Shostakovich used to sheepishly disown his one and only operetta, but it turns out to be a feast of good tunes, biting irony and occasional high camp. When a Moscow housing shortage brings a disparate group of friends together in a model Soviet apartment block, their greatest hurdle turns out…

Shostakovich used to sheepishly disown his one and only operetta, but it turns out to be a feast of good tunes, biting irony and occasional high camp. When a Moscow housing shortage brings a disparate group of friends together in a model Soviet apartment block, their greatest hurdle turns out…

Shostakovich used to sheepishly disown his one and only operetta, but it turns out to be a feast of good tunes, biting irony and occasional high camp. When a Moscow housing shortage brings a disparate group of friends together in a model Soviet apartment block, their greatest hurdle turns out…