PrimaMedia, April 28
Vladivostok's Bold Great Gatsby Reimagines Fitzgerald with Surreal Twists
Performances of The Great Gatsby: Farewell (18+)—a stage adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel, dramatized by Yelena Isayeva—will take place on April 30, May 1, and May 2 at the Primorsky Regional Academic Drama Theater named after Maxim Gorky. The production is directed by Honored Artist of Russia and Golden Mask Award winner Yefim Zvenyatsky, the theater's press service announced.
The Great Gatsby (18+) is a cautionary tale about the era of consumerism, disguised as a grand love story. Its protagonist, Gatsby, is a self-made man who embodies the "American Dream," convinced that wealth can buy anything—even the love of a woman who has been married for five years. But the past cannot be relived...
Gatsby is a man of legend, shrouded in wild rumors—some call him a killer, others a bootlegger or a German spy. Every Saturday, his mansion becomes the epicenter of high society, drawing crowds of guests, none of whom truly know their host.
Published in 1925, just four years before the Great Depression, the novel proved prophetic. Fitzgerald seemed to foresee a future where even the most sincere hopes are shattered by indifference and cruelty. Beneath the champagne bubbles and the rhythm of parties lies the loneliness of the human soul.
Cast and Performers:
- Jay Gatsby – Artyom Popov
- Daisy Buchanan – Ksenia Golubeva
- Tom Buchanan, Daisy's husband – Honored Cultural Worker of Primorsky Krai Mikhail Marchenko
- Jordan Baker, Daisy's friend – Honored Cultural Worker of Primorsky Krai Natalya Ovchinnikova
- Nick Carraway, Daisy's cousin – Yevgeny Sidorov
- George Wilson, gas station owner – Honored Cultural Worker of Primorsky Krai Denis Nedelko
- Myrtle Wilson, George's wife and Tom's mistress – Polina Smagina
- Michaëlis, restaurant owner – Alexey Chikhunov
- Catherine, Myrtle's friend – Yana Myalk
- Meyer Wolfsheim, Gatsby's associate – Boris Belebeyev
- Gatsby's mother – Marina Volkova
- Napoleon – Ivan Perepelkin
- Marlene Dietrich – Irina Kuleshova
- Frida Kahlo – Yelena Sanina
- Salvador Dalí – Sergey Goncharov
- Freddie Mercury – Artyom Agafonov
- Sam, Gatsby's butler – Yaroslav Yankovsky
- The Buchanans' butler – Artyom Zotkin
- Police officer – Leonid Smagin
