Is it true that the contemporary theater closes after the death of Valentin Gaft?

In mid -December 2020, several media reported that a contemporary, one of the main Moscow theaters, would close in connection with the death of actor Valentin Gaft. We checked whether such a decision was really made.

The People's Artist of the RSFSR Valentin Gaft died on December 12, 2020. Since 1969, he served in the contemporary theater, on the stage of which the farewell ceremony with the actor was held. The day after the death of Gaft about the upcoming closure of "Contemporary", the portal reported "Days.ru". Subsequently, notes with similar news were released on the site Fifth channel, portals News.ru And "Important"as well as in other publications.

The authors of notes refer to the artistic director of the theater "School of the Modern Play" Iosif Raichelgaus. After the death of Gaft, he Published On his Facebook page, a post in which he said goodbye to a friend and a colleague. According to journalists, the closure of the theater can be judged by the first phrases from the text of Raichelgauz: “This morning the“ Contemporary ”was finally closed. The legendary, historical, great, beautiful. <...> A long row of people who created him, close by age, in their studies, in spirit, began to leave exactly with the onset of the 21st century: Efremov, Evstigneev, Kvasha, Lavrov, Ivanov, Tolmachev, Tabakov, Volchek ... And now - Gaft. All".

At the same time, one very important clarification is lowered in the quote. At the place of outflow, the phrase above says: "And another will appear, probably, but it will no longer be." In other words, Reichelgaus speaks of the change of eras in the theater, but not at all about its closure. Moreover, since 1989, Reichelgaus Heads The Theater "School of Modern Play" is an institution not related to the theater "Contemporary". Probably, journalists were confused by the single -rooted words “modern” and “contemporary”, which are in the names of theaters.

The news about the imminent closure of the theater quickly refuted the news in the media. Employed in several productions of theater actor Sergei Makovetsky He called it Her “stupidity”: “GAFT, as far as I know, has not worked for a“ contemporary ”for a long time, did not play performances there for many years. There are also other artists - huge troupes who work perfectly and play performances daily. ” Commenting on the spreading rumors, Raichelgaus himself explainedThat the reporters incorrectly interpreted his words, and expressed the hope that in the future the theater is waiting for "a long and beautiful life."

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2. https://radio1.news/article/iosif-rajhelgauz-oproverg-informatsiyu-o-zakrytii-sovremennika-53124