Theater am Kurfürstendamm [Berlin]
type: Item
label: Teatro en Kurfürstendamm @es
description: Theatre building in Berlin, Germany, opened in 1905
description: theater in Berlin-Charlottenburg, Duitsland @nl
alternative label: Theater am Kurfürstendamm
EUTA building identifier: 1791
Type of information: Performance venue
Field: architecture
Country: Germany
City: Berlin
GPS: Point(13.3239 52.5019)
Wikidata source: Q869970
Building date: 1905-01-01T00:00:00Z
Redevelopment date: 1908-01-01T00:00:00Z
Redevelopment date: 1925-01-01T00:00:00Z
Redevelopment date: 1931-01-01T00:00:00Z
Redevelopment date: 1921-01-01T00:00:00Z
Architekturmuseum Berlin Id: 199497.php
Architekturmuseum Berlin Id: 199499.php
Architekturmuseum Berlin Id: 199500.php
Architekturmuseum Berlin Id: 199501.php
Architekturmuseum Berlin Id: 199498.php
represented in collection: Architecture museum Berlin
EEConde: Berlin 87
Address: Kurfürstendamm 206-209
closure date: 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z
Architekturmuseum Berlin Inventory Number: TBS 048
Postal Code: 10719
Internal image: Kudammtheater Berlin innen.jpg
Web: www.komoedie-berlin.de
Propertylabel: 41
opening date: 1921-01-01T00:00:00Z
city section: Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf
Importance: Local importance
Wikidata instance: Q24354
Carthalia ID: 1697
Note: Venue for the drama Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny.
Note: Originally built 1904-1905. 1908 installation of a theatre hall. 1921-1923 installation of a theatre proper. 1925 rebuilding by Oskar Kaufmann. 1930-1931 major rebuilding by Oskar Kaufmann for the theatre director, Max Reinhardt. 1936 rebuilding by Carl Cramer. Damaged in World War II. After 1945, restoration and auditorium simplification by Helmut Remmelmann and Fritz Gaulke. Used by the Freie Volksbühne company. 1971 exterior rebuilding by Sigrid Kressmann-Zschach, incorporating the theatre hall in the new Kurfürstendamm-Karree complex. Used as a private theatre for light drama and comedy performances. Closed 2018. The Berlin government refused to list the theatre and its neighbour theatre Komödie am Kurfürstendamm as cultural heritage monuments, despite their eminent historical and architectural significance. Demolished 2018-2019 by the owners (Cells Bauwelt) for commercial reasons. - Eduard Künneke: Glückliche Reise (23 Nov 1932) Friedrich Dürrenmatt: Abendstunde im Spätherbst (17 Nov 1959) Rolf Hochhuth: Der Stellvertreter (20 Feb 1963) Curt Flatow: Durchreise (30 Sep 1982)
theatricalia id: 7jr/theater-am-kurfurstendamm-berlin
Preservation state: extant building
Preservation state: Used as theatre today
demolished: 2018-01-01T00:00:00Z