Alexander Postolenko: “This is not just a house, it is a real holiday home! Events Famous men getting married.

A big mistake is measuring success by size. monetary reward. In addition to the material criterion and the relative concept, there is the recognition of the audience. It is he who is called the main source of everything.

Finding the way

In a commercial sense, Alexander Leonidovich Marakulin can hardly be considered such a successful person. He is deprived of the attention of the yellow press, does not receive exorbitant fees, and there is no glamorous hype around his life.

The performer's biography began in 1973. The child was born on March 24 in Kuibyshev (Samara). Parents, Leonid Kirillovich and Elena Stepanovna, assigned their gifted son to the violin class of a music school. The boy successfully completed it and decided to continue his education at the faculty of directing at the Institute of Arts and Culture of his native city.

Sasha dreamed of an artistic career in childhood. However, even over time, he was unable to decide on his role and genre. Therefore, I decided to first become a student at the directing department in order to get a complete picture of the future direction of creativity. Alexander studied there for two courses. In 1992, the student went to the capital.

He entered a theater university, but was unsuccessful. In the fall, additional recruitment was announced at GITIS. Sasha was informed about this by his girlfriend, who was already studying in the capital. Applicants were selected for the acting department of the musical theater. The young man passed the selection, it was in 1992.

Alexander studied until 1997. In his second year, Marakulin took part in the English-language production of Godpell. During his final year at the RATI, he took part in the play “The Marriage of Figaro” in the role of Count Almaviva. The work of the novice performer was awarded an award for the best debut on the music stage.

Theater career

Since 1997, the graduate joined the Gurvich cabaret theater “The Bat”. The master quickly noted the newcomer’s talent and did his best to help him discover his talent. Gradually, Gurvich led the inconspicuous boy to Broadway show musicals from the usual music theaters.

Alexander got the most famous aria of the Phantom of the Opera in the medley performance “The Great Illusion”. After the premiere, the performer realized that he had fallen in love with the amazing music of Andrew Lloyd Webber and the new genre. By the time it closed, the young artist took part in all the group’s productions. The final performance took place at the end of 2001.

At the same time, the actor became the lead vocalist. He worked in the group "Aliens". The musicians released the album “Underground”. In the domestic production of the famous musical “Cathedral Notre Dame of Paris“Marakulin got the role of Frollo in 2002. Alexander was included in the first team.

The performer recorded the parts for the official audio disc of the musical. The selection of the young performer took place on a general basis. I also had to endure exhausting tours. However, the Metro-Entertainment company initially offered only the second cast. Exhausting rehearsals began again in the rather precarious status of “understudy”. The decision to transfer to the main, first, cast came literally on the eve of the premiere.

Iconic works

The artist worked a lot on the image. As a result, the performer decided that the hero, the music, and the production itself were equally important. After this, in an interview, Marakulin admits that it is difficult for him to call himself either a singer or a singing actor. The hit turned out to be perfect.

The audience remembered the timbre of the rare dramatic baritone. The actor was nominated for the Golden Mask for Best Actor. The first television broadcasts began, a solo career began to develop, and a repertoire was selected.

Since 2004, Marakulin has played the role of Count Capulet in the domestic version of Romeo and Juliet. During the tour, the artist also got to perform the Prince of Verona. The selection for “Romeo and Juliet” was carried out, as before, on a general basis. And again, after exhausting preparation, the audience applauded the actor for the brightness of the character and his authenticity.

The actor took part in the recording of Eduard Artemyev’s rock opera “Crime and Punishment”, presented in 2007, based on the libretto by Rozov and Ryashentsev, and performed the part of Svidrigailov. Since October 1, 2008, Marakulin has been playing in the musical “Monte Cristo” of the royal prosecutor Noirtier de Villefort. He performed the same character in the demo version of the production.

Future prospects

In 2009, Marakulin headed the Musical Trade Company as artistic director. The artist played Ernst Ludwig in the domestic version of “Cabaret”, as well as the touring version of Dunaevsky’s musical “The Three Musketeers” in the images of Athos and Richelieu, and also acted as a director.

In the Russian musical “Count Orlov” the artist got the role of Prince Radziwill. And since March 2016, he has been playing in “Crime and Punishment” at the capital’s musical theater. Previously, the actor took part in recording it on disc.

In the musical version of “Anna Karenina” the performer was Alexei Karenin from October 2016. 2018 brought participation in the production center “Pentagram” production of the musical “Death Note”

For now national school There are no musical artists. Alexander is one of those few who have a professional command of both voice and dramatic skills.

The artist does not want to talk about his personal life. It is known that he is a happy husband and father. His wife gave him a daughter, Maria.

It took our film crew almost four hours to get to the village of Bolshoye Sovrasovo, where the Postolenko family had recently settled! The traffic jams just stuck Warsaw highway. But what we saw exceeded all our expectations, and we never regretted that we went to Sasha, Nastya and Vika out of town. So. Bolshoye Sovrasovo. Veranda of a huge house. Kebabs. Interview.

Where did this come from? huge house, where are you hosting us today?
The point is that our new apartment, which is located in Molokovo, is currently being renovated. And we have a friend - a fairly famous skier, and this house is his, but he himself is constantly on the road - either at competitions or at training camps. And that’s why he completely calmly let us live here, because in this huge house it’s simply impossible to embarrass each other!
Nastya joins the conversation:The place here is gorgeous! The Pakhra River is nearby, clean and green!
Sasha:Another lucky thing is that this is not just a house, it is a real holiday home! There is a billiards room with table tennis and air hockey. I made my own music corner there: I put a synthesizer, several of my guitars, you can practice, or you can play for friends! There is a full-fledged rocking chair here - the whole set of what is available in fitness clubs. The bathhouse is now being completed. There are 6 bedrooms! Can live big company, and people may not meet each other at all! The living room has a real fireplace, which is heated with wood - everything is as it should be.

That is, it was a house completely ready for residents to move in?
Yes, the only thing that is currently being completed is the bathhouse, but that too will be ready soon. Then come again! (laughs)
Nastya:The only thing that was hard for us was the move. For example, we lost the bolts from the rack, we can’t find it, and therefore we can’t assemble the rack to put our things there! (laughs)
Sasha:Moving is worse than a fire! And another disadvantage of a big house is the loss of things. You put something somewhere and that’s it, then you won’t find it!
Nastya:How many times have we already lost a cat? We look for the cat every day! We can’t show it to you because we simply won’t find it!

Friends probably don’t leave you?
Yes, we just recently moved. Well, yes, a group of friends who helped with the move hung out here for several days! Sasha Marakulin helped a lot, and then we rushed around here on my scooter!
Right now our St. Petersburg friends are on the road - they are traveling in two cars at once, they will be there early tomorrow morning. We have fun here. We are sociable people - we love companies and guests!

Did you have any favorite place in a house where everyone really feels good?
It's really good to sleep here! Because it's always quiet. Only planes make noise, and then they make noise somewhere high! Previously, in the old apartment, we slept in such conditions: there was a road right under the windows, and although we lived on the 16th floor, the noise from passing cars was as if it was driving past your bed! Here for the first two days I simply slept like the dead!
Nastya:By the way, it’s great that the TV doesn’t work well here! Because it does not distract from some proper human rest - go to work out, play billiards, sit on the veranda fresh air and so on.

Do you have a desire to own your own home?
Yes! We've already started thinking about it. Maybe it will be a townhouse somewhere near Vidnoye. In general, building houses profitable business. If I had 30 million extra now, I would buy 5 plots of land, build on them and sell them, earning another 30 million on top.

The personal life of famous artists always arouses genuine interest among fans. Alexander Marakulin was no exception.

Personal life of a musical star

Marakulin always dreamed of making a career in opera, however, life took a different turn, and Alexander became famous playing in famous musicals. For fans of this genre, the surname Marakulin has become a kind of sign of quality.

About my creative life Marakulin speaks quite openly, but carefully hides his personal life. Recently the press received information that Marakulin got married. But the authenticity of this event is not confirmed by anything. Neither Marakulin nor his entourage commented on this news.

In one of his few interviews, Marakulin stated that the main components of happiness for him are work, family and friends. We can safely say that Marakulin is the most enigmatic and mysterious man in Russian show business.

Famous men getting married

In 2013, it became known that Ivan Dorn got married. One of the most popular singers tied the knot with a former classmate. The ceremony site was carefully guarded and not a single journalist was allowed to enter.

Famous TV presenter and artist Alexander Gordon married for the fourth time. This time, the chosen one of the 50-year-old was a 20-year-old VGIK student. The lovers registered their marriage in secret from everyone, and only then tripled the wedding for those closest to them.

Soon after scandalous divorce, oligarch Vladimir Potanin married for the second time. His wife was a 39-year-old subordinate named Ekaterina. The billionaire arranged for Cote d'Azur, and spent his honeymoon there.

The heir to the famous acting dynasty, Nikita Efremov, got married in the summer of 2014. The wedding ceremony took place in Georgia, in the circle of the newlyweds' closest friends and relatives.

The famous Russian womanizer Marat Basharov married Ekaterina Arkharova. For Marat, this is the first marriage performed according to Russian laws. With his first wife, the actor had a wedding only according to Muslim traditions.

Nagiyev's love story

Russian showman and actor Dmitry Nagiyev is incredibly popular among Russian women, thanks to his image of a brutal man. Nagiyev does not like to talk about his personal life. Perhaps the reason for this mystery was the actor’s first scandalous marriage to Alice Cher.

After divorce ex-wife published a book where she laid out all the details of them family life. Nagiyev was shocked by this act and after that completely blocked journalists’ access to his personal life. But information about the artist’s novels constantly appeared in the press. He was credited with a relationship with Natalya Kovalenko and claimed that Nagiyev had an affair with her while still married.

For a long time it was believed that Nagiyev was in a relationship with actress Irina Temicheva. However, neither Irina nor Nagiyev confirmed this information. Lately they claim that Nagiyev secretly married his long-time passion, but no one knows the woman’s name yet. Nagiyev himself stated that his personal life does not concern anyone.

The TV presenter said goodbye to his bachelor life

In 2013, information appeared online that Andrei Bednyakov and Anastasia Korotkaya got married. But the photographs posted on the Internet turned out to be staged and were taken during the filming of the popular travel show “Heads and Tails.”

But at the end of the summer, Bednyakov still married his “combat girlfriend” A. Korotkaya. Poor people with their future wife They had been living together for six years, but due to their busy work schedule they could not get married.

Bednyakov proposed to his beloved a year and a half before the wedding, but the guys were able to get married only after leaving the project. Bednyakov and Anastasia celebrated their wedding at a picturesque base near Kiev. The bride was in an elegant white dress, and Bednyakov did not part with his favorite “butterfly”.

Let's hope that Bednyakov and his wonderful wife do not follow the example of the previous show hosts, who divorced several years ago. By the way, Bednyakov is a year younger than his chosen one.

The popular actor got married

A favorite of women, Boris Korchevnikov has been playing in children's plays since childhood. It was thanks to this, as Boris Korchevnikov himself claims, that his childhood was very happy. Boris Korchevnikov was also interested in journalism and hosted several youth programs.

To the general public Boris Korchevnikov became famous thanks to the series “Kadetstvo”. Filming took place in difficult, tense conditions - Boris Korchevnikov lived for some time in real barracks Suvorov School.

And if the actor’s professional life was in plain sight, then Boris Korchevnikov tried to hide the personal side of his life in every possible way. And recently it turned out that Boris Korchevnikov secretly tied the knot with his longtime girlfriend Cecile Sverdlova. The guys were often seen together, although they tried not to particularly advertise their relationship. Boris Korchevnikov and his wife confirmed the fact of their marriage, but refused to disclose details.

Union of two psychics

In the next season of the “Battle of Psychics,” television viewers watched not only the struggle of magicians, but also the development of a romance between the two participants. Fans of the show remember that the winner of the project, Alexander Sheps, at the end of the project presented his chosen one, Marilyn, with a box, which the girl refused to open in front of the cameras.

It is believed that there was a ring in it. Whether this is so is not known for certain, but Sheps and Marilyn continued their relationship after the project. Sheps even wanted to give it away main prize to her chosen one, but the girl flatly refused.

Despite the fact that Sheps is a little younger than the girl, this does not interfere with the relationship. Quite often information appears that Sheps and Marilyn got married, but there is no confirmation of this anywhere. As far as we know, Sheps previously experienced betrayal quite often in his personal life, but he doesn’t talk much about it, saying that it’s all in the past, and now he’s incredibly happy.

Alexander Sheps introduced Marilyn to his parents, which indicates the seriousness of his intentions. Why the guys still haven’t gotten married is not known; perhaps Sheps and Marilyn, thanks to their extraordinary abilities, know what makes them postpone the wedding.

Mysterious designer

Designer Artemy Lebedev was born in quite famous family- mother Tatyana Tolstaya is a popular writer. In addition, Artemy Lebedev can boast family ties with Alexei Tolstoy and General Lebedev. Since childhood, Artemy Lebedev loved to draw logos, creating them from the first letters of his friends’ names.

Artemy Lebedev didn’t like school, he didn’t study well, higher education never received it, as he was expelled in his second year. Since 1992, Artemy Lebedev became seriously involved in design and already in 1998 he founded his own web design studio. Despite the stunning success and fame, Artemy Lebedev declares that he is only at the beginning of his journey.

But Artemy Lebedev prefers to keep information about his personal life secret from journalists. What is known for certain is that Artemy Lebedev was married to the famous journalist Marina Litvinovich, who bore him a son and at the moment the designer is single.

Personal life of Boris Galkin

Boris Sergeevich Galkin, Honored Artist of the Russian Federation, was born in 1947 in St. Petersburg, but in early childhood moved to Riga. Even in early childhood, Galkin learned what work was and was careful with the money he earned. At the age of eighteen, Boris Sergeevich Galkin left for Moscow and entered the Shchukin School. Galkin has achieved stunning success in the acting field and devotes a lot of time to directing work.

Boris Sergeevich Galkin lived in marriage with Elena Demidova for 28 years, adopted two of her children, whom he truly loved. After the death of his adopted son, family relations did not work out and Galkin divorced.

Soon after the divorce, Boris Sergeevich Galkin met his future wife, singer Ina Razumikhina. And in 2013, Galkin and Inna got married.

Personal life of the oligarch

Mikhail Kiperman is known as one of the richest people peace. Kiperman for a long time was married to Vera Brezhneva, from this marriage they had a daughter. For the sake of a relationship with the singer, Mikhail Kiperman divorced his first wife, with whom he already had two daughters. Mikhail Kiperman turned out to be quite jealous and even contributed to marriage contract a clause prohibiting the wife from being naked in front of the camera.

But literally three years later, Mikhail Kiperman is getting divorced again. Neither Vera nor Mikhail Kiperman commented on the reason for the divorce.

After the divorce, Mikhail Kiperman was not a bachelor for long. In 2014, the businessman’s third wedding took place. This time, Mikhail Kiperman chose the young model Alena Gayvanenko, who gave birth to the oligarch’s fourth child.

Personal life of a skater

Roman Sergeevich Kostomarov is known not only for his brilliant career in professional ice, but also a busy personal life. For the first time, Roman Kostomarov united his life with Yulia Lautova. Their marriage did not last long, and as Roman Sergeevich Kostomarov himself says, the reason for the divorce was his employment.

The next time, Roman Kostomarov again chose the figure skater Oksana Domina. Their couple was one of the most beautiful in Russian show business. Roman Sergeevich Kostomarov invited the athlete to live together, but did not propose for a long time, and in the end the girl left him, despite the fact that the couple already had a child. During the breakup, Roman Sergeevich Kostomarov did not stop communicating with his daughter.

For some time, Roman Kostomarov was alone, but then information began to appear that Oksana had returned to her beloved. And now, after seven years, Roman Kostomarov finally proposed to his chosen one and the couple finally got married.

Roles in the theater
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Graduated from 2 courses of the directing department of the Samara Institute of Arts and Culture. from 1992 to 1997 he studied at the Russian Academy of Theater Arts (GITIS), Faculty of Musical Theater, specializing in musical theater actor. Works at the Bat Theater.
Roles in the theater
Roles:
* Stephen Nathan (Jesus) in the musical “Godspell” (training theater RATI),
* Count Almaviva in Mozart’s opera “The Marriage of Figaro” (Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Musical Theatre),
* supporting roles, then Kuhrman in “You Are Allowed to Replay”, Musketeer, Phantom and others in “Grand Illusion”, Elvis
* voice artist and others in “100 Years of Cabaret”,
* Judas, the drover from "Man of La Mancha" and others in "It's Show Business!"
* artist Valera, emigrant director Alik Mylnikov, Chekhov’s double and others in “I’m Stepping Around Moscow”,
* narrator and a number of characters in “The Magic Journey”,
* Bob the snob and director Zach in “Chance” (the theatre-cabaret of Grigory Gurvich “The Bat”),
* Archdeacon Claude Frollo in the Russian version of the musical “Notre Dame de Paris” (Metro Ent., Operetta Theater),
* Count Capulet in the Russian version of the musical "Romeo and Juliet"
* royal prosecutor Noirtier (based on the book by Gerard) de Villefort in the musical “Monte Cristo” (Operetta Theatre; music by Roman Ignatiev, libretto by Yuli Kim)
Recognition and awards
Awards:
* Diploma of the festival in memory of Vysotsky “Era of Mercy” for ensemble work to all performers of the musical “Godspell”,
* award from the Moscow Debuts festival based on the results of the 1996-97 season. for best debut in musical theater (the role of Count Almaviva in “The Marriage of Figaro”),
* nomination for the “Golden Mask” of the 2001-2002 season. for best actor in musical theater (Frollo in the musical “Notre Dame de Paris”).

Success is a relative concept. And it would be wrong to measure it only in terms of royalties. In addition to passing, material criteria, there is also spectator recognition, which is precisely the primary source of everything else.

Alexandra Marakulina It is difficult to call him successful in a commercial sense - there is no increased attention from the yellow press, no stellar fees, no glamorous hype in his life. He is not the face of a Swiss watch company, does not act as a hero of gossip columns, and does not attract full houses at solo concerts. Although, the latter is more likely due to the lack solo concerts as such. It would seem - one of many, but everything is not so simple.

When his story began is unknown. But is this really important to know? We will begin our countdown right away from Moscow - a city that gives a chance to everyone. A negligible chance.

- The desire to be an artist appeared once in deep childhood. But it was not possible to clearly define a genre or role. I just knew that I couldn’t and didn’t want to live without a stage, without a theater. This is probably why I didn’t go to Moscow right away: I decided to first try myself in my native Samara. I entered the directing department because I wanted to get the most complete understanding of the profession - it’s easier for an artist to act if he can look at himself through the eyes of a director, see the mise-en-scène as a whole and independently determine his place in it. By the way, my first Moscow assault failed - I never entered a single theater school, although, it seems, I ran around them all. But my girlfriend was lucky - we came to enroll together. It was then that she announced additional enrollment for the course at GITIS. The second attempt was successful.

Any young artist who came to conquer the capital from Samara can tell a lot of everyday horrors, recall a huge number of troubles and difficulties that had to be overcome with labor, sweat, and sometimes humiliated pride. Alexander can add to these stories the names of good teachers and the joy of first successes: a diploma from the festival in memory of Vysotsky "Era of Mercy", an award from the Moscow Debuts festival in the nomination for the best debut in musical theater, etc.

The first troupe, the first creative family - the cabaret theater "The Bat". An original, distinctive and successful project by Grigory Gurvich. Great leader and the understanding director Master valued each of his pupils, knew how to assess potential and help talent reveal itself. Gradually, without jerks or breakthroughs, he introduced Alexander Marakulin to significant roles in virtually all performances. More likely to guess than to see the future star of the troupe in the short, seemingly inconspicuous boy. “The Bat” was in many ways the first Moscow, and even Russian, group to take a step from musical theater to a Broadway show musical. In the medley performance "The Great Illusion" Alexander performed the famous aria of the Phantom of the Opera "Music of the Night", forever falling in love with both the character of the legendary musical Andrew Lloyd Webber and the genre of the musical.

“I can’t say that I initially wanted to join the troupe.” bat"After graduating from the institute there were already some prospects in opera house, but they were too unclear, and there was a catastrophic lack of money. When my friend and colleague Pyotr Markin and I came to see Grisha Gurvich to “show up,” we didn’t have much hope. We sang something, danced something from our student repertoire and were even surprised when Grisha asked when we could start working. More precisely, he didn’t even say that - his first question after watching it was: “Do you guys really want to work, or have you just come to play the fool?” Although we came precisely to fool around, we wanted to work. I had one role then, which I still consider the most convincing and authentically played: the voice behind the stage. As the action progressed, the indistinct screams of a drunken man were heard from behind the scenes. Once. Actually, it was me. I remember I even went out to bow a couple of times after that (laughs).

In Russia there is still no school of musical actors - performers who are equally fluent in their voice and the art of dramatic acting. Alexander is one of the few who fully compensated for the lack of a technical base with natural talents and thoughtful work on the role. Unfortunately, the death of Grigory Gurvich dashed the hopes and plans of the “flyers”. The troupe broke up, the theater ceased to exist.

Alexander came to the casting for the musical “Notre Dame de Paris” on a general basis. He withstood all the exhausting tours, but, as he had not previously participated in the projects of the Metro-Entertainment company, he was considered as a “second cast”. And then everything was as it should be in a musical: exhausting rehearsals, the precarious and uncomfortable position of the “understudy”, exhausting work and a completely unexpected decision to transfer to the first cast literally on the eve of the premiere.

- I don’t want to call the role of Frollo my own best role, simply because it already “was”. Yes, I worked a lot on this image, thought about it, reflected on it. Of course this is very important stage my life - I liked everything: the music, the production, and the character. In general, the material is of paramount importance to me. I can’t say for sure what is more important: the plot or the music - there must be overall harmony. That is why I cannot say that I am definitely a singing artist or, on the contrary, only a singer. There are pop songs that in themselves are worth an entire performance, and there are dramatic roles that do not need musical addition. In any case, I am pleased that my work, my vision of the character found a response and understanding among the audience.

Incredible portrayal, memorable voice timbre with a rare “dramatic baritone” coloring, audience applause and nomination for the Golden Mask Award for Best Actor. At the same time, the first television broadcasts appeared, attempts to develop solo career, selection of repertoire. According to the logic of things and the laws of the genre, an interesting offer should have followed from an interested producer.

- I would be interested in doing solo career. I have a completely positive attitude towards pop creativity, although the current trends in our show business are simply terrifying. Nevertheless, there are performers who manage to do decent things even in this turbidity. For example, Valery Meladze - I like the style in which he works, and his demeanor also impresses me. I have several demos of what I personally find interesting. Unfortunately, my proposals do not always satisfy producers, and I am not always satisfied with what they offer me. But I’m not going to leave the profession - I simply won’t be able to do anything else. Even if I suddenly became a millionaire, I would still return to the stage sooner or later. I now have an interesting role in the musical “Romeo and Juliet”. It’s not very big, but it’s all the more interesting to work with - there’s simply no way to “merge” a replica in the hope of leveling up later.

All over the world, the premiere cast of any successful foreign musical is automatically distributed among production companies. This is nothing more than logical for “the whole world,” but it is completely unnecessary for Russia. Alexander came to the musical "Romeo and Juliet" under the same modest logo as his colleagues - "star of Notre Dame de Paris." No name, no solo career and really no role. Production company Metro-Entertainment in once again surprised Moscow by staging a musical in which there was no place for the already played, sung, star troupe of Notre Dame de Paris. There was a casting again, again I had to prove my right to sing a single aria, again the broadcasts were under the guise of “stars of the musical Romeo and Juliet.” And again applause, flowers, hopes for something more. Another bright, reliable character has appeared, a well-thought-out image, another memorable role. And new spectators who, leaving the theater, exchange impressions and try on a new, unusual surname - Marakulin. Alexander Marakulin.

Photos from the official website of Alexander Marakulin www.marakulin.musicals.ru

The editors of our magazine join today in all congratulations to Alexander on his birthday and wish him success and recognition from the audience!