The literary-musical premiere combines Fitzgerald's prose, actor's reading, and piano in a story where time moves backward. The story of Benjamin Button has long been perceived as one of the most unusual and poignant works of Francis Scott Fitzgerald. Its fantastic premise immediately takes the tale beyond the realm of domestic drama, but it is precisely through this convention that the author speaks of time, memory, love, and the inevitability of loss. In a staged format, such a text reveals itself particularly strongly, as every intonational shift, pause, and emphasis begins to work almost as importantly as the plot itself. At the center of the evening is an artistic reading by Daniil Spivakovsky, for whom this genre has long become an independent creative space. Here, it is not about retelling the story, but about living it on stage, as the hero gradually travels from old age to infancy, while the listener observes the strange and unsettling turn of human life alongside him. What is particularly striking in this tale is how the fantastic remains profoundly human: behind the paradoxical movement of time, one can hear loneliness, confusion, the struggle to find one's place, and the fear of disappearance. The musical line performed by Evgeny Borts helps to build the internal rhythm of the narrative. The piano does not duplicate the text but creates additional layers of meaning and emotion, emphasizes breaks, makes pauses more palpable, and enhances the story. Thanks to this connection, the literary evening takes on the features of an intimate performance, where word and music move together and constantly support each other. Find other events in Moscow on KudaGo.