The Star of the Theater's award ceremony was held

Radio JAZZ 89.1 FM and the international audience award "Star of the Theater" are long-time partners and friends, and a statuette in the nomination "Female role. The Musical Performance" in 2025 was presented by Natalia Fokina, Program Director of the jazz radio station.

The award ceremony took place on December 15 on the stage of the Theater. Vakhtangov Street. Among the finalists of the Star of the Theater were such prominent names as Evgeny Pisarev, Lidia Velezheva, Anton Yakovlev, Olga Ostroumova, Ivan Yankovsky, Svetlana Khodchenkova, Valeria Lanskaya, Ivan Ozhogin, Alyona Babenko, Maxim Averin, Anna Yakunina, Anton Khabarov, Olga Lerman and other masters of the stage. The hosts of the evening were Anna Chipovskaya and Denis Samoilov.

"For me, presenting an award to a prestigious theater award is a huge responsibility. Naming the best among a whole galaxy of favorite artists is not an easy task. Most recently, we awarded jazz musicians at our "All the Colors of Jazz" award and we know the complexity of the choice. Radio JAZZ and the theater world have a lot of points of intersection: both theater and music exist for their audience, united by a craving for art and emotional experience. And becoming the best actor for your audience is worth a lot," Fokina said.

In the nomination "Female role. A musical performance" was presented by Victoria Dedyulkina, who plays Mata Hari in the play of the same name by the Chelyabinsk Opera and Ballet Theater named after Glinka, Nikolina Kaliberda as Olenka from the Darling of the Nikitsky Gate Theater, Valeria Lanskaya as Alexandra Fedorovna in the play The Last Romanov by the Alexander Ragulin Musical Theater A.R.Tel. The coveted statuette went to Russian theater and film actress Nikolina Kaliberda.

The Star of the Theater–Goer is the only Russian award in the field of theatrical art that has the status of an independent Audience Award. During the theater season, an audience of thousands nominated and selected their favorite premieres on the website.