As part of the celebration of the 150th anniversary of Anton Chekhov's birth, director Dmitry Krymov and composer Alexander Bakshi opened their production of “Tararabumbia. A Parade of Chekhov Characters” on Jan. 28. Among the huge cast of 83 actors and musicians are Oksana Mysina, Igor Yatsko, Anna Sinyakina, Sergei Volkov, Sergei Melkonyan, Mixhail Umanets and many others.

Run throughs of „Tararabumbiya,” a production by Dmitry Krymov and Alexander Bakshi based on the works of Anton Chekhov, is currently in run-throughs. The first performances are scheduled for Jan. 28 to 31. Oksana Mysina is thrilled to be among the cast which also includes Igor Yatsko, Anna Sinyakina, Mikhail Umanets, Natalya Gorchakova, Sergei Melkonyan, Vera Romanova, Boris Opletaev and 80 other actors and musicians!

Michael Tearson chose Oksana's Russian-language version of Bob Dylan's “Things Have Changed“ as one of the songs he played on his first radio program for radiothatdoesntsuck.com. It's a fascinating program with performers from all over the world performing Dylan in their native languages, including Portuguese, French, Polish, Czech and others. The program is available in archive and easy to listen to. Simply go to www.radiothatdoesntsuck.com, click on Launch Player and then click on the line „Michael Tearson's World-Wide Dylan” in the new window.