2017 at the theater

• April 9 - The Royal Albert Hall ( London ) hosted the Lawrence Olivier Award Ceremony, a triumph of which was the two-part play “ Harry Potter and the Cursed Child ”, setting a record of 9 awards received. ^[one]
• April 19 - laureates of the Golden Mask Award for 2016 were announced in Moscow.
• June 11 - The 71st Tony Award Ceremony was held at the Radio City Music Hall ( New York ) Concert Hall, where the musical Dear Evan Hansen won 6 awards and the Theater Award was awarded to James Earl Jones .
• October 18 - The Bridge Theater opened, the first commercial theater in London in 80 years, the building of which was specially built for the theater company. ^[2]

Stages ^{[3] [4]}

• January - premiere at the Taganka Theater of the play "Sweeney Todd, a barber maniac from Fleet Street."
• January 1 - premiere at the Moskvarium of the New Year musical The Lost World.
• January 2 - the premiere in the Luzhniki complex of the New Year's concert show "The Disney Magic Constellation".
• March - premiere at the Moscow Art Theater of the play " Dragon " based on the play by E. L. Schwartz.
• Premiere at the Et Cetera Theater of the play “The Examiner ” based on the play by N. V. Gogol.
• April 27 - Premiere of the play " Ferryman " by Jester Butterworth at the Royal Court Theater ( West End , London ), directed by Sam Mendes ^[5]
• April - premiere at the Studio of theatrical art of the play “ Master and Margarita ” based on the novel by M. A. Bulgakov.
• June 1 - premiere at the Helikon-Opera of the play “Chaadsky” based on the play “ Woe from Wit ” by A. S. Griboedov.
• July 8, Moscow - at the Bolshoi Theater the decision of the management suddenly canceled the premiere of the ballet " Nureyev ", scheduled for July 11. The event caused a great public outcry ^[6] . The performance was released five months later, on December 9 and 10, 2017 ^[7] .
• September 14, St. Petersburg - restoration of the first production of the ballet “ Cinderella ” of 1945 , Mikhailovsky Theater . Choreography by Rostislav Zakharov , edited by Mikhail Messerer , set design and costumes by Vyacheslav Okunev based on sketches by Peter Williams . First performers: Cinderella - Anastasia Soboleva, Prince - Victor Lebedev.

Died

• January 7, Edirne - Refik Erduran , Turkish playwright, columnist and writer.
• January 27, Paris - Emmanuelle Riva , French film and theater actress
• February 4, Moscow - Georgy Taratorkin , theater and film actor, People's Artist of the RSFSR (1984), President of the Golden Mask Association.
• February 6
  • New York - Irwin Corey , American comedian, film and theater actor
  • London - Alec McCohen, British film and theater actor, commander of the Order of the British Empire
• February 15, Mexico - Jose Sole, Mexican theater actor and director
• February 21, Paris - Jean-Pierre Jaurry, French actor
• February 25, Marrakech - Hassan Al-Undi, Moroccan film and theater actor
• March 5, Cologne - Kurt Moll , German opera singer
• March 8, Moscow - Dmitry Evgenievich Mezhevich , Russian theater actor
• March 9 - Jane Freeman (Shirley Ann Peters), Welsh actress
• March 16 - Roberta Nee, American Opera Singer
• March 18, San Antonio, TX - Tricia Brown , American dancer and choreographer.
• March 22, Prague - Helena Stahova, Czech theater actress and director, director and artistic director of the Speibl and Hurvinek Theater
• March 25, New York - Sheila Bond, American actress
• May 13, Moscow - Anatoly Borzov , dancer, choreographer, teacher and choreographer, professor; soloist of the Ensemble Igor Moiseev .
• June 2, St. Petersburg - , ballet dancer and choreographer, soloist of the Mariinsky Theater.
• September 11, London - Peter Hall , British theater and film director, founder of the Royal Shakespeare Company .
• September 24, Paris - Gisele Casadesus , French actress, artist "Comedie Francaise".
• October 6 - Duren Ralphy May , American stand - up comedian and actor .
• November 22, London - Dmitry Hvorostovsky , opera singer, People's Artist of Russia (1995).

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