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Moscow Art Theater

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noun

  1. a Russian theatrical company founded in 1898 principally by Konstantin Stanislavski and famous for its naturalistic acting.


Etymology

Origin of Moscow Art Theater

Translation of Russian Moskóvskiĭ Khudózhestvennyĭ teátr

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Its plot, which unfurls between Moscow Art Theater performances in Chicago, examines and questions how art is navigated within world events and politics.

From New York Times • Dec. 20, 2023

She also spent a semester in Russia, taking classes at the Moscow Art Theater School.

From New York Times • Oct. 11, 2011

Working with the famous Moscow Art Theater, Bulgakov inevitably tangled with censors, leading him to turn directly to Stalin for permission to remain at the theater, a request that the Great Leader granted.

From Newsweek

The greatest in tradition and still richest in performance is the famous Moscow Art Theater.

From Time Magazine Archive

Much of this subtly simple story is told through leisured close-ups of faces so well cast, in the Moscow Art Theater tradition, that they embody nations, passions, methods, doubts, like great restrained cartoons.

From Time Magazine Archive

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