Boulevardteatern (''Boulevard Theatre'') is a

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in the district of

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, Sweden.

History

Boulevardteatern is located on

Götgatan Götgatan (Original Swedish ''Göthegatan''*Stahre, Nils-Gustaf; Fogelström, Per Anders (1986). Stockholms gatunamn: innerstaden. Monografier utgivna av Stockholms stad (1st edition). Stockholm: Liber/Allmänna förlaget. Libris 7269073. for " Go ...

73 in Södermalm. The theater was previously located at a site on Ringvägen 125, which was owned by the cinema ''Trocadero'' (30 September 1933– June 1934) and by '' Nationaltemplarorden (NTO)'' which subsequently bought. From 1957 until the mid of the 1960s, the theatre '' Nöjeskatten'', founded by

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(1913- 1981) and

Carl-Gustaf Lindstedt Carl-Gustaf Lindstedt (24 February 1921 – 16 January 1992) was a Swedish comedian and actor. History He grew up in Kungsholmen in Stockholm, where there now is a street named after him. His father was a Social Democratic politician and Car ...

(1921– 1992), owned the premise. Boulevardteatern was started by Malmö based Tidningsteatern which was operated by the brothers

Michael Segerström Karl Kristian Mikael Segerström (born 20 May 1944) is a Swedish actor and director. Segerström was born in Lund and has worked at theatres in Stockholm, Gothenburg, and Helsingborg as well as in film with ''Jönssonligan'' and others. Filmo ...

and Thomas Segerström. It opened on 10 January 1985 with the

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''Teaterterroristerna'', directed by Michael Segerström and the plays since the opening are among ''Revisorn'', ''Den girige'' and ''Onkel Vanja''. In 2002 Autumn the

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'' Clownen luktar bensin'' was broadcast from Boulevardteatern. In 2006, Roger Westberg and Yvonne Granath took over the leadership of the theater. Since 2007, Westberg has been theater manager and artistic director at the Boulevard Theater. In 2010, Westberg started Boulevardteaterns Teaterskola, a vocational post-secondary theater school which is run in close collaboration with the theater.

References

External links

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