Capitol Theater (Düsseldorf)

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Capitol Theater

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

Musicals (selection)

Comedy (selection)

Dance (selection)

  • Tap dogs
  • Rock The Ballet
  • Irish Celtic
  • Momix Botanica
  • Swanlake Reloaded
  • Romeo & Juliet

Shows (selection)

  • Last Christmas - Dinner & Show
  • The Rat Pack
  • Berlin Comedian Harmonists
  • ABBA mania
  • That's Life - Dinner & Musical
  • Tonight - Dinner & Show
  • Stomp
  • Shadowland
  • Mayumana

Concerts (selection)

  • Maite Kelly
  • Uwe Kroeger & Pia Douwes
  • Naturally7
  • Michael Patrick Kelly
  • New Fall Festival with Patrice, Marianne Faithfull and Olli Schulz

Events (selection)

  • Brand Award / Night of the Brands
  • Plaque diva
  • Night of the lions
  • ProSieben / SAT1-Media program presentation
  • Web Video Award

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Birgit Wanninger: Thomas Krauth: The musical maker. Rheinische Post, Rheinische Post Verlagsgesellschaft mbh, Düsseldorf, January 19, 2006, accessed on March 15, 2016 .
  2. From the railway depot to the musical theater  ( page no longer available , search in web archivesInfo: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.rp-online.de  
  3. Klokow is now the sole ruler in the realm of musicals
  4. Henning Pillekamp new at the Capitol
  5. Export hit 'Miami Nights' goes to Vienna  ( page no longer available , search in web archivesInfo: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.rp-online.de  
  6. Preparations for "The Girl Rosemarie" are in full swing  ( page can no longer be accessed , search in web archivesInfo: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.rp-online.de  
  7. Saturday Night Fever
  8. 'No Pardon' comes on stage as a musical
  9. Video Hape Kerkeling presents musical  in the ZDFmediathek , accessed on January 25, 2014. (offline)
  10. Humor guaranteed
  11. "No pardon": humor even without kerkeling
  12. 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.musikmarkt.de
  13. ^ Dirty Dancing
  14. ↑ 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.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.lokalkompass.de
  15. ^ Caveman
  16. 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.rp-online.de
  17. Rock The Ballet
  18. Irish Celtic: Celebrations on the Emerald Isle
  19. Momix celebrates dance as a natural spectacle
  20. Breakdance with Romeo
  21. '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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.rp-online.de
  22. Shadowland
  23. Mayumana - The dancing drummers
  24. Uwe Kröger & Pia Douwes present the greatest musical hits of all time
  25. Capitol Leiter relies on variety
  26. Capitol Leiter relies on variety
  27. New Fall Festival 2015 in Düsseldorf
  28. The Brand Awards 2010  ( page no longer available , search in web archivesInfo: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.absatzwirtschaft.de  
  29. The Night of the Lions takes place four times
  30. The Oscars of Generation YouTube

Coordinates: 51 ° 13 ′ 26 ″  N , 6 ° 48 ′ 1 ″  E