Ilia Volok, Randy Lowell, Jan Munroe Photo by Jenny Graham Photo

From: Photos: STALIN'S MASTER CLASS Begins This Saturday At The Odyssey Theatre

Politics collide with art when “Father of the People” Joseph Stalin and Soviet cultural minister Andrei Zhdanov summon composers Sergei Prokofiev and Dmitri Shostakovich to the Kremlin for a vodka-fueled “music lesson” in “Stalin’s Master Class.” The wildly comic, music-filled ride by British playwright David Pownall opens this weekend at the Odyssey Theatre. Check out the photos.