FROM THE SPREE TO THE ISAR

With breathtaking dance scenes, highly emotional moments and rousing songs, Ku’damm 56 – Das Musical captivates the audience. As the ZDF three-parter “Ku’damm 56,” the story of single dance school owner Caterina Schöllack and her three daughters fascinated an audience of millions. Accordingly, the stage adaptation by Annette Hess, Peter Plate and Ulf Leo Sommer was a complete success at Berlin’s Theater des Westens. Now it comes from the Spree to the Isar for the first time.

THE SCENT OF A NEW BEGINNING

It is 1956, and the scent of a new beginning fills the Berlin air. Between the economic miracle and the spirit of optimism, the longing for self-determination clashes with the desire for security and prosperity. With rock ‘n’ roll, jeans and petticoats, the youth on Ku’damm rebel against oppressive role models, conservative values and stuffy ideas of life.nt of a new beginning.

BASED ON THE ZDF SERIES KU’DAMM 56

As the ZDF three-parter “Ku’damm 56,” the story of single dance school owner Caterina Schöllack and her three daughters fascinated an audience of millions. Together with the successful songwriter duo Peter Plate and Ulf Leo Sommer (Rosenstolz, Max Raabe, Sarah Connor), author and multiple Grimme Award winner Annette Hess has created a gripping stage adaptation that tells the fates of Ku’damm with a completely new intensity.

AWARD WINNER “BEST MUSICAL”

It will be funny, tragic and passionate: Ku’damm 56 – The Musical was a great success at Berlin’s Theater des Westens. Former mayor Klaus Wowereit expressed his enthusiasm: “1a implemented. It’s tremendous fun.” And musician Adel Tawil praised: “A homage to our city.” The musical was therefore extended twice and won the ‘Best Musical’ award at the German Musical Theater Prize in 2022. Ku’damm 56 – The Musical can now be experienced in Munich for the first time. A passionate liberation dance about free, first and late love, which carries away and moves.

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