Mayakovsky and Stalin

11/10/2019

Thank you so much, NYC, for letting us call this beautiful place home for our run. We thank you for your presence, your attention and your heart. It was the experience of a lifetime. Onward.

11/08/2019

Ah, poets. Life is so much more interesting with a poet or two in the house. We begin our *final* weekend of performances in the beautiful and hope to see you there. www.cherrylanetheatre.org

11/06/2019

Our Michelle Azar, who plays the intriguing Masha, will soon be busy performing her own one-woman show at the Skirball Cultural Center, November 19. Be sure to see what our amazing cast is up to next! Tickets for Michelle's show are available at www.skirball.org

11/06/2019

(He had like fifty servants and sycophants with him. Or psychopaths. On his little jaunts to the sea and the woods.) Glamping by Stalin ends this weekend at the Cherry Lane Theatre. Come sit by the fire.
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11/04/2019

Where would any of us be without our stupid, futurist friends? Grab yours and come spend an evening with Mayakovsky and Stalin, a presentation of "complex, verbally dense theater" that will have you discussing it for days. We have packed houses for this limited run at the Cherry Lane Theatre, so don't wait. Only *TWO* weekends left. Tickets at www.cherrylandtheatre.org

11/03/2019

RUN—don't walk—to get your tickets for the final weekend of Mayakovsky and Stalin at the Cherry Lane Theatre. This intense, dense, verbal torrent has been playing to sold out crowds and we're not going to stop now. See you for the finish, and good luck to all the marathoners today.
Tickets at www.cherrylanetheatre.org

More than 50,000 runners will take to the streets of New York on Sunday for the 2019 New York City Marathon. In professional terms, it is the first major marathon event since Eliud Kipchoge redefined what can be done over 26...

10/30/2019

This steely, multifaceted performance of Stalin by Maury Sterling will make you sit up straight. We have *just two* more weekends of performances before the theatre will be invaded by another production, so grab your comrades and get your tickets now. www.cherrylanetheatre.org

10/27/2019

A most thoughtful review by Steve Mentz, Professor of English at St. John’s University and keeper of the site "TheBookfish." He writes "Mednick’s play makes explicit connections between the fervor of revolutionary Russia and his own ferment in the American 1960s, when he collaborated with Sam Shepherd and Ed Harris." We'll take it. Tickets for this limited, extraordinary engagement at the Cherry Lane Theatre >> www.cherrylanetheatre.org

Mayakovsky and Stalin at Cherry Lane Theatre October 21, 2019 by Steve Mentz What would it feel like to rule the world? To believe that your own ordinary embodied body lay atop of history’s moving current, guiding the flow of revolution, so that everything that happens, happens to you, because of ...

10/25/2019

Masha, the devoted maid—played by Michelle Azar and Nadya, Stalin’s (much younger) second wife, portrayed by Jennifer Cannon , having a moment. Nadya Alliluyeva was an enigma. A chemistry student. A mother. Perhaps a troublemaker? You decide. We're charging into the weekend performances with focus and firepower. Come join the revolution. www.cherrylanetheatre.org

10/23/2019

From , an interview with our Playwright and Director and actress who plays Lily Brik.

Сталин и Надежда Аллилуева. Маяковский и Лиля Брик. Две пары. Странности любви. Два самоубийства. Об этом – пьеса американского драматурга Мюррея Медника «Маяковск...

10/21/2019

THANK YOU, NYC for the warmest welcome and a sold out Premiere weekend! Our hearts are full and we are so grateful for audiences who appreciate this work by the amazing . 🙏
Tickets for this limited run >> cherrylanetheatre.org