theaters in Moscow include the popular and modern "Theater of Nations", it is located in Petrovsky Lane, 3. Most of the productions are innovative, reinterpreting the familiar classical works - the modernized "Figaro" by Kirill Serebrennikov; "Shakespeare's Sonnets", fantastically combining the works of Shakespeare and the worlds of Tarkovsky; "Hamlet", all the roles in which only one actor plays; "Gargantua and Pantagruel" to the accompaniment of Russian pop music - you can continue indefinitely, but it's better to see everything with your own eyes. The price of tickets - from 200 rubles to the furthest rows to 10 000 in the parterre to loud premieres.

"Satyricon"

The theater was founded by Arkady Raikin, and today his repertoire is very diverse. The troupe is subject to any genre - from comedies ("London show", "Taming") to classical plays (Othello, King Lear, The Seagull).

The cost of tickets - from 300 to 5000 rubles, depending on the location and performance. Address: 8, Sheremetyevskaya Street.

Workshop of Peter Fomenko

A young and bright theater, in which the company consists entirely of contemporary idols and young stars - Evgeny Tsyganov, Sisters Kutepovs, Madeleine Dzhabrailova, Galina Tyunina, Kirill Pirogov, Polina Agureeva. The main director of most productions is the maestro Fomenko himself. The theater troupe is often guests and laureates of various festivals and theatrical awards all over the world.

The theater is waiting for spectators on Kutuzov Avenue, 30/32. Tickets cost from 500 rubles to 5000, you can book directly on the theater's website or buy at his box office.

Theater them. Vakhtangov

This theater is difficult to call young - he is already 200 years old, but each of his performances is fresh and modern. And here there is no difference - to buy a ticket to the premiere or watch the long "run-in" classics: the production will make an indelible impression. Theaters recommend watching "The Wedding of Balzaminov", "Zoykinu apartment", "Anna Karenina", "March Id."

Look for a beautiful historical theater building on Arbat Street 26. Ticket price is from 200 to 2800 rubles.