The Devil and Margarita is a musical based on Mikhail Bulgakov’s cult classic The Master and Margarita, in which the devil and his crew visit Stalinist Moscow. The novel is receiving renewed interest now that Russia is yet again totalitarian. The libretto adds a strong female character and turns up the novel’s humorous and decadent vibes. The devil (Prof. Voland) and his crew – the clownish cat Behemoth, the smug demon Asasello, and the deadly dashing Hella – arrive in Moscow in 1938. They wreak havoc, enjoy themselves, and, at Margarita’s behest, save a writer (the Master) from the loony bin.