Urban Stages has announced their holiday show for families, The Magical Forest of Baba Yaga, translated by Stanton Wood and written by Eugene Schwartz. Performances will be at 259 West 30th Street (between 7th and 8th) and will begin on Thursday, December 14th.
"Russian fairy tales come alive through magic and music in
The Magical Forest of Baba Yaga, based on the traditional Russian fairy tale about a man (Baba Yaga) who lives in a log cabin and moves around on a pair of dancing chicken legs. In a world where children are turned into trees and impossible tasks are everyday chores, poor Lisa has to use all her inventiveness to find and free her lost children from the clutches of Baba Yaga," press notes state. Aleksey Burago, director of the Urban Stages hit
Ah, My Dear Andersen, helms this new version by Stanton Wood (
The Snow Queen). Original music is composed by Greg Adair (
Circus Contraption) and Colm Clark (Urban Stages'
Ah, My Dear Andersen).
Russian director Aleksey Burago graduated from Moscow Academy of Theatre Arts (GITIS). He has directed shows in Moscow, St. Petersburg, as well as New York City. Aleksey received best director awards at Moscow Festival of Classical Plays and St. Petersburg Festival of comedy shows. Aleksey directed
Ah, My Dear Andersen for Urban Stages in 2003.
The Magical Forest of Baba Yaga will run from Thursday, December 14th through Sunday, January 7th. Tickets cost $20.00 and may be purchased by calling Smarttix at 212-868-4444, or online at
www.smarttix.com or
www.urbanstages.org.
