The musical Oliver Twist at the Sats Theater. The play is the life and extraordinary adventures of Oliver Twist. Viewer reviews of the musical Oliver Twist

annastorm
"Oliver Twist" musical at the Natalia Sats Theater
My impressions. I was amazed by the scale of the production. There are many actors involved. So there are more than 20 children on stage. The impression of the performance is enhanced by live music performed by a whole orchestra. Bright costumes and literally a city on stage. But this is more of an opera than a musical, because here more is given to vocals than to stage action. I felt like the transitions between scenes weren't entirely smooth. And the performance of the main performer, Oliver Twist, was disappointing. Only later, when I came home, I saw in the program that this role was played by a girl ( Natasha Kaidalova). And I kept wondering why Oliver seemed to be ashamed of something. But the Artful Dodger played his role perfectly. Of the adult actors, I really liked Harry’s voice. Vyacheslav Leontyev. And he distinguished himself with the most striking acting performance Alexander Tsilinko who played the role of Fagin. This is probably a wonderful performance to introduce a child to this famous work by Charles Dickens

julia_lambert

We were in this theater for the first time, but for some reason it seems to me that we will definitely return here. Everything here is permeated with the sounds of amazing music. It is she who conveys all the emotions, feelings and experiences that the actors need to go through. In the musical, the main roles are played by children who are students of the Children's Theater Studio. The way they play so talentedly, it’s clear that they are doing what they love. The role of Oliver Twist on this day was played by Natasha Kaidalova. We sat on the 2nd row of the stalls and in front of us was an orchestra pit with musicians. In general, I am sensitive to performances that feature live music. After all, it is she who creates the atmosphere.

lia_777
"The Life and Extraordinary Adventures of Oliver Twist"
This is one of the best musicals that I have seen lately, it touches the soul, time stops and only the boys in rags remain on stage and you, with your experiences in the hall. I really love Russian musicals. First of all, because music and text written for the native language are combined much more harmoniously than translated ones, in which the text needs to be pushed into the framework of a certain meaning and rhythm, while the rhyme is often lame. The music for "The Life and Extraordinary Adventures of Oliver Twist" was written by a modern composer Alexander Tchaikovsky, and the libretto and poems - Lev Yakovlev. On youtube There are several videos that will help you appreciate the beauty of this union.

ya_bulichka
I'll be myself
And so, with the first sounds of the orchestra, he appears... An ordinary boy, of which there are many. Many here will begin to argue that he is not an ordinary orphan, but an unlucky, poor orphan. But I don’t agree with you here. How many ordinary boys do we have in our country who, even with a full complement of parents, remain orphans at heart? Orphans, the importance of whose opinions no one notices, children whose wishes are of no interest to anyone. So poor souls rush around in search of love and affection, but often they end up in the wrong company, oh, the wrong one... It’s very difficult to break a child’s faith in miracles and sincere kindness, but if you try for a long time, it’s probably possible. But if we just take it and believe that these children are good, that all children are good, until we ourselves convince them otherwise...
But Oliver was lucky: after a two-hour musical performance, his song was finally heard, they believed him, and he was not condemned, contrary to the wishes of the merciless masses of people. Lucky, no matter how lucky everyone is in this life. Mister Dickens is useful to re-read sometimes, but certainly for adults. Children already know all this. And now there is an opportunity to hear Oliver’s voice from the theater stage. Almost London, almost 19th century. And children, may the adult famous actors forgive me, children are always good, they play better and more sincerely, and they love and live the same way, they want to shout from the audience: - I believe!

pri_morochka
"The Life and Extraordinary Adventures of Oliver Twist"
Of course, the story of Charles Dickens, written 150 years ago, is not simple and touches on very serious topics: orphanhood, betrayal, friendship, loneliness, love, and I understood that Matvey would still have questions and not everything was yet accessible to his understanding. But a question is already a path to finding an answer. We were transported to the streets of London, noisy, hectic, dangerous. How not to get lost in a big city, among adults? And can adults be trusted? And what can a boy who is just choosing his path rely on? There are quite a few dark and even cruel scenes in the play; in my opinion, the theme of violence could have been conveyed somewhat softer. I would like to especially admire the children’s performance; in general, it’s a real joy to see children on stage, so talented, with beautiful voices and enthusiastic. Many boys were played by girls, but if we had sat further away from the stage, I definitely wouldn’t have noticed it! I especially remember the Artful Dodger, and Matvey said that he liked Oliver the most.

mbl_chertyata
"The Life and Extraordinary Adventures of Oliver Twist"
The musical turned out to be a new and very difficult genre for us, but nevertheless interesting. And even though Yegor, due to his age, did not understand most of the musical parts, he clearly grasped the storyline. He watched the first act without stopping, afraid to even move and miss something. If everything is clear with my son’s impressions of the performance, then with me everything is a little more complicated. From the title of the play, “The Life and Incredible Adventures of Oliver Twist,” I was expecting a story about the life and adventures of a little boy. But in the end I just saw life without any special adventures, and in general it seemed to me that the story about life was somehow crumpled without smooth transitions between plots. The most powerful, perhaps, was the beginning and the part of the “voice” of Oliver’s mother. The performance of the actor who played Oliver is not particularly bright, and in some places even secondary. His figure simply indicated that the entire plot of the play was built around him, but, in fact, he is not the main character in himself. The same cannot be said about the Artful Dodger, a boy opposite in character to Oliver. He really is a person. Much the same can be said about each of the “Mazurks”, although they didn’t have any personal performances - they are a gang of street kids whom you believe and are not really eager to meet with them on the streets of old London.

g_rybins
Love Kills
This time I had to plunge into the world of the ancient baroque Spanish opera - zarzuela called "Love Kills", written by Juan Hidalgo de Polanco on the text of the great Pedro Calderon de la Barca “Celos aun del aire matan”.
Before the start of the action, we heard the voices of baroque trumpets, sakbuts (baroque ancestors of modern trombones) and a drum. Instead of a bell, the musicians, standing on the balcony, attracted the audience to the performance with inviting sounds, playing “Fanfare”, which was written by the Spanish composer and Franciscan monk Antonio Martin y Col (1650-1734). They were conducted by one of Europe's finest authentic musicians, Baroque harpist Andrew Lawrence-King. After applauding the musicians, we entered the hall. The reigning personage, the Spanish Queen, solemnly floated in front of us, and the action began.
The plot is a mixture of high and low: here are goddesses, nymphs, noble heroes, the selfish servant Clarin, and the commoner, the comic hero Rustico, who, moreover, is transformed by the goddess Diana into various animals. There is a mixture of the comic and the tragic: from the scenes of Rustico, turned into a dog, and to the death of the heroes in love with the subsequent moralité.

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My son has not yet seen the musical, and the story is good and famous, so it was nice that we were invited.

March 19, Sunday turned out to be gray and rainy. An ideal day to plunge into the vibrant world of theatre. At the entrance we met Alena mbl_chertyata with Egor and they kept us company, thank you. The spectators are greeted from the balconies by the characters of the musical. This is a theater tradition, and for us it was a novelty, but how pleasant it was. I’ll say right away that I haven’t read any reviews about the theater or the performance. And the strangest thing is probably that we didn’t read the work either. Therefore, this is a first, fresh impression.

A postman bear greets children in the hall.

While waiting for the performance, you can admire the birds in a golden cage.

Multi-colored parrots live here

Fairytale walls all around

And a wonderful, wonderful wooden knight with a horse

The theater halls are very spacious and despite the large number of children and adults there are no crowds. True, there are a lot of temptations for children in the form of ice cream, toys and lotteries.

And the bell rings and we enter the hall. We had seats 41-42 in the amphitheater, row 8 on the right. The view was great, the scene was in full view. I noticed for the future that there are practically no bad seats in the theater.

Before the performance, Roxana Nikolaevna Sats made an opening speech. Children whose parents died defending our country were invited to this performance.

And then the curtain rises and we are already in London in the 19th century. What is this story about? This is the story of the life of an orphan boy, Oliver Twist, who was left completely alone from birth. Life did not spare him. At birth he lived in an orphanage, where he was starved, then he ended up in a funeral home, where he was supposed to become a mourner, and then he met street thieves - mazuricks. But nothing could “spoil” Oliver and in every situation he remained, first and foremost, a human being. Oliver has some kind of natural nobility and, feeling this, good people are drawn to him. It is thanks to them that the story has a good ending - the boy finds a family where he is loved.

The story is both sad and very kind.

My impressions. I was amazed by the scale of the production. There are many actors involved. So there are more than 20 children on stage. The impression of the performance is enhanced by live music performed by a whole orchestra. Bright costumes and literally a city on stage. But this is more of an opera than a musical, because here more is given to vocals than to stage action. I felt like the transitions between scenes weren't entirely smooth. And the performance of the main performer, Oliver Twist, was disappointing. Only later, when I came home, I saw in the program that this role was played by a girl (Natasha Kaidalova). And I kept wondering why Oliver seemed to be ashamed of something. But the Artful Dodger played his role perfectly. Of the adult actors, I really liked the voice of Garria performed by Vyacheslav Leontyev. And the most striking acting performance was distinguished by Alexander Tsilinko, who played the role of Fagin. The action is a little long, 2 hours 30 minutes with an intermission, but the children watch with interest. This is probably a wonderful performance to introduce a child to this famous work by Charles Dickens

Son's impressions. I liked it very much. Especially the acting of Oliver and the Mazuryks. I liked that everyone sang, although I didn’t understand everything.

On my own behalf, I will say that, surprisingly, my son watched with interest and during the intermission even read the libretto for the second part.

22. Judge - Vladimir Chernyshov

The musical "Oliver!" (Oliver!) was written in 1960 by British composer and librettist Lionel Bart. As has happened more than once with shows that were destined to win the love of the public for many years, its author did not immediately manage to find a producer. In the case of “Oliver!”, which is based on the first part of Dickens’s novel “Oliver Twist,” the London impresarios were not satisfied with the too dark plot. However, in the end, luck smiled on 28-year-old Bart: an amateur recording of the musical performed by Lionel and his friends was heard by producer Donald Albury. He immediately sensed significant potential in the musical and began staging it.

A young talented team worked on the performance. The impressive sets and costumes, recreating the atmosphere of Victorian England, were designed by Sheen Kenny. Directing was entrusted to Peter Coe. The rehearsal period became a real torment for the actors - not a day passed without changes being made to the text or music. And yet the premiere took place on the scheduled day - June 30, 1960.

"Oliver!" takes viewers back more than a hundred years. The action begins in an orphanage - also known as a workhouse. The boys walk in formation to the dinner table. They dream of delicious food, but all they get is thin oatmeal. Having eaten his tiny portion, one of them - Oliver Twist - dares to ask for more. The head of the orphanage, Mr. Bumble, becomes furious and decides to sell the obstinate boy as an apprentice. Oliver is bought by Mr. Sowerbury, the undertaker. The apprentice, hired before Oliver, mistreats the boy. One day, offended by the insult inflicted on his late mother, the boy hits back at his tormentor. Oliver is punished, but he manages to escape, and, after many days of travel, he ends up in London.

London overwhelms the boy with its noise and bustle. Here, Oliver is taken under the wing of the Artful Dodger, one of the main thieves of an entire gang, commanded by pickpocket master Feigin. The Dodger thinks that Oliver will suit them, and he invites him with him. In the den of thieves, Oliver meets Fagin, who explains to Oliver what he needs to do if he wants to stay with them - he must learn to rummage through his pockets. The boys show him how it's done. Beth and Nancy appear, a kind, broken girl, girlfriend of the formidable thief Bill Sikes. Nancy sings that this life is also beautiful, and risk only adds charm to it.

The next morning, Feigin sends his charges “to work” and tells them to return as soon as possible. Oliver begins his career as a criminal with the Artful Dodger, who snatches Mr. Brownlow's wallet. The thief manages to escape, and Oliver is captured by the police. Sikes is afraid that Oliver will report their gang to the police, and orders Nancy to return him. Nancy loves Sikes no matter what, so she, albeit reluctantly, agrees to find Oliver. Mr. Brownlow got Oliver released and took him to his home in Bloomsbury. But this bright and joyful life does not last long. Oliver is sent on an errand and is caught on the street by Nancy and Sikes. Oliver ends up with Fagin again.

Sikes takes the money from Oliver that Mr. Brownlow gave him to carry out the assignment and threatens him; Nancy stands up for the boy. Sikes and Nancy get into a heated argument, Fagin tries to calm them down. He sends the boys off to work and begins to wonder if it's time for him to give up his life as a criminal.

Meanwhile, the widow Corney, now Mr. Bumble's wife, learns from the dying words of an old woman that Oliver is the son of a rich woman who died as soon as he was born. From the name medallion it becomes known that she is the daughter of Mr. Brownlow, who ran away from home. Bumble and Widow Corny decide to visit Mr. Brownlow and demand money from him for information about Oliver. Having heard the whole story, Mr. Brownlow is outraged by their impudence and greed and throws them out, vowing that he will ensure that they are removed from their positions as managers of the orphanage.

Nancy decides to help Oliver without betraying Sikes. She comes to Mr. Brownlow and promises to secretly take Oliver away to hand the boy over to his grandfather. But before she can do this, Sykes, who mistakenly believes that she has betrayed him, brutally kills the girl. Sikes takes Oliver hostage and runs to Fagin's lair. The chase begins after him. Finally, Sykes is killed and Oliver finds his home. Feigin disappears. Will he remain a criminal or become an honest man?

"Oliver!" did not leave the stage of the New Theater (now Albery) for more than six years. By the time it closed, the show had 2,618 performances. This record was only broken by the rock opera Jesus Christ Superstar. It is curious that four months after the show closed, it opened in another theater in a new, no less successful production.

Two years after its West End premiere, American producer David Marrick acquired the rights to the production; However, before bringing the musical to Broadway audiences, he took the show on a five-month national tour (Oliver! was performed in eleven cities in total). In addition, an album was recorded at one of the Hollywood studios with the participation of American actors, although the musical was still not on Broadway. Nowadays the release of a recording preceding the production is a common occurrence, but back then it was a forced step. It was explained by the fact that pirated copies of the recording of the London cast began to penetrate into the country, and in order to satisfy the public's interest in Bart's musical and the upcoming production, it was decided to release a record with a recording of the participants in the Broadway show.

It premiered on Broadway on January 6, 1963. On this day, four members of the original London cast also appeared on the stage of the Imperial Theatre. The play was performed 774 times and, until the advent of Webber's Evita, ranked first among British musicals in terms of the number of performances played on Broadway. "Oliver!" was received warmly not only by the public, but also by critics. Evidence of this is the three Tony Awards for 1963, which were awarded to Lionel Bart (for music, libretto and lyrics), Donald Pippin (conductor and musical director) and Sinn Kenny.

The most complex sets by Sheen Kenny were made in London, since the American Association of Designers refused to accept the British Sheen Kenny into its ranks and he could not work in America.

In 1968, a film was made, cementing the commercial and audience success of the musical. The film received six Academy Awards.

"Oliver!" brought its author world fame and fortune. However, when Bart needed funds to finance a new project, he sold all rights to the musical. Later in the '70s and '80s, Bart, addicted to drugs and alcohol, lived in poverty while "Oliver!" staged all over the world.

Along with My Fair Lady and Fiddler on the Roof, Oliver! still remains one of the most popular and beloved musicals of the 60s. It is regularly staged in various cities around the world, including in its homeland. The biggest comeback of "Oliver!" The production opened in the West End in December 1994 at the London Palladium starring Jonathan Pryce as Fagin, Sally Daxter as Nancy and Miles Anderston as Bill Sikes.

The show was produced by Cameron Mackintosh, who early in his theatrical career was a choir member and part-time assistant director on the tour of Oliver! in 1965. He not only gave the audience a great show, but also restored justice to Lionel Bart, giving him the rights to a portion of the proceeds from the musical. The director of the new version of the show was Sam Mendes, who previously directed Shakespeare's plays at the Royal Shakespeare Company. Steven Spielberg, who attended one of the performances, was so impressed by his interpretation of the classic musical that a few years later he invited Mendes to star in the film “American Beauty,” which brought Sam a huge number of awards, including an Oscar and a Golden Globe.

"Oliver!" directed by Sam Mendes, closed in 1998, after which the show went on tour and then to Broadway.

Charles Dickens's novel Oliver Twist began serialization in the London magazine Bentley's Miscellany in 1837. The novel was so popular that Dickens tried to finish it as quickly as possible, and a three-volume set was published in 1838. However, despite the book's release, Oliver Twist continued to be published in the magazine for another six months. In 1838, even before the book was completed, it was first staged as a play at London's St. James. The very next year, a play based on Oliver Twist was performed in New York. Since then, more than 30 dramatizations of the novel have been staged in the theater or become movie scripts. 250 young actors applied for the role of Oliver in the film adaptation of the musical. As a result, the role remained with nine-year-old Mark Lester. In addition to Ron Moody, the following candidates were also considered for the role of Fagin: Laurence Olivier, Rex Harrison, Richard Burton, Peter O'Toole, Danny Kaye Danny Kaye), Laurence Harvey and Peter Sellers.

Yesterday my daughter (13) and I visited the Natalia Sats Musical Theatre. For some reason, it was the Sats Theater that remained out of sight for me all the time - I myself had never been to it as a child, and my children and I “discovered” it quite recently, we went to see “Swan Lake”.
Again we admired its, I would even say, greatness: such a huge, bright, beautiful children's theater! Amazing!
Yesterday, in the foyer on the bridges, guests were greeted by practically residents of old England :).
It’s very well thought out and immediately puts you in a certain mood. As a lyrical digression, probably a typical modern teenager is not an avid reader at all, but a kind of child of gadgets. Therefore, it turned out to be very useful for us that the program contains both a very briefly formulated “main idea” of the work and a full-fledged libretto.
The little girl managed to get acquainted with the summary before the performance began. However, before the curtain opened, Roxana Satz herself came on stage and told what the musical was about.
I don’t know, it’s unlikely that this happens every time, but now the musical is dedicated to the 205th anniversary of the birth of Charles Dickens...

And finally the show began. You know, a well-staged musical on a huge stage, accompanied by an orchestra, is very, very impressive. Everything is wonderful - from the scenery (the world of old England) to the light. The music, naturally, is beyond praise: firstly, it was written by the famous Russian composer Alexander Tchaikovsky specifically for the theater, and secondly, I repeat - the orchestra!
By the way, it suddenly turned out that the composer’s name was familiar to me (and in general I’m completely ignorant about this) - not so long ago at the Chamber Theater. Pokrovsky watched the opera-phantasmagoria “Violist Danilov”, also written by Alexander Tchaikovsky.

Yesterday they played: Oliver - Nastya Naumkina, Artful Dodger - Timofey Govorun, Handsome - Ian Liburg, Fagin - Alexander Tselinko, Harry - Pyotr Sizov, Grimwig - Boris Shcherbakov, Monks - Timofey Kryukov, Policeman - Igor Kuznetsov, Rose - Maria Smirnova, Nancy - Elena Chesnokova, Oliver's Mom (voice) - Lyudmila Bodrova, Mr. Bumble - Yuri Dainekin, Mrs. Korni - Lyudmila Maksumova and others (a lot of characters, very).

Nastya Naumkina turned out to be a wonderful, touching Oliver :). And the girl definitely has good self-control and professionalism: despite a couple of hiccups, she coped with the situation perfectly, so my daughter didn’t even notice one moment :). I really, really liked the Artful Dodger (Timofey Govorun) - Bravo! Handsome (Jan Liburg) is also beautiful, and what’s great is really handsome:).

I was very impressed that there were as many as four names in the program for the role of Oliver’s mother, and Oliver’s mother was only a voice behind the stage! To be honest, I was sure that this was a recording (well, it’s just logical!) - but it turns out that it wasn’t. I really liked Fagin (Alexander Tselinko), the audience almost started dancing with him :).

Two and a half hours flew by, we really, really enjoyed it! In my opinion, this production wonderfully conveys the atmosphere of the work, and is generally ideal for introducing the story of Oliver. The only thing is that the tickets say 12+, the theater page says 8+, and in my opinion, children under the age of ten will be simply bored - the story itself is simply not for children. Although there were some very, very kindergarten children in the audience.

By the way, a separate portion of my admiration for the theater for organizing bows and giving flowers: at some point, spectators with flowers were allowed onto the stage and for a couple of minutes there was a joyful floral chaos, because there were a lot of flowers and a lot of artists.