Stalin's Master Class
Schedule
Wed Apr 03 2024 at 08:00 pm to 10:00 pm
Location
2055 S Sepulveda Blvd, Los Angeles, CA, United States, California 90025 | Culver City, CA
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Written by David Pownall and directed by Ron SossiBritish playwright David Pownall imagines a chilling encounter in which composers Sergei Prokofiev and Dmitri Shostakovich are subjected to the rant and bullying of Josef Stalin and Andrei Zhdanov, Stalin’s self-important cultural commissar. Stalin and Zhdanov, reveal anti-democratic, formalist musical tendencies, alien to the Soviet people and their artistic tastes. Music that could make a whole population sick! Should one start writing music in the style ordered by the Master, or should one continue to do as one pleases, and risk death? It is January 1948, somewhere in the Kremlin. There is a piano, vodka of course, and peanuts…
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Previews
April 3 – 5 at 8pm
Opening Night
April 6 at 8pm
Performances
Wednesday, April 17 & May 15 at 8pm
Friday, April 12, 19, 26; May 3, 10, 17, 24 at 8pm
Saturday April 13, 20, 27; May 4, 11, 18, 25 at 8pm
Sunday April 7, 14, 21, 28; May 5, 12, 19. 26 at 2pm
Post Show Discussions
Wednesday, April 17, May 15
Friday, April 26,
Sunday, May 5
Pay-What-You-Can & Wine Night Fridays
Enjoy complimentary wine and snacks with the cast after the show.
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Where is it happening?
2055 S Sepulveda Blvd, Los Angeles, CA, United States, California 90025, 2055 S Sepulveda Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90025-5621, United States,Los Angeles, California, Culver CityEvent Location & Nearby Stays: