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Vereinigte Bühnen Wien (VBW), or United Stages
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, 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 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 prima ...
, 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. * ''Freudiana'' (by Eric Woolfson, Lida Winiewicz and
Brian Brolly Brian Brolly (21 October 1936 – 28 October 2006), was an English showbusiness entrepreneur. He was the managing director of Paul and Linda McCartney's MPL Communications, and then of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Really Useful Theatre Company. He was a ...
) :* Austria (world premiere):
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 prima ...
(VBW), Vienna (December 19th, 1990 - April 18th, 1992) *'' Elisabeth'' (written by Michael Kunze, 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):
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 prima ...
(VBW),
Vienna en, Viennese , iso_code = AT-9 , registration_plate = W , postal_code_type = Postal code , postal_code = , timezone = CET , utc_offset = +1 , timezone_DST ...
(September 3rd, 1992 - April 1998) :* Japan:
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(1996) :* Hungary:
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(1996) :* Hungary:
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(1996) :* Sweden:
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(1999) :*
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: Fortis Circustheater ( SE),
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(1999-2001) :* Germany: Colosseum Theater (SE),
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(March 2001 - June 2003) :* Hungary:
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(2002-2003) :* Austria (revised version): Theater an der Wien (VBW), Vienna (October 1st, 2003 - December 4th, 2005) :* Germany:
Apollo Theater The Apollo Theater is a music hall at 253 West 125th Street between Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard (Seventh Avenue) and Frederick Douglass Boulevard (Eighth Avenue) in the Harlem neighborhood of Upper Manhattan in New York City. It is a ...
(SE),
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(April 2005 - September 17th, 2006) :*
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(since September 23rd, 2005) * ''
Tanz der Vampire ''Dance of the Vampires'' is a musical remake of the 1967 Roman Polanski film of the same name (known as ''The Fearless Vampire Killers'' in the USA). Polanski also directed this musical’s original German-language production (titled ). The mu ...
'' (''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): Raimund Theater (VBW), Vienna (October 4th, 1997 - January 15th, 2000) :* Germany: Musical Hall (now called
Apollo Theater The Apollo Theater is a music hall at 253 West 125th Street between Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard (Seventh Avenue) and Frederick Douglass Boulevard (Eighth Avenue) in the Harlem neighborhood of Upper Manhattan in New York City. It is a ...
, Stella Entertainment AG, taken over by SE in 2002), Stuttgart (March 31st 2000 - August 31st, 2003) :* United States: Minskoff Theatre,
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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 Neue Flora ''(Stage Theater Neue Flora)'' is a musical theatre in Hamburg, owned and operated by Stage Entertainment. History In 1987 Stella Entertainment was looking for a new musical theatre in Hamburg, after their success with ''Cats'' in ...
(SE),
Hamburg Hamburg (, ; nds, label=Hamburg German, Low Saxon, Hamborg ), officially the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg (german: Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg; nds, label=Low Saxon, Friee un Hansestadt Hamborg),. is the List of cities in Germany by popul ...
(December 16th, 2003 - January 22nd, 2006) :*
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: Roma Teatr Muzyczny,
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(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 d ...
,
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(December 2006) :* Hungary: Magyar Theater,
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PS Produkció Ltd (June 30th, 2007) ;*
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;* Finland:
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(2011),
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(2016) :* Japan:
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(2010) :*
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: GoJa Music Hall
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(2017) * '' Mozart!'' (written by Michael Kunze, composed by Silvester Levay) :* Austria (world premiere):
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 prima ...
(VBW), Vienna (October 2nd, 1999 - May 7th, 2001) :* Germany: Neue Flora (SE), Hamburg (September 21st, 2001 - June 30th, 2002) :* Japan:
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(2002) :* Japan: Osaka (2002) :* Hungary: Budapest (March 2003 - ) :* Japan: Osaka (2005) :* Sweden: Karlstad (2005) :* Czech Republic: City Theatre
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(2009) *''Wake Up'' (written and composed by Rainhard Fendrich, music arranged by
Harold Faltermeyer Hans Hugo Harold Faltermeier (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 1 ...
) :* Austria (world premiere): Raimund Theater (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) :* Austria (world premiere): Raimund Theater (VBW), Vienna (March 11th, 2004 - January 1, 2005) * ''
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'' (written by Michael Kunze, composed by Sylvester Levay) :* Austria (world premiere): Raimund Theater (VBW), Vienna (since September 28th, 2006) :* Finland: Helsinki (2009),
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(2010) :*Czech Republic: Jiří Myron Theatre (NDM), Ostrava (since March 9th, 2017) *'' Rudolf'' (written by Jack Murphy, Phoebe Hwang, and
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, composed by
Frank Wildhorn Frank Wildhorn (born November 29, 1958) is an American composer of both musicals and popular songs. His musical ''Jekyll & Hyde'' ran for four years on Broadway. He also wrote the #1 International hit song "Where Do Broken Hearts Go" for Whitne ...
) :* Hungary (world premiere): alternating between the Operett Színház in
Budapest Budapest (, ; ) is the capital and most populous city of Hungary. It is the ninth-largest city in the European Union by population within city limits and the second-largest city on the Danube river; the city has an estimated population o ...
and the open-air theatre in
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since May 26, 2006. *''Schikaneder'' (written by Christian Struppeck, composed by Stephen Schwartz) :* 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) :* Austria (world premiere): Raimund Theater (VBW), Vienna (September 16th, 2017 - June 16th, 2019) :* Japan: Takarazuka Grand Theater,
Osaka is a designated city in the Kansai region of Honshu in Japan. It is the capital of and most populous city in Osaka Prefecture, and the third most populous city in Japan, following Special wards of Tokyo and Yokohama. With a population of ...
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Tokyo Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, with an estimated 37.46 ...
(2019)


All musical productions

This list contains musical productions played in the VBW's theaters
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 prima ...
(TadW), Raimund Theater (RT) and Etablissement Ronacher (ER) in alphabetical order. Current and ''future'' productions are highlighted. *
A Chorus Line ''A Chorus Line'' is a 1975 musical 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 centered on seventeen Broadway dancers ...
(RT, 1987-1988) *
Anatevka ''Fiddler on the Roof'' is a musical with music by Jerry Bock, lyrics by Sheldon Harnick, and book by Joseph Stein, set in the Pale of Settlement of Imperial Russia in or around 1905. It is based on ''Tevye and his Daughters'' (or ''Tevye the Da ...
(TadW, 1997) * Barbarella (RT, 2004-2005) * The Bodyguard (ER, 2018-2019) *
Cats The cat (''Felis catus'') is a domestic species of small carnivorous mammal. It is the only domesticated species in the family Felidae and is commonly referred to as the domestic cat or house cat to distinguish it from the wild members o ...
(TadW, 1983-1988; ER, 1988-1990) *
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(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. The production, released in 1990, utilizes the Project ...
(TadW, 1990-1992) *
Frühlings Erwachen ''Spring Awakening'' (german: Frühlings Erwachen, links=no) (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 modern history of ...
(ER 2009) * Grease (RT, 1994-1995) *
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(RT, 2001-2002) * I am from Austria (RT, 2017-2019) * Ich war noch niemals in New York (RT, 2010-2012) *
Jekyll & Hyde ''Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde'' is a 1886 Gothic novella by Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson. It follows Gabriel John Utterson, a London-based legal practitioner who investigates a series of strange occurrences between his old ...
(TadW, 2001-2003) *
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat ''Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat'' (often colloquially known as ''Joseph'') is a sung-through musical with lyrics by Tim Rice and music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, based on the character of Joseph from the Bible's Book of Genesis. ...
(RT, 2000-2001) * Kuss der Spinnenfrau (Kiss of the Spider Woman) (RT, 1993-1994) *
Les Misérables ''Les Misérables'' ( , ) is a French historical novel by Victor Hugo, first published in 1862, that is considered one of the greatest novels of the 19th century. In the English-speaking world, the novel is usually referred to by its origin ...
(RT, 1988-1990) * Mozart! (TadW, 1999-2001) *
Rebecca Rebecca, ; Syriac: , ) from the Hebrew (lit., 'connection'), from Semitic root , 'to tie, couple or join', 'to secure', or 'to snare') () appears in the Hebrew Bible as the wife of Isaac and the mother of Jacob and Esau. According to biblical ...
(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 ''The Rocky Horror Show'' is a Musical theatre, musical with music, lyrics and book by Richard O'Brien. A humorous tribute to the Science fiction film, science fiction and Horror film, horror B movies of the 1930s through to the early 1960s, the ...
(RT, 1993) *
Tanz der Vampire ''Dance of the Vampires'' is a musical remake of the 1967 Roman Polanski film of the same name (known as ''The Fearless Vampire Killers'' in the USA). Polanski also directed this musical’s original German-language production (titled ). The mu ...
(RT, 1997-2000, ER 2009-2011) * The Producers (ER, 2008-2009) * Wake Up (RT, 2002-2004)


See also

* Stage Entertainment (abbreviated: SE) * Elisabeth (musical) *
Tanz der Vampire ''Dance of the Vampires'' is a musical remake of the 1967 Roman Polanski film of the same name (known as ''The Fearless Vampire Killers'' in the USA). Polanski also directed this musical’s original German-language production (titled ). The mu ...


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