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The Admiralspalast (German for ''admiral palace'') is a 1,756-seat theatre on Friedrichstraße in the
Journalisten und Journalismus in der DDR: Berufsorganisation, Westkorrespondenten, "Der schwarze Kanal"
'. Köln: Böhlau, 2007. p. 20 On August 11, 2006, it reopened with '' The Threepenny Opera'', directed by Klaus Maria Brandauer.
The Admiralspalast (German for ''admiral palace'') is a 1,756-seat theatre on Friedrichstraße in the Mitte
Mitte () is the first and most central borough of Berlin. The borough consists of six sub-entities: Mitte proper, Gesundbrunnen, Hansaviertel, Moabit, Tiergarten and Wedding.
It is one of the two boroughs (the other being Friedrichshain-Kreuzb ...
district of Berlin, Germany. Opened in 1910, it is one of the few preserved variety venues of the pre- World War II era in the city.
As a place of amusement the Admiralspalast originally included a skating rink, a public bath, bowling alleys, a café and a cinema open day and night. After World War I it changed to a revue theatre, starting with the show ''Drunter und drüber'' by Walter Kollo, later continued by the performance of operetta
Operetta is a form of theatre and a genre of light opera. It includes spoken dialogue, songs, and dances. It is lighter than opera in terms of its music, orchestral size, length of the work, and at face value, subject matter. Apart from its s ...
s.
As the building suffered little damage from World War II bombing, it was home to the Berlin State Opera until the reconstruction of the Berlin State Opera house in 1955. On April 21–22 1946, the Social Democratic Party of Germany
The Social Democratic Party of Germany (german: Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands, ; SPD, ) is a centre-left social democratic political party in Germany. It is one of the major parties of contemporary Germany.
Saskia Esken has been the ...
and the Communist Party of Germany
The Communist Party of Germany (german: Kommunistische Partei Deutschlands, , KPD ) was a major political party in the Weimar Republic between 1918 and 1933, an underground resistance movement in Nazi Germany, and a minor party in West German ...
in the Soviet occupation zone held a convention at the Admiralspalast where they merged to become the Socialist Unity Party of Germany. The performance of revues and operettas were continued under the name of until its disestablishment in 1997.
The GDR Union of Journalists
The GDR Union of Journalists (german: Verband der Journalisten der DDR, abbreviated VDJ) was a professional association of journalists in East Germany (the ''German Democratic Republic'', GDR). VDJ organized news, press, radio and television journ ...
had its offices inside the Admiralspalast.Wilke, Jürgen, Julia Martin, Denis Fengler, and Marc Levasier. Journalisten und Journalismus in der DDR: Berufsorganisation, Westkorrespondenten, "Der schwarze Kanal"
'. Köln: Böhlau, 2007. p. 20 On August 11, 2006, it reopened with '' The Threepenny Opera'', directed by Klaus Maria Brandauer.
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* Theatres in Berlin Theatres completed in 1910 1910 establishments in Germany {{opera-struct-stub