Arbat street can rightfully be considered one of the main streets of Moscow. It was no coincidence that she was awarded this title. Arbat is the center of intersection of all highways of the city of Moscow. His spirit is truly unique. It attracts a huge number of tourists from all over the area. Architectural monuments, museums, art galleries - this is only a small part of the cultural heritage of the Arbat.
Theater Arbat
Small alleys and courtyards keep imprints of the great figures of culture and art. Truly one of the most impressive features of Arbat Street can be called a “theater ensemble”. Theaters on the Arbat are not only a network of theaters and educational institutions. This is a whole cultural and historical stratum that everyone who visits there wants to explore and imbue it. Theaters on the Arbat are cultural and historical monuments of Russia. And everyone should see them. The theaters of the New Arbat and the Old Generation are united by a common plan and unite the past to aspire to a culturally enlightened future.
Initially, the territory of the Kremlin walls to Sadovaya was called Arbat, but now it is a street that arose in the XIV-XV century. However, its mention occurs only at the beginning of the XVI century. After a couple of centuries, this street became the home of many artisans who organized shops and trading shops on it. In the Soviet period, the Arbat acquired a purely “promenade” character. Muscovites loved to walk on it, as well as all visitors. The place, which can rightly be called a cult, due to the fact that there are monuments of an informal type, which include the “Viktor Tsoi Wall” and others.
Why is Arbat so good
The network of theaters on the Arbat includes eight major historical and cultural monuments that are concentrated along Novy Arbat Street, as well as Smolensky and Gogolevsky Boulevard. They represent both theater museums and completely new movements in the field of theatrical art. For example, the theater “Our Theater Project” is a completely new approach to the perception of this art form.
The social theater, as it is called, arose in 2012, and its specific feature is work on associations, feelings, thoughts and memories of the viewer. The "Center for Drama and Directing", founded in 1998, serves as a place for creative experiments by young people, as well as for practical and artistic experience. Arbat is considered to be a truly historical and cultural property of the State Academic Theater named after Evgeny Bagrationovich Vakhtangov, founded in 1921, and the Anton Pavlovich Chekhov Theater, founded in 1989.
Ah, the Hermitage
Theaters on the Arbat can boast of their "legendary" Hermitage. Created in 1938 as a variety theater and miniatures, to this day does not cease to amaze its viewers with unusual plots and productions. For many years, the repertoire was made up of the names of famous writers and playwrights of the twentieth century: Yuri Olesha, Daniil Kharms, Nikolai Oleinikov and others. The musical accompaniment of the performances includes the names of ingenious Russian composers such as Vladimir Dashkevich, Alfred Schnittke, Julia Kim, etc. The creation of the scenery was done by such legendary artists as Harry Gummel, David Borovsky.
Since 1987, Mikhail Zakharovich Levitin has been the artistic director of the Hermitage Theater. Levitin is a repeated nominee for prestigious theater awards. Under his strict guidance, the Hermitage has become the center of global attention for more than a decade. In addition to active performances in Russia, the theater also operates abroad.