The Year on Stage
Джон Фридман | The Moscow Times | 18 июля 2008
Town Eccentric: Boris Yukhananov (below left). Yukhananov is an institution in this town, and thank goodness! At the School of Dramatic Art his production of "LaboraTORIA: The Golem" defied description, taxed one's patience and inspired admiration. Running for 12 hours over three days, it pretended to be a rehearsal prior to a performance in Italy of a play based on an ancient Jewish legend, but in fact was a sprawling, semi-improvisational consideration of nothing less than the nature of theater and the structure of life. I saw a rabbi get up and leave halfway through the first show. I saw enthusiastic spectators hang on every word. That's Boris Yukhananov -- irritating some, mesmerizing others.