How we do it in Germany: We Are These Kids
I always thought the different reputation of musical theatre in Germany would have effects on fans, how they behave and what they do here in Germany. But when I recently read Stacy Wolf's Ch…
I always thought the different reputation of musical theatre in Germany would have effects on fans, how they behave and what they do here in Germany. But when I recently read Stacy Wolf's Ch…
When I first visited New York City last fall I took "Â as cheesy as it sounds "Â my Mom on a Broadway Walking Tour. We had a great time listening to the stories about how Broadway used t…
From my last posts here you might have gotten the impression that in Germany we don't really value contemporary musical theatre as in 'new musicals.' And for the most people from the academi…
Do you remember when Rebecca " The Musical was to open on Broadway and then didn't? If you remember that you probably also remember that it premiered in Vienna, Austria, in 2006, and has sin…
When you think about Germany, what comes to your mind first? German bread, Angela Merkel, the Oktoberfest or the Nazis? Or maybe something more connected to the arts " Beethoven, Schub…
In my last post I talked about how theatre is produced in Germany for the most part, how our government and the states and cities fund what artists to in theatres. I also mentioned that this…
In my last (and first) post here I gave a short introduction on what the situation of contemporary musical theatre in Germany is like. I mostly focused on these bigger productions with lots …
A few years ago I had a ticket to attend a panel discussion with Stephen Schwartz and a couple of German 'musical theatre experts' in Berlin. I had the flu and wasn't feeling all that well, …