“For us, the dismissal of the artistic director of the Moscow Art Theater was an absolute surprise.
We learned about this from the media, ”the press service of the Ministry of Culture said.
The department stressed that according to the charter, the theater director must agree with the founder of the candidacy of a new artistic director.
“And we, in turn, will discuss this candidacy with the professional community,” the ministry promised.
Earlier it became known that Boyakov is leaving the post of artistic director.
According to the director, the new director of the theater, Vladimir Kekhman, invited him to write a letter of resignation.