Saint Muse musical nominees to be staged on Thursday

Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ Nominees of musical play category of the Saint Muse Festival are to be played in the Puppet Theater and Drama Theater on Thursday. Those are ‘Human Voice’ from Russia’s Tuva, ‘a Divan Almost like an Idol’ of Zavkhan Provincial Theater, and ‘Myth of Mongolian Chess’ of China’s Inner Mongolian ‘Ordos’ Theater. Prior to these musical plays, another musical nominee, a musical based on William Shakespeare’s play Romeo and Juliet was staged on Wednesday in UB Palace. The musical is a Mongolian staging of Romeo et Juliette: de la Haine à l'Amour, a French musical, with music and lyrics by Gerard Presgurvic, that premiered in Paris on January 19, 2001. The 11th edition of the international drama festival ‘Saint Muse’ is to take place in Ulaanbaatar on May 19. This year, along with Mongolia-staged plays, plays from Egypt, Serbia, Russia’s Tuva and China’s Inner Mongolia are competing for the Saint Muse. The judging panel includes famous actor and producer Elizabeth Hess from the International Theater Institute. The bests will be announced in four categories of drama, children’s play, musical and mono-play among twenty nominees including ‘Don Quixote’ of the State Drama Theater (drama), ‘The Chairs’ of Blackbox Theater (drama), ‘Romeo and Juliet’ of the Classic Musical Production (musical), ‘Adventures of School Boy Norov’ of the State Drama Theater (children’s), ‘Wolf and Seven Little Kids’ of 'Little Fir Tree' Theater (children’s), ‘4.48 Psychosis’ of the Blackbox Theater (monoplay), ‘Human Voice’ from Russia’s Tuva (monoplay) and ‘Waiting’ from Serbia (monoplay). During the festival, a red carpet ceremony will be held near this year's festival venue of the Cultural Central Palace.