Officially Hakob Paronyan State Musical Comedy Theatre, is one of the prominent theatres of the

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, founded in 1941. It is located on

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Street in the central

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of the city, near the Republic Square. It is named after the

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renowned satirist

Hagop Baronian Hagop Baronian (pronounced in Eastern Armenian as Hakob Paronyan, traditional spelling: Յակոբ Պարոնեան, reformed spelling: Հակոբ Պարոնյան, tr, Hagop Baronyan; 1843–1891) was an influential Ottoman Armenian writer, p ...

History

The Theatre was opened on June 22, 1942. The first artistic director was

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. Many well-known persons worked in theatre, including

Artemi Ayvazyan Artemi (Harutyun) Ayvazyan ( hy, Արտեմի Այվազյան, russian: Артемий Айвазян; June 26, 1902 – November 14, 1975) was a Soviet Armenian composer, conductor, founder of the Armenian State Jazz Orchestra, and People' ...

Vardan Ajemian Vardan Mkrtchi Ajemian ( hy, Վարդան Մկրտչի Աճեմյանը; September 15, 1905 in Van, Ottoman Empire – January 24, 1977 in Yerevan, Soviet Armenia) was an Armenian theatrical director and actor. He was named People's Artist of USS ...

Mikael Arutchian Mikael Aveti Arutchian (russian: Арутчян Михаил Аветович; , 1897 – June 9, 1961), was a Soviet and Armenian theatrical painter and designer, People's artist of Armenia (1958).Karp Khachvankyan Karp "Karapet" Mkrtchi Khachvankyan ( hy, Կարպ Խաչվանքյան; January 23, 1923, Akhaltskha – November 29, 1998, Yerevan) was an Armenian actor and director, People's Artist of Armenia (1967).Armenian Concise Encyclopedia, Vol. II, p. ...

Svetlana Grigoryan Svetlana Rubeni Grigoryan ( hy, Սվետլանա Ռուբենի Գրիգորյան, September 30, 1930 – May 12, 2014) was an Armenian actress who was awarded the title ''People's Artist of Armenia''. Biography Grigoryan was born in Yerevan .She ...

Armen Elbakyan Armen Elbakyan ( hy, Արմեն Էլբակյան, born February 11, 1954) is an Armenian actor, director and producer. Career *In 1974, graduated from the Acting Department of Yerevan Theatre Institute *In 1981, graduated from the Directing ...

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and others. Musical Comedy Theatre participated at international theatre festivals in Armenia, Georgia, Iran, England, the United States. In February 2009, the Best Presentation Award of Armenian ''Artavazd -2009'' festival was given to Yervand Ghazanchyan, who is the artistic director of theatre since 1993.

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