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Nina Berberova’s “The Waiter And The Slut” will be the second short story featured in the evening. Berberova fled Russia in 1922 to Paris with her lover, the poet Vladislav Khodassevitch. There, she became part of the “white” émigré world, where she could neither forget the country she escaped from or assimilate into the Parisian way of life. Similarly, the characters in her stories are often people without a country. Whether they are prostitutes, clerks, doormen or servants, they seem to live among the ghosts of the past, longing for vague dreams they half-heartedly believe in. In Berberova’s raw and searing “The Waiter And The Slut”, Tania, the daughter of a St. Petersburg big-shot, now finds herself in Paris, where her husband dies in a mental hospital and she is reduced to surviving on meals paid for by male admirers. As she turns older, her admirers grow more grotesque, and she soon finds herself trapped in a devastating affair with a waiter—a man she soon grows to hate. Tickets for the first week have sold out. Reserve your seat now at link in bio! #НинаБерберова #Лакейидевка
Иван Бунин/ В Париже Ivan Bunin is the first Russian to win the Noble Prize in Literature, and author of the short story “In Paris”. Arriving in July will be the stage adaptation of this achingly beautiful love story, directed by Aleksey Burago. It was common that Paris in the 1920’s-1930’s was full of former Russian grand dukes working as doormen or waiters, princesses sewing or modelling for the rag trade and taxis driven by former White officers. “In Paris” tells the brief and bittersweet encounter of an ex-general of the old imperial army and Olga Alexandrovna, a young woman now working as a waitress in a Russian restaurant. Upon a chance meeting, they momentarily find a sense of home in each other’s arms. Information about the show can be found at www.russiantheater.org
Thank you to @nycmayor DeBlasio for recognizing The Russian Arts Theater And Studio in Russian-Heritage Month at the beautiful Gracie Mansion. We look forward to continuing our work for both the Russian-speaking community and those who love Russian literature!
A few sneak peeks at BUNIN/BERBEROVA : IN PARIS/THE WAITER & THE SLUT, a story of immigrants, fallen aristocrats and love. Adapted by Fred Pezzulli and directed by Aleksey Burago, this show will play at Pushkin Hall in July. Russian friends and Russian literature lovers will readily know the Nobel Prize-winning Ivan Bunin and his achingly beautiful short story “In Paris”—a story about the brief and bittersweet encounter of an ex-general of the old imperial army and Olga Alexandrovna, a young woman now working as a waitress in a Russian restaurant. Upon a chance meeting, they momentarily find a sense of home in each other’s arms. However, fewer have heard of Russian émigré writer Nina Berberova, past professor of literature at Princeton and Yale University, and author of the second short story in the evening—“The Waiter And The Slut” (лакей и девка). Berberova fled from Russia and moved to Paris and later, Berlin, where she wrote stories of émigrés who are unable to escape from the past, and spend their new lives battling sickness, searching for afforable apartments and waiting in pawn shops. In "The Waiter and the Slut," Tania, the daughter of a St. Petersburg big-shot, now finds herself in Paris, where her husband dies in a mental hospital and she is reduced to surviving on meals paid for by male admirers. As she turns older, her admirers grow more grotesque, and she soon finds herself trapped in a devastating and searing affair with a waiter—a man she soon grows to hate. We hope you will come and experience their gripping stories at Pushkin Hall. The first week has sold out, but the remaining five nights have tickets available at www.russiantheater.org!
Next up at The Russian Arts Theater and Studio is Nina Berberova’s The Waiter And The Slut and Ivan Bunin’s In Paris! Tickets are now on sale at www.russiantheater.org!
The Seagull will play its final three performances this week: tomorrow, Friday and Saturday at 8PM! Don’t miss your last chance to see this critically-acclaimed show at Pushkin Hall! Come out to the Upper West Side and enjoy an evening of Anton Chekhov! Tickets at link in bio!
An incredible semester of Russian Theater Lab concludes tonight! Thank you everyone for your beautiful work! Missing students who couldn’t be here. Looking forward to seeing you next semester.