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Post by partytentdown on Jan 24, 2024 11:05:05 GMT
I am trying to find out more about this company, which seemed to be enormous in Germany in the 80s-90s (they built several theatres to house big musical transfers and co-produced a few big London shows including the premiere of Beauty & the Beast) but then seem to just vanish. Does anyone know anything about them? Did they become part of a larger company or change their name perhaps?
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Post by bee on Jan 24, 2024 11:44:01 GMT
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Post by viserys on Jan 24, 2024 12:22:53 GMT
They went bust and most of the theatres went to Stage Entertainment. The biggest irony is that the only theatre/production Stage Entertainment did not want was the Starlight Express Theatre in Bochum - and that's still going strong, while Stage Entertainment has by now closed/sold three of Stella's old theatres and most of their shows sell terribly. partytentdown - if you want more detailed information or have questions, feel free to PM me. I witnessed the rise and fall of Stella throughout the 80s and 90s and at one point wrote a bit of a "book" on the development of musicals in Germany - never even tried for publication, just as a way to explain the madness here in Germany to foreign musical lovers, but it did mean I compiled a lot of information. |
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Post by steve10086 on Jan 24, 2024 19:24:32 GMT
Was is Stella that created the musical themed restaurant in Stuttgart? I loved that!
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Post by viserys on Jan 24, 2024 19:41:49 GMT
Yes, the "Backstage Restaurant" - the first one was in Essen actually when they opened the Colosseum Theatre there. Stuttgart then got a copy inside the SI Centrum, where the two theatres were (well, still are). One of the few truly inspired ideas they had.
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Post by steve10086 on Jan 24, 2024 21:55:34 GMT
Yes, the "Backstage Restaurant" - the first one was in Essen actually when they opened the Colosseum Theatre there. Stuttgart then got a copy inside the SI Centrum, where the two theatres were (well, still are). One of the few truly inspired ideas they had. I seem to remember areas themed on Joseph, Starlight, Cats & Phantom - was that it? |
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Post by viserys on Jan 25, 2024 6:05:28 GMT
Yes - I can't remember the Joseph area, but I do remember the Cats section looked a bit like the junkyard and for the Starlight Express section they had used old seats from actual German regional trains, which was brilliant.
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