The official opening date of the 3rd Studio of the Moscow Art Theatre (MKhAT) is considered to be November 13, 1921, on this day the play "The Miracle of St. Anthony" was shown.

Colleagues noted Simonov's talent, his musicality, rare sense of rhythm, delicate manners, but at the same time complex character, "with oriental overtones".

The premiere of the last performance Masquerade directed by Andrei Tutyshkin took place on June 21, 1941 – on the eve of the beginning of the Great Patriotic War.

In 1948, the production Young Guard was presented, in 1950 the anti-American pamphlet Missouri Waltz, in 1951 In the Middle of the Century about the criminal activities of American warmongers.

In the spring of 1954, the theatre's repertoire included the "happiest" production: director Evgeny Simonov staged a play based on Samuil Marshak's fairy tale To Be Afraid of Grief is to Not See Happiness.

In 1963, the performance of Princess Turandot was resumed, and a year later, Yuri Lyubimov left for the position of director at the new Taganka Theatre.