Capitol Theater (Düsseldorf)
The Capitol Theater is the largest theater in the North Rhine-Westphalian state capital Düsseldorf .
history
In 1994 Rheinbahn AG's tram depot, which is over 100 years old, was converted into a theater by the former TOP magazine publisher Lothar Neuse and opened with the premiere of the Broadway Düsseldorf music show . A year later, producers Thomas Krauth and Michael Brenner took over the theater. In January 1996 they brought the musical Grease onto the stage, which, with a playing time of three years and around 1.2 million visitors, gave Düsseldorf its first place in the ranks of renowned musical cities. In 1999 the house was extensively renovated. The original brick architecture and the character of the former depot were retained.
facts and figures
The Capitol Theater has a large hall (1140 m²) with 1131 seats and a “club” (630 m²) with up to 475 seats (dinner seating: 300 seats, row seating: 475 seats). The foyer with around 1500 m² is divided into a lower and an upper foyer, a winter garden and five bars. In-house productions and guest performances are shown in the Capitol Theater. In addition, numerous well-known companies have used the theater as an event location. Until 2009 the theater was run by the producer Thomas Krauth , who brought the world premieres of the musicals Miami Nights (2002) and Das Mädchen Rosemarie (2004) to the stage as an in-house production. The Musical Dome in Cologne has also been part of the theater group since 1998 and the roller-skating musical Starlight Express in Bochum since 2002 .
In 2009 Thomas Krauth handed over the musical company to the producer Maik Klokow , but remained the owner of the Capitol Theater. Since then, Maik Klokow has been operating under the leadership of the “ Mehr! Entertainment “the Capitol Theater, the Musical Dome and Starlight Express - as well as the Cats theater tent (including Luxembourg, Zurich, Oberhausen), the Musical Theater Bremen and the Admiralspalast in Berlin (since June 15, 2011).
Henning Pillekamp has been running the theater since January 2015.
Productions
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Musicals (selection)
Comedy (selection)
Dance (selection)
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Shows (selection)
Concerts (selection)
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Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Birgit Wanninger: Thomas Krauth: The musical maker. Rheinische Post, Rheinische Post Verlagsgesellschaft mbh, Düsseldorf, January 19, 2006, accessed on March 15, 2016 .
- ↑ From the railway depot to the musical theater ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Klokow is now the sole ruler in the realm of musicals
- ↑ Henning Pillekamp new at the Capitol
- ↑ Export hit 'Miami Nights' goes to Vienna ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Preparations for "The Girl Rosemarie" are in full swing ( page can no longer be accessed , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Saturday Night Fever
- ↑ 'No Pardon' comes on stage as a musical
- ↑ Video Hape Kerkeling presents musical in the ZDFmediathek , accessed on January 25, 2014. (offline)
- ↑ Humor guaranteed
- ↑ "No pardon": humor even without kerkeling
- ↑ Shrek - The Musical premiered in Düsseldorf ( Memento of the original from January 16, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Dirty Dancing
- ↑ About the spirit of Christmas in the Capitol ( Memento of the original from June 29, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Caveman
- ↑ Quatsch Comedy Club is coming to Düsseldorf for the first time ( Memento of the original from February 17, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Rock The Ballet
- ↑ Irish Celtic: Celebrations on the Emerald Isle
- ↑ Momix celebrates dance as a natural spectacle
- ↑ Breakdance with Romeo
- ↑ 'That's Life' is being extended ( memento of the original from January 11, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Shadowland
- ↑ Mayumana - The dancing drummers
- ↑ Uwe Kröger & Pia Douwes present the greatest musical hits of all time
- ↑ Capitol Leiter relies on variety
- ↑ Capitol Leiter relies on variety
- ↑ New Fall Festival 2015 in Düsseldorf
- ↑ The Brand Awards 2010 ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ The Night of the Lions takes place four times
- ↑ The Oscars of Generation YouTube
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Former theater in Düsseldorf
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City Theater Düsseldorf
Coordinates: 51 ° 13 ′ 26 ″ N , 6 ° 48 ′ 1 ″ E