Overview
- The theatre’s press office confirmed all scheduled performances have been replaced and the show is now in the archive.
- Artistic director Evgeny Pisarev said Alentova chose the play and contributed key staging and costume ideas, so the production will not continue with a new lead.
- 'Madam Rubinstein' premiered in February 2022 at the Pushkin Theatre, directed by Pisarev and based on a play by Australian dramatist John Misto.
- A video recording of the production was made this season for possible screenings in cinemas, with details to be announced by the theatre.
- Alentova, 83, fell ill on December 25 during a colleague’s memorial and later died; a public farewell was held on December 29 before her burial at Novodevichy Cemetery beside her husband, director Vladimir Menshov.