Krivoy Rog Theater of Drama and Musical Comedy
Kryvorizky Theater of Drama and Musical Comedy
Ukraine, Kryvyi Rih
Kryvyi Rih Academic Theater of Drama and Musical Comedy named after Taras Shevchenko dates back to 1931, from the creation of the Kryvbas Theater in the city. After the reorganization in 1934, the theater toured the region as the Dnepropetrovsk Mobile Theater named after. October revolution. During the war, the theater was evacuated to the Krasnoyarsk Territory, where about 30 performances were staged. After the war the theater was disbanded;
Instead of the theater destroyed by the Nazis, in 1954 a new building in the style of Stalinist neoclassicism was erected on Karl Marx Avenue. With the reorganization of the theater in 1966 into a musical drama theater, ballet, an orchestra and a choir appeared here. In 2012, the theater was given the status of "Academic".