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“An icily and
The Telegraph
lusciously
livewire
account of
Putin’s
rise to power.” -
“A sharp, taut
Evening Standard
political
drama
about the fight
for Russia’s soul.” -
“The scenes between the
The Times
play’s two
central
powerbrokers are stunning.” -
“A dazzling, engrossing
Daily Mail
and
prescient drama
from
Peter Morgan.
It’s a humdinger.” -
“A sharp-witted powerplay
The Times
in Rupert Goold’s excitingly
intelligent production.”
In 1991, after the fall of the Soviet Union, the new Russia belongs to its oligarchs—and no one is more powerful than billionaire Boris Berezovsky. When an eventual successor to President Boris Yeltsin is needed, Berezovsky turns to the little-known deputy mayor of St. Petersburg, Vladimir Putin. But soon Putin’s ruthless rise threatens Berezovsky’s reign, setting off a riveting, near-Shakespearean confrontation between the two powerful, fatally flawed men.
Tony® and Emmy® Award nominee Michael Stuhlbarg stars as Berezovsky and Will Keen reprises his Olivier Award-winning turn as Putin in PATRIOTS, a shockingly timely history play from Peter Morgan, creator of “The Crown.”
Don’t miss this strictly limited engagement of Olivier Award winner Rupert Goold’s kinetic, exhilarating production, which reveals to us all how Russia's post-Soviet machinations continue to shape our world to this day.