Moscow State Musical Theatre under the direction of Gennady Chikhachev

Idea. Coveted, daring, insane: to create a theater, your theater, musical theater. With like-minded actors, with an interesting repertoire, with their audience, within the walls of their own building. When a dream is born in a fiery and restless heart, it has no choice but to gradually begin to come true. An inexhaustible storehouse of creative energy is the Musical Theater under the guidance of the main dreamer, visionary and storyteller Gennady Chikhachev. Created by him in 1987. The theater-studio immediately attracted attention with bold, unexpected names: “Intergirl” – a show performance that soon became a bestseller, vaudeville “Only hussars love this!..”, which still occupies an honorable place in the repertoire of the theater, as well as naive, good fairy tales written by Chikhachev himself: “The evil intent of Baba Yaga”, “The Koschei of the Immortal”, “The Unknown One in the Country of Kolyucheks” and many others. The theater, without its own building, toured the entire former Soviet Union - from Brest to Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, from Tambov to Almaty, conquering a great many theatrical hearts. Sincerity, youth, optimism. At this time, the backbone of the theater began to form: talented, obsessed, loyal people. Honored artists of Russia Tatiana Petrova and Vladlen Mikhalkova, namely with them began theatrical chronology, are known and loved by today's audience. The repertoire of the Theatre was quickly replenished with new interesting performances. The musical fairy tale “Well, Wolf, wait!”, the musical “Golden Chicken”, performances for adults: “The Great Love of Catherine the Great”, “Mirandolin” and others saw the light. It seemed that the dream had begun to come true. But, as you know, the dream must be managed, otherwise it will rush instantly and irrevocably. In the strong hands of the artistic director, director, Honored Artist of Russia, Professor Gennady Chikhachev, the Theatre is steadily growing and developing. In 1994. The theater became a state theater. The appearance of his orchestra made it possible to realize another dream - about musical theater. This is where the talent of the director and his assistants played in all ways! In the endless musical ocean, a whole scatter of amazing islets appeared: the musicals “Stone Flower”, “Don Cesar de Bazan”, “Cinderella”, the performance-concert “Only Love!”, etc. An amazing troupe was formed in the Theatre, which included singers and dramatic actors: Natalia Zamniborshch, Evgenia Korneva, Kirill Khmelevsky, Evgeny Bashlykov, Lyudmila Polyanskaya, Vyacheslav Amosov, Honored Worker of Culture of Russia Oksana Kuchmenko, Denis Kovalenko, etc. The main creative principles of the Theatre are born, which later became its life credo: the artist of the musical theater is not only a first-class vocalist, but also a deep dramatic actor. The formation of psychological musical theater is taking place, a phenomenon quite unique in the modern musical world. New creative forces flock to the Theatre as a saving beacon. With the appearance of the chief conductor Vladimir Yankovsky shone new jewels in the musical box of the Theater: the show-performance “Give you an operetta!”, the children’s opera “Teremok”, awarded with the diploma of the International Festival “Revived Tale”; the children’s F. Legar (the operetta “Escape to the country of the Bezdelovki”), the sparkling musical comedy A. Kulygin “Marriage Balzaminov”. The so-called small symphony orchestra was formed from 36 musicians-graduates of the Moscow Conservatory and other musical universities of the capital. It became possible to implement the cherished plans of the director. The latest premieres of the Theatre – the operetta of A. Kulygin “Without Guilt the Guilty” and the Russian musical of A. Zhurbin “The Humiliated and Humiliated” amaze with the skill of execution, the depth of psychological characteristics, unexpected directorial decisions. The success of these productions was also the arrival of new talented artists to the Theatre: Honored Artist of Russia Vasily Ovcharov, laureate of the international competition of operetta artists Elena Sokolova, Lyudmila Gorodetskaya, Alexei Gorodetsky, Dmitry Pivovarov, etc. Of course, it was not without envy and anger. Fortunately, already in the past and the time of the homeless existence of the theater, and the terrible fire, finally found the building. Now you realize that this was probably a test of the durability of the dream itself, its right to exist. Now the theater has its own home - native and cozy. In 2003. The theater became a member of the Association of Musical Theatres of Russia, which, in turn, became a member of the International Institute of Theatre. Today, the Theatre, located on the outskirts of the capital, attracts spectators from all corners of Moscow. The musical theater under the leadership of Gennady Chikhachev became a frequent and welcome guest of festivals and many theater events. The central press of the capital writes about the theater, many talented artists dream of getting into its troupe. Dream come true? No way! After all, the road of Creation is endless, the realization of one dream entails the birth of a new, even more desirable and impossible. In 2007, the Theatre turned 20 years old! It is clear that the most important thing is yet to come!