Manitou's Shoe (Musical)
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| Title: | Manitou's shoe |
| Original language: | German |
| Music: | Martin Lingnau |
| Book: | John von Düffel |
| Lyrics: | Heiko Wohlgemuth |
| Literary source: | The shoe of the Manitu by Michael "Bully" Herbig |
| Premiere: | December 7, 2008 |
| Place of premiere: | Theater des Westens in Berlin |
| Place and time of the action: | wild West |
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Der Schuh des Manitu is a musical by Martin Lingnau (music), Heiko Wohlgemuth (lyrics), John von Düffel (book) and Andreas Gergen (idea and concept) based on the film of the same name from 2001.
action
The blood brothers Abahachi and Ranger borrow money from the Shoshone chief's son, False Rabbit, in order to buy a (regular) bar from the crook Santa Maria, but this only turns out to be a falling backdrop. The chief's son then flees with the money, but is shot by Santa Maria. The Shoshone chief thinks Abahachi and Ranger are his son's murderers, but they are able to escape the torture stake. In order to get hold of money, the fugitives look for parts of a treasure map that should show them the way to a hidden gem. Bandit boss Santa Maria learns of this and pursues the fugitives, as well as the Shoshone, who have dug up a folding chair instead of the nonexistent hatchet. After a few adventures, everyone finally comes to Manitu's shoe, a rock cave. Before the villain sinks into a manure pit , there is a dispute and subsequent reconciliation between Abahachi and Ranger.
music
(Title on CD)
- Where the Shoshone live beautifully
- A common goal
- All right, we are bad
- Grmpfzl
- Again on the torture stake
- It starts!
- Hush hush
- Believe in you
- You're not alone
- I drink ouzo
- wild West
- I need a man who can yodel
- Muffins are a must
- wishes come true
- Life is Beautiful
- Super perforator
- Life is beautiful - recapitulation
- I can't go with you
- I can't go with you - recap
- gingerbread heart
- The wagon ride
- final
Productions
- World premiere at the Theater des Westens, Berlin 2008
Stage Entertainment produced the world premiere of the musical on December 7th, 2008 in the Theater des Westens . It was directed by Gip Hoppe and Carline Brouwer , with Gip Hoppe being fired during rehearsals and replaced by Carline Brouwer. The stage design is by David Gallo, the choreographies by Dan Knechtges. The dolls were designed by Michael Curry. The last performance took place on May 31, 2010.
The completely new stage version, directed by Ulrich Wiggers, was shown from June 22, 2013 to August 25, 2013 a total of 21 times on the Tecklenburg open-air stage. Music and vocal arrangements by Martin Lingnau, book: John von Düffel, lyrics and co-author: Heiko Wohlgemuth.
occupation
| in Berlin | in Tecklenburg | |
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| Abahachi | Mathias Schlung | Werner Bauer |
| ranger | Mark Seibert | Alexander Klaws |
| Winnetouch | Veit Schäfermeier | André Haedicke |
| Uschi | Michelle Splietelhof | Femke Soetenga |
| Dimitri | Detlef Leistenschneider | Thomas Hohler |
| Santa Maria | Ingo Brosch | Reinhard Brussmann |
| Hombre | Peter Kaempfe | Julian Looman |
| Sly Lurch | Eric Minsk | Eric Minsk |
| Wrong Bunny | Thomas Klotz | Sebastian Brandmeir |
Publications
- 2009 The Shoe of Manitu - World premiere cast album
Awards
- 2009 kulturnews award from kulturnews magazine for "Best Entertainment 2008"
- 2013 - The performance of the musical - Der Schuh des Manitu - on the open-air stage Tecklenburg received four awards in the category "Short Term Musical" at the Musical Awards 2013 of the music magazine "Da Capo": 2nd place: Best Short Term Musical - The Shoe of the manitu ; 1st place: Best Director, Ulrich Wiggers ; 1st place: Best Actor (male), Alexander Klaws ; 3rd place: Best actress (female), Femke Soetenga .