Vereinigte Bühnen Wien Vereinigte Bühnen Wien (VBW) , or United Stages Vienna , is a musical production company based in Vienna, Austria which produced several own musicals that were very successful.
It also owns and/or operates three theaters: the Theater an der Wien , Raimund Theater , and the Ronacher .
Shareholders are Wien Holding GmbH and Rudi Klausnitzer, who was also VBW's Artistic Director between 1992 and 2006.
Original musical productions
This is a list of productions that were originally produced by Vereinigte Bühnen Wien. Some of the productions were later produced by other companies.
Austria (world premiere): Theater an der Wien (VBW), Vienna (December 19th, 1990 - April 18th, 1992) Austria (world premiere): Theater an der Wien (VBW), Vienna (September 3rd, 1992 - April 1998)
Japan: Osaka (1996)
Hungary: Szeged (1996)
Hungary: Budapest (1996)
Sweden: Karlstad (1999)
Netherlands : Fortis Circustheater (SE ), The Hague (1999-2001)Germany: Colosseum Theater (SE), Essen (March 2001 - June 2003)
Hungary: Budapest (2002-2003)
Austria (revised version): Theater an der Wien (VBW), Vienna (October 1st, 2003 - December 4th, 2005)
Germany: Apollo Theater (SE), Stuttgart (April 2005 - September 17th, 2006)
Finland : Turku (since September 23rd, 2005)Austria (world premiere): Raimund Theater (VBW), Vienna (October 4th, 1997 - January 15th, 2000)
Germany: Musical Hall (now called Apollo Theater , Stella Entertainment AG, taken over by SE in 2002), Stuttgart (March 31st 2000 - August 31st, 2003)
United States: Minskoff Theatre , Broadway , New York (October 18th, 2002 - January 25th, 2003) Instead of adapting the successful Austrian version, the producers decided to have it rewritten. It turned out to become a big flop. Mozart! Austria (world premiere): Theater an der Wien (VBW), Vienna (October 2nd, 1999 - May 7th, 2001)
Germany: Neue Flora (SE), Hamburg (September 21st, 2001 - June 30th, 2002)
Japan: Tokyo (2002)
Japan: Osaka (2002)
Hungary: Budapest (March 2003 - )
Japan: Osaka (2005)
Sweden: Karlstad (2005)
Czech Republic: City Theatre Brno (2009) Austria (world premiere): Raimund Theater (VBW), Vienna (September 29th, 2002 - January 1, 2004) Austria (world premiere): Raimund Theater (VBW), Vienna (March 11th, 2004 - January 1, 2005) Rebecca Hungary (world premiere): alternating between the Operett Színház in Budapest and the open-air theatre in Szeged since May 26, 2006. Austria (world premiere): Raimund Theater (VBW), Vienna (September 30, 2016 - June 21, 2017) I am from Austria (written by Titus Hoffmann and Christian Struppeck, songs by Rainhard Fendrich )
All musical productions
This list contains musical productions played in the VBW's theaters Theater an der Wien (TadW), Raimund Theater (RT) and Etablissement Ronacher (ER) in alphabetical order. Current and future productions are highlighted.
A Chorus Line (RT, 1987-1988)Anatevka (TadW, 1997)Barbarella (RT, 2004-2005)The Bodyguard (ER, 2018-2019)[ 1] Cats (TadW, 1983-1988; ER, 1988-1990, 2019-2022)Chicago (TadW, 1998-1999; ER, 1999)Die Schöne und das Biest (Beauty and the Beast) (RT, 1995-1997)Das Phantom der Oper (The Phantom of the Opera) (TadW, 1988-1990; RT, 1990-1993)Elisabeth (TadW, 1992-1998, 2003-2005, RT 2012-2013)Freudiana (TadW, 1990-1992)Frühlings Erwachen (ER 2009)Grease (RT, 1994-1995)Hair (RT, 2001-2002)I am from Austria (RT, 2017-2019)Ich war noch niemals in New York (RT, 2010-2012)
Jekyll & Hyde (TadW, 2001-2003)Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (RT, 2000-2001)Kuss der Spinnenfrau (Kiss of the Spider Woman) (RT, 1993-1994)Les Misérables (RT, 1988-1990)Mozart! (TadW, 1999-2001)Rebecca (RT, premiered on September 28, 2006)Rudolf (RT, 2009-2010)Romeo & Julia (Roméo et Juliette, de la Haine à l'Amour) (RT, 2005-2006)Sister Act (ER 2011-)Rocky Horror Show (RT, 1993)Tanz der Vampire (RT, 1997-2000, ER 2009-2011)The Producers (ER, 2008-2009)Wake Up (RT, 2002-2004)
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