The St. Petersburg Theater "Russian Entreprise" named after Andrei Mironov has existed for about 30 years. Its founder is Rudolf Furmanov. Today this theater is one of the most famous in St. Petersburg.
About the theater
The Andrei Mironov Theater was founded in 1988. At the grand opening was the artist’s mother, Maria Vladimirovna, it was she who cut the ribbon in front of the doors of this temple of art. Initially, it was a concert studio named after Andrei Mironov. But by 1991, she gained the status of a theater.
But these are only official dates, in fact, the history of "Russian Entreprise" began long before 1988. This happened thanks to R. Furmanov. This man was the very first real entrepreneur in Russia. It was he who introduced the concept of “entrepreneurialism” in our country, that is, a troupe led by a private entrepreneur, called an entrepreneur.
The first, informal troupe of R. Furmanov included such stars as: Zinovy Gerdt, Andrey Mironov, Yuri Nikulin, Lyudmila Chursina, Arkady Raikin, Alisa Freindlikh, Vasily Lanovoi, Elina Bystritskaya, Vladislav Strzhelchik, Svetlana Kryuchkova, Anatoly Papilov, others. Thanks to this talented entrepreneur, the actors toured with performances and concerts throughout the country and the post-Soviet space.
And in 1988, Furmanov Rudolph opened the Andrei Mironov Theater and is to this day its permanent artistic director of the theater.
The Russian Entreprise works on the principles of the Russian pre-revolutionary contract troupe and the European self-financing theater organization.
The R. Furmanov Theater is non-state. The composition of the troupe changes very often. Artists work on a contract basis. But at the same time, there are a large number of performances, as in any regular repertoire theater, and not as usual in one-off projects, they play one or two productions for years.
"Russian Entreprise" often holds events, book presentations, festivals are held on its stage.
Performances
The performances of various genres include Andrei Mironov’s theater in his repertoire. His poster offers the following productions to the audience:
- "Madame Bovary."
- Fake Coin.
- "Handsome man."
- "Ordinary story."
- "Days of our life."
- "Ruy Blaz."
- "Knight of Seraphim."
- "The Cherry Orchard".
- "Lucky".
- The Naked King.
- "Paola and the Lions."
- "Polygraph".
And others.
Troupe
Theater "Russian Entreprise" them. Andrei Mironov gathered on his stage wonderful actors, among whom there are many stars.
Troupe:
- Ernst Romanov.
- Galina Subbotina.
- Inna Volgina.
- Vera Karpova.
- Arkady Koval.
- Polina Dudkina.
- Marianna Mokshina.
- Valentine Gaft.
- Alexander Milyutin.
- Sergey Barkovsky.
- Julia Shubareva.
- Vladimir Matveev.
- Maria Lavrova.
- Nelly Popova.
- Yuri Lazarev.
And many others.
Actors of the past
The Andrei Mironov Theater has always recruited exceptionally talented artists into its troupe.
In different years, the following actors served here:
- Zoya Buryak.
- Igor Balakirev.
- Mikhail Razumovsky.
- Anna Banshchikova.
- Valery Zolotukhin.
- Andrey Astrakhantsev.
- Alexander Chevychelov.
- Vladislav Orlov-Kurtis.
- Boris Khvoshnyansky.
- Irina Lindt.
- Leonid Nevedomsky.
- Nikolai Karachentsov.
- Mikhail Nikolaev.
And many others.
Artistic director
The Andrei Mironov Theater, as already mentioned above, was founded by R. Furmanov. He was born in 1938 in Leningrad. Rudolf Davydovich - entrepreneur, producer, actor, writer and director. In 1998, he received the title "Honored Worker of Arts", and in 2008 became the People's Artist of Russia. In 2013 - received the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" 4 degrees. His mother was a master of sports in skydiving. She died of tuberculosis in 1940, when Rudolph was not yet two years old. He was brought up by his aunt - the sister of his mother. R. Furmanov survived the blockade of Leningrad.
Rudolph began acting in films Furmanov since childhood. He played in the famous film "Dirk". For two years, Rudolf Davydovich studied at the theater faculty, then left school. A few years later he graduated from the Polytechnic Institute.
R. Furmanov began active concert activity in 1958. Over the years of his work, he played more than eighty roles on the stage and in films.
In 1988, he opened the Russian Entreprise Theater named after Andrei Mironov. Over the past 20 years he has written several books. In 2010, he established the Figaro Acting Award.
The children and grandchildren of Rudolf Davydovich followed in his footsteps. Son - director, grandson - study at the St. Petersburg Academy of Theater Arts.
R. Furmanov starred in the following films:
- "Dog in the manger".
- "Foundry, 4".
- “Baltic Glory”.
- "I want to go to jail."
- "Snow Maiden."
- "Gangster Petersburg".
- "I'm going to a thunderstorm."
- "The streets of broken lanterns."
- "Pious Martha."
- "Opera".
And so on.
Andrey Mironov
Andrei Mironov's theater was named after the famous Soviet actor, who was incredibly popular at the time. His parents were artists. Mother - Maria Mironova, father - Alexander Semyonovich Menaker. Andrey was born in 1941 in Moscow. At first he was Menaker, like his father. But due to hostility towards Jews in the USSR, parents changed the boy's surname to his mother's. So he became Andrei Mironov. The first time the actor tried to star in a movie at the age of 11 years. But the director rejected him. After that, Andrey enrolled in a theater studio. After school, A. Mironov graduated from the famous Shchukin school. At 19, he starred in his first film. After graduating from college, Andrei Alexandrovich was accepted into the troupe of the Moscow theater of satire. There he served 25 years.
In August 1987, Andrei Alexandrovich toured in Riga. During the play "Crazy Day, or the Marriage of Figaro", he lost consciousness, not having time to finish the last scene. An ambulance took him to a local hospital. The artist was diagnosed with cerebral hemorrhage. Doctors fought for the life of the actor for two days. But on August 16, 1987, A. Mironov died. The artist was buried in Moscow at the Vagankovsky cemetery.
Andrei Mironov played a role in the following films:
- "The Diamond Arm".
- "Three plus two."
- "12 chairs".
- "Watch out for the car".
- "An ordinary miracle."
- "Property of the Republic".
- "Tale of wanderings."
- The Straw Hat.
- "The incredible adventures of Italians in Russia."
- "Say the word about poor hussar."
- "Man from the Capuchin Boulevard."
- "The old robbers."
And others.
Where is it and how to get there
In the historical part of St. Petersburg is the theater of Andrei Mironov. His address: Petrogradskaya side, Bolshoy prospekt, house No. 75/35 m. It is easiest to get to it by metro. The closest to the theater is the Petrogradskaya station.
Not far from the "Russian Entrepreneurship" there are such attractions as: the garden of Andrei Petrov and the Interactive Museum "Labyrinth".
Near Bolshoi Prospect are the streets: Leo Tolstoy, Pushkarskaya, Ordinary.