Moscow drama theater on Malaya Bronnaya is one of the most famous and visited Moscow theaters. Nowadays, the main Director of the theater is Sergey Solomatov.

At the theater on Malaya Bronnaya rich history. It was created in 1946 and was called "Moscow drama theatre". Chief Director of the theater was Sergey Mayorov. Originally the theatre was on Spartakovskaya street. The troupe come actors from other theaters and graduates of the theatre school. M. S. Shchepkin. The theater opened with a performance of "the Golden ring" ( a play by M. Kazakov and A. Mariengof).

During the management of Mayorova, the repertoire consisted of plays by contemporary playwrights. In the 11 years it took 45 Prime. In 1957 the Director Mayorov was transferred to the Lenin Komsomol Theater. Since 1958, the chief Director of the theater was A. Goncharov.

The current name of the theatre received in 1968. The name comes from the location of the theatre since 1962 Malaya Bronnaya street. The theatre building was constructed in 1902 by the architect K. K. Gippius. It was built as an apartment house of the "Society for the benefit needy students of the Imperial Moscow University".

In 1968, chief Director of the theater has appointed L. A. Dunayev. At the same time, from another theater, in the theater on Malaya Bronnaya moved A. Efros. He has held the position of Director. Efros and Dunaev, in a fruitful creative collaboration, turned the theater into the most interesting and visited by the audience, the theatre of Moscow. Efros staged, which entered the history of the theatre: "Romeo and Juliet" and "Othello" by Shakespeare. "Three sisters" by Chekhov."A month in the country" by I. Turgenev. "The Marriage" By N. Gogol. "Don Juan" By Moliere.

In 2007, the theater's artistic Director is Sergey Solomatov. The troupe successfully work and his students – graduates of his acting and directing course at the Academy of theatre arts.

The theater has a rich repertoire, in which Russian classics coexists with foreign classics and plays – fairy tales for children.

The troupe worked and has many well-known artists: G. Martynyuk, I. Rozanova, L. Durov, Krechetova. People's artists of the RSFSR S. Sokolovskiy, and L. Sukharev. Honored artists of the RSFSR M. Andrianov, Leonid Bronevoy, I. Kestrel, Lev Perepelkin, M. Kazakov. O. Yakovleva, L. Durov, A. Dmitriev, and many others.

The theater on Malaya Bronnaya included in ten theaters, the most visited in Moscow.