Theater at Potsdamer Platz [Berlin]
Theater am Potsdamer Platz
Theater at Potsdamer Platz
Theatre building in Berlin, Germany, opened 1998
bouwwerk in Duitsland
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.