Berlin: Theater am Potsdamer Platz

Country: Germany (Deutschland)
State: Berlin
City: Berlin
Location: Tiergarten, Marlene-Dietrich-Platz 1 (Postdamer Platz area)

Built 1994-1998 by Renzo Piano with Roger Baumgarten and Christoph Kohlbecker. The complex houses the "Stage Theater am Potsdamer Platz" musical theatre (1800 seats), the casino "Spielbank Berlin", and a basement restaurant. The space under the large canopy in front of the entrance hall can be converted into a stage, using the Marlene-Dietrich-Platz as an open-air auditorium. Closed 2016 as a musical theatre.

Since 2000, the theatre is converted into a cinema during the annual Berlinale Festival and operated as its main venue, the "Berlinale Palast".

Notable world premieres:

  • Alan Menken: Der Glöckner von Notre Dame (5 June 1999)
  • Marc Schubring: Emil und die Detektive (12 Nov 2001)
  • Udo Lindenberg, Thomas Brussig: Hinterm Horizont (13 Jan 2011)

Link: Wikipedia

Berlin: Theater am Potsdamer Platz Picture: left: Discovery Channel IMAX, right: Musicaltheater
Front Text: sign: advertising "Weltpremiere - Der Glöckner von Notre-Dame"
Reverse Text: "Berlin - Potsdamer Platz, Marlene-Dietrich-Platz mit Musical-Theater"
Publisher: Kartenedition Pawlowski, Berlin; Best.-Nr. XB 1-1018
Size: 23.0 x 12.0 cm
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Berlin: Musicaltheater Picture: 360° photo, from left to right: Arkaden shopping centre, Discovery Channel IMAX, right: Musicaltheater
Front Text: sign: advertising "Weltpremiere - Der Glöckner von Notre-Dame"
Reverse Text: "Marlene Dietrich Platz Berlin"
Publisher: SHOT media, Berlin; BMD 01-3
Type: Foldable Postcard
Size: 17.2 x 8.9 cm (folded), 51.6 x 8.9 cm (unfolded)
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Berlin: Musicaltheater Picture: left: Discovery Channel IMAX, foreground, right: Musicaltheater entrance
Reverse Text: "Berlin, Marlene-Dietrich-Platz"
Publisher: Skowronski & Koch Verlag, Berlin
Size: Modern
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Berlin: Musicaltheater Front Text: "Berlin - Potsdamer Platz"
Reverse Text: "Berlin - Potsdamer Platz"
Publisher: Verlag Schöning & Co. + Gebr. Schmidt, Lübeck; Schikkus, Berlin; Berlin 7710
Size: Modern
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Berlin: Musicaltheater Picture: basement restaurant "Adagio"
Front Text: "Die Nacht der Masken, Silvester Gala 2001, Ein unvergeßliches Erlebnis im Adagio" [advertisement for a gala ball]
Publisher: Adagio Berlin
Type: Advertisement Card, not designed for postal use
Size: Modern
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