German Musical Theater Prize 2015
As part of the German Musical Theater Prize 2015 , awards were presented to 13 winners for their achievements in the musical field on October 26, 2015 during a gala in the tipi at the Chancellery in Berlin after the selection by a jury in September 2015. The award ceremony was moderated by Katharine Mehrling and Thomas Hermanns .
Participation and selection process
For the German Musical Theater Prize 2015, German-language musical premieres that were produced by a professional theater or production company in German, were not a compilation show, were not performed publicly before the competition period from August 15, 2014 to August 14, 2015, during the competition period Premiere and at least 10 performances were played. At the end of the competition period, the jury of experts selected the nominees from 22 participating productions in 13 categories, which were presented to the public on August 20, 2015. The expert jury and the 171 full members of the German Musical Academy then selected the winners in a secret postal vote, with 50% of the weight of the vote each going to the expert jury and members.
jury
The expert jury for the second award ceremony in 2015 consisted of
- Bernd Steixner (former musical director of the Theater des Westens in Berlin)
- Andrea Pier (Head of the Theater des Westens)
- Hartmut H. Forche (director and translator)
- Bettina Meske (singer and actress)
- Thomas Zaufke (composer)
- Rolf Kühn (composer).
2015 winners and nominations
The following musicals, performances and people were nominated in 13 categories for the German Musical Theater Prize 2015 in August 2015 . The winners chosen by the jury in October 2015 will be named first.
Best musical
Dangerous love affairs ( Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz , Munich)
- Lotte ( Wetzlar Festival , Wetzlar)
- Ost Side Story ( Theater am Hechtplatz , Zurich / Just4Fun Entertainment, Zurich / shake company, Zurich)
Best composition
Dangerous love affairs ( Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz , Munich) - Music: Marc Schubring 
-
Grim! ( Next Liberty Youth Theater, Graz / Oper Graz) - Music: Thomas Zaufke
-
Lotte (Wetzlar Festival, Wetzlar) - Music: Marian Lux
Best book
Grim! (Next Liberty Youth Theater, Graz / Oper Graz) - Book: Peter Lund
- Der kleine Störtebecker ( Schmidt Theater , Hamburg) - Book: Martin Lingnau & Heiko Wohlgemuth
- Lotte (Wetzlar Festival, Wetzlar) - Book: Kevin Schroeder
-
Ost Side Story ( Theater am Hechtplatz , Zurich / Just4Fun Entertainment, Zurich / shake company, Zurich) - Book: Dominik Flaschka & Roman Riklin
Best song lyrics
Alma and the genius (stem cell formation, Berlin) - lyrics: Tom van Hasselt
- Der kleine Störtebecker (Schmidt Theater, Hamburg) - Lyrics: Heiko Wohlgemuth
- Lotte (Wetzlar Festival, Wetzlar) - Lyrics: Kevin Schroeder
-
Ost Side Story (Theater am Hechtplatz, Zurich / Just4Fun Entertainment, Zurich / shake company, Zurich) - Lyrics: Roman Riklin
Best Actress
Julia Klotz - Dangerous Liaisons (Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz, Munich)
-
Fabienne Louves - Ost Side Story (Theater am Hechtplatz, Zurich / Just4Fun Entertainment, Zurich / shake company, Zurich)
-
Nini Stadlmann - Alma and the Genius (stem cell formation, Berlin)
Best Actor
Christof Messner / - Grimm! (Next Liberty Youth Theater, Graz / Oper Graz)
-
Oliver Arno - Lotte (Wetzlar Festival, Wetzlar)
-
Armin Kahl - Dangerous Liaisons (Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz, Munich)
-
Detlef Leistenschneider ( The Miracle of Bern - Stage Entertainment, Hamburg)
The best supporting actress
Elisabeth Hübert - The Miracle of Bern (Stage Entertainment, Hamburg)
- Giselheid Hönsch / - Pünktchen and Anton (Young Theater Bonn)
- Astrid Vosberg - Everyman ( Jedermann ) (Pfalztheater Kaiserslautern)
Best supporting actor
David Jakobs - The Miracle of Bern (Stage Entertainment, Hamburg)
- Tobias Weis - Lotte (Wetzlar Festival, Wetzlar)
- Peter Zgraggen - Ost Side Story (Theater am Hechtplatz, Zurich / Just4Fun Entertainment / shake company)
Best director
Ost Side Story (Theater am Hechtplatz, Just4Fun Entertainment / shake company, Zurich) - Director: Dominik Flaschka
- Der kleine Störtebeker (Schmidt Theater, Hamburg) - Director: Carolin Spieß
- Superhero (State Theater Wiesbaden / Young State Musical, Wiesbaden) - Director: Iris Limbarth
Best choreography
The miracle of Bern - soccer choreography: Simon Eichenberger (choreography), Florian Bücking & Brendan Shelper (vertical choreography)
-
Ost Side Story (Theater am Hechtplatz, Zurich / Just4Fun Entertainment, Zurich / shake company, Zurich) - Choreography: Jonathan Huor /
- Superhero (State Theater Wiesbaden / Young State Musical, Wiesbaden) - Choreography: Iris Limbarth
Best stage design
The Miracle of Bern (Stage Entertainment, Hamburg) - Set design: Jens Kilian
-
Dangerous love affairs (Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz, Munich) - Set design: Rainer Sinell
- Der kleine Störtebecker (Schmidt Theater, Hamburg) - set design: Heiko de Boer
-
Ost Side Story (Theater am Hechtplatz, Zurich / Just4Fun Entertainment, Zurich / shake company, Zurich) - set design: Simon Schmidmeister
Best musical design
Dangerous love affairs (Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz, Munich) - Musical direction: Andreas Kowalewitz
-
Lotte (Wetzlar Festival, Wetzlar) - Musical director: Martin N. Spahr
-
Ost Side Story (Theater am Hechtplatz, Zurich / Just4Fun Entertainment, Zurich / shake company, Zurich) - Musical director: Hans Ueli Schlaepfer
Best costume / makeup image
Dangerous love affairs (Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz, Munich) - Costume design: Alfred Mayerhofer
-
Grim! (Next Liberty Youth Theater, Graz / Oper Graz) - Costume design: Isabel Toccafondi
- Pünktchen and Anton (Young Theater Bonn) - costume design: Brigitte Winter
Further prices
Honorary award
Weck was recognized for its outstanding performance in the musical field. He was largely responsible for the distribution of musicals such as Cats , Les Misérables and Das Phantom der Oper in German-speaking countries, which established the commercial success of this division and established the German-language premieres of successful British musicals during his artistic directorship at the Theater an der Wien from 1983. The laudation at the award ceremony was held by the singer Angelika Milster .
Special Price
The child actors in the musical
The Miracle of Bern
The prize was accepted by three of the young actors on behalf of the 40-strong children's ensemble.
Web links
- Information from the German Musical Academy
- Nominations 2015 at musicalradio.de
- German Musical Theater Prize 2015 from the German Musical Academy on Youtube (video)
Individual evidence
- ↑ '' Selection procedure for the German Musical Theater Prize 2015 '' In: deutschemusicalakademie.de. Retrieved September 26, 2015.
- ↑ These are the nominees for the German Musical Theater Prize 2015 ( memento of the original from September 24, 2015 in the web archive archive.today ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: musicalradio.de, August 20, 2015.
- ^ The German Musical Theater Prize 2015: The Great Ceremony In: musical1.de, October 27, 2015.
- ↑ Honorary Prize of the German Musical Academy for Peter Weck In: klassik.com, October 27, 2015.
- ↑ Awarded a German Musical Oscar five times ( Memento of the original from November 2, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: stage-entertainment.de, October 27, 2015.
