Deutsches Theater München

The German theater in Munich Schwanthalerstraße 13 was opened on 26 September 1896. The program includes musicals, operettas, ballets and concerts with international entertainers wide areas of the performing arts entertainment.

History

Dating back to 1896 Alexander Blum, Joseph Rank and Karl Stoehr the held in the style of ( Neo - ) Baroque theater which was also called " fairy palace ". The complex contained, in addition to a theater hall with 1679 seats and the smaller event hall " Silver Hall", restaurants, cafe, shops and 30 apartments.

The theater was originally used primarily for vaudeville shows, but also for popular comedies, folk plays, sporting events and carnival balls. 1918 met in the theater also the workers 'and soldiers' councils of the Bavarian Soviet Republic.

Under Hans Greeting, who led the theater in 1918, the Tiller Girls, Karl Valentin, among other things occurred, a performance by the Josephine Baker in 1929 but banned. With the rule of the National Socialists in 1935 Greeting Paul Wolz had to give way. In 1939, the auditorium of Paul Baumgarten Elder. redesigned. On March 9, 1943, the theater was destroyed by bombs.

In 1951 the German Theatre Munich was reopened in 1949-1951 only partially rebuilt by Ludwig and Willy Reiber building. Since the 1960s, coined by vaudeville Schedule has been extended to classical drama, ballet, operetta and musicals. From 1976 to 1982, the auditorium of Reinhard Riemerschmid was remodeled in the style of Pop Art. After the theater was threatened with closure in 2003, now a shorter - to medium-term preservation seems assured.

Renovation of the theater

From 2008 to 2014 restoration work was carried out at the Deutsches Theater, initially intended to be completed in autumn 2011. The end of 2011 it was expected that the renovation work at least until April, when would not even delay October 2013. The cost of rehabilitation shall be borne by the City of Munich. It was originally expected that 45.7 million euros would be required for the rehabilitation of the building of the Deutsches Theater. After completion of the renovation work was known that the cost had increased to about 96 million euros. The theater was reopened in January 2014.

Project partners are the companies Doranth post architects, Drees & Sommer - Project management and construction consulting GmbH and planning group Brachmann GmbH. Supervisory Board is the Green politician Hep Monatzeder. The FDP faction called personal consequences for the Chairman and the Managing Director of the Deutsches Theater Munich -GmbH, Bayer and Carmen Werner Steer.

Until the completion of the game operating in the district Froettmaning was moved to the area of ​​the Allianz Arena in a mobile tent theater with 1,700 seats and an attached restaurant.