Vereinigte Bühnen Wien (VBW), or United Stages

Vienna Vienna ( ; ; ) is the capital city, capital, List of largest cities in Austria, most populous city, and one of Federal states of Austria, nine federal states of Austria. It is Austria's primate city, with just over two million inhabitants. ...

, is a musical production company based in Vienna, Austria which produced several own musicals that were very successful. It also owns and/or operates four theaters: the

Theater an der Wien The is a historic theatre in Vienna located on the Left Wienzeile in the Mariahilf district. Completed in 1801, the theatre has hosted the premieres of many celebrated works of theatre, opera, and symphonic music. Since 2006, it has served prim ...

Raimund Theater The Raimund Theater is a theatre in the Mariahilf district of Vienna, Austria. Named after the Austrian dramatist Ferdinand Raimund, the theatre was built by an association of Viennese citizens and opened on 28 November 1893 with Raimund's pl ...

, Ronacher, and the Kammeroper. 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. * ''Freudiana'' (by

Eric Woolfson Eric Norman Woolfson (18 March 1945 – 2 December 2009) was a Scottish songwriter, lyricist, vocalist, executive producer, pianist, and co-creator of the band the Alan Parsons Project, who sold over 50 million albums worldwide. Woolfson also p ...

, Lida Winiewicz and Brian Brolly) :* Austria (world premiere):

(VBW), Vienna (December 19th, 1990 - April 18th, 1992) *'' Elisabeth'' (written by

Michael Kunze Michael Rolf Kunze (born 9 November 1943, in Prague) is a foremost German musical theater lyricist and librettist. He is best known for the hit musicals ''Elisabeth (musical), Elisabeth'' (1992), ''Tanz der Vampire'' (1996), ''Mozart!'' (1999), ...

, composed by

Sylvester Levay Sylvester Levay (originally Lévay Szilveszter, Serbian language, Serbian: Силвестер Леваи, ''Silvester Levai'') is a Hungarian people, Hungarian recording artist and composer, born in Yugoslavia (now Serbia). Life and career Levay ...

) :* Austria (world premiere):

(VBW),

(September 3rd, 1992 - April 1998) :* Japan:

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(1996) :* Hungary:

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(1996) :* Hungary:

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(1996) :* Sweden:

Karlstad Karlstad (, ) is the 20th-largest city in Sweden, the seat of Karlstad Municipality, the capital of Värmland County, and the largest city in the province Värmland in Sweden. The city proper had 67,122 inhabitants in 2020 with 97,233 inhabitan ...

(1999) :*

Netherlands , Terminology of the Low Countries, informally Holland, is a country in Northwestern Europe, with Caribbean Netherlands, overseas territories in the Caribbean. It is the largest of the four constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Nether ...

: Fortis Circustheater ( SE),

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(1999-2001) :* Germany: Colosseum Theater (SE),

Essen Essen () is the central and, after Dortmund, second-largest city of the Ruhr, the largest urban area in Germany. Its population of makes it the fourth-largest city of North Rhine-Westphalia after Cologne, Düsseldorf and Dortmund, as well as ...

(March 2001 - June 2003) :* Hungary:

(2002-2003) :* Austria (revised version): Theater an der Wien (VBW), Vienna (October 1st, 2003 - December 4th, 2005) :* Germany:

Apollo Theater The Apollo Theater (formerly the Hurtig & Seamon's New Theatre; also Apollo Theatre or 125th Street Apollo Theatre) is a multi-use Theater (structure), theater at 253 125th Street (Manhattan), West 125th Street in the Harlem neighborhood of U ...

(SE),

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(April 2005 - September 17th, 2006) :*

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Turku Turku ( ; ; , ) is a city in Finland and the regional capital of Southwest Finland. It is located on the southwestern coast of the country at the mouth of the Aura River (Finland), River Aura. The population of Turku is approximately , while t ...

(since September 23rd, 2005) * '' Tanz der Vampire'' (''Dance of the Vampires'') (written by Michael Kunze, composed by

Jim Steinman James Richard Steinman (November 1, 1947 – April 19, 2021) was an American composer, lyricist and record producer. He also worked as an arranger, pianist, and singer. His work included songs in the adult contemporary, rock, dance, pop, mus ...

) :* Austria (world premiere):

(VBW), Vienna (October 4th, 1997 - January 15th, 2000) :* Germany: Musical Hall (now called

, Stella Entertainment AG, taken over by SE in 2002), Stuttgart (March 31st 2000 - August 31st, 2003) :* United States:

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(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. :* Germany: Neue Flora (SE),

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(December 16th, 2003 - January 22nd, 2006) :*

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It extends from the Baltic Sea in the north to the Sudetes and Carpathian Mountains in the south, bordered by Lithuania and Russia to the northeast, Belarus and Ukrai ...

: Roma Teatr Muzyczny,

Warsaw Warsaw, officially the Capital City of Warsaw, is the capital and List of cities and towns in Poland, largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the Vistula, River Vistula in east-central Poland. Its population is officially estimated at ...

(October 8th, 2005 - ) :* Germany:

Theater des Westens The Theater des Westens (Theatre of the West) is one of the most famous theatres for musicals and operettas in Berlin, Germany, located at 10–12 in Charlottenburg. It was founded in 1895 for plays. The present house was opened in 1896 and ded ...

Berlin Berlin ( ; ) is the Capital of Germany, capital and largest city of Germany, by both area and List of cities in Germany by population, population. With 3.7 million inhabitants, it has the List of cities in the European Union by population withi ...

(December 2006) :* Hungary: Magyar Theater,

PS Produkció Ltd (June 30th, 2007) ;*

Estonia Estonia, officially the Republic of Estonia, is a country in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, and to the east by Ru ...

Tallinn Tallinn is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Estonia, most populous city of Estonia. Situated on a Tallinn Bay, bay in north Estonia, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland of the Baltic Sea, it has a population of (as of 2025) and ...

;* Finland:

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(2011),

Helsinki Helsinki () is the Capital city, capital and most populous List of cities and towns in Finland, city in Finland. It is on the shore of the Gulf of Finland and is the seat of southern Finland's Uusimaa region. About people live in the municipali ...

(2016) :* Japan:

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Antwerp Antwerp (; ; ) is a City status in Belgium, city and a Municipalities of Belgium, municipality in the Flemish Region of Belgium. It is the capital and largest city of Antwerp Province, and the third-largest city in Belgium by area at , after ...

(2010) :*

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: GoJa Music Hall

Prague Prague ( ; ) is the capital and List of cities and towns in the Czech Republic, largest city of the Czech Republic and the historical capital of Bohemia. Prague, located on the Vltava River, has a population of about 1.4 million, while its P ...

(2017) * '' Mozart!'' (written by Michael Kunze, composed by Silvester Levay) :* Austria (world premiere):

(VBW), Vienna (October 2nd, 1999 - May 7th, 2001) :* Germany: Neue Flora (SE), Hamburg (September 21st, 2001 - June 30th, 2002) :* Japan:

(2002) :* Japan: Osaka (2002) :* Hungary: Budapest (March 2003 - ) :* Japan: Osaka (2005) :* Sweden: Karlstad (2005) :* Czech Republic: City Theatre

Brno Brno ( , ; ) is a Statutory city (Czech Republic), city in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. Located at the confluence of the Svitava (river), Svitava and Svratka (river), Svratka rivers, Brno has about 403,000 inhabitants, making ...

(2009) *''Wake Up'' (written and composed by Rainhard Fendrich, music arranged by

Harold Faltermeyer Hans Hugo Harold Faltermeyer (born 5 October 1952) is a German musician, composer and record producer. Faltermeyer is best known for composing the " Axel F" theme for the feature film '' Beverly Hills Cop'', an influential synth-pop hit in the ...

) :* Austria (world premiere):

(VBW), Vienna (September 29th, 2002 - January 1, 2004) * '' Barbarella'' (written by Rudi Klausnitzer, composed by Dave Stewart, based on the work and character by

Jean-Claude Forest Jean-Claude Forest (11 September 1930 – 30 December 1998) was a French writer and illustrator of comics and the creator of character Barbarella. Biography Jean-Claude Forest was born in Le Perreux-sur-Marne, a Paris suburb and graduated ...

) :* Austria (world premiere):

(VBW), Vienna (March 11th, 2004 - January 1, 2005) * ''

Rebecca Rebecca () appears in the Hebrew Bible as the wife of Isaac and the mother of Jacob and Esau. According to biblical tradition, Rebecca's father was Bethuel the Aramean from Paddan Aram, also called Aram-Naharaim. Rebecca's brother was Laban (Bi ...

'' (written by Michael Kunze, composed by Sylvester Levay) :* Austria (world premiere):

(VBW), Vienna (since September 28th, 2006) :* Finland: Helsinki (2009),

Kouvola Kouvola () is a city in Finland and the administrative capital of Kymenlaakso. It is located in the southeastern interior of the country. The population of Kouvola is approximately . It is the most populous municipality in Finland, and the 17th m ...

(2010) :*Czech Republic: Jiří Myron Theatre (NDM), Ostrava (since March 9th, 2017) *'' Rudolf'' (written by Jack Murphy, Phoebe Hwang, and

Nan Knighton Nan Knighton is an American poet, playwright, and lyricist. Early life Knighton was born in Baltimore in 1947 to physician Donald Proctor and artist Janice Proctor. She is a 1965 graduate of Bryn Mawr School, with an undergraduate degree from S ...

, composed by

Frank Wildhorn Frank Wildhorn (born November 29, 1958) is an American composer of both musicals and popular songs. His musical ''Jekyll & Hyde (musical), Jekyll & Hyde'' ran for four years on Broadway. He also wrote the hit song "Where Do Broken Hearts Go" for ...

) :* Hungary (world premiere): alternating between the Operett Színház in

and the open-air theatre in

since May 26, 2006. *''Schikaneder'' (written by Christian Struppeck, composed by

Stephen Schwartz Stephen Lawrence Schwartz (born March 6, 1948) is an American musical theatre composer and lyricist. In a career spanning over five decades, Schwartz has written hit musicals such as ''Godspell'' (1971), ''Pippin (musical), Pippin'' (1972), and ...

) :* Austria (world premiere):

(VBW), Vienna (September 30, 2016 - June 21, 2017) *''I am from Austria'' (written by Titus Hoffmann and Christian Struppeck, songs by Rainhard Fendrich) :* Austria (world premiere):

(VBW), Vienna (September 16th, 2017 - June 16th, 2019) :* Japan:

Takarazuka Grand Theater The is a theater located in Takarazuka, Hyōgo, Japan. It is the home theater of the Takarazuka Revue, an all-female theater troupe established in 1913. The Grand Theater opened in 1924 and was rebuilt in 1993; the two iterations of the structur ...

(2019)

All musical productions

This list contains musical productions played in the VBW's theaters

(TadW),

(RT) and Etablissement Ronacher (ER) in alphabetical order. Current and ''future'' productions are highlighted. *

A Chorus Line ''A Chorus Line'' is a 1975 musical conceived by Michael Bennett with music by Marvin Hamlisch, lyrics by Edward Kleban, and a book by James Kirkwood Jr. and Nicholas Dante. Set on the bare stage of a Broadway theater, the musical is cent ...

(RT, 1987-1988) * Anatevka (TadW, 1997) * Barbarella (RT, 2004-2005) * The Bodyguard (ER, 2018-2019) *

Cats The cat (''Felis catus''), also referred to as the domestic cat or house cat, is a small domesticated carnivorous mammal. It is the only domesticated species of the family Felidae. Advances in archaeology and genetics have shown that the ...

(TadW, 1983-1988; ER, 1988-1990, 2019-2022) *

Chicago Chicago is the List of municipalities in Illinois, most populous city in the U.S. state of Illinois and in the Midwestern United States. With a population of 2,746,388, as of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, it is the List of Unite ...

(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 ''Freudiana'' is a rock opera by Eric Woolfson. It was to be the 11th album by the Alan Parsons Project, but during its development, Woolfson had creative differences with Alan Parsons, causing the Project's split. With the two still workin ...

(TadW, 1990-1992) *

Frühlings Erwachen ''Spring Awakening'' () (also translated as ''Spring's Awakening'' and ''The Awakening of Spring'') is the German dramatist Frank Wedekind's first major play and a foundational work in the Twentieth-century theatre, modern history of theatre. I ...

(ER 2009) * Grease (RT, 1994-1995) *

Hair Hair is a protein filament that grows from follicles found in the dermis. Hair is one of the defining characteristics of mammals. The human body, apart from areas of glabrous skin, is covered in follicles which produce thick terminal and ...

(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 ''Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat'' is a sung-through musical with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyrics by Tim Rice, based on the character of Joseph from the Bible's Book of Genesis. This was the first Lloyd Webber and Rice ...

(RT, 2000-2001) * Kuss der Spinnenfrau (Kiss of the Spider Woman) (RT, 1993-1994) *

Les Misérables ''Les Misérables'' (, ) is a 19th-century French literature, French Epic (genre), epic historical fiction, historical novel by Victor Hugo, first published on 31 March 1862, that is considered one of the greatest novels of the 19th century. '' ...

(RT, 1988-1990) * Mozart! (TadW, 1999-2001) *

(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 ''Sister Act'' is a 1992 American musical crime comedy film directed by Emile Ardolino and written by Paul Rudnick (billed as Joseph Howard). It stars Whoopi Goldberg as a lounge singer forced to hide in a convent after being placed in a witn ...

(ER 2011-) *

Rocky Horror Show ''The Rocky Horror Show'' is a Musical theatre, musical with music, lyrics and book by Richard O'Brien. A humorous tribute to various B movies associated with the Science fiction film, science fiction and Horror film, horror genres from the 193 ...

(RT, 1993) * Tanz der Vampire (RT, 1997-2000, ER 2009-2011) * The Producers (ER, 2008-2009) * Wake Up (RT, 2002-2004)

References

External links

Vereinigte Bühnen Wien (in German)

Vereinigte Bühnen Wien (in English)
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Vereinigte Buhnen Wien Companies based in Vienna Musical theatre companies

Original musical productions

All musical productions

See also

References

External links