Rostov Academic Drama Theater named after M. Gorky
Russia, Rostov-on-Don, p. Theatre, 1
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Rostov Academic Drama Theater named after M. Gorky is the largest drama theater in Rostov-on-Don.
The building of the theater, located on the Theatre Square, was built in 1935 according to the project of architects V. A. Shchuko and V. G. Gelfreich, the construction was led by A. M. Stambler. The theater building was restored after the war only in 1963.
The theatre looks like a tractor. The building is included in the list of masterpieces of the Constructivist era, so, for example, in the London Museum of the History of Architecture, Russia is represented by two models: the Cathedral of Basil the Blessed and the Rostov Drama Theater named after M. Gorky. Such famous architects as Le Corbusier and Oscar Niemeyer called the Rostov Theatre a pearl of Soviet architecture.
In the building of the theater there are three stages: A large hall with 1,165 seats, a small hall with 300 seats and an experimental stage with 70 seats. In addition, the theater operates ART Gallery, where exhibitions and sales of works of art, and ART Cafe "Theater Square No. 1".
On the stage of the Rostov Academic Drama Theater named after M. Gorky, such famous artists played as: Rostislav Plyatt, Aristarkh Livanov, Zinaida Zorich, Nikolai Mordvinov, Georgy Martirosyan, Igor Livanov, Elena Korikova.