german musicals

hello all,
Well I'm currently a musical theatre major at OCU with a background in vocal performance from UNT. I was required to study language and i chose german. Since then I've had an incredible curriousity for the language and its musical theatre. A friend of mine checked it out and loved it too. Some that are really popular: Elizabeth and Mozart. I love both. These musicals, origionally written in german, have gone accross the world, with mad props. I want to know more, if any1 has anything they can input on this topic, please feel free. Why havn't more american's heard of these? (things that make you go hmmm)

share the love,
Simply Will

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I think Dance of the Vampires was a German musical at first. Though I don't speak German and can't for the life of me remember the German title.

I'd like to know why David Hasselhoff is so popular over there.

Anybody want to be in my production of DAS BOOT! ?

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Germany is like Broadway spread out all over the country. There are loads of shows there like Phantom, Lion King, Les Miserables has just opened there, Titanic (das Musical - I think it started life there), Dance of the Vampires, Mamma Mia, Saturday Night Fever, Starlight Express has been running there for years.

viciouscircle, that does help my fears a bit..thank you:)

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Oh, I forgot... Hair is ALWAYS being produced somewhere in Germany. The last revival ran for years last I saw was in Vienna too.

Ya know, one more thing... there is a really good out of date book (maybe even out of print called The Blackwell Guide to Musical Theatre on Record by Kurt Ganzl.) Here you might find some more info on German recordings of Musicals that have been done from the 1930's to 1990. I don't know if there is an updated version of this book as mine was printed in 1990 but it is a GREAT source of info! There are some really interesting listings like Ute Lemper in Starlight Express , La Cage Aux Folles of course Les Mis plus many more.

Best,

Deena

Oh, there is an original cast recording in German of Freudiana and Footlight Records had it!

There is a current German Phantom prodcution and yeah, Dance of the Vampires did orginate there but it was called Tanz Der Vampir but you guys knew that... =-)

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Excuse Me........."simplywill"...First of all Tanz Der Vampire and Dance of the Vampires are two very different shows! I don't really want to go in to detail, I could write an essay, did you see either one of the productions....I DID! I have seen both versions, and let me tell you, Tanz Der Vampire is one of the most amazing representations of the caliber of musicals in Germany. It has almost nothing in common with its Broadway counterpart, and is far more amazing and rich in content! The German Tanz Der Vampire is currently one of Germany's most popular musicals, and has been running for the past 8 years in Vienna, Stuttgart, and now Hamburg. There are plans to open it in Sweden, Spain, London, and many are hopeing that the original German version, translated, will open on Broadway.....One can only hope!!! Sorry if I seem a little edgy on this subject, but unless you have seen both versions, and can compare the two, then you should really have nothing deragatory to say about either one!

Later!

Phantom05

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Updated On: 10/11/03 at 12:18 AM

Isn't "Metro" a German show...or maybe Polish???


Anyway you translate it....BAD.

As far as I knoe, the best representatives of German musicals are the operettas of Franz Lehar and Oscar Straus. They are usually performed in Vienna or Berlin, but almost never in the United States. Lehar, especially, was popular for his MERRY WIDOW and for the lieder he wrote for Richard Tauber. There are many recordings of Lehar operettas that might intrigue you.

Miriam

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is the SCARLETT the same as the GONE WITH THE WIND musical by Harold Rome?

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Hey simplywill, that's really cool.....I'm glad I could renew you faith, hahaha.....That's really awesome that your school is producing the Merry Widow, I hope it goes well!!!

See Ya Later!!!

Phantom05

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