Galina Snopova
6 min.
At the end of 2016, the annual Audience Award “Theatrical Star” was presented. We have prepared for you a list of award-winning productions that are definitely worth seeing in 2017.
At the end of 2016, the annual Audience Award “Theatrical Star” 2016 was presented. 69,971 people from 85 countries took part in the online voting, and for the first time it was possible to contact the space station to take into account the opinions of the astronauts.
We have prepared for you a list of award-winning productions that are definitely worth seeing in 2017.
“A Midsummer Night’s Dream”, Pyotr Fomenko Workshop
Best large-format performance
- Best Supporting Actress - Irina Gorbacheva
The best large-format performance was “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” by the Pyotr Fomenko Workshop theater. The role of Elena in it is played by actress (and popular video blogger) Irina Gorbacheva, she received the award “Best Supporting Actress”.
This is not the first victory of the 27-year-old artist, behind whose ironic plots are Instagram watched by 1.8 million subscribers. Her arsenal includes the Golden Mask award and first prize at the Transbaikal International Film Festival.
The performance based on Shakespeare's comedy was staged by Macedonian director Ivan Popovski. He also received the Golden Mask and the KudaGo Award for it. Critics unanimously recognized the production as “outstanding, pivotal, full of hidden resources of theatricality.” The love affair here is sharp, dangerous, gambling, fantasy-boundless. “A Bed of Moss” is as cool as fresh sheets, the characters find and lose each other, suffer from jealousy and fear for love. All the action here is saturated with it, “both the sea and Homer” move with it...
“It’s not all Maslenitsa for the cat” on the stage “Under the Roof” of the Theater. Mossovet
Best small-form performance
- Best Supporting Actor - Stanislav Bondarenko
In a small form, the best was the production of Ostrovsky’s play “It’s not all Maslenitsa for the cat” on the stage “Under the Roof” of the Theater. Mossovet.
The leisurely life of the Moscow merchants of the 19th century, the “thick, real” Russian language around the conflict of poverty and wealth in one family. Director Viktor Shamirov miraculously, without changing either the ancient costumes or the author's text, made the plot relevant, witty, and energetic. The role of Hippolyte in this charming comedy was played by actor Stanislav Bondarenko. He was recognized as the winner in the category “Best Supporting Actor”.
- Best Director - Andrei KonchalovskyOn the big stage of the theater there is “The Cherry Orchard” directed by Andrei Konchalovsky, for this work he was recognized as the best director.
Chekhov's last comedy was written by a seriously ill writer as a testament to his descendants. And the director sensitively grasped this message and conveyed it to the audience. In the middle of the action, the screen lowers, on it, from under the playwright’s hand, lines appear from his letters to his wife and friends about how the play is written, and also about the hemoptysis that torments him while working, about the near end, which is not far off... The lines are biting, soulful, bitter. And these Chekhov manuscripts are more powerful than any digital technology. How strong and wise a terminally ill man was to finally write a comedy!
With this performance the director completed his triptych on the theater stage. In it, as in the previous ones - “Three Sisters” and “Uncle Vanya” - the leading roles are played by Yulia Vysotskaya.
"Rabbit Edward", RAMT
Best production for children and youth
The play "Rabbit Edward", staged at RAMT, became the best production for children and youth.
Director Ruzanna Movsesyan presented the Rabbit's journey as a path through the darkness of selfishness and selfishness through inner work to the desire to become closer to people, to accept life with all its beauty and difficulty, cruelty and tenderness.
“About my mother and about me”, Moscow Regional Youth Theater
Best Actress - Nonna Grishaeva
The prize for the best actress in the play “About My Mother and About Me” from the Moscow Regional Youth Theater was received by Nonna Grishaeva, the artistic director of this theater.
The story about the complex relationship between a mother during a midlife crisis and her teenage daughter is told in the language of school essays written by a girl. Plus unsuccessful first love and betrayal, attempts at self-affirmation and timid poems... This is a performance for children and parents, where you can laugh and cry, and better understand loved ones.
“The Dream of Reason”, Moscow Provincial Theater
Best Actor - Sergei Bezrukov
The award for best actor was awarded to Sergei Bezrukov for his role as Poprishchin in the play “The Dream of Reason”, Moscow Provincial Theater.
This phantasmagoria based on Gogol’s story “Notes of a Madman” was staged by the artist himself, who is also the artistic director of the theater. Bezrukov set the task of getting inside the hero, who is going crazy, and looking at his surroundings through his eyes. To become just as inferior, to live with his pain and fears. And ask yourself: who am I? Do I have the right to happiness? The performance turned out to be spectacular, entertaining, and tricky, like other productions of the Provincial Theater.
“Special People”, Theater on Malaya Bronnaya
- Best social project“The best social project” was the play “Special People” (Golomazov’s TOM in collaboration with the Center for Curative Pedagogy) about the life of children with disabilities in today’s world.
"Mademoiselle Nitouche", Theater named after. Vakhtangov
Highest grossing performance
- Stage legend - Vladimir Etush
“Mademoiselle Nitouche,” which has been on the stage of the Vakhtangov Theater since 2004, won the “Highest-grossing performance” category.
Vladimir Ivanov’s production is presented in the best traditions of Vakhtangov’s musical performances - “The Straw Hat”, “Ladies and Hussars”, “Princess Turandot” - where elegance and special charm coexist with songs, humor, and lively dances, creating a light, ironic style of acting. To the sounds of “live music,” the heroes go through all the vicissitudes of vaudeville intrigue and find their happiness.
People's Artist of the USSR Vladimir Etush plays in this theater. At the “Theatrical Star” - 2016 he was awarded the title “Stage Legend”.
This season, the actor can be seen in leading roles in the plays “Uncle’s Dream” and “Okaem’s Days.”
“Akhmatova. Poem without a hero", Gogol Center
Stage legend - Alla Demidova
Also, People's Artist of the Russian Federation Alla Demidova was awarded the title “Legend of the Stage”.
In December 2016, Alla Demidova presented the play “Akhmatova. A Poem Without a Hero,” staged by her in tandem with Kirill Serebrennikov. The actress, who “has no equal in the portrayal of intellectual reflection and spiritual obsession,” highlighted the deep background in the classic and conducts a conversation with the audience with all the ruthlessness, anger, and intelligent passion. The one-man show accurately and subtly conveys the flavor of that time, the layer of culture of an entire era. In the great words of the most significant and unsolved poetess of modernism from the lips of a truly legendary actress.
TENTH ANNIVERSARY CEREMONY
AWARDS OF THE THEATER STAR AWARD
State Academic Theater named after Evg. Vakhtangov
"Theatrical Star"- the only Russian award in the field of theatrical art that has the status Independent People's Choice Award. Over the 10 years of its existence, the Prize has become a symbol of unbiased assessment, fair victory and public recognition, because its laureates in 14 nominations are determined by online voting the largest jury- an audience of thousands. Public nominates and selects your favorite premiere works on the Prize’s internet portal www.teatral-online.ru/star. Traditionally, on the first Monday of December, the winners are announced at a ceremony based on voting results. The results sum up the theater season.
For ten ceremonies, “Theater Stars” received the award 122 laureates. Among the winners of the Prize in past years are such stars as Alisa Freundlikh, Yuri Yakovlev, Vladimir Zeldin, Oleg Basilashvili, Marina Golub, Svetlana Nemolyaeva, Mark Zakharov, Inna Churikova, Sergei Bezrukov, Evgeny Mironov, Yulia Peresild, Yuri Lyubimov, Valentin Gaft, Yuri Solomin , Elina Bystritskaya, Vera Vasilyeva Sergey Lazarev, and many other public favorites. The actress became the youngest winner of the “Theatrical Star” in 2009 Maria Andreeva, who at the age of 22 played Armande Bejar in the Maly Theater's play "Molière". She received the award in the “Rising Star” category (now does not exist). And the oldest winner in the history of “Theater Star” is the actress of the Theater. Vakhtangov Galina Konovalova, who played at the age of 96 a former artist of the imperial theaters.
Some of the “Theatrical Stars” nominations occupy a special place. For example, nomination "Best social project in the theater" established to support and promote socially oriented events in theaters. And to celebrate the sometimes unnoticed but significant work of theater directors, there has been a nomination for several years now “Favorite Theater (Best Director)”.
The geography of the award is expanding every year. So, last year, viewers of about 85 countries of the world, this is one third of the countries of the globe. After all, theater fans abroad can choose their "The best Russian theater abroad".
This year, the Directorate of Theater Stars established the First International Festival “The World of Russian Theater”. The project successfully launched at the end of May 2017 in Italy, where, at the invitation of Teatral, groups of Russian-language theaters from different countries gathered, including the winners of the Theater Star Award of previous years.
The most honorable nomination “Theatrical Stars” - "Legend of the stage." Its laureates are determined without audience voting by the editorial board of the Teatral magazine and approved Public Council of the Prize. Its members include Honored Masters of Sports of Russia Ilya Averbukh and Alina Kabaeva, Honored Coach of the USSR Valery Gazzaev, People's Artist of the USSR Alla Pugacheva, poet Larisa Rubalskaya, pilot-cosmonaut, Hero of Russia Oleg Skripochka and others. This year, People's Artists of the RSFSR will be awarded in the category "Legend of the Stage" Irina Miroshnichenko And Alexander Shirvindt.
The tenth anniversary ceremony of “Theatrical Stars” staged by the director Mikhail Rakhlin will carry out Alexander Zhigalkin And Eduard Radzyukevich.
The IX annual award was held Theater Star" Awards were presented in 15 categories. According to the editor-in-chief of the magazine, “ Theatergoer» Valeria Yakova this year almost 70 thousand people from all corners of the globe took part in the voting.
The presenters of the award were: The script was completely poetic, acutely social, full of irony, borderline jokes and daring metaphors. Pavel, however, periodically got confused and lost, but his partner Olga was always on top and easily helped out a colleague who had gotten lost in the wilds of the ceremony.
Nominations included both honoring individual honored theater ministers and entire theaters. The first of them, by the way, the most geographically remote, for “Best Russian Theater Abroad” was awarded to the founder and artistic director of “ Theater of Russian Classics"(Washington, USA), specially flown in from America. Then they were awarded for the “Best Social Project” - the play “ Special people", dedicated to the fate of autistic children in modern Russia. The director of this production, also concurrently, was the director of the ceremony itself "Theatrical Stars", but sincerely hoped from the stage that he won the nomination not through connections.
photo: Evgenia Nagapetyan
“The best performance for children and youth” was “ "theatre. Ruzanna Movsesyan, the director of the production wholeheartedly thanked from the stage the audience who voted for the performance and reminded that we should not forget that the theater exists primarily for the viewer, and not for experts, critics and advice.
Next is the small but confident triumph of the theater "" and the play "A Midsummer Night's Dream": the production not only became the winner in the category "Best Performance. Big Form”, but also brought a well-deserved award for “Best Supporting Actress” to the star not only of Instagram, but also of the stage -.
photo: Evgenia Nagapetyan
He won the Best Supporting Actor for his role as “Hippolytus” in the play “It’s not all Maslenitsa for the cat” at the theater. The same production was recognized by the audience as the most successful in the “Best Performance” category. Small form."
A special prize for the highest-grossing performance was given to the Vakhtangov Theater and its “Mademoiselle Nitouche,” which has been on stage for 12 years with sold-out crowds. Just the other day, the Vakhtangov theater will perform it for the 300th anniversary.
photo: Evgenia Nagapetyan
This year (based on numerous requests from readers), the Prize’s management introduced a new nomination - “Best work by a theater actor in cinema.” received an award for her work in the film "". In her acceptance speech, the actress shared with the guests and spectators of the ceremony her thoughts that for an actor in general, it doesn’t matter where to play - in films or on stage, and it makes no sense to compare or contrast these two areas: "I have mixed feelings. The fact is that all theater actors are endlessly asked the question: what do you like more - acting in films or in the theater? And we don’t know what to answer. We just play and that's it. It doesn't matter where this happens. And the main connoisseur is the viewer. The viewer comes with his own expectations: some will cry, some will laugh. We understand perfectly well that love can be blind. But if it doesn’t exist at all, then all our efforts are meaningless. Thanks to everyone who came up with and implemented this project. This award is a sign of great respect for those who buy tickets and come to the hall every day.”
Two works of the actors of the film "" - and competed with each other for the right to be winners in the nomination "Best male work of a theater actor in cinema", they were joined for the role of a photographer in the film "". Danila Kozlovsky, the favorite of spectators (or rather female spectators) of all ages, won a convincing victory: “ Thanks to the director who had the dream of making this movie. It took him a long time to get there, despite various technical difficulties. He made this movie. Working on the film was a memorable and wonderful time. And, of course, thanks to every viewer who cast their vote.”
photo: Evgenia Nagapetyan
She was recognized as the best actress (with a minimal margin from her closest competitor) for her role in the play “About My Mom and Me.” Best Actor - for his portrayal of Poprishchin in “The Dream of Reason.” Sergei, by the way, is one of the few nominees who received the award without being in the hall; the actor got in touch with the hosts of the ceremony via a teleconference from the city of Tomsk, where he is currently on tour.
The award in the “Favorite Theater” category is traditionally given to directors, since theater is not only a repertoire, but also comfort, technical equipment and even a buffet, not to mention a clothes rack. The Bolshoi Theater and its director became the leader of the audience's online voting Vladimir Urin, who delivered perhaps one of the most touching speeches of the ceremony, completely dedicated to his wife.
Viewers voted the best director in 2016 for his production of “The Cherry Orchard” in. According to the voting results, he was ahead of his rivals (“Machine Muller”, “
The IX ceremony of awarding the winners of the “Theater Star” award took place in Moscow. In the category “Best Performance. Big Form" was nominated for victory by the productions "The House That Swift Built" (Pushkin Theatre), "Pushkin's Fairy Tales" (Theater of Nations) and "A Midsummer Night's Dream" (Pyotr Fomenko Workshop).
The performance by Ivan Popovski was declared the winner. "A dream in a summer night" based on a comedy by William Shakespeare.
There was a fierce competition in the “Best Actress” category. They even had to include four, not three, actresses on the shortlist. The category included: Nonna Grishaeva (“About My Mother and Me”, Moscow Regional Youth Theater), Ingeborga Dapkunaite (“Idiot”, Theater of Nations), Elena Podkaminskaya (“Dog in the Manger”, Theater of Satire) and Evgenia Simonova (“Russian novel, Mayakovsky Theater). Won victory Nonna Grishaeva.
Job Sergei Bezrukov, who played Poprishchin in “The Dream of Reason” (Moscow Provincial Theater), received the most votes in the “Best Actor” category. The category also featured the roles of Igor Mirkurbanov (Athos, The Musketeers, Moscow Art Theater) and Konstantin Raikin (Skorokhodov, The Man from the Restaurant, Satyricon).
to the performance "Every day is not Sunday", staged last season by Viktor Shamirov on the Small Stage of the Theater. Mossovet, the audience won the nomination “Best Performance. Small form." This production was ahead of “Three Sisters” by Timofey Kulyabin (Novosibirsk “Red Torch”) and “Chekhov” by Georgy Dolmazyan (MOST Theater).
Recognized as the best director Andrei Konchalovsky. Just a few votes down by Konchalovsky, who staged “The Cherry Orchard” at the Theater last season. Mossovet, ahead of Kirill Serebrennikov (“Machine Muller”, “Gogol Center”) and Lev Dodin (“Hamlet”, Maly Drama Theater - Theater of Europe).
Actor MDT - Theater of Europe Danila Kozlovsky Based on the results of online audience voting, he was recognized as the best theater actor who played in a movie. He was awarded the award for his role in Nikolai Lebedev’s film “Crew”.
In the nomination “Best Supporting Actor” the majority of votes from the audience were given to Stanislav Bondarenko for the role of Ippolit in the play of the Theater. Mossovet “It’s not all Maslenitsa for the cat” (directed by Viktor Shamirov).
The actress from “Pyotr Fomenko’s Workshop” won the nomination “Best Supporting Actress” Irina Gorbacheva, who played Elena in the play A Midsummer Night's Dream.
The play was named the best production for children and youth "Rabbit Edward", staged at RAMT by Ruzanna Movsesyan.
In the category “Stage Legend” the prize was given to Alla Demidova And Vladimir Etush.
