MAKS & THE FLYING SMIRNOVS
The music for the show is rock, pop, with some Russian bailalaika laments – to reflect Maks’ pull between his American and Russian cultures.
Dances include a sultry striptease, high energy jazz dances, and a tap number performed by members of the FSB (formerly KGB) and Matryoshka dolls.
The show skewers the old-world parents’ Russian paranoia, tendency to be morose, and their preference for borscht and all things Russian. It teases the older woman-younger man coupling, computer hacking and assorted espionage, and, celebrity. Mainly, Maks & the Flying Smirnovs depicts with
Dances include a sultry striptease, high energy jazz dances, and a tap number performed by members of the FSB (formerly KGB) and Matryoshka dolls.
The show skewers the old-world parents’ Russian paranoia, tendency to be morose, and their preference for borscht and all things Russian. It teases the older woman-younger man coupling, computer hacking and assorted espionage, and, celebrity. Mainly, Maks & the Flying Smirnovs depicts with