| For two days in a row, on April 23 and 24, the premiere of Yuri Lyubimov’s “Fairy Tales” was played at Taganka - this is how the theater he created celebrated the 45th anniversary. There were no special celebrations, speeches or offerings; in the tradition of this theater, the main news and surprise was always the performance. But the festive audience, of course, wanted to somehow express their admiration and gratitude to the legendary theater. So when 91-year-old Lyubimov, before the start of the performance, literally ran into the hall to his director’s table, from where he sets the rhythm of the action with the help of a flashlight (all this is described in many studies and memoirs), the audience stood up in one movement and began to applaud. To this, Yuri Petrovich, coming up to the stage for a minute, said with his usual mocking intonation: “Previously, this square was distinguished only by a prison and punks. Then I studied at a college, but they didn’t take me anywhere else - my dad was deprived. Well, now they say that there is a theater on this square.” And he added: “Thank you for the advance, we won’t let you down, we’ll try to make it decent.” There were already trampolines on the stage, and young artists, dressed in shorts and T-shirts - sports uniforms designed by Rustam Khamdamov - were preparing to tell four sad tales. (Read the review of the play “Fairy Tales” in Vremya Novostei, April 16.)
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