German Musical Theater Prize

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The German Musical Theater Award is an award since 2014 Theater Award for musicals and connected with the musical people, which is awarded by the German Musical Academy. The German Musical Academy, whose members also include Stage Entertainment , is the industry association for the German musical field.

History and purpose

After more than a year of preparation, the German Musical Academy was founded in September 2013 by 19 people, including Thomas Hermanns , Gayle Tufts , Norbert Hunecke, Bettina Meske and Thomas Zaufke , from the informal group “Musical Interest Group”. One of the purposes of the association defined in the statutes was the creation and award of the German Musical Theater Prize . The aim of the award is to honor artistic achievements in the musical genre with a corresponding award and to give them greater public attention. The annual German Musical Theater Prize is an undoped theater prize for the German-speaking area, which aims to draw attention to the diversity, performance and artistic charisma of the musical stage. The award was introduced in 2014 in the form of an honorary award to Helmut Baumann and expanded to a total of 13 categories in 2015. In 2018 the new category "Best Revival" was added, in which new productions of German-language musicals are awarded. At the same time, the participating artists in these productions, but not the authors, were admitted to their respective categories.

jury

The board of directors of the German Musical Academy appoints a jury for each season, which sifts through the registered productions and whose voting is included in the selection of the winners with a voting weight of 50%. The previous jury members included Bernd Steixner (former musical director of the Theater des Westens in Berlin), Hartmut H. Forche (director and translator), Thomas Zaufke (composer) and Edith Jeske (librettist and lecturer).

nomination

To be nominated for the German Musical Theater Prize , registration by the producer of the musical is required. You can register for musicals that premier in German in the respective season (August 15 and ends on August 14) and are produced by public theaters or professional private theaters, production companies and festivals. The musical must be a new piece with new music, so compilation musicals and revues are not permitted. The jury visits all productions admitted to the competition and makes the nominations at the end of the season.

choice

The jury members and all full members of the Deutsche Musical Akademie eV choose the winners from the nominees in a secret ballot, whereby 50% of the voting weight is allocated to both groups.

Categories

The German Musical Theater Prize has been awarded in 13 categories since 2015 . In addition to awards that relate to the musical as a work (best musical, best composition, best book, best song lyrics), prizes are also given for the respective ensemble. The best actress, the best actor, the best supporting actress and the best supporting actor are also honored. There are also prizes for the staff (best direction, best choreography, best stage design, best musical design, best costume / make-up design). In 2015, an honorary award and a special award were also awarded.

Previous winners

In 2014 Helmut Baumann was honored for his life's work. The prize has been awarded in the aforementioned categories since 2015.

Best musical
Best revival
Best composition
Best book
Best song lyrics
Best Actress in a Leading Role
Best Actor in a Leading Role
Bettina Meske and Ewald Arenz 2016
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Best director
Best choreography
Best stage design
  • 2015: The Miracle of Bern (Stage Entertainment, Hamburg) - Set design: Jens Kilian
  • 2016: The tunnel (Theater Fürth, Fürth) - set design: Marc Jungreithmeier ; Video: Marc Jungreithmeier and Anne Chahine
  • 2017: Around the world in 80 days (Landestheater Linz) - Stage design: Hans Kudlich
  • 2018: Different by tradition - Das Lilienmusical (Staatstheater Darmstadt) - Set design: Sarah Katharina Karl & Roman Rehor
Best arrangement
  • 2016: Der Medicus (Spotlight Musicals, Fulda) - Arrangement: Michael Reed
  • 2017: Vivaldi - The fifth season (Volksoper Vienna) - Arrangements: Christian Kolonovits
  • 2018: Heart of Gold ( Theater Augsburg ) - Arrangements: Stephan Kanyar
  • 2019: The hare with the amber eyes - arrangements: Markus Syperek
Best musical design
Best costume / makeup image
The 2015 honorary award went to Peter Weck
Honorary award
Special Price

Awards ceremonies

Web links

Commons : Deutscher Musical Theater Preis  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Announcement on the establishment of the German Musical Academy In: deutschemusicalakademie.de. Retrieved September 26, 2015.
  2. ^ Industry association "Deutsche Musical Akademie" founded in Berlin In: musicalinsider.io. Retrieved September 26, 2015.
  3. ^ Statutes of the German Musical Academy In: deutschemusicalakademie.de. Retrieved September 26, 2015.
  4. ^ Announcement for the German Musical Theater Prize 2015 In: deutschemusicalakademie.de. Retrieved September 26, 2015.
  5. ↑ Selection process 2015 In: deutschemusicalakademie.de. Retrieved September 20, 2015.