The musical production company Stage Entertainment (Company's name before August 2005: Stage Holding) is based in Amsterdam. It has got a very successful subsidiary in Germany based in Hamburg, which almost monopolizes.

Musical productions

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Musical theater productions of Stage Entertainment (in alphabetical order, current productions (as of March 2006) are highlighted):

3 musketiers (cf. The Three Musketeers) : Netherlands (world premiere): Nieuwe Luxor Theater, Rotterdam (2003–2004) : Germany - 3 Musketiere (revised version): Theater des Westens, Berlin (April 2005 – June 25th, 2006) : Germany: Apollo Theater, Stuttgart (will premiere on November 22nd, 2006) Aida : Netherlands: Fortis Circus Theater, The Hague (2001–2002) : Germany: Colosseum Theater, Essen (October 2003 – July 2005) : Germany: Touring (since November 19th, 2005) André van Duin : Netherlands: Beatrix Theater, Utrecht Beauty and the Beast : Germany - Die Schöne und das Biest: Palladium Theater, Stuttgart (December 5th, 1997 – December 22nd, 2000) : Netherlands and Belgium: Touring (since 2005) : Germany: Metronom Theater, Oberhausen (since December 18th, 2005) Best of Musical 2006 : Germany: Touring (2006) Blue Man Group : Germany: Theater am Potsdamer Platz, Berlin (since May 2004) : England: New London Theatre (since 2005) Cabaret : Spain: Nuevo Teatro Alcalá, Madrid (since 2003) : Netherlands: Royal Theater Carré, Amsterdam (March 2006 - August 2006) : France: Théâtre des Folies Bergère, Paris (will premiere in October 2006) Cats : Germany: Operettenhaus, Hamburg (April 18th, 1986 – January 2001) : Germany: Palladium Theater, Stuttgart (March 2nd, 2001 – July 28th, 2002) : Germany: Theater am Potsdamer Platz, Berlin (October 20th, 2002 – January 30th, 2004) : Spain: Teatro Coliseum, Madrid (2003–2005) : German-speaking countries: Touring (since April 2004) : Russia: MDM Theater, Moscow (since 2005) : Netherlands: Touring (since 2006) Das Sams Musical : Germany: Schlossparktheater, Berlin Dirty Dancing : Germany (European premiere): Neue Flora, Hamburg (since March 26th, 2006) Die Drei von der Tankstelle ("The Three from the gasoline station") : Germany (world premiere): Schlossparktheater, Berlin (2005) Elisabeth : Netherlands: Circustheater, Scheveningen (1999–2001) : Germany: Colosseum Theater, Essen (March 2001 – June 2003) : Germany: Apollo Theater, Stuttgart (April 2005 – September 17th, 2006) Jesus Christ Superstar : Netherlands and Belgium: Touring (since 2005) Mamma Mia! : Germany: Operettenhaus, Hamburg (since November 3rd, 2002) : Netherlands: Beatrix Theater, Utrecht (November 9th, 2003 – February 12th, 2006) : Germany (Mamma Mia! is the first musical to run in two German cities at the same time): Palladium Theater, Stuttgart (since July 18th, 2004) : Spain: Teatro Lope de Vega, Madrid (since 2004) : Belgium: Stadtsschouwburg, Antwerpen (since 2006) Musicals in Ahoy' 2006 : Netherlands: Ahoy' Rotterdam, Rotterdam (2006) My Fair Lady : Netherlands: 1994 : Netherlands: Touring (planned) Nunsense : Germany - Non(n)sens: Schlossparktheater, Berlin (2006) Quatsch Comedy Club : Germany: Quatsch Comedy Club (on the Reeperbahn), Hamburg (since 2006) Tanz der Vampire : Germany: Apollo Theater, Stuttgart (March 31st, 2000 – 2003) : Germany: Theater Neue Flora, Hamburg (December 7th, 2003 – January 22nd, 2006) The Lion King : Germany - Der König der Löwen: Theater im Hafen, Hamburg (since December 2nd, 2001) : Netherlands: Fortis Circustheater, The Hague (2004-2006) : France - Le Roi Lion: Théâtre Mogador, Paris (2006) The Phantom of the Opera : Germany - Das Phantom der Oper: Theater Neue Flora, Hamburg (June 29th, 1990 – 2001) : Netherlands: Circustheater, Scheveningen (1993–1996) : Germany: Palladium Theater, Stuttgart (November 1st, 2002 – May 23rd, 2004) : Spain: Teatro Lope De Vega, Madrid (2002–2004) : Germany: Colosseum Theater, Essen (since September 29th, 2005) The Wiz : Netherlands: Beatrix Theater, Utrecht (will premiere in September 2006) Titanic: The Musical : Netherlands - Titanic: Koninklijk Theater Carré, Amsterdam (September 23rd, 2001 - 2002) : Germany - Titanic - Das Musical: Neue Flora, Hamburg (December 7th 2002 - October 2003) Victor/Victoria : Spain: Teatro Coliseum, Madrid (since 2005)

Productions marked with an asterisk were produced by Stella Entertainment AG which was acquired by Stage Entertainment (Stage Holding respectively) in 2002. Those marked with two asterisks were Stella productions which were continued by Stage Entertainment in 2002.

Critics say because of the amount of productions a monopolisation is developing. In fact, there's only one more company that defies Stage Entertainment with its productions We Will Rock You (Musical Dome, Cologne), Starlight Express (Starlight Express Theater, Bochum) and "Saturday Night Fever" (Capitol-Theater, Düsseldorf).

History

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The company Stage Holding emerged from the Live Entertainment Division of Endemol to become an own company which was lead by Joop van den Ende. The international group got the rights for more than 70 own and licensed productions, employs around 4500 employees and possesses theaters for example in the Netherlands, Germany, Spain, Russian and on Broadway.

The Stage Holding took over the insolvent Stella AG in 2002 and got also their productions and theaters, as for example the Neue Flora theater in Hamburg.

In August 2005 they changed their name from Stage Holding to Stage Entertainment

Cooperations

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On June 1st 2005 the German division took over the Ticket Online Software GmbH. Ticket Online drives a book entry system for tickets and is used by several hundreds of ticket agencies in Germany.

In 2005 Stage Entertainment founded along with Dutch dance event organiser ID&T the company ID&T Germany. The first production welcomed about 15.000 visitors in Juli 2005 to Sensation White in Veltins-Arena (Gelsenkirchen), which was an adaption of the event of the same name in Amsterdam.

With TopTicketLine the Stage Entertainment has got an own call center for the ticket sale. The call center was moved from Hamburg to Parchim in 2004.

Holiday on Ice does now also belong to Stage Entertainment. The latest show was Romanza and belongs to the Passion Tour 2005 - 2006. The performance Fantasy does belong to that, too. Romanza and Fantasy were touring in Germany with all in all 270 performances between October 2005 and March 2006 in 25 German cities.

The Off-Broadway theater complex known as Dodger Stages has been acquired by Stage Entertainment International. The complex with its five theaters has then been renamed to New World Stages.

Extern links

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International homepage of Stage Entertainment (in English) Homepage of Stage Entertainment, Amsterdam (in Dutch) Homepage of Stage Entertainment, Hamburg (in German)

References

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The "Productions" section is based on the information given on the company's webpage

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