SHOW ME -- Glamour Is Back
October 19 2012 - 5:00AM
Marketwired
The Friedrichstadt-Palast in Berlin is the most modern show palace
in Europe. The world's largest theatrical stage is located in the
main hall which seats 1,900 visitors. Yesterday in front of a
sold-out audience, the premiere of the new European megaproduction
SHOW ME was enthusiastically received with standing ovations.
The two-hour stage production toys with a fascinating idea: what
if three of the greatest icons in show revue history -- Busby
Berkeley, Florenz Ziegfeld and Esther Williams -- hadn't been
active in the past century, but rather staged a show in the here
and now of 2012 using state-of-the-art technology, modern sound and
the aesthetics of today?
The result is Europe's most glamorous show. No wonder, since the
ingredients are top-class: 4 vocal soloists, 60 dancers from the
Friedrichstadt-Palast's own ballet company, world-class acrobats
from China, the US, Australia and Argentina, along with a 16-member
show band. Added to this are magnificent costumes, some of which
have been created by the legendary Parisian haute couturier
Christian Lacroix. Even the stage design belongs to the most
spectacular shows that can be seen outside of Las Vegas. A gigantic
waterfall with 6,000 litres of water per minute cascades down from
a height of over 20 meters -- thanks to the latest special laser,
this will appear as if millions of sparkling crystals are raining
down.
With 162 participants, including more than 100 artists, SHOW ME
is the largest ensuite production in the world. As a comparison:
around 80 artists appear per performance for the biggest show in
Las Vegas (Kà).
Production costs amounted to well over 9 million Euros. In the
time running up to the premiere over 120,000 tickets were booked
making SHOW ME this year's most successful premiere in Berlin.
The eventful history of the legendary Friedrichstadt-Palast
stretches back to 1919, when Max Reinhardt opened the Großes
Schauspielhaus, referred to from 1947 on as the
Friedrichstadt-Palast. Since 1984, the colossal new building has
been located at Friedrichstraße 107 in Berlin-Mitte, at the heart
of the "East End" theatre district. It is 80 meters wide, 110
meters long and encompasses a volume of 200,000 cubic meters. The
massive structure is the last opulent building of the German
Democratic Republic and as such is an outstanding architectural
monument to the reunification of Germany since 1989-90.
Today, almost 700,000 people visit the show palace each year,
clearly assigning it the first place among Berlin's theatres. The
theatre is owned entirely by the city of Berlin.
Tickets range from 16.90 Euros to 250 Euros (in the world's
first "sky lounge" in a theatre). Further information, along with
gratis photo materials, can be found in the press area at
www.show-palace.eu. Languages available are English, Danish,
German, French, Italian, Dutch, Russian and Spanish.
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