Theatres
OPERA, BALLET THEATER
Adjacent ticket office. The building is attractive but the troupe does not qualify as world class. Chaikovskogo, 3.
Tel. 29-13-29.
MUSICAL COMEDY THEATER
Rock concerts, comedians and touring shows appear here. Quality varies. Call ahead to find out what's playing.
Panteleymonovskaya, 3.
Tel. 25-09-24.
RUSSIAN DRAMATIC THEATER
Russian-language. Good to excellent dramas and comedies, performers and stage personnel at times perform miracles on shoestring budgets. Beware, some plays are more avante-garde than entertaining. Grecheskaya, 28.
Tel. 22-72-50.
UKRAINIAN MUSIC AND DRAMA THEATER
Ukrainian language. State-sponsored cultural productions. The puppet theater is located here as well. Pastera, 15.
Tel. 23-55-66.
PHILARMONIC ORCHESTRA
Conducted by American Hobart Earle, the Odessa Philarmonic Orchestra is comparable to all but the very best European orchestras, and Earle is much more entertaining. A must-see if the orchestra is not touring abroad, so call ahead.
Bunina, 15.
Tel. 25-69-03.
CIRCUS
Don't go unless you're taking the kids. And if you don't like to watch underfed trained cats and dogs perform, avoid the circus altogether.
Koblevskaya, 25.
Tel. 22-19-73.
Museums
HISTORY
The best thing they have is Suvorov's sword. Some interesting pre-revolutionary exhibits.
Gavannaya 4.
MARITIME
Ship models, and yet more ship models.
Lanzheronovskaya 6.
Tel. 24-05-09.
ART MUSEUM
Pre-revolutionary portraiture. Some fairly impressive works, mostly by Serov.
Sofievskaya 5a.
Tel. 23-72-87.
WESTERN AND ORIENTAL ARTS
This is where they keep whatever was dug up before the revolution. It's not the British museum, but if you get the staff to open the secure room downstairs you can get much closer to Trojan War era artifacts than you ever thought possible.
Pushkinskaya 9.
Tel. 24-66-48.
Casinos
ELDORADO
Slot machines.
Ekaterininskaya 19.
Tel. 21-82-50.
RICHELIEU
Black Jack, roulette, baccarat and poker.
Pushkinskaya 13.
Tel. 22-09-86.
GABRIELLA
Primorskiy Bulvar 11.
Tel. 22-87-87.
