YEREVAN, DECEMBER 17, NOYAN TAPAN. Theater is on the verge of disappointment in Armenia: high-class performances are not in demand today. Actor Azat Gasparian and actress Lala Mnatsakanian characterized the state of modern Armenian theatrical art this way at the December 17 press conference. According to A. Gasparian, "Armenia's theatrical sphere is a dull area." According to him, the state officials do not care for the theater, they do not go to the theater. In A. Gasparian's words, many problems existing in this sphere would be regulated by the law On Theater, which the parliament failed to adopt this year, either. According to L. Mnatsakanian, today's spectators are not interested in theater at all and only pay attention to shows. Considering it natural that show business develops in Armenia, as in the whole world, the actress at the same time said that in difference to other countries, theater suffers in Armenia parallel with these processes. L. Mnatsakanian said that though she has repeatedly declined proposals to be shot in serials, nowadays for many actors, it is difficult to resist the temptation and to decline profitable proposals.

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