The Coolidge Corner Theatre will present high-definition broadcasts of the National Theatre of London's acclaimed production of Collaborators on Thursday, December 1 and Thursday, December 15 at 7:00 pm. These broadcasts are part of NT Live, a series of plays filmed live at the National Theatre and transmitted to cinema screens worldwide. Collaborators is set in Moscow, 1938 - a dangerous place to have a sense of humor; even more so, a sense of freedom. Mikhail Bulgakov (Alex Jennings), living among dissidents, stalked by secret police, has both. And then he's offered a poisoned chalice: a commission to write a play about Stalin (Simon Russell Beale) to celebrate his sixtieth birthday. Inspired by historical fact, Collaborators embarks on a surreal journey into the fevered imagination of the writer as he loses himself in a macabre and disturbingly funny relationship with the omnipotent subject of his drama. John Hodge's blistering new play depicts a lethal game of cat and mouse, scrutinizing the compromises and humiliations inflicted on artists by those with power. Directed by National Theatre Artistic Director Nicholas Hytner, Collaborators has garnered raves in the British press. In its four-star review, The Times called it "Rare and special...An absurdly fantastic view of Stalin, and it's seriously funny." For more information and to purchase tickets ($20 general admission/$17 Coolidge members), visit www.coolidge.org/content/collaborators<http://www.coolidge.org/content/c…tors>>. Tickets are also available at the Coolidge Corner Theatre, 290 Harvard Street, Brookline. Advance purchase is strongly recommended. --- Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies Harvard University 1730 Cambridge Street, 3rd Floor Cambridge, MA 02138 T 617.495.4037 F 617.495.8319 http://www.daviscenter.fas.harvard.edu<http://www.daviscenter.fas.harvar…