Moscow Chekhov Art Theatre (Russian: Московский Художественный театр имени А. П.
- Venue
- Moscow Chekhov Art Theatre
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- Камергерский переулок
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- Moscow, RU
Moscow Chekhov Art Theatre (Russian: Московский Художественный театр имени А. П. Чехова) is a drama theatre in Moscow founded in 1987 after the division of the Gorky Moscow Art Theatre into two theatres. Since 1989, it has been named after Anton Pavlovich Chekhov, one of its main authors. In 2004, it returned to its historical name, "Moscow Art Theatre", abandoning the title "academic". Its artistic director is Konstantin Khabensky, People's Artist of the Russian Federation(since October 28, 2021). The Moscow Art Theatre of the USSR was created in 1987 after the signing of Order No. 383 by the Minister of Culture of the Soviet Union, Vasily Zakharov. According to this document, the theatre was officially divided into two: the Moscow Gorky Academic Art Theatre on Tverskoy Boulevard under the direction of Tatiana Doronina and the Chekhov Art Theatre (for two years after the division, it also bore the name of Gorky) on Kamergersky Lane. The theatre director, People's Artist of the USSR, Oleg Yefremov was appointed its director. In the same year, the premiere of the play "Pearl Zinaida", staged by Efremov, took place. In 1989, the Moscow Art Theatre was named after Chekhov. In 1996, by decree of the president of Russia Boris Yeltsin, the theatre was added to the list of cultural heritage sites of Russia. On June 16, 1997, the Russian Government approved the theatre's charter and officially appointed Oleg Nikolaevich Efremov as artistic director of the Chekhov Moscow Art Theatre. On May 24, 2000, the theatre's artistic director Oleg Yefremov died. After the death of Oleg Yefremov in 2000, People's Artist of the USSR Oleg Tabakov became the artistic director of the Moscow Chekhov Art Theatre. He set a course for updating the repertoire and troupe, and attracting a wide range of spectators to the theatre. The emphasis was placed on both classical works of world drama - "The White Guard", "Hamlet", "The Cherry Orchard", "The Golovlyov Family", "King Lear", "Tartuffe", "Ivan