Bolshoi Ballet's THE GOLDEN AGE and More Set for Live in HD Series at Ridgefield Playhouse

The Ridgefield Playhouse and Craig's Fine Jewelry Live in HD Series brings the beauty of the Bolshoi Ballet to the big screen - direct from Moscow!

On Saturday, November 5 it's an encore presentation of The Golden Age at 12:00 p.m. A satire of Europe during the Roaring 20s, The Golden Age makes for an original, colorful and dazzling show with its jazzy score and music-hall atmosphere.

This ballet that can only be seen at the Bolshoi has everything to it: mad rhythms, vigorous chase scenes, and decadent cabaret numbers. With its passionate love story featuring beautiful duets between Boris and Rita, the Bolshoi dancers plunge into every stylized step and gesture magnificently. With its dancing farmers and cycling dog, Shostakovich thought his ballet The Bright Stream would delight Stalin. Instead, one of its creators was sent to the gulag. Now the Bolshoi has finally resurrected it.

The comic ballet in 2 acts, "The Bright Stream" will have an encore broadcast on Wednesday, November 9th at 3:00 pm. During harvest festival at a collective farm, a visiting dance troupe reunites a ballerina with her childhood friend Zina. In order to teach her unfaithful husband a lesson, Zina, the ballerina and the ballerina's husband decide to swap roles for the evening...

Alexei Ratmansky invokes the genius of Shostakovich's score at the Bolshoi, creating a laugh­-out­-loud masterpiece with its bits of slapstick comedy, hilarious deceptions, false identities including Principal Dancer Ruslan Skvortsov dressed as a Sylph and its many colorful characters! The Bolshoi bursts with vivid life and bright spirits in Ratmansky's brilliantly choreographed smash.

The AAA Craig's Fine Jewelry Live in HD Series is underwritten by Lori and John Berisford, Jeanne Cook, Anita and Nicholas Donofrio, Liz and Steven Goldstone, Sabina and Walter Slaviin with Support from The Ridgefield Press and Whistle Stop Bakery. All of the screenings, whether live or an encore performance, are presented in high definition (HD), which truly gives the audience the feeling of being there live! Most events feature additional bonus programming or a behind-the-scenes sneak peek during the intermissions. This is something patrons at the actual shows never get the opportunity to see!

For more information about the entire series, you can go online to ridgefieldplayhouse.org or call (203) 48-5795. Tickets are $25, $20 for members, $15 for students. Tickets for anyone 18 and under are free. The Ridgefield Playhouse, located at 80 East Ridge Road in Ridgefield, is a not for profit 501 (c)(3) whose mission is to present a variety of performing arts to the community and the surrounding area that they can enjoy and experience at a varied price point.