N.V. Gogol Moscow Theatre
About the company:
Born in 1925, the Theatre of Drama and Comedy under the direction of K.N. Golovanov was called upon to serve a large army of railway workers. 1930 - The theater was transferred to the Head of the People's Commissariat of the RSFSR. 1931 – The Theatre was taken into full jurisdiction of the Central Committee of the railway transport trade union and renamed the Moscow Transport Theatre (MOSTT) at the Central Committee of Railways in 1934 – The artistic management of the theater takes Moscow Art Theatre-2. In April 1935, the theater was named after N.V. Gogol in honor of the 150th anniversary of the writer’s birth. What wonderful actors and directors the stage remembers! Alexey Krasnopolsky, Lyudmila Skopina, Viktor Khokryakov, Boris Chirkov, Emilia Milton, Igor Smyslovsky, Vladimir Samoilov, Tamara Chernyshev, the role of Shelmenko - the denier was played here by Leonid Utesov! In 1939, the theatre was renamed the Central Transport Theatre. The main director is People's Artist of the RSFSR I. V. Petrov. 1941-1943 - Theatre performances in the Trans-Baikal Military District and in Mongolia. 1943 - The Theatre was given a building on the street. Kazakova, 8 "a." 1948 - Theatre was headed by People's Artist of the RSFSR I.Ya. Sudakov. 1953-1958 - Chief Director of the theater - Honored Artist of the RSFSR V. A. Goldfeld. 1958 – The main director of the theater becomes Honored Artist of the RSFSR P.P. Vasiliev. 1961-1965 - Chief Director of the theater - Honored Artist of the RSFSR A. L. Dunayev. 1965 – The theater was headed by People’s Artist of the RSFSR B. G. Golubovsky. 1987 - Artistic Director of the theater - People's Artist of the Russian Federation S. I. Yashin.